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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to International Trade Including Multilateral & Bilateral Trade Agreements: H.R. 3830/S. 1900 Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014; Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA); Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Bilateral Trade Issues: China, Brazil, Indonesia, India, Vietnam.S. 1788 Digital Trade Act of 2013.

Contacted: White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Navy, Dept of

Bills named: S. 1788 (113th), S. 1900 (113th), H.R. 3830 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Financial Investments & Securities: The Federal Reserve System Re-Proposal on Margin Requirements for Derivatives Transactions.

Contacted: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Navy, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); White House Office

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: China Patent Regulations and Amendments; China Competition Law; China Copyright Law Amendments. S. 2267 Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014; H.R. 5233 Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014; Draft Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2014 (TROL Act).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Navy, Dept of; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2267 (113th), H.R. 5233 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: H.R. 4870 DoD Appropriations Act, FY2015/S. Rept. 113-211 and Omnibus Appropriations Act, FY2014 (Pub. L. No. 113-076): Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS-A), SOCOM R&D, Air Force IT (JSTARS Program), Defense Health Management System Modernization, DoD/VA Integrated Electronic Health Records, Data Center Consolidation and DoD Public/PrivatePartnerships. Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, FY2015 (not yet introduced) and Omnibus Appropriations Act, FY2014 (Pub. L. No. 113-076): Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Integrity Funds, Social Security Administration - Program Integrity, SSA & SSI Disability Claims Processing. H.R. 4923 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, FY2015 and Omnibus Appropriations Act, FY2014 (Pub. L. No. 113-076): Army Corps of Engineers IT. H.R. 4486 Military Construction/VA Appropriations Act, FY2015 and Omnibus Appropriations Act, FY2014 (Pub. L. No. 113-076): DoD/VA Integrated Electronic Health Records, VA Disability Claims Processing and Program Integrity. H.R. 5016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, FY2015, H.R. 4870 DoD Appropriations Act, FY 2015/S. Rept. 113-211, H.R. 4745/S. 2438 Transportation, HUD Appropriations Act, FY2015, and H.R. 4923 Energy and Water Development Approriations Act, FY2015: Prohibition of Funds for Contractors that Have Dispositions Related to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); White House Office; Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Navy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 5016 (113th), H.R. 4486 (113th), S. 2438 (113th), H.R. 4923 (113th), H.R. 4745 (113th), H.R. 4870 (113th)

Education EDU

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Education, Workforce Training & Related Matters: Reauthorization of Perkins CTE Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Workforce Investment Act and other Career and Technical Training and Education Programs; H.R. 803 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Navy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 803 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Labor, Workplace & Benefits Policy: H.R. 2131 SKILLS Visa Act; H.R. 3344 Fraudulent Overseas Recruitment and Trafficking Elimination Act of 2013; Proposed Executive Order on Immigration.Fair Labor Standards Act Regulatory Review; Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order; Advancing Pay Equality Through Compensation Data Collection Presidential Memorandum.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Navy, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), H.R. 3344 (113th)

Computer Industry CPI

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: H.R. 2495/S. 733 American Super Computing Leadership Act. H.R. 3303 Software Act; S. 2007 Protect Act.H.R. 3696 National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2014; S. 2577 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Navy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 733 (113th), S. 2007 (113th), H.R. 2495 (113th), H.R. 3303 (113th), S. 2577 (113th), H.R. 3696 (113th)

Defense DEF

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: DISA Data Centers, NGEN Program, Joint Land Attack Cruise Elevated Nettled Sensor System (JLENS). H.R. 4435/S. 2410 National Defense Authorization Act, FY2015: Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A), Data Centers and Analytics, Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization, DoD/VA Integrated Electronic Health Records,Section 1083 Report On Certain Information Technology Systems and Technology and Critical National Security Infrastructure.

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Education, Dept of; White House Office; Navy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

Bills named: H.R. 4435 (113th), S. 2410 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Domestic and International Tax, including Tax Treaties: Bilateral Income Tax Treaties: U.S.-Spain, U.S.-India. OECD Guidelines and U.S. Treasury Comments on Taxation: Base Erosion Profit-Shifting (BEPS) Project. S. 1625/H.R. 1129 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act.S. 2260 Expire Act of 2014. H.R. 4438 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014; H.R. 4464 Permanent CFC Look-Through Act of 2014; H.R. 4429 Permanent Active Financing Act of 2014. S. 2717 Cyber Information Sharing Tax Credit Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Intl Trade Administration (ITA); SENATE; Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Navy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Bills named: H.R. 4438 (113th), H.R. 4464 (113th), S. 2717 (113th), S. 2260 (113th), H.R. 1129 (113th), S. 1625 (113th), H.R. 4429 (113th)