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Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

H.R. 872 - Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011 H.R. 2112 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 S. 1619 - Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 H.R. 901, the "Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization of 2011 NPDES Pesticide Permits Sulfuryl Flouride National Cotton Council v. EPA Ammonium Nitrate Atrazine Chlorpyrifos/Lorsban Chemical Security Dioxin

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 1619 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 872 (112th), H.R. 901 (112th)

Government Issues GOV

H.R. 1966 Foreign Language Education Partnership Program Act H.R. 3010 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 S. 1606 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 Regulatory Accountability Two-year Moratorium on Discretionary, Non-Essential Regulatory Actions Equal Access to Justice Act Reform Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)-Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Consolidation

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 3010 (112th), H.R. 1966 (112th), S. 1606 (112th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) Rural Energy for America Program H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 Blender Pumps Ethanol Storage Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Tax Credit Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit Diesel Fuel Created from Biomass Tax Credit Excise Tax Credits for Alternative Fuel Alternative Refueling Property Tax Credit

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th)

Immigration IMM

H.R. 2164 - Legal Workforce Act H.R. 2847 - American Specialty Agriculture Act H.R. 2885 - Legal Workforce Act H.R. 2895 - Legal Agricultural Workforce Act H-2A E-Verify H-2B

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 2164 (112th), H.R. 2895 (112th), H.R. 2885 (112th), H.R. 2847 (112th)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 Food Safety Modernization Act Pre-harvest Food Safety

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Agricultural Child Labor Worker Protection Standard

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 2112 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2832 - To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes H.R. 3078 - United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 3079 - United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 3080 United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act S. 1619 Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Generalized System of Preferences Andean Trade Preference Act WTO Doha Round China Poultry Duties GSM-102 Export Credit Guarantee Program Brazil Cotton Case EPA Trade Associations/Small Business Community Meeting Russia WTO Accession USTR Hiring of More Counsel for Trade Enforcement Japanese Imports of U.S. Beef WTO Obligations China Currency Valuation Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Cuba Travel Restrictions Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3079 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th), S. 1619 (112th), H.R. 2832 (112th), H.R. 3080 (112th), H.R. 3078 (112th)

Agriculture AGR

2012 Farm Bill H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2487 Reducing the Deficit through Eliminating Agriculture Direct Payment Subsidies (REAPS) Act of 2011 Biotechnology USDA Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture USDA Rural Development Programs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 2487 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th)

Transportation TRA

Fifty Percent Railroad Track Maintenance Credit for Short Line Railroads H.R. 2887 - Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act of 2011 S. 1525 - Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 1525 (112th), H.R. 2887 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 674 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities H.R. 1726 - Child Care Protection Act of 2011 H.R. 2112 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2576 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs H.R. 3091 To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends H.R. 3307 American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011 S. 89 Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 S. 164 Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011 S. 166 Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Extension Act of 2011 S. 700 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the treatment of certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation S. 1647 A bill to repeal the sunset on the reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on the taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates S. 1747 Computer Professionals Update Act S. 1880 Jobs and Premium Protection Act Agricultural Equipment Depreciation 3 Percent Withholding Tax Estate Tax Health Insurance Tax (HIT) Capital Gains Dividends Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Tax Credit Small Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit Diesel Fuel Created from Biomass Tax Credit Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) Small Producer Ethanol Tax Credit Excise Tax Credits for Alternative Fuel Alternative Refueling Property Tax Credit Alternative Minimum Tax Exemption Bonus Depreciation for Investments for Businesses Section 179 Small Business Expensing Deduction of state and local general sales taxes in lieu of the itemized deduction Provision Encouraging Donations of Conservations Easements Above-the-Line Deduction for Education Expenses Fifty Percent Railroad Track Maintenance Credit for Short Line Railroads Enhanced Deduction for Donated Food Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 164 (112th), S. 1647 (112th), H.R. 1726 (112th), S. 1880 (112th), H.R. 2576 (112th), S. 1747 (112th), H.R. 3307 (112th), S. 166 (112th), S. 700 (112th), H.R. 3091 (112th), H.R. 674 (112th), S. 89 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 Disaster Assistance Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE)

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th)

Telecommunications TEC

Universal Service Fund Reform LightSquared/GPS Interference H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th)

Health Issues HCR

Health Insurance Exchanges Small Business Health Options Program Safe Harbor Provision

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2055 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2112 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2354 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2608 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Bills named: H.R. 2055 (112th), H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 2354 (112th), H.R. 2608 (112th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2997 Superfund Common Sense Act Superfund United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2997 (112th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

H.R. 1633 Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 H.R. 2997 Superfund Common Sense Act S. 1528 Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 S. 1729 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 to clarify that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant under that Act. Chesapeake Bay Watershed TMDL Title V of the Clean Air Act TMDLs for Nutrients and Sediment NPDES Permits for Pesticides Clean Water Act (CWA) Clean Air Act 6th Circuit Ruling on Pesticide Application Permits Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) FIFRA Greenhouse Gas Regulation Waters of the U.S. Water Quality Standards for the State of Floridas Lakes & Flowing Waters CWA Section 404 Regulatory Program CWA Section 202 Regulatory Program EPA Oversight Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Florida SPCC Draft Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act Mississippi River Basin TMDL Farm Dust Ozone NAAQS Sackett v. EPA Climate Change CERCLA EPCRA Animal Manure Discharge Regulation Coarse Particulate Matter (PM10) Waters of the U.S. Small Entities Outreach Meeting Agricultural Conservation Practices Louisiana Gulf Coast TMDL Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) Regulatory Fairness Act (RFA) NPDES Consolidated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) Reporting Rule

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 1729 (112th), S. 1528 (112th), H.R. 2997 (112th), H.R. 1633 (112th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 Endangered Species Act Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Nutrient Load Limit 590 Standard Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Double-Crested Cormorants Southeastern U.S. Species

Contacted: Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th)

Education EDU

H.R. 2112 - Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2485 - All Children Are Equal Act S. 946 - Establish an Office of Rural Education Policy S. 1692 - County Payments Reauthorization Act of 2011 Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Funding School Nutrition Funding Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 2485 (112th), S. 1692 (112th), S. 946 (112th)

Animals ANI

H.R. 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 H.R. 2966 American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 S. 1176 American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 GIPSA Horse Processing Animal Disease Traceability System State Animal Welfare Initiatives Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) Animal Welfare Scientific Forum HSUS-UEP Animal Welfare Agreement Antibiotic Residue Sampling Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2112 (112th), H.R. 2966 (112th), S. 1176 (112th)