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Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach relating to retirement benefits; issues relating to HR 2954, SECURE 2.0 (all provisions).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 2954 (117th)

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to consumer data privacy legislation; issues relating to cybersecurity; issues relating to closing the digital divide.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (all provisions) and agreement implementation; issues relating to U.S.-China trade and economic relations and Phase One agreement implementation; issues related to the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council and work plan; matters relating to potential trade negotiations; issues relating to tariffs under section 232 of the 1962 Trade Act and under section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act; issues relating to digital services tax and trade issues; issues relating to WTO reform proposals; issues relating to export controls, technology, data flows, and national security; issues relating to E.O. 13873: Information Communication Technology Supply Chain (provisions relating to 86 FR 4909, interim final rule); issues relating to COVID-19-related trade barrier disruptions, supply chain resilience, and innovation and intellectual property rights, distribution, and logistics trade issues, including WTO negotiations; issues relating to the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences bill (S. 4729) and the Miscellaneous Tariff legislation; issues relating to climate, environment and trade policy issues; E.O. 14005: Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers (provisions relating to the Buy American and Buy America statutes); issues relating to E.O. 14017: America's Supply Chains (generally); issues relating to S. 1260: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (all provisions); issues relating to carbon border adjustment proposals; issues relating to H.H. 4037 - Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2021 (all provisions); issues relating to H.R.3975 - Generalized System of Preferences and Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Modernization Act of 2021 (all provisions).

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3975 (117th), S. 4729 (117th), S. 1260 (117th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (Re. No. 34-89372); issues relating to procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (Rel. No. 34-89963); issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Climate Disclosures; H.R. 4618 - Short Sale Transparency and Market Fairness Act (all provisions); H.R. ____ Commercial Credit Rating Reform Act of 2021 (all provisions); issues relating to the S. 2662 Industrial Finance Corporation Act of 2021 (workforce and labor elements of the bill).

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 4618 (117th), S. 2662 (117th)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to increased infrastructure investment and streamlining federal permitting processes; issues relating to the American Jobs Plan; issues relating to bipartisan infrastructure legislation, including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684) (all provisions).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 3684 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the Build Back Better Act, R&D tax credit extension legislation and OECD taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues relating to H.R. 3700 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (all provisions); issues relating to the Build Back Better budget reconciliation (H.R. 5376)(corporate and other taxation issues).

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Energy, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (117th), H.R. 3700 (117th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to broadband buildout and closing the digital divide; potential federal privacy legislation; federal privacy regulatory efforts.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to the American Jobs Plan; issues relating to H.R. 1319: American Rescue Plan of 2021 (all provisions); issues relating to the bipartisan infrastructure plan; issues relating to the Build Back Better Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (all provisions); issues relating to raising the federal debt limit.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard; issues relating to the Presidents Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors; issues relating to public health resources and funding, including testing and vaccines; issues relating to measures to protect health vulnerable groups from COVID-19; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to ERISA, health benefits, health equity, and social determinants of health (SDDH), including H.R.2503 - SDDH Accelerator Act; issues relating to the HELP and Energy & Commerce Committees request for information on a public health insurance option; issues relating to health care insurance coverage related to the Build Back Better Act; issues relating to the American Jobs Plan.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 2503 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues relating to budgetary scoring of providing additional resources to the IRS; issues relating to funding the federal government.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to climate change and risk mitigation; issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to H.R. 5376 - Build Back Better Act (all provisions).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (117th)

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to H.R. 117 - Dream & Promise Act (all provisions); S. 264 - Dream Act (all provisions); recapturing green cards, regulatory changes, and DACA proposed rule; immigration reform including the creation of a permanent solution for Dreamers (S. 264 or H.R. 6), Temporary Protected Status, farmworkers (H.R. 1603), and essential workers; regulatory reform (e.g., DACA, processing times).

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Bills named: H.R. 6 (117th), H.R. 1603 (117th), H.R. 117 (117th), S. 264 (117th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to the Build Back Better Act (paid leave, overtime, workforce investment provisions); potential legislation on UPSKILL (Upgrading Post-pandemic Skills & Knowledge in Lifelong Learning) Grant Program; issues relating to workforce development policies; issues relating to S. 1422 - The Investing in American Workers Act of 2021 (all provisions); issues relating to H.R. 1043 Employer Participation in Repayment Act (all provisions); federal vaccine mandate for employers; issues relating to potential opportunities for the business community to provide assistance on implementation of existing federal workforce training grants (e.g., Economic Development Agency) in partnership with providers (e.g., community colleges).

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: S. 1422 (117th), H.R. 1043 (117th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to the State Justice Improvement Act (H.R. 6061, 116th Congress) (all provisions); issues relating to criminal justice reform and policing reform; issues relating to the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 2864, S. 1380) (all provisions).

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Energy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 6061 (117th), H.R. 2864 (117th), S. 1380 (117th)