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Telecommunications TEC

Online Travel Company Taxation, taxation of hotel room reservations made over the Internet.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; SENATE

Insurance INS

H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013, all provisions; H.R. 2146, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013, all provisions.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 508 (113th), H.R. 2146 (113th)

Immigration IMM

H2B Visa Rules, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H2B Program, Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H2B Program; J-1 Program: all provisions involving the J-1 cultural exchange program; Immigration reform proposals; S. 744, Border, Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, all provisions.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 744 (113th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

Issues related to implementation of visa reforms; H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act, all provisions; H.R. 1354, JOLT Act, all provisions, related to visa law reforms; Issues relating to Federal per diem rates; H.R. 1880, Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2013, all provisions, relates to agency policies on vacation destinations, S. 1347, Conference Accountability Act, all provisions, relates to government conferencesH.R. 313, GSA Act of 2013, all provisions, relates to Federal agency conferences and travel.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: S. 1347 (113th), H.R. 1120 (113th), H.R. 1880 (113th), H.R. 1354 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H2B Regulation, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H2B Program; Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States; Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H2B Program, Part 2; Labor Rulings and Appointments;S. 1284, Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2014, provisions relating to Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H2B Program, Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States, Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H2B Program; OFCCP Section 503 Regulations, provisions related to hiring of person with disabilities; H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act, all provisions.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: S. 1284 (113th), H.R. 1120 (113th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R. 777, ADA Notification Act of 2013, provisions relating to notification of violations.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); General Services Administration (GSA); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 777 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform proposals.

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Health Issues HCR

PL III-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act, regulations regarding employer reporting and implementation of Act; H.R. 763, To Repeal Annual Fee on Health Insurance Providers Enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), all provisions; H.R. 1254, Auto Enroll Repeal Act, all provisions, relating to PPACA; S. 1188, Forty Hours is Full Time Act, all provisions, relates to PPACA; H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, all provisions, relates to PPACA.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 763 (113th), H.R. 2575 (113th), S. 1188 (113th), H.R. 1254 (113th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues relating to implementation of 15 USC 8001, Virginia Greame Pool and Spa Safety Act, all provisions, implementation compliance obligations of safety provisions for public pools and spas.

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; General Services Administration (GSA)