AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues related to human trafficking; H.R. 1427, provisions related to lodging.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Bills named: H.R. 1427 (116th)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Issues related to Title III of the ADA; issues related to website accessibility and content; H.R. 5, the Equality Act.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5 (116th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to online travel company taxation; issues related to the taxation of hotel room reservations made over the internet; issues related to emergency dialing procedures; issues related to online consumer deception; issues related to data breach; issues related to cyber security; issues related to data privacy; issues related to online copyright; issues related to short-term rentals; issues related to telecommunications and broadband; issues related to innovation and competition in the hotel industry; issues related to antitrust and competition; H.R. 4232, Protecting Local Authority and Neighborhoods Act; issues related to music licensing.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills named: H.R. 4232 (116th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Issues related to online travel services; S.700 and H.R. 1625, the New GIG Act of 2019, provisions related to 1099 reporting. H.R. 4489, the Hotel Advertising Transparency Act of 2019; S. 2229 and H.R. 3956, Stop Online Booking Scams Act of 2019; issues related to income reporting obligations of third party settlement organizations.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3956 (116th), H.R. 1625 (116th), S. 700 (116th), S. 2229 (116th), H.R. 4489 (116th)

Travel/Tourism TOU

Issues related to international and general travel; issues affecting consumer choice and market dynamics in the hotel industry; issues related to Brand USA; S.3072 and H.R. 5952, Appropriations language related to travel; H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019; issues related to the visa waiver program; H.R.2187, Jolt Act of 2019; S.2203, Brand USA Extension Act; H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 3851 (116th), H.R. 2187 (116th), S. 3072 (116th), H.R. 5952 (116th), H.R. 1996 (116th), S. 2203 (116th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor Rulings and Appointments; issues related to appointments to fill the vacancies at the Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; issues related to apprenticeships and continuing education; issues related to the overtime regulation; issues related to joint employment; issues related to labor relations; H.R. 1585, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019; issues related to sexual assault and harassment training; H.R. 798, the Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2019; S. 1306 and H.R. 2474, Protecting the Right to Organize Act; issues related to trademark protection.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 798 (116th), S. 1306 (116th), H.R. 2474 (116th), H.R. 1585 (116th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues related to trade agreements and digital trade.

Contacted: General Services Administration (GSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to the Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property category in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; issues related to EB-5 Regional Center program; H.R. 2210, Invest in America Act; issues related to opportunity zones; issues related to Workforce Opportunity Tax Credits.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 2210 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

PL III-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act, regulations regarding employer reporting and implementation of act; Issues related to the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; S.1895, Lower Health Care Costs Act. S.2366 and H.R. 4070, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2019.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); General Services Administration (GSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 4070 (116th), S. 2366 (116th), S. 1895 (116th)

Housing HOU

Issues related to short-term rentals.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); General Services Administration (GSA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Immigration IMM

H-2B Temporary Non-agricultural Employment Program; J-1 Exchange Visitor Program; immigration reform proposals; EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program; Deferred Action on Childhood Arrival Program; H.R.6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019; H.R. 2740, issues related to the H-2B Visa program; issues related to the draft fiscal year 2020 Homeland Security funding bill.

Contacted: White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); General Services Administration (GSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2740 (116th), H.R. 6 (116th)

Insurance INS

H.R. 4634, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 4634 (116th)