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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Comprehensive Tax Reform. Pass-Through Rates. Completed Contract Method/ Section 460(e) Reform. House Amendment 2 to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2029: Tax Extenders: - 26 U.S. Code, Sec. 179: Election to expense certain depreciable business assets; - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Public Law 111-148: Affordable Care Act. H.R. 928/ S. 183: to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. H.R. 1624/S. 1099: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act. H.R. 2712: the Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015. S. 1996: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015. H.R. 2911/ S.1697: Small Business Healthcare Relief Act. H.R. 3112: Be Open Act. Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3762: the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act. CMS: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace's (FFM) 2016 Employer Notice Program (September 18, 2015). HHS-CMS (Reg) Title: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017 (RIN 0938-AS57).

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 3762 (114th), S. 183 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th), S. 1099 (114th), H.R. 1624 (114th), H.R. 2911 (114th), S. 1996 (114th), H.R. 3112 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H. Amdt. 643 (Ellison) to H.R. 2822: An amendment to prohibit use of funds to enter into contracts with any persons whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed in United States Code, in the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System include the term "Fair Labor Standards Act" and such disposition is listed as "willful" or "repeated." The following issues under the FY2016 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act (H.R. 2995/ S. 1910): - Executive Order 13673: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces"- July 31, 2014; - DOL (Reg) Title: Guidance for Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 1290- ZA02); - Federal Acquisition Regulation: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 9000-AM81). The following issues under the FY2016 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 3020/ S. 1695): - NLRB: Joint Employer Standard; - DOL-OSHA (Reg) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70); - Executive Order 13673: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces"- July 31, 2014; - DOL (Reg) Title: Guidance for Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 1290-ZA02); - Federal Acquisition Regulation: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 9000-AM81). The following issues under the FY 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2029): - NLRB: Joint Employer Standard; - DOL-OSHA (Reg) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70); - DOL (Reg) Title: Guidance for Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 1290- ZA02); - Executive Order 13673: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces"- July 31, 2014; - Federal Acquisition Regulation: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 9000-AM81). The following issues under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314): - Title VI, Section 604: Repeal of automatic enrollment requirement; - Title VII, Section 701: OSHA increases in penalties.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S. 1695 (114th), H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 3020 (114th), H.R. 2995 (114th), H.R. 2822 (114th), S. 1910 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 348: the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015. EPA (Reg) Title: Clean Water Rule: Definition of the "Waters of the United States" (RIN 2040-AF30). S. 1140: the Federal Water Quality Protection Act. S.J. Res. 22: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the definition of "waters of the United States" under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. S.J. Res. 23: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". S.J. Res. 24: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units". EPA (Reg) Title: Amendments to Regional Consistency Regulations (RIN 2060-AS53).

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: S.J.Res. 24 (114th), H.R. 348 (114th), S.J.Res. 22 (114th), S. 1140 (114th), S.J.Res. 23 (114th)

Government Issues GOV

S. 378: Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015. General Issues Regarding Regulatory Reform.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 378 (114th)

Immigration IMM

General issues related to immigration. Temporary Worker Program, generally. H2B Program, generally. S. 2225: the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2015.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 2225 (114th)

Education EDU

Perkins Act: Post Secondary Education, generally.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. 71/H.R. 1671: Government Neutrality in Contracting Act. DOL-OSHA (Reg) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70). NLRB: Joint Employer Standard. NLRB: Representation-Case Procedures (RIN 3142-AA08). Public Law 113-128: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Workforce Development and Training, generally. H.R. 2551: Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act. Executive Order 13673: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" - July 31, 2014. DOL (Reg) Title: Guidance for Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 1290-ZA02). Federal Acquisition Regulation: "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces" (RIN 9000-AM81). Registered Apprenticeship Programs, generally. Non-Registered Apprenticeship Programs, generally. Davis-Bacon Wage Surveys; Laborer Classification. DOL-WHD (Reg) Title: Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees (RIN 1235-AA11). S. 2015/H.R. 3459: the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. DOL-OLMS (Reg) Title: Persuader Agreements: Employer and Labor Consultant Reporting Under the LMRDA (RIN 1245-AA03). DOL-OLMS (Reg) Title: Persuader Agreements: Consultant Form LM-21 Receipts and Disbursements Report (RIN 1245-AA05). DOL-ETA (Reg) Title: Apprenticeship Programs; Equal Employment Opportunity (RIN 1205-AB59). DOL-OSHA (Reg) Title: Chemical Management and Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) (RIN 1218-AC74). DOL-OSHA (Reg) Title: Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness (RIN 1218 AC84). H. Amdt. 787 (King) to H.R. 22: An amendment to require that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing rate wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act. Davis-Bacon Act.

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 3459 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 1671 (114th), S. 2015 (114th), H.R. 2551 (114th), S. 71 (114th)