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Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues relating to the permitting of traditional and clean energy infrastructure projects; issues relating to energy security, including increasing traditional domestic production, and advancing clean energy technologies; and issues relating to critical minerals.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Energy, Dept of; SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to climate change, critical minerals, and risk mitigation; and issues relating to permitting reform and NEPA.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Energy, Dept of

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission Adopted Climate Disclosure Rule; issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Amendments to Rule 14a-8; issues relating to reforms to the shareholder proposal and proxy advisory process; and issues relating to Securities and Exchange Commission request for comment on climate disclosures.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to ERISA, health benefits, march-in patent rights, affordability of health care, telehealth and mental health; and issues relating to FDA reauthorization.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to comprehensive immigration reform including border security, H-2A, H-1B and H-2B modernization; issues relating to the Dignity Act of 2023; issues relating to the Permanent Labor Certification Application; and issues relating to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to Fresh Start Act of 2023 (HR 2983); issues relating to the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 8028); and issues relating to Clean Slate Act of 2023 (H.R. 2930).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2930 (118th), H.R. 2983 (118th), H.R. 8028 (118th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to antitrust and competition policies including merger review; issues relating to workforce priorities and partnerships with cyber apprenticeship initiatives; issues relating to registered apprenticeship programs (National Apprenticeship Act); issues relating to labor and employment and workforce development policies, including legislation to expand Pell Grants to cover short-term education and training programs (Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, H.R. 6585); issues relating to reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (A Stronger Workforce for America Act, H.R. 6655); issues relating to experience or educational requirements in federal agency solicitations for proposed contractor personnel (ACCESS Act, H.R. 7887); issues relating to corporate diversity initiatives, and issues relating to paid leave.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 6585 (118th), H.R. 7887 (118th), H.R. 6655 (118th)

Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach; issues relating to retirement benefits; and issues relating to SECURE 2.0.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to cybersecurity, including regulatory harmonization and cyber insurance; issues relating to data privacy, including American Privacy Rights Act discussion draft, H.R. 8818, H.R. 7520 and H.R. 8038; and issues relating to artificial intelligence, including the implementation of the Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 8038 (118th), H.R. 7520 (118th), H.R. 8818 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024); issues relating to the American Innovation and Research & Development Competitiveness Act (H.R. 2673 and S. 866); issues relating to R&D Section 174 expensing; issues relating to deduction of interest deductibility under Section 163(j) of the American Investment in Manufacturing Act (H. R 2788); issues related to bonus depreciation (H.R. 1117 and H.R. 2406); issues relating to the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, all provisions); issues relating to OECD Pillar Two Model Rules and OECDs Pillar One and Pillar Two proposals; issues relating to OECD taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues related to the Defending American Jobs and Investment Act (H.R. 3665), and issues related to the expiration of tax provisions in 2025, including the corporate tax rate and international tax provisions.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3665 (118th), H.R. 2788 (118th), S. 866 (118th), H.R. 2673 (118th), H.R. 7024 (118th), H.R. 5376 (118th), H.R. 1117 (118th), H.R. 2406 (118th)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to increased infrastructure investment and streamlining federal permitting processes; and issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to trade with China; issues relating to RESTRICT Act (S. 686); issues relating to ANTI-SOCIAL CCP Act, (H.R. 1081); issues relating to China Trade Relations Act (S. 125); issues relating to De Minimis Reciprocity Act (S. 1969); issues relating to Import Security and Fairness Act (H.R. 4148); issues relating to STOP CCP Act (S. 852); issues relating to Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act (H.R. 760); issues relating to No Chinese Communist SURPRISE Parties Act (S. 144); issues relating to DENIAL Act (S. 2170); issues relating to China Financial Threat Mitigation Act (H.R. 1156); issues relating to Ending Chinas Developing Nation Status Act (S. 308); issues relating to Countering Economic Coercion Act (S. 295 / H.R. 1135); issues relating to Protecting American Farmland Act (H.R. 3996); issues relating to China Trade Relations Act (H.R. 638); issues relating to Ending Normal Trade Relations with China Act (S. 906); issues relating to domestic measures to promote innovation; and issues relating to diversifying and securing supply chains.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 308 (118th), S. 144 (118th), S. 125 (118th), S. 686 (118th), S. 295 (118th), H.R. 1081 (118th), H.R. 4148 (118th), H.R. 1135 (118th), S. 852 (118th), H.R. 760 (118th), H.R. 1156 (118th), H.R. 638 (118th), S. 1969 (118th), H.R. 3996 (118th), S. 2170 (118th), S. 906 (118th)