THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Treatment of manufacturing sector in tax reform.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade law provisions and enforcement; Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement negotiations; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel products into the United States; Currency manipulation; Treatment of manufacturing in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Implications of State-owned Enterprise Investments in the US on domestic manufacturing and employment; Issues relating to the potential grant of Market Economy Status to China and support for legislation requiring strict adherence to current law in examining whether a country qualifies as a market economy

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Manufacturing MAN

Treatment of iron, steel and manufactured products under Buy America provisions; Economic programs to support revitalization of domestic manufacturing; Policies to encourage increased energy efficiency in manufacturing; Make It In America Agenda; National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Issues surrounding the manufacturing supply chain as it relates to disaster preparedness, national security and critical infrastructure; Funding mechanisms for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (PL 113-121); Rebuilding and expanding infrastructure and enhancing domestic sourcing; Domestic manufacturing issues in Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (PL 114-94); Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for water infrastructure programs including the Clean Water Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act in bills including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L. 114-113), FY 2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills (H.R. 5538, S. 3068), Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (S. 612), and the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2016 (H.R. 4653). Legislative responses to water infrastructure needs in Flint, MI and elsewhere, including the Energy Modernization Act (S. 2012) and the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act (H.R. 4470); Promotion of expanding investments in domestic infrastructure and coverage of domestic procurement requirements

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5538 (114th), S. 2012 (114th), S. 3068 (114th), H.R. 4470 (114th), S. 612 (114th), H.R. 4653 (114th)