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Manufacturing MAN

Worker safety programs - value of those programs, ways to recognize and reward safe workplace behavior.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE

Transportation TRA

Ports and customs reauthorization, CDP trade enforecement and facilitation, port congestions, import surveillance. Support the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Support the Bicameral Trade Authority Act of 2021.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Maritime Commission; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Renew and expand the generalized system of preferences act, focus on tariffs including China section 301. Opposition to tariffs on Canadian, EU and Chinese products. Opposition to the COOL Online Act, which was added as an ammendment to the Endless Frontier Act.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Maritime Commission; Small Business Administration (SBA); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Support of CARES Act and pandemic economic stimulus package for businesses and laid off workers, support expansion of Paycheck Protection Program to 501(c)6 organziations. Support automatic forgiveness of relatively small PPP loans.

Contacted: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Independent contractors, deductibility of advertising expenses, value of the global supply chain. Support of CARES Act and pandemic economic stimulus package, opposition of the elimination of the step-up-in-basis. Opposition to the proposal to change the Section 199A deduction in the Small Business Tax Fairness Act (S.2387) Opposing the consumer accounting reporting requirement of transactions over $600 in the Build Back Better Act.

Contacted: White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 2387 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Wellness incentive programs, worker safety issues.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office

Small Business SMB

Independent contractors (maintain safe harbors) and use of promotional products as advertising media. Value of small business to the US economy. Opposition to the PRO Act related to limited use of independent contractors. Support of CARES Act and pandemic economic stiulus package related to PPP, EIDL and automatic forgiveness of relatively low PPP loans. Opposition to the proposal to change the section 199A deduction included in the Small Business Tax Fairness Act (S.2387).

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Maritime Commission; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 2387 (117th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Toxic substances control reform, application of chemical regulations to children's and general use products, preemption, alignment of international chemical regulations.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NLRB issues related to dual employer control over employees, DOL issues related to overtime rules, opposition to the PRO Act. Focus on CARES Act and stimulus packages to support employment. Rules related to independent contractors.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Advertising ADV

Value and use of promotional products as advertising medium, maintain deductibility of advertising expenses within the year the expense occurred.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Maritime Commission; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Continued tracking of all consumer issues including claims, green guides and product safety issues.

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)