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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues around USMCA negotiations Labor advisory committee

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Postal POS

Issues regarding Postal Banking

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Roads/Highway ROD

Infrastructure House Resolution: Support Bold Investments in Infrastructure, should create millions of jobs for Americans, encourage public investment, embrace clean-energy jobs, support strong worker protections, underscore racial and gender equity in hiring, ensure worker safety and environmental protections, and prioritize resilient infrastructure

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

H.R.1/S.949, For the People Act of 2019: legislation to expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes. H.R. 5, Equality Act: legislation to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 949 (116th), H.R. 1 (116th), H.R. 5 (116th)

Telecommunications TEC

Sprint-TMobile merger H.R.530, Accelerating Broadband Development by Empowering Local Communities Act of 2019: To provide that certain actions by the Federal Communications Commission shall have no force or effect.

Contacted: Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 530 (116th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act: legislation to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes. H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act: legislation to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 582 (116th), H.R. 7 (116th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.Res.109/ S.Res.59: New Green Deal

Contacted: SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S.Res. 59 (116th), H.Res. 109 (116th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Implementing the FAA Reauthorization of 2018 H.R. 302: legislation to provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals, to reauthorize Federal aviation programs, to improve aircraft safety certification processes, and for other purposes. H.R. 1108, Keep FAA Funding Stability Act of 2019: legislation to provide for funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for all Federal Aviation Administration activities in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. H.R. 2208/S. 1112, Air Quality Act of 2019- To improve the safety of the air supply on commercial aircraft, and for other purposes. GSA City Pairs NMB Rule change: published a proposed rule and request for comments to amend its regulations to provide for decertification of labor unions In-Flight Sexual Assault Task Force: DOT-OST-2018-0190 Air carrier passengers with service animals Middle East Carrier - Open Skies treaty enforcement Issues around FAA regulation of 737 max Aircraft lavatory size and accessibility Ending Government shutdown

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 302 (116th), S. 1112 (116th), H.R. 1108 (116th), H.R. 2208 (116th)

Banking BAN

Issues around Santander and Well Fargo's treatment of employees: creation of a Bank Worker Bill of Rights Issues around bank call center offshoring S.915, Reward Work Act: legislation that would reverse the 1982 SEC ruling and would ban from buying back their stock int he open market H.R.2176, Return to Prudent Banking Act: legislation to repeal certain provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so-called "Glass-Steagall Act", and for other purposes.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 915 (116th), H.R. 2176 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.1516/S.647, Wall Street Tax Act of 2019: legislation to impose a financial transaction tax on Wall Street trading H.R.1735/S.781, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2019: legislation to close the carried interest loophole H.R.1711/S.780, No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act: legislation to end tax incentives for companies to move money and jobs offshore and encourage creation of jobs in America. H.R.748, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019: legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. Issue around the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 - investigating how are corporations spending their money saved from the tax cuts

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Government Accountability Office (GAO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 781 (116th), S. 780 (116th), S. 647 (116th), H.R. 1735 (116th), H.R. 1516 (116th), H.R. 1711 (116th), H.R. 748 (116th)

Government Issues GOV

Ending the Government Shutdown H.R. 935/S. 27, American Miners Act of 2019: legislation to provide for transfers to the 1974 UMWA pension plan and a reduction in the minimum age for allowable in-service distributions.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 27 (116th), H.R. 935 (116th)

Immigration IMM

Issues around DACA/DREAMERS, fighting for the release of an undocumented flight attendant

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

AT&T mobility contract negotiations American Airlines, Envoy contract negotiations Issues around Maximus regarding wage theft and misclassifications of workers

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Government Accountability Office (GAO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)