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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-Lobbying against any and all attempts to cap and/or eliminate the employer exclusion for the 181,000,000 Americans who get their health care coverage through their employer. -Monitoring Regulations around Tipped Workers following March passage of changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 prohibiting managers from keeping employees' tips

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Mediation Board; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS)

Transportation TRA

-Advocating for the 20,000 UNITE HERE members in the in-flight catering industry. -Lobbying against efforts to end food and beverage service and other efforts to denigrate service on Amtrak's Long Distance routes.

Contacted: SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Natl Mediation Board; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Health Issues HCR

S.58-Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 173-Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 Lobbying against any efforts to establish a reinsurance tax on union-employer health care trusts

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Mediation Board; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 173 (115th), S. 58 (115th)

Pharmacy PHA

Advocating for the passage of: H.R. 1245-Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S. 469-Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R. 1776-Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act Meaningful patent reform around prescription drugs

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Mediation Board; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 469 (115th), H.R. 1776 (115th), H.R. 1245 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Advocating for the passage of S. 1615/H.R.3440-the DREAM Act of 2017 Advocating on behalf of the 320,000 people currently living in the U.S. with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Advocating for the passage of S. 232-A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program Advocating for the termination of the J-1 and H2-B Visa Programs Advocating against S. 792-the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2017. Advocating against harmful, anti-immigrant legislation and regulations that are too numerous to list.

Contacted: Natl Mediation Board; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 1615 (115th), H.R. 3440 (115th), S. 792 (115th), S. 232 (115th)

Retirement RET

Monitoring findings of Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans as it relates to the funding of multi-employer pension plans.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Mediation Board; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Housing HOU

Monitoring legislation and regulations dealing with short-term rentals impacting the country's affordable housing stock.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Mediation Board; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3053 Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018 -Supported Amendment that would allow for consent-based siting of nuclear waste storage.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Mediation Board; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 3053 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Various labor provisions in renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Contacted: Natl Mediation Board; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)