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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

FTAs (Koea); China Market Access, non-tariff barriers on optical fiber; Information Technology Agreement ("ITA") implementation; H.R.3684, Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2007, all sections; India customs classification of optical fiber and cables; TPA, general discussions about potential timing and renewal of TPAs; WTO, optical fiber tariffs and non-tariffs; APEC - telecom and general trade issues; market access issues in various countries and regions: Asia, China, Korea, India.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3684 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.1818, Broadband Deployment Acceleration Act of 2007, all sections; H.R.6049, Renewal Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008, R&D credit, look-through provisions; H.R. 1424.ENR, To provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy, including H.R.6049, Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 (Engrossed Amendment as Agreed to by Senate), all sections.

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 1818 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R.2419, Farm Bill Extension Act, Subtitle B, Sec. 6103, broadband service in rural areas; FCC Net Neutrality Proceeding (WC Dkt 07-52, DC Dkt 02-33 et al); H.R.5353, Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008, net neutrality; S.215, Internet Freedom Preservation Act, all sections; S.1492, Broadband Data Improvement Act, all sections.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 1492 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), H.R. 5353 (110th), S. 215 (110th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

EPA - appropriations for diesel emission reductions;

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S.2191, America's Climate Change Security Act of 2007, reintroduced as S.4825, all sections; EPA - appropriations to fund diesel retrofits; H.R.7146 IH, Carbon Leakage Prevention Act, all sections; S.3489 and H.R.7250, To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions, all sections; proposed legislation on light duty diesel tax credits, all sections; pending House bill (not yet introduced) on climate change re impact on energy intensive industries;

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 3489 (110th), H.R. 7146 (110th), S. 4825 (110th), S. 2191 (110th), H.R. 7250 (110th)

Torts TOR

S.1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007, damages and post-grant provisions.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1145 (110th)