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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade Adjustment Assistance re-authorization Free Trade Agreements (U.S. - Korea) Presidential Trade Negotiating Authority

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Federal spending for small business programs Stimulus funding

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Environment/Superfund ENV

E-Recycling American Clean Energy and Security Act, H.R. 2454

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

Health IT

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Homeland Security HOM

Cybersecurity regulations Government Agency IT security, workforce standards Proposal to establish public-private security task force for small business issues Credit Card Act of 2009, H.R. 627 (Section 507, Small Business Security Task Force)

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 627 (111th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Spectrum allocations Broadband regulation Television white spaces

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 275, To repeal the imposition of 3% withholding H.R. 1083, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2009 Taxation of government procurement Small business expensing Bonus depreciation Business activity tax Research and development tax credits

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 275 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th)

Unemployment UNM

WIA & TAA

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Telecommunications TEC

Spectrum allocations Broadband regulation Broadband funding and build-out

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Patent Reform: S. 515, S. 299, H.R. 628, H.R. 1260 Patent Quality Federal Programs to educate the public on intellectual property matters Proposal to provide simplified patent procedures for small businesses

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1260 (111th), H.R. 628 (111th), S. 299 (111th), S. 515 (111th)

Small Business SMB

Full funding for SBA programs Promotion of funding and reauthorization of SBA Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) programs

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Small Business Administration (SBA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Insurance INS

Proposals to provide special consideration for health care coverage for small businesses

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Ensuring consumer privacy protection in e-waste regulation.

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Trade Adjustment Assistance re-authorization Workforce training issues Workforce Investment Act (WIA) re-authorization

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Computer Industry CPI

Funding for IT training within Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Internet regulation

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)