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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

-Multi Component Packaging Tariff Issues No bill (MCPs): Industry wide effort to create a definition for new semiconductor products which are to be classified as integrated circuits and the communications of the definitional efforts with Customs, ITC, USTR and Commerce -China Currency Legislation S. 1607, S. 1677: Legislation which would create new means to redress Chinas currency manipulation and other issues -Korea, Colombia, Panama FTAs: Legislation to implement the trade agreements -Export Controls Deemed Export, Encryption, classification of technology, intra company transfer. No bill

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Vice President of the U.S.; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Government Printing Office (GPO); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 1607 (110th), S. 1677 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-R&D Tax Credit H.R. 2138, S. 41: Permanently extends the research credit and strengthens the alternate simplified credit -Competitive Federal Tax Policy No bill: Encourages lower federal corporate taxes that would be more competitive with tax rates in foreign countries -CFC Look-Thru Rule H.R. 3735: Amends the tax code to extend the look-thru treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations expires 12/31/08 -Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Plan Beneficiaries Act S. 1556: Eliminates the inequities in federal tax law by excluding the value of domestic partner health coverage from the taxable income of the employee and from wages for purposes of payroll tax obligations -Federal Policy on Deferral No bill: Preserves the ability of US-based multinational companies to compete against foreign based competitors. The US defers collecting taxes on earnings of foreign subsidiaries of US-based companies until the earnings are paid to the US parent company. (all OECD countries and many developed nations permit some form of deferral) -Energy Independence & Tax Relief Act of 2008 H.R. 6049 extenders bill includes R&D Tax Credit -Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008 S. 2886 -Alternative minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008 S. 3098

Contacted: White House Office; Government Printing Office (GPO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Vice President of the U.S.; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: S. 41 (110th), H.R. 2138 (110th), H.R. 3735 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), S. 1556 (110th), S. 2886 (110th), S. 3098 (110th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

-Patent Reform Act of 2007 S. 1145: Changes to patent law that would alter calculation of damages for infringement and selection of venue for bringing cases -Intellectual Property, Standards Setting Issues No bill: Monitoring development related to digital rights management

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Vice President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Government Printing Office (GPO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office

Bills named: S. 1145 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

-Clean up of Superfund site in Attleboro, MA No bill

Contacted: Vice President of the U.S.; White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Government Printing Office (GPO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

-New American Innovators Act H.R. 5634: Exempts US Ph.D.s from permanent resident cap. -Innovation Employment Act H.R. 5630: Raises H-1B cap and exempts US advanced degrees -Sustain Act H.R. 5642: Raises H-1B cap -Department of Homeland Security - Regulation No. ICEB-2008-0002: Extension of optional practical training (OPT) status for graduates of US universities - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize certain aliens who have earned a master's or higher degree from a United States institution of higher education in a field - H.R. 6039 and S. 3084. Exempts foreign-born students earning an advanced degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from a U.S. university from the annual EB (employment based) green card limit. - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories H.R. 5921. eliminates per country limits on EB green cards - To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family and employment-based immigrant visas in the future. H.R. 5882 recaptures EB green cards from prior years that went unused due to government processing delays. -Supplemental Appropriations - SA 4803 Murray-Gregg Amendment to recapture EB green cards

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Government Printing Office (GPO); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Vice President of the U.S.

Bills named: H.R. 5634 (110th), H.R. 6039 (110th), H.R. 5921 (110th), S. 3084 (110th), H.R. 5882 (110th), H.R. 5642 (110th), H.R. 5630 (110th)

Education EDU

-Science, Department of State, Justice & Commerce Appropriations - S.3182. Funding for math and science education programs and scholarships at the National Science Foundation -Labor/HHS/Education: No bill for 2009: Funding at the Department of Education for K-12 math and science education programs and Texas Engineering & Technology Consortium (TETC) university program.

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Vice President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Printing Office (GPO); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: S. 3182 (110th)

Science/Technology SCI

-Science, Department of State, Justice & Commerce Appropriations - S.3182: Funding for research at the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology -Department of Defense Appropriations - No bill: Funding for the Focus Center Research Program conducting semiconductor research at 38 universities and overall basic research (6.1) increases. -Supplemental H.R. 2642, SA 4803, PL 110-252 funding for NSF & DOE Science -Energy & Water Appropriations No bill: Funding for basic research at the Department of Energy Office of Science. -National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendment Act of 2008 (H.R. 5940) Reauthorization of federal nanotechnology research activities.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; SENATE; Vice President of the U.S.; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Government Printing Office (GPO); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2642 (110th), S. 3182 (110th), H.R. 5940 (110th)

Health Issues HCR

-Promoting Health Information Technology Act (Health IT bill) - H.R. 3800, S. 1693 -ERISA Preemption - No bill: The preemption enables employers with self-insured plans to offer uniform national benefits and plan administration as opposed to state and local mandates

Contacted: Vice President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Government Printing Office (GPO)

Bills named: S. 1693 (110th), H.R. 3800 (110th)

Homeland Security HOM

-Texas Instruments technology for ePassports

Contacted: U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Vice President of the U.S.; Government Printing Office (GPO)