1st Quarter - Report

THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC. for THE BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$6,860,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues relating to energy security, climate change, critical minerals, and permitting reform.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues Relating to climate change and risk mitigation; issues relating to permitting reform; and issues relating to critical minerals.

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted climate disclosure rule and amendments to Rule 14a-8; and issues relating to reforms to the Shareholder Proposal and Proxy Advisory Process.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Government Issues GOV

Issues related to regulatory reform and the deregulatory activities of the Department of Government Efficiency.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to employer sponsored health care, mental health parity, affordability of care, and transparency.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to border security, H-2A, H-1B and H-2B modernization; issues relating to reintroduction of the Dignity Act; issues relating to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals; and issues relating to the Laken Riley Act.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to Second Chance employment including Fresh Start Act, Clean Slate Act, and Second Chance Reauthorization Act.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to antitrust and competition policies including merger review; issues relating to Business Roundtable workforce priorities and partnerships with cyber apprenticeships initiatives; issues relating to labor and employment and workforce development policy, including legislation relating to expanding Pell Grants to cover short-term education and training programs (S. 383, JOBS Act), reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), and Registered Apprenticeship programs (National Apprenticeship Act); issues relating to Permanent Labor Certification Application.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 383 (119th)

Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach relating to retirement benefits.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

Issues pertaining to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity (including reauthorization of the Cybersecurity and Information Act of 2015) and data privacy; issues relating to the Office of Science and Technology Policys request for information on National Priorities for AI.

Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act (H.R. 1990); issues relating to R&D Section 174 expensing; issues relating to deduction of interest deductibility under Section 163(j) (American Investment in Manufacturing and Main Street Act, S. 559); issues related to bonus depreciation in the Accelerating Long-Term Investment Growth Now ---ALIGN Act (H.R. 574 and S. 187); issues relating to the Inflation Reduction Act (all provisions); issues relating to OECD Pillar Two Model Rules and OECDs Pillar One and Pillar Two proposals; issues relating to OECD taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues related to the Defending American Jobs and Investment Act (H.R. 591), issues related to the expiration of tax provisions in 2025 including the corporate tax rate, business state and local tax deductions, and international tax provisions.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 591 (119th), H.R. 1990 (119th), S. 187 (119th), S. 559 (119th), H.R. 574 (119th)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to infrastructure and transportation policy, including investment and air traffic control.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to international trade; issues relating to tariff advocacy preparation and strategy; issues relating to H.R. 1549, China Financial Threat Mitigation Act; issues relating to supply chain diversification.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1549 (119th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.