NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION for NATIONAL MARINE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

Styrene

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Brazil / U.S. WTO Dispute on Cotton -- WTO authorized retaliatory tariffs on U.S. made recreational boats.

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Treasury, Dept of

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Business Activity Tax Simplification (BATSA H.R. 1083); State Tax Nexus; Jobs Legislation Economic Recovery; Tax Extenders (H.R. 4849); R&D Tax Credit; Small Business & Infrastructure Jobs Act; American Workers, State and Business Tax Relief Act (H.R. 4213)

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Small Business Administration (SBA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 4849 (111th), H.R. 1083 (111th), H.R. 4213 (111th)

Fuel/Gas/Oil FUE

S. 1666, Mid-Level Ethanol Blends Act of 2009; Mid-Level (E-15) Ethanol Policy; E-15 Testing; Boat Fuel Systems

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Bills named: S. 1666 (111th)

Banking BAN

SBA 7(a) Loan Program; Small Business Access to Capital Act and Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 (S. 1832, HR 3854); Create Growth and Jobs Act (S. 2855); Access to inventory financing; Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act (H.R. 3126) as it would impact marine industry; Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009 (S. 2869) H.R. 5734, the Dealer Floor Plan Program Extension and Improvement Act of 2010 H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010 and S. Amdt 4402 (Substitute Amendment to H.R. 5297)

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 1832 (111th), H.R. 3854 (111th), S. 2869 (111th), S. 2855 (111th), H.R. 3126 (111th), H.R. 5734 (111th), H.R. 5297 (111th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 (H.R. 1584, S. 1255); Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Reports; Working Waterfront Grant Program (H.R. 2548);Coast Guard Authorization (H.R. 2619, S. 1194); 2009 Coast Guard Modernization (H.R. 2650); Maritime Safety Act of 2009; Marine Engine Safety & Ethanol Study; Reauthorization of Sport-Fish Restoration and Boating Fund; Life Jacket Reg-Reform; Biscayne Bay NPS Boating Access; Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway funding; Magnuson-Stevens Act Reforms; Catch Shares Draft National Policy; Oceans Policy Reform; Oceans Zoning

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 1255 (111th), H.R. 2548 (111th), H.R. 2650 (111th), S. 1194 (111th), H.R. 2619 (111th), H.R. 1584 (111th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Waxman Markey Climate Change Bill; American Clean Energy & Security Act (H.R. 2454); Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Amendments to HR 4872 (health care) relating to Mid-level ethanol blends Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act of 2009 (S. 1733); Accelerated, separate and specific EPA regulatory effort with respect to marine vessels and engines; Implementation of Clean Boating Act

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Small Business Administration (SBA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 2454 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th), S. 1733 (111th)