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Education EDU

EARNS Act; S.2945 - Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act. Specifically, the EARNS act would authorize $100 million in federal funding to increase access to apprenticeship across the country.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2945 (114th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trade facilitation, Systems, Processes, Facilitated 5th bidirectional education forum; Country of Origin of electronically delivered software; Regulation stemming from Wassenaar 2013 Agreement Implementation

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Defense DEF

Cybersecurity training and certification, National Defense Authorization Act FY2017 and Defense Appropriations bill for 2017 have been worked on but no bill number as of this report; FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act in House and Senate- H.R.1735, S. 1736- an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the DOD, for military construction, and for defense activities of the DOE, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 1735 (114th), S. 1736 (114th)

Immigration IMM

Participated in coalition calls that discussed lobbying activity. Have not actively participated in meetings; H.R. 5801, The Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill expands the H-1B non-immigrant visa program by updating provisions in the 1998 American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA).

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 5801 (114th)

Computer Industry CPI

H.R. 1731 - now law but still discussing implementation; H.R. 1560; S. 754; Training and certification for government cybersecurity workers, Information sharing- to foster information sharing on cybersecurity threats between the government and private sector; Internet of Things and Smart Cities; ECPA Reform, Student Data Privacy S.356 - ECPA Amendments Act of 2015 - Reforms and updates ECPA; H.R. 699 - Email Privacy Act - reforms and updates ECPA; S.1788 - SAFE KIDS Act - Puts federal standards in place for privacy and data security for technology in the classroom; ET Docket No. 13-49 - In the Matter of Revision of Part 15 of the Commission's Rules to permit unlicensed national information infrastructure(U-NII) devices in 5 GHz band;

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 754 (114th), S. 356 (114th), H.R. 699 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 1788 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th)