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Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2791 and S. 2090 - Responsible Electronics Recycling Act - All Provisions.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Education, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2791 (113th), S. 2090 (113th)

Veterans VET

Issues generally related to veteran-owned businesses, veterans employment, and pro-veteran employee support efforts (no specific legislation).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of

Defense DEF

Issues generally relating to funding for Department of Defense IT programs (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues generally relating to domestic preferences, remanufactured goods, implementation of trade facilitation/customs measures in Latin America, and trade facilitation for Mercosur customs authorities (no specific legislation introduced or pending). Issues related to China local preferences; issues related to India local preferences (no pending legislation). H.R. 3830 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014 - entire bill.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 3830 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues generally relating to consumer data privacy (no specific legislation introduced or pending). S. 607 - Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2013 - issues related to ECPA reform.

Contacted: White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 607 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 523 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 (all provisions); Tax policy generally including deferral of foreign-earned income, repatriation, and corporate tax rates (no specific legislation). Provisions of the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act (EXPIRE Act) related to Research and Development Tax Credit and the look-thru treatment of payments between related controlled foreign controlled foreign corporations.Tax policies generally related to the continued funding of the Highway Trust Fund - No specific legislation

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues generally relating to healthcare IT, and to potential for regulation of healthcare IT as medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (no specific legislation introduced or pending). H.R. 523 - Protect Medical Innovation Act (all provisions).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 523 (113th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues generally relating to online piracy, unfair competition and misappropriation of IT (no specific legislation); Issues generally relating to the use of the International Trade Commission in patent infringement disputes (no specific legislation); Issues concerning litigation by patent-assertion entities before federal courts and the US Internal Trade Comission (no specific legislation).H.R. 3099 - The Innovation Act of 2013 - Entire bill. S. 1720 - Patent Transparency and Improvements Act - Entire bill. H.R. 4763 - Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act - Entire bill. S. 2267 - Defense Trade Secrets Act - Entire bill S. 2049 - Transparency in Assertions of Patents Act - Entire bill

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2049 (113th), S. 2267 (113th), S. 1720 (113th), H.R. 3099 (113th), H.R. 4763 (113th)

Small Business SMB

Issues generally relating to small and medium-sized businesses, including government regulations, taxation, cloud computing, veteran-owned businesses, security and access to credit (no specific legislation introduced). H.R. 3559 - Entrepreneur in Residence Act of 2013 - Entire bill.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3559 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues related to the FY15 federal funding including the effective federal government procurement of IT products and services (no current legislation). H.R. 4660 and S. 2437 - FY15 Commerce, Science, Justice Appropriations bill - Language related to the procurement of foreign IT products and service; proposed language related to the litigation by patent-assertion entities before the US Intl. Trade Commission.H.R. 4660 and S. 2437 - FY15 Commerce, Science, Justice Appropriations bill - Language related to the International Trade Commission's existing interpretation of licensing activity.

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 2437 (113th), H.R. 4660 (113th)

Government Issues GOV

Issues generally relating to efficient government operations, including cloud computing, datacenter consolidation, cybersecurity and telework (no specific legislation introduced or pending).

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Immigration IMM

Issues generally relating to H1B visas, visas for employees of small business start-up companies, and visas for foreign higher education students (no specific legislation introduced or pending). S. 169 - Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 - entire bill. S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 - entire bill.H.R.2131 - SKILLS Visa Act - Entire Bill.

Contacted: SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th), S. 169 (113th)

Education EDU

Issues generally relating to education technology (no specific bill introduced or pending).

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues generally relating to cybersecurity workforce development, supply chain security and cybersecurity procurement (no specific legislation introduced or pending); White House executive order on Cybersecutity - entire order; CONTINUEDH.R. 624 - Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 756 - Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013; H.R. 1468 - SECURE IT; S. 21 - Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 (all provisions). H.R. 3696 - National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Act of 2013 - Entire bill. H.R. 4289 - Department of Homeland Interoperable Communications Act - Entire bill.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 3696 (113th), S. 21 (113th), H.R. 756 (113th), H.R. 1468 (113th), H.R. 4289 (113th)