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Banking BAN

-Emergency Economic Stabilization Act H.R. 3997

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

Bills named: H.R. 3997 (110th)

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 -Export Classifications of TI components No bill -Korea, Colombia, Panama FTAs: Legislation to implement the trade agreements -Export Controls Deemed Export, Encryption, intra company transfer No bill

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

- Energy Independence & Tax Relief Act of 2008 - R&D Tax Credit - H.R. 6049 (Senate bill), H.R. 7060, H.R. 1424: Extends the research and experimentation tax, among other things. -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, H.R. 1424: 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) -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 -Emergency Economic Stabilization Act H.R. 1424

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

Bills named: H.R. 1424 (110th), H.R. 6049 (110th), H.R. 7060 (110th), H.R. 3735 (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: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Government Printing Office (GPO)

Bills named: S. 1145 (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: SENATE; U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Government Printing Office (GPO); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

Science/Technology SCI

-National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendment Act of 2008 H.R. 5940, S. 3274: Reauthorization of federal nanotechnology research activities. -Continuing Resolution NSF, NIST, DoE Funding - H.R. 2638, PL 110-329 -Science, Department of State, Justice & Commerce Appropriations S. 3182, PL 110-329: Funding for research at the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards and Technology -Department of Defense Appropriations H.R. 2638, PL 110-329: Funding for the Focus Center Research Program conducting semiconductor research at 38 universities and overall basic research (6.1) increase. -Department of Energy Appropriations - S. 3258: Funding for Department of Energy Office of Science

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

Bills named: H.R. 5940 (110th), H.R. 2638 (110th), S. 3258 (110th), S. 3274 (110th), S. 3182 (110th)

Immigration IMM

- 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, S. 3414 - recaptures EB green cards from prior years that went unused due to government processing delays.

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

Bills named: S. 3414 (110th), H.R. 6039 (110th), H.R. 5882 (110th), S. 3084 (110th), H.R. 5921 (110th)

Education EDU

-Middle School Math Education No bill

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

Homeland Security HOM

-Texas Instruments technology for e-Passports

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

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

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