INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS for INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Opposition to Trade Promotion Authority and the following bills: H.R.1314, Trade Act of 2015; H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act; H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015;H.R. 2146, Defending Public Safety Employee's Retirement Act. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade negotiations. Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership negotiations.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1295 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), H.R. 2146 (114th)

Defense DEF

Commissary and military exchange issues. H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act- Flake Amendment to prohibit project labor agreements in government construction contracts.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); President of the U.S.; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1735 (114th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

SEC Pay Ratio Rule: Dodd Frank Section 953(b). General defense of CFPB. SEC clawback rule; Dodd Frank Section 954. Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-retaliation Act (WARN Act). Vacancies at SEC. S. 1484, Financial Regulatory Improvement Act.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); President of the U.S.; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 1484 (114th)

Roads/Highway ROD

Build America Initiative, Rebuild America Act of 2015.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Transportation TRA

Drone Safety, security, privacy and job creation issues. School Bus Safety Issues.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Independent contractors and taxation: worker misclassification. Corporate tax reform. Repatriation Issue. Excise tax on high value employer sponsored health care plans. Offshore tax loopholes; corporate inversions. Incentives to relocate jobs in the U.S. Build America Initiative; highway trust fund. S. 807, H.R. 767, the FAIR BEER Act; reform of federal beer excise taxes.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 767 (114th), S. 807 (114th)

Immigration IMM

S. 744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. H.R. 15, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Act. President's EO on deferred action.

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: S. 744 (114th), H.R. 15 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Worker misclassification & independent contractors. Project labor agreements: prevailing wage/ Davis-Bacon Act. H.R. 1619/ S. 862, Paycheck Fairness Act. Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces S.J. Res. 8/ H.J.Res. 29, Disapproving the NLRB election representation rule; veto override Education Background Check Legislation. S. Con. Res. 11, Mikulski motion to instruct on Equal Pay. Prepared rule and guidance on Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces. S. 1150/ H.R. 2150, Raise the Wage Act Build America Initiatives: Labor standards for model contracts for public-private partnerships. S. 248/ H.R. 511, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 H.R. 1767, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 1768, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. H.R. 932, S. 497, Healthy Families Act S. 786/ H.R. 1439, Family and Medical Leave Insurance Leave Act. Broad stances on micro-union organizing, secret ballot proposals, and NLRB expedited election procedures.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: H.R. 2150 (114th), H.R. 1768 (114th), H.R. 1619 (114th), H.R. 1439 (114th), S. 786 (114th), H.J.Res. 29 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), S. 248 (114th), S. 1150 (114th), S. 862 (114th), S. 497 (114th), H.R. 932 (114th), S.J.Res. 8 (114th), H.R. 1767 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Clean Ports Legislation

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); President of the U.S.; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare proposed changes: eligibility, benefits, reimbursement, financing.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); President of the U.S.; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Retirement RET

Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans. Implementation of Multi-employer Pension Reform Act (MPRA). MPRA benefit reduction provisions. Special provisions for UPS regarding benefit reductions. Withdrawal liability. PBGC authority and funding. Pensions and bankruptcy priority. S. 1631/ H.R. 2844, Keep Our Pension Promises Act.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); President of the U.S.; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2844 (114th), S. 1631 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Taft-Hartley multi-employer health care plans & implementation of the Affordable Care Act. ACA: excise tax on high value multi-employer health care plans. S. 928/ H.R. 1786-James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act. H.R. 2050, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015 H.R. 879, Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' Health Plans Act ACA: proposals to repeal the individual mandate

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); President of the U.S.; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 1786 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), S. 928 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Truck size and weight; 33 foot doubles. Mexican Truck Pilot Program. H.R. 1467/ S. 806, Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015 (hair testing). Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. H.R. 983, Safe Haul Act of 2015. Minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers. Detention pay. Hours-of-service restart and rest periods. Expansion of CDL Cetified Medical Examiners.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1467 (114th), S. 806 (114th), H.R. 983 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 2029, FY 2016 Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans Administration- King amendment to prohibit use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce Davis-Bacon Act coverage. H.R. 2685, FY 2016 Appropriations for the Department of Defense- funding for mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility. FY 2016 Appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies: funding for DOL, OSHA, Wage and Hour Division, NLRB, NMB, policy riders and funding prohibitions regarding OSHA, DOL and NLRB.

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); President of the U.S.; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2029 (114th), H.R. 2685 (114th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Open Skies Agreement with Gulf Carriers.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Homeland Security HOM

DHS Risk-Based Performance Standards. Port Security and Defense. Law Enforcement Equipment Issues: DOD 1033 Program, body cameras,training and Safety. EB-5 visa program H.R. 2750, Airports worker vetting bill- proposed changes for TSA Pre-Check program Chemical Safety Board priorities for 2015 Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards implementation of whistle-blower protections

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: H.R. 2750 (114th)