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Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to consumer data privacy legislation; issues relating to 85 FR 52934, the Identification and Review of Controls for Certain Foundational Technologies.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

E.O. 13950: Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (generally); issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring of labor and employment policy; issues relating to 2021 workforce priorities for the House Education and Labor Committee; issues relating to workforce, regulatory, and immigration.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Torts TOR

Issues relating to limited liability protections related to COVID-19 and business reopening.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to ERISA, health benefits, and health equity.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to climate change risk mitigation.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to comprehensive immigration reform, DREAMers, and H1-B visas (generally); 85 FR 63872: Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Education EDU

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring of education and workforce development issues; issues relating to the executive order on Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility (provisions relating to occupational licensing); issues relating to early childhood and higher education.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Issues relating to the federal response to COVID-19, including health and safety guidelines, testing, contact tracing, virus monitoring, protection for health-vulnerable groups, vaccinations, and impact mitigation.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to accessibility and affordability of broadband and closing the digital divide.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to additional COVID-19 relief packages; Pub. L. 116-230: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (provisions in Division N).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

H.R. 5430: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act implementation (all provisions); issues relating to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement technical corrections legislation; issues relating to U.S.-China trade relations and Phase One agreement implementation; matters relating to Japan, UK, India, Brazil and European Union trade negotiations; issues relating to tariffs under section 232 of the 1962 Trade Act and under section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act; issues relating to digital services tax and trade issues, WTO reform proposals, and export controls; issues relating to technology, data flows, and national security; E.O. 13873: Information Communication Technology Supply Chain Executive Order; issues relating to tariff actions under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (generally); E.O. 13942: Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (generally); E.O. 13943: Addressing the Threat Posed by WeChat, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (generally); issues relating to use of the Defense Production Act; issues relating to federal response to COVID-19 and North American essential supply chain definition alignment and coordinated phases reopening; issues relating to COVID-19-related trade barrier disruptions, supply chain resilience, and onshoring proposals; issues relating to 85 FR 52934, the Identification and Review of Controls for Certain Foundational Technologies; issues relating to the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences bill (S. 4729) and the Miscellaneous Tariff legislation.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 5430 (116th), S. 4729 (116th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (Rel. No. 34-89372); issues relating to procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (Rel. No. 34-89963); issues relating to reporting thresholds for institutional investment managers (Re. No. 34-89290); Pub. L. 116-136: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Titles I, II, IV, and V); S. 4321: Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act (Title I).

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 4321 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to OECD program of work to develop a consensus solution to tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; issues relating to taxation of share repurchases; issues related to implementation of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 115-97); Pub. L. 116-260: Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (Divisions N and EE); H.R. 6800: Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (Divisions B and L); S. 4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act (Titles I, II, and IV); S. 4324: Restoring Critical Supply Chains and Intellectual Property Act (Title I).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 4324 (116th), H.R. 6800 (116th), S. 4318 (116th)