THE DUBERSTEIN GROUP INC. for BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal cliff issues, including debt and deficit reduction - proposed legislation re these issues; Executive Branch action re these issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Keystone Pipeline - HR 4348, MAP-21.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 4348 (112th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Efforts to implement/repeal of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (PL 111-203), including margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants, margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities, user derivatives, CEO pay ratio, clawback provisions, whistle-blower protections, conflict diamonds, the Volker Rule, corporate governance issues, including international accounting standards, proxy process, and labor issues - HR 2682, Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011; HR 2779, To exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; proposed legislation re these issues; Executive Branch actions re these issues.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2779 (112th), H.R. 2682 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate tax reform, including international taxes, rates, and corporate tax extenders - Proposed legislation re these issues.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Computer Industry CPI

Cybersecurity issues - HR 4263, SECURE IT Act of 2012; S 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012; S 2151, SECURE IT.

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 4263 (112th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Russia permanent normal trade relations and termination of the Jackson-Vanik amendment - HR 4405, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012; S 1039, Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011; S 3285, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to products of the Russian Federation. Export-Import Bank reauthorization - HR 2072, Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012. Trade issues, including currency, with China - Executive Branch action re this issue. Implementation of US-Korea Free Trade Agreement - Executive Branch action re this issue.

Contacted: SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2072 (112th), H.R. 4405 (112th)

Housing HOU

Efforts to strengthen housing policy - Executive Branch actions re this issue.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE