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Education EDU

Career and technical education issues generally; HR2353/S.3217, Strengthening Career & Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.

Contacted: Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: S. 3217 (115th), H.R. 2353 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Efairness legislation (support HR2193, oppose HR2887, support S976), tax reform, oppose imposition of Value Added Tax, National Retail Sales Tax; Technical corrections to Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 2887 (115th), H.R. 2193 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Affordable Care Act, all provisions; HR1101 - Small Business Health Fairness Act, all provisions; HR173/S58 - Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act, all provisions; H.R. 246 Jobs and Premium Protection Act; S.1859 - Healthcare Tax Relief Act; S.1978 - Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act; HR 4616 - Cadillac Tax; Employer Mandate Delay; H.R.4620 - Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act; HR4200/S.2052 - Healthcare Market Certainty and Mandate Relief Act; S. 1996/HR 2919 Commonsense Reporting Act; Cadillac Tax; ERISA; Opioids Legislation - mental health parity enforcement. HR 5138, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act, all provisions. DOL rule on Association Health Plans; H.R.6 - Support for Patients and Communities Act, Mental health parity; ESRD HR 6301 - All Provisions HR 6317 - All Provisions HR 6305 - All Provisions, Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act HR 6312 - All Provisions, PHIT Act HR 6309 - All Provisions HR 6199 - All Provisions HR 6306 - All Provisions HR 6313 - All Provisions, Responsible Additions And Increases To Sustain Employee Health Benefits HR 6314 - All Provisions, Health Savings Act HR 6311 - All Provisions HR 3919 - All Provisions, Commonsense Reporting Act S.1908 - Commonsense Reporting Act H.R. 3798-Save American Workers Act - all provisions

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Maritime Commission; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3798 (115th), H.R. 4200 (115th), H.R. 2919 (115th), H.R. 5138 (115th), H.R. 6313 (115th), H.R. 3919 (115th), H.R. 6 (115th), S. 1978 (115th), H.R. 6317 (115th), H.R. 6314 (115th), H.R. 1101 (115th), H.R. 4616 (115th), H.R. 6199 (115th), S. 2052 (115th), H.R. 246 (115th), H.R. 6309 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th), S. 1908 (115th), S. 1996 (115th), H.R. 6301 (115th), H.R. 6311 (115th), S. 1859 (115th), H.R. 6306 (115th), H.R. 6305 (115th), H.R. 4620 (115th), H.R. 6312 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Generally.

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Maritime Commission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of

Government Issues GOV

Prior approval reform; H.R. 2101; SEC 630 HR 6258

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Bills named: H.R. 6258 (115th), H.R. 2101 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Communicate retail views on the importance of international trade and the global value chain. Communicate views on a renegotiation and modernization of NAFTA; Support improvements to duty drawback, Support the Miscellaneous Trade Bill process; communicate retail views on trade remedy actions and the impact to downstream consumers. EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program implementation and annual review issues; S118, Reinforcing American-Made Products Act of 2017 - all provisions; oppose lifting of inclusion of shrimp and abalone fish from Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), as provided for in 513 of S.1662 in FY 2018 appropriation, H.R. 4979 - to extend The Generalized System of Preferences and to make and to make technical changes to the competitive need limitations provision of the program - support the bill. H.R.4318 - Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2018 - in support - Oppose Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs - Oppse Section 301 China Tariffs

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Federal Maritime Commission; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Bills named: S. 1662 (115th), H.R. 4979 (115th), H.R. 4318 (115th)

Banking BAN

Update House and Senate on Interchange/swipe fee reform issues, including competitive routing and pending surcharge legislation in states; provide retailers perspective of issues in implementing mobile payment systems; data security and breach notification as it relates to sensitive financial data, including H.R. 6743: Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act; discuss views of retail industry regarding EMV transition, fraud costs, Chip and PIN, tokenization, encryption, chargebacks, competition in debit routing and other payment innovation; Implementation of SEC CEO Pay Ratio Reporting (PL 111-203)

Contacted: Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 6743 (115th)

Transportation TRA

Port related issues -- congestion, metrics, ocean carrier alliances, detention / demurrage. Transportation related issues -- freight policy, truck productivity, funding infrastructure. The DRIVE-Safe Act (HR.5358) and S.3352, all provisions (Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy) House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation + Infrastructure -letter offering change to law to allow commercial activities at federal interstate highway right-of-way and rest stop areas. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (HR 3353, S1655) - Support the bill. Support improvements to truck productivity. Support Denham Amendment to clarify state meal and rest break requirements.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System

Bills named: S. 3352 (115th), H.R. 5358 (115th), H.R. 3353 (115th)

Postal POS

U.S. Postal Service reform - communication of retail industry views; S.2629 Postal Service Reform Act of 2018 - Support; Communicate retail views on the United States Postal Service to the White House Task Force on the United States Postal Service.

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; SENATE; Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Maritime Commission; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: S. 2629 (115th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

S577, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Ace, all provisions; HR1314, Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act, all provisions; HR1315 RFS Reform Act, all provisions; sought sponsor for draft legislation to modify Renewable Fuel Standard. The GREENER Fuels Act (Growing Renewable Energy through Existing and New Environmentally Responsible Fuels Act)

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Reserve System; Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Maritime Commission; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1314 (115th), H.R. 1315 (115th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Discussions regarding proposed legislation & agency proposals affecting the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information and self-regulatory programs providing protection for consumers; communication of retail views regarding data security and breach notification laws and procedures in protecting customer information; proposed federal breach notification and data security standards; including discussion draft of House Financial Services Committee draft data breach legislation; CPSC Oversight issues - overall agency review on key issues. Support nominations of CPSC Chairman Anne Marie Buerkle and Peter Feldman to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Treasury, Dept of; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NLRB Specialty Healthcare decision; NLRB Rule on Representation; part-time scheduling generally; paid leave issues generally; Compensation equity issues generally; HR 2776/S.1350, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R.2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act, all provisions; Fair Labor Standards Act generally; S.1217/HR2629, Representation Fairness Restoration Act, all provisions; NLRB Joint Employment Standard; Dept of Labor Changes to Overtime Rules; HR 3441, Save Local Business Act; EEOC Wellness Regulations; Workflex in the 21st Century Act; HR4734/S.2203, Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA; S.2810/HR 5728 Workplace Democracy Act; HR 6080/S.3064 Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act -H.R.6544 - The Employee Rights Act of 2018 -OSHA Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Rule

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Maritime Commission; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Reserve System; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 4734 (115th), H.R. 2629 (115th), H.R. 3441 (115th), S. 2203 (115th), H.R. 6544 (115th), H.R. 2776 (115th), S. 3064 (115th), H.R. 6080 (115th), H.R. 2775 (115th), S. 1350 (115th), H.R. 5728 (115th), S. 2810 (115th), S. 1217 (115th)

Science/Technology SCI

Patent reform - communicating impact of patent infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices. Oppose S. 1390, STRONGER Patents Act, concerns with provisions to dismantle IPR, overturn Supreme Court decisions, and approach to addressing demand letters.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Small Business Administration (SBA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); SENATE

Bills named: S. 1390 (115th)