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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare proposed changes regarding: eligibility, benefits, reimbursement, financing. Medicare reform proposals. Medicare sustainable growth rate/ offsets.

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

Environment/Superfund ENV

EPA Carbon Pollution Emissions Guidelines.

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

Banking BAN

Bankruptcy and the discharge of contractual obligation. Secured and unsecured creditors.

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

S.1900/ H.R. 3830, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014. Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade negotiations. Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership negotiations.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3830 (113th), S. 1900 (113th)

Defense DEF

H.R. 4217/ S. 2075, Military Commissary Sustainment Act. H.R. 1960/ S. 2410 National Defense Reauthorization Act.

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

Bills named: S. 2410 (113th), H.R. 1960 (113th), S. 2075 (113th), H.R. 4217 (113th)

Transportation TRA

H.R. 3040, Safe Freight Act. H.R. 1906, Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act of 2013. School Bus Safety Legislation.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3040 (113th), H.R. 1906 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Independent contractors and taxation: worker misclassification. S. 1706, Fair Playing Field Act of 2013. Tax exclusion for employer sponsored health insurance plans.Tax expenditures & tax reform. Corporate tax reform. Repatriation Issue. S. 1533, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. Tax Extenders. Excise tax on high value employer sponsored health care plans. Bring Jobs Home Act. S. 2360/ H.R. 4679, Stop Corporate Inversion Act. Expire Act.

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

Bills named: S. 2360 (113th), S. 1533 (113th), H.R. 4679 (113th), S. 1706 (113th)

Unemployment UNM

H.R. 3979/H.R. 3824/S. 1797/S. 1845/S. 2077, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act and related cloture votes.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3824 (113th), S. 1845 (113th), S. 2077 (113th), S. 1797 (113th), H.R. 3979 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Taft-Hartley multi-employer health care plans & implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Affordable Care Act: qualified health plans and exchanges. Transitional reinsurance program. H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act.S. 701/S. 1188, Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2013. H.R. 4144, Expatriate Health Care Coverage Clarification Act. S. 2253, Health Care Fairness and Stability Act. ACA: excise tax on high value multi-employer health care plans. ERISA: revocation or cancellation of health insurance coverage.

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

Bills named: S. 1188 (113th), S. 2253 (113th), H.R. 2575 (113th), S. 701 (113th), H.R. 4144 (113th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Truck size and weight. Mexican Truck Pilot Program. H.R. 3403/ S. 1625, Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2013. H.R. 3413, TRUE Safety Act;Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. H.R. 4727, to enhance interstate commerce by creating a National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers. H.R. 2730, Safe Haul Act of 2013. Minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers. Detention pay. Hours-of-service restart and rest periods. Natural gas engines: excess weight/ braking. Hair testing for commercial motor vehicle drivers. Liability limits for shippers/ brokers.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3403 (113th), H.R. 2730 (113th), H.R. 4727 (113th), H.R. 3413 (113th), S. 1625 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations for Departments of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: Funding for Wage and Hour division, DOL Unemployment Insurance, worker misclassification project, OSHA, National Labor Relations Board, National Mediation Board.FY 2015 President's budget request. President's budget proposal for TVA. Infrastructure Budget. DOJ appropriations for funding: Byrne JAG, COPS, and related programs. H.R. 4745, FY 2015 Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development: Truck Size and Weight, weight exemptions for WI, ID, and MS, Hours-of-Service restart and rest provisions (Booker amendment and Daines amendment regarding funding limitation motor carrier/ motor coach insurance minimums). H.R. 4486, FY 2015 Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans Administration: prevailing wages, project labor agreements, King (IA) Davis-Bacon amendment. President's budget proposal for Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX). FY 15 Energy-Water appropriations bill: MOX funding.

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

Bills named: H.R. 4486 (113th), H.R. 4745 (113th)

Insurance INS

H.R. 508, Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization.

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

Bills named: H.R. 508 (113th)

Government Issues GOV

Support for GPO Secure Credentials Program.

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

Immigration IMM

S. 744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act H.R. 1773, Agricultural Guest Worker Act. H.R. 15, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Act.

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

Bills named: H.R. 1773 (113th), H.R. 15 (113th), S. 744 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 4007, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). DHS Risk-Based Performance Standards. Personnel Surety Regulations: Background checks for workers. Executive Order Working Group on Chemical Safety.

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

Bills named: H.R. 4007 (113th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

S. 1476/ H.R. 3970 Stop Subsidizing Multi-Million Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act. Proposed SEC Rulemaking on corporate political disclosures. S. 1282, 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act. Nominees to the Federal Reserve Board.

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

Bills named: H.R. 3970 (113th), S. 1282 (113th), S. 1476 (113th)

Retirement RET

Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans: amend ERISA anti-cutback rules. PBGC authority and funding.

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Wage & Hour enforcement: worker misclassification & independent contractors. S. 1687/H.R. 4611, Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. Project labor agreements: prevailing wage/ Davis-Bacon Act. S. 1706, Fair Playing Field Act of 2013.National Mediation Board mission. H.R. 2083/ S. 1596, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act. H.R. 180/ S. 357, National Blue Alert Act of 2013. H.R. 3712, FAMILY Act. S. 933, Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2013. S. 84/S. 2199/ H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act. Authority regarding "hot goods" provision of FLSA Sec. 215(a) (1). S. 1737, Minimum Wage Fairness Act. Apprenticeship programs and job training. H.R. 4320, Workplace Democracy and Fairness Act. H.R. 4321, Employee Privacy Protection Act. H.R. 803, Workforce Opportunity and Innovation Act. Cloture vote on nomination of Dr. David Weil as Wage and Hour Administrator.

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

Bills named: S. 1687 (113th), S. 1737 (113th), S. 84 (113th), H.R. 180 (113th), H.R. 4321 (113th), H.R. 377 (113th), H.R. 4611 (113th), H.R. 803 (113th), S. 357 (113th), H.R. 4320 (113th), H.R. 3712 (113th), S. 933 (113th), S. 1706 (113th), S. 2199 (113th), S. 1596 (113th), H.R. 2083 (113th)