RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION for RETAIL INDUSTRY LEADERS ASSOCIATION

Environment/Superfund ENV

Retail sustainability issues

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

Banking BAN

Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act; Federal Reserve implementation of the Dodd-Frank interchange provisions (Reg. II); issues relating to credit and debit card interchange fees; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issues on reporting requirements and virtual currencies; SEC and Financial Stability Oversight Board on Money Market Mutual Fund Reform; Legislation (H.R. 749, S. 635) to amend Gramm Leach Bliley Privacy Act privacy reporting requirements

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Reserve System; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 749 (113th), S. 635 (113th)

Transportation TRA

Issues related to the surface transportation reauthorization; Hours of Service; Issues related to Clean Ports Act of 2013; Activity related to ILA-USMX negotiations; activity related to ILWU-PMA negotiations; H.R. 3413, the True Understaning of the Economy and Safety Act; H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act; lithium batteries rulemaking at PHMSA

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 3413 (113th), H.R. 3080 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax Legislation: Tax Reform generally; 15-year cost recovery for improvements to qualified leaseholds and retail-owned property; Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743, S. 336H.R. 684); proposals to modify/repeal the last-in-first-out (LIFO) and lower-of-cost-or-market (LCM) inventory accounting methods; international tax proposalsRegulatory: IRS Reg 168745-03 guidelines and IRS regarding IRS final rules (T.D. 9636) deduction and capitalization of expenditures relating to tangible property; CCA 201310028 - IRS opinion on qualified leasehold improvement property; Retail Inventory Method (RIM) regulations (IRS Regs 125949-10); Other: Health care related tax issues; ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Mobile workforce legislation (H.R. 1129; S. 1645); S.Amdt. 656 and S.Amdt. 578 to the Fiscal Year 2014 Senate Budget Resolution (S.Con.Res. 8); House Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res. 25)

Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 25 (113th), S.Con.Res. 8 (113th), S. 743 (113th), S. 399 (113th), H.R. 903 (113th), S. 1645 (113th), H.R. 1129 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Various issues related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); Health insurance tax repeal (H.R. 763, S. 603); ACA employer mandate repeal (H.R. 903, S. 399); Auto Enroll Repeal Act (H.R. 1254); Health care related tax issues; Consumer directed health products; Entitlement reform; H.R. 2575H.R. 1634-FSA; ERISA; H.R. 2577; H.R. 2667; H.R. 2835; H.R. 2988; S. 1188; H.R. 3489 - transitional reinsurance; S. 1647

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: H.R. 903 (113th), H.R. 2667 (113th), S. 1647 (113th), H.R. 1254 (113th), S. 603 (113th), S. 399 (113th), H.R. 2988 (113th), H.R. 2835 (113th), S. 1188 (113th), H.R. 2577 (113th), H.R. 2575 (113th), H.R. 763 (113th), H.R. 3489 (113th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Toxic Substances Control Act reform

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Issues related to patent reform and patent trolls

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Reserve System; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, implementation of antidumping and countervailing duty laws, AD/CVD duty collections & enforcement; customs compliance issues; textile and apparel trade issues; global value chains; WTO information Technology Agreement; Customs Reauthorization; CAFTA apparel provisions; Worker Safety in Bangladesh; GSP renewal; trade promotion authority; Nicaragua TPL; human trafficking legislation

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act; Federal Reserve implementation of the Dodd-Frank interchange provisions (Reg. II); issues relating to credit and debit card interchange fees; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issues on reporting requirements and virtual currencies; SEC and Financial Stability Oversight Board on Money Market Mutual Fund Reform; Legislation (H.R. 749, S. 635) to amend Gramm Leach Bliley Privacy Act privacy reporting requirementsH.R. 1564 Audit Rotation Bill; Pay ratio disclosure proposed rule Dodd-Frank provisions; Internet of Things

Contacted: Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: S. 635 (113th), H.R. 749 (113th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; cybersecurity; breach notification, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA); S. 1193 Data Security Bill; issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act; Additional agency lobbied (not listed as an agency option): CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: S. 1193 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Legislation relating to persuader activity rulemaking; Proposed rules governing notification of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act; Legislation relating to the National Labor Relations Board, including H.R. 1120 & appropriations legislation; Fair Labor Standards Act (including H.R. 1406); Immigration; Secret Ballot Protection Act; OSHA record keeping of injuries and illness; minimum wage legislation; workforce training andskills development programs; worker centers; wage and hour issues; NLRB recess appointments; legislation relative to OFCCP regulations

Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1120 (113th), H.R. 1406 (113th)

Homeland Security HOM

Issues related to the Safe Port Reauthorization Act; 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act of 2007; Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program; International Trade Data System (ITDS); Centers of Excellence and Expertise Program (CEEs)

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Reserve System; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)