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Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Solar-related trade issues (Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duty cases, India WTO case, etc., no legislation); Environmental Goods and Services Agreement (no legislation); Information Technology Agreement expansion (no legislation); Forced localization (no legislation)

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Energy, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2014 Defense Appropriations Act; Energy and Water Appropriations Act; Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations Act -- provisions related to nanotechnology research and development; Advanced Manufacturing Program, NNMI; Electrical Grid Related Issues

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

All authorization and appropriations bill provisions related to solar energy; battery technology; Photovoltaics Manufacturing Initiative, semiconductor technology, and Electrical Grid-Related Issues (no legislation).

Contacted: Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Immigration IMM

S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act); HR 2131 (Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act)

Contacted: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: H.R. 2131 (113th), S. 744 (113th)

Natural Resources NAT

Measures on addressing the U. S. Helium Reserve (HR 527, Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act; S. 783 (a bill to amend the Helium Act)

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Bills named: S. 783 (113th), H.R. 527 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

R&D Tax Credit (no legislation); Corporate Tax Reform (no legislation); Solar Investment Tax Credit (no legislation)

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of