AFL-CIO for AFL-CIO

Roads/Highway ROD

-infrastructure: jobs, funding

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Voting Rights

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

-Puerto Rico Disaster Relief -Hurricane relief: funding and protections

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Retirement RET

-Retirement Accounts: tax exclusion -Disability procedural requirements for ERISA -Pension legislation -S.2147: Butch Lewis Act: pensions -HR 4444: Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 4444 (115th), S. 2147 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

-Prescription drug policies -H.R. 173/S.58: Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 -H.R. 1628: American Health Care Act of 2017 -HHS nomination (Azar) -S.974: provisions related to preventing abuse of safety protocols for medicines -HR 4082: provisions requiring insurers to cover contraceptive services -Cap on tax exclusion for employer-based health insurance -S. 1835: Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017: provisions establishing a reinsurance program for health plans in the ACA marketplaces -S1827/HR3921: need to extend funding authorization for CHIP -Bipartisan Healthcare Stabilization Act: providing insurer cost-sharing reduction payments in the ACA exchanges and allowing states to waive insurance requirements -HR 3922: provisions related to limiting grace periods for payment of ACA premiums, reducing funding for public health and prevention programs and increasing premiums for certain Medicare beneficiaries

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 3922 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), S. 58 (115th), H.R. 4082 (115th), S. 974 (115th), H.R. 3921 (115th), S. 1835 (115th)

Veterans VET

-HR 1461: VET protection act of 2017 -S.1094: VA Accountability Act -Veteran issues -H.R. 1364: Official Time Reform Act of 2017: veterans issues, official time -H.R. 2723: Employee Rights Act: veterans issues

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1461 (115th), S. 1094 (115th), H.R. 1364 (115th), H.R. 2723 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

-HR 986/S. 63: Tribal labor sovereignty act: job standards, worker protections -Labor's Agenda -Employment discrimination: EEOC -Overtime -Regulatory issues: worker protections -Labor law: WAGE Act -ILO Governing Body Tripartite Consultation: Governing body agenda -HR 3441: Save Local Business Act: joint employer issues -OSHA nomination (Scott Mugno) -Appropriation riders: Labor standards and worker protections

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 986 (115th), S. 63 (115th), H.R. 3441 (115th)

Defense DEF

-L/M Roundtable -H.R. 1370: Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1370 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Immigration

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

-NAFTA re-negotiation: developing priorities, labor chapter -Currency reform -Outsourcing: keeping jobs in the US -Jones Act: jobs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

-Securities Regulation: Fiduciary Duty -SEC Rule 14a-8:meeting prep -HR 4015: Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017: opposition letter -HR 3857: PASS Act of 2017 -Fiduciary rule

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3857 (115th), H.R. 4015 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

-Tax reform -HR 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: generally, amendment to repeal the excise tax on high-cost health plans -HR 173, S. 58: repeal of the excise tax on high-cost health plans -HR 4616: amendment to repeal the excise tax on high cost health plans

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th), S. 58 (115th), H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 4616 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

-Public Law No. 115-97 (S.1/H.R.1) -H. Con Res 71: Establishing the congressional budget for US government for fiscal year 2018

Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th), H.Con.Res. 71 (115th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

-H.R. 2997, S. 1405: Jobs & safety

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2997 (115th), S. 1405 (115th)

Government Issues GOV

-Nominations -S.951: Regulatory Accountability Act

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: S. 951 (115th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

-Energy, CCS

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

-Student Loans -Education

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)