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Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

SEC Pay Ratio Rule: Dodd Frank Section 953(b). General defense of CFPB. SEC clawback rule; Dodd Frank Section 954. Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-retaliation Act (WARN Act).

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; President of the U.S.

Retirement RET

Proposals to amend ERISA with respect to multi-employer pension plans: implementation of Multi-employer Pension Reform Act (MPRA). MPRA benefit reduction provisions, special provisions to UPS regarding benefit reductions. PBGC authority and funding. Pensions and bankruptcy priority. S. Con. Res.11, Isakson Amendment 610, to prevent DOL from promulgating the so-called ERISA "fiduciary rule" that would prohibit retirement investment advisors from offering conflicted advice. S. Con. Res. 11, Sanders Amendment 980 on multi-employer pension plans.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; President of the U.S.; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 11 (114th)

Health Issues HCR

Taft-Hartley multi-employer health care plans & implementation of the Affordable Care Act. H.R. 30,Save American Workers Act. S.30, Forty Hours is Full Time Act of 2015. ACA: excise tax on high value multi-employer health care plans. H.R. 863, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act 2015. H.R. 22, Hire More Heroes Act. S. Con. Res. 11: Collins Amendment #442 to change the weekly threshold from 30 to 40 hours for the ACA's requirement that employers offer health care coverage or face a penalty. S. Con. Res. 11: Thune Amendment #476 to provide an exemption from the employer responsibility requirements of the ACA for elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education. James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; President of the U.S.; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 22 (114th), H.R. 863 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), S. 30 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Infrastructure Budget. Funding for Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); President of the U.S.; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Ozone Standards Revision.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS)

Insurance INS

H.R. 26, Extend Termination Date of Terrorism Risk Insurance program under Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 26 (114th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

EPA rulemakings on chemical issues.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Economic Council (NEC); President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Open Skies Agreement with Gulf Carriers.

Contacted: White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); President of the U.S.; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Fast Track Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade negotiations. Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership negotiations.

Contacted: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; White House Office; President of the U.S.; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

Commissary and military exchange issues.

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); President of the U.S.; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Roads/Highway ROD

Build America Initiative, Rebuild America Act of 2015.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; President of the U.S.; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Transportation TRA

Drone Safety, security, privacy and job creation issues.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Defense, Dept of (DOD); President of the U.S.; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Independent contractors and taxation: worker misclassification. Tax exclusion for employer sponsored health insurance plans. Corporate tax reform. Repatriation Issue. Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. Excise tax on high value employer sponsored health care plans. Offshore tax loopholes; corporate inversions. Incentives to relocate jobs in the U.S. Build America Initiative; highway trust fund. S. 807, H.R. 767, the FAIR BEER Act; reform of federal beer excise taxes.

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); President of the U.S.; State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 767 (114th), S. 807 (114th)

Trucking/Shipping TRU

Truck size and weight; 33 foot doubles. Mexican Truck Pilot Program. H.R. 1467/ S. 806, Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015 (hair testing). Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. H.R. 983, Safe Haul Act of 2015. Minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers. Detention pay. Hours-of-service restart and rest periods. H.R. 1120, to enhance interstate commerce by creating a National Hiring Standard for motor carriers (limiting liability for shippers/brokers).

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); White House Office; President of the U.S.; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Economic Council (NEC)

Bills named: S. 806 (114th), H.R. 1467 (114th), H.R. 1120 (114th), H.R. 983 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare proposed changes: eligibility, benefits, reimbursement, financing.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); President of the U.S.; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Economic Council (NEC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Immigration IMM

S. 744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. H.R. 15, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Act. President's EO on deferred action.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; President of the U.S.

Bills named: H.R. 15 (114th), S. 744 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H. Res. 19, Rule regarding consideration of H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act. S.1/ H.R. 3 to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline Act. Cloture Vote on S.1. Veto Override on S.1.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); President of the U.S.; White House Office; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 3 (114th), H.Res. 19 (114th), S. 1 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Worker misclassification & independent contractors. Project labor agreements: prevailing wage/ Davis-Bacon Act. H.R. 1619/ S. 862, Paycheck Fairness Act. Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Joint Employer Standards under the National Labor Relations Act S.J. Res. 8/ H.J.Res. 29, Disapproving the NLRB election representation rule. S. Con. Res. 11, Rubio Amendment 589, to allow employers to ignore collective bargaining agreements when determining pay rates. S. Con. Res. 11, Isakson Amendment 609, to overturn NLRB rules governing appropriate limits for election. S. Con. Res. 11, Flake amendment 665, to prohibit project labor agreements in government construction contracts. S. Con. Res. 11, Portman amendment 687, to allow employers to substitute comp time for overtime pay. S. Con. Res. 11, Lee Amendment 754, to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act. S. Con. Res. 11: Alexander Amendment 837, to prohibit the NLRB from requiring employers to provide employee contact information prior to a union election as required under the new NLRB election rule. Education Background Check Legislation

Contacted: White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); President of the U.S.; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.J.Res. 29 (114th), S.Con.Res. 11 (114th), S.J.Res. 8 (114th), H.R. 1619 (114th), S. 862 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). DHS Risk-Based Performance Standards. Port Security and Defense. Law Enforcement Equipment Issues: DOD 1033 Program, body cameras,training and Safety. EB-5 visa program

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); President of the U.S.; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)