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Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the Build Back Better Act (HR 5376)(corporate and other taxation issues); issues relating to R&D tax credit extension legislation; issues relating to OECD taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; issues relating to Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (HR 3700); issues relating to the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (117th), H.R. 3700 (117th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues relating to funding the federal government.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to climate change and risk mitigation; issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to H.R.5376 - Build Back Better Act (all provisions).

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (117th)

Transportation TRA

Issues relating to increased infrastructure investment and streamlining federal permitting processes; issues relating to the implementation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Retirement RET

Issues relating to legislative and administrative monitoring and outreach relating to retirement benefits; issues relating to SECURE 2.0.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to broadband build out and closing the digital divide; issues relating to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (broadband issues).

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS)

Education EDU

Issues relating to the allocation of federal resources focused on worker training regarding Good Jobs challenge, Build Back Better Challenge, and Economic Development Agency Grants.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to the COVID-19 Safety Executive Order for Federal Contractors; issues relating to COVID-19 safety efforts and requirements.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to consumer data privacy legislation; issues relating to cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to second chance hiring.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (Re. No. 34-89372); issues relating to procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8 (Rel. No. 34-89963); issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Climate Disclosures; issues relating to File No. S7-12-15; issues relating to the Reopening of Comment Period for Listing Standards for Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to the American Jobs Plan; issues relating to H.R. 1319: American Rescue Plan of 2021 (all provisions); issues relating to the bipartisan infrastructure plan implementation; issues relating to the Build Back Better Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; issues relating to increasing the debt limit.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1319 (117th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Issues relating to the federal response to COVID-19, including health and safety guidelines, testing, contact tracing, virus monitoring, protection for health-vulnerable groups, vaccinations, and impact mitigation.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to relief efforts for Afghan refugees; issues relating to the Afghan Adjustment Act; issues relating to consular operations at the Department of State; issues relating to Form I-9 and green card backlog; issues relating to immigration reform including the creation of a permanent solution for Dreamers.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (all provisions) and agreement implementation; issues relating to U.S.-China trade and economic relations and Phase One agreement implementation; issues relating to potential trade negotiations including proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and a UK trade agreement; issues relating to tariffs under section 232 of the 1962 Trade Act and under section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act; issues relating to digital services tax and trade issues; issues relating to WTO reform proposals; issues relating to export controls, technology, data flows, and national security; issues relating to COVID-19-related trade barrier disruptions, supply chain resilience, and innovation and intellectual property rights, distribution, and logistics trade issues, including WTO negotiations; issues relating to S. 1260: U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (all provisions); issues relating to climate, environment and trade policy issues including carbon border adjustment issues; issues relating to E.O. 14005: Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers (provisions relating to the Buy American and Buy America statutes); issues relating to E.O. 14017: America's Supply Chains (generally) and executive branch supply chain congestion relief and resilience policies; issues relating to carbon border adjustment proposals; issues relating to H.H. 4037 - Trade Preferences and American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2021 (all provisions); issues relating to H.R.3975 - Generalized System of Preferences and Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Modernization Act of 2021; issues relating to the renewal of the Generalized System of Preferences bill (S. 4729); issues related to the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council and work plan; issues related to U.S.-EU Privacy Shield negotiations.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 3975 (117th), S. 1260 (117th), S. 4729 (117th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard; issues relating to the Presidents Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors; issues relating to COVID-19 testing availability; issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to COVID-19 vaccines and other measures to protect health vulnerable groups; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to ERISA, health benefits, health equity, and social determinants of health (SDOH), including H.R.2503 - SDOH Accelerator Act; issues relating to health care insurance coverage related to the Build Back Better Act; issues relating to current telehealth provisions; issues relating to COVID-19 safety efforts and requirements; issues relating to the Telehealth Expansion Act.

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 2503 (117th)