What was lobbied
13 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
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; Breach issues related to credit and debit cards; issues related to credit, debit and pre-paid cards; corporate governance issues.
Contacted: Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Reserve System; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Security Council (NSC); State, Dept of (DOS)
Comprehensive tax reform (corporate, individual, international); 15-year cost recovery for improvements to qualified leaseholds and retail-owned property; Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 698); Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 (H.R. 2775); and other issues relating to taxation of remote commerce and nexus issues; IRS rules and guidelines regarding deduction and capitalization of expenditures relating to tangible property; proposals to modify accounting methods including last-in-first-out (LIFO); H.R. 765/S. 394 - leasehold depreciation.
Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Reserve System; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Maritime Commission; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE
Bills named:
H.R. 2775 (114th), S. 698 (114th), S. 394 (114th), H.R. 765 (114th)
Issues related to patent reform and patent trolls; H.R. 9, the Innovation Act; S. 1137, the PATENT Act.
Contacted: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Reserve System; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Bills named:
S. 1137 (114th), H.R. 9 (114th)
Retail sustainability issues
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Reserve System; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Maritime Commission; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Consumer Product safety issues, voluntary recall, certificates of compliance; Thai Seafood Supply Chain.
Contacted: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Maritime Commission; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS)
H.R. 504/S. 1038 - energy efficient appliances
Contacted: SENATE; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Reserve System; Federal Maritime Commission; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bills named:
S. 1038 (114th), H.R. 504 (114th)
Issues related to the National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act; Final Rule on Representation Case Procedures (including S.J. Res.8/H.J.Res.29 and appropriations legislation); Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act; Employee Privacy Protection Act; legislation relating to the National Labor Relations Board (including S. 288); legislation addressing Specialty Healthcare decision (including Representation Fairness Restoration Act, S. 801 and appropriations legislation); Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 465); OSHA record keeping of injuries and illness; wage and hour issues; Department of Labors overtime regulations; paid sick leave issues; port contract negotiations (under the NLRA); legislation on EEOC transparency (including H.R. 548,549, and 550); joint employer issues; Department of Labor's persuader rulemaking; OSHA walk around procedures; OSHA's Reporting and RecordKeeping Rule; Employer-sponsored wellness programs; legislation relating to compensation equity
Contacted: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Reserve System; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Maritime Commission; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Bills named:
S.J.Res. 8 (114th), H.R. 465 (114th), H.R. 548 (114th), H.J.Res. 29 (114th), S. 288 (114th), S. 801 (114th)
Trans-Pacific Partnership; AD/CVD duty collections & enforcement; customs compliance issues; textile and apparel trade issues; WTO information Technology Agreement; CAFTA apparel provisions; Worker Safety in Bangladesh; Nicaragua TPL; Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; Environmental Goods Agreement, WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement; (H.R. 1088/S. 568) - Trade Adjustment Assistance Act of 2015; (S. 697) - Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act; (S. 725) - Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act; (H.R. 1907/S. 1269/H.R. 644) - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; (H.R. 2146) - Defending Public Safety Employees Retirement Act; (S. 1267/H.R. 1295) - Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015; (H.R. 1314) - Trade Act of 2015; (S. 995/H.R. 1890) - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; (H.R. 1916) - Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015; (S. 1003) - Trade Adjustment Assistance Enhancement Act of 2015; (H.R. 1892/S. 1268) - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; (H.R. 2576) - TSCA Modernization Act of 2015
Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Security Council (NSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Maritime Commission; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Bills named:
S. 1267 (114th), S. 1269 (114th), S. 995 (114th), H.R. 1892 (114th), H.R. 644 (114th), H.R. 1916 (114th), H.R. 2576 (114th), S. 697 (114th), H.R. 1890 (114th), S. 1268 (114th), S. 568 (114th), H.R. 1314 (114th), S. 1003 (114th), H.R. 1295 (114th), H.R. 1088 (114th), H.R. 1907 (114th), S. 725 (114th), H.R. 2146 (114th)
Issues related to the surface transportation reauthorization (including the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act); hours of service; PHMSAs regulations on lithium batteries; truck weight/size issues; port efficiency issues (including the Port Transparency Act and demurrage, detention fees); port contract negotiations issues; EPA Smartway; DOT's TIGER grants.
Contacted: White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Reserve System; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Federal Maritime Commission; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Treasury, Dept of
Issues related to data security and consumer privacy; Mobile payment legislation; Cyber information sharing legislation (S. 754, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731); data breach notification legislation (H.R. 1704, H.R. 580, S. 177); Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (H.R. 1770); issues related to Telephone Consumer Protection Act; extension of the Internet Freedom Act; The Data Security Act of 2015 (S. 961); Data Breach Notification and Punishing Cyber Criminals Act of 2015 (S. 1164); Data Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 2205); Warner discussion draft.
Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Maritime Commission; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Bills named:
H.R. 1770 (114th), H.R. 580 (114th), H.R. 2205 (114th), H.R. 1704 (114th), S. 177 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th), S. 961 (114th), S. 1164 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th)
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152); ACA reporting requirements (6055/6056); ACA automatic enrollment; ACA transitional reinsurance; employer-sponsored wellness programs; ACA 40 percent excise tax; ERISA; consumer directed health products; H.R. 30/S. 30 - full-time definition; H.R. 928/S. 183 - health insurance tax; H.R. 1189/S. 602 - wellness; H.R. 1270/S. 709 - FSA OTC; H.R. 879/H.R. 2050 - 40 percent excise tax repeal; H.R. 1886; H.R. 2712; H.R. 2911/S. 1697
Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Maritime Commission; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Federal Reserve System; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bills named:
H.R. 1189 (114th), S. 1697 (114th), S. 709 (114th), H.R. 1270 (114th), S. 30 (114th), H.R. 30 (114th), H.R. 879 (114th), H.R. 2911 (114th), H.R. 2712 (114th), H.R. 928 (114th), H.R. 1886 (114th), S. 602 (114th), S. 183 (114th), H.R. 2050 (114th)
International Trade Data System (ITDS); Centers of Excellence and Expertise Program (CEEs); Cyber information sharing legislation (S. 754, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731).
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Treasury, Dept of; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Natl Security Council (NSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Maritime Commission; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 1560 (114th), S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th)
Cyber information sharing legislation (S. 754, H.R. 1560, H.R. 1731)
Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Reserve System; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Maritime Commission; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Bills named:
S. 754 (114th), H.R. 1560 (114th), H.R. 1731 (114th)
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