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Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues relating to the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Issues relating the Department of Treasurys Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, including racial equity, justice, and corporate initiatives; monitoring on issues relating to Electoral Count Reform And Presidential Transition Improvement (S. 4573).

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: S. 4573 (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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Issues relating to the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA); issues relating to addressing the debt ceiling extension.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Issues relating to the Institutional Grants for New Infrastructure, Technology, and Education for (IGNITE) HBCU Excellence Act (H.R.3294); issues relating to funding for higher education/minority serving institutions; issues relating to STEM education and workforce development.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3294 (117th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues relating to energy security, including increasing traditional domestic production and advancing clean energy technologies; issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to clean energy and climate change, including the implementation process of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues relating to permitting reform; issues relating to climate change and risk mitigation.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commissions Request for Comment on Climate Disclosures; issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission Request for Comment on Proposed Cybersecurity Disclosure Requirements; issues relating to the Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Amendments to Rule 14a-8; issues relating to shareholder proposal and proxy advisor reforms.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Health Issues HCR

Issues relating to public health resources and funding; issues relating to COVID-19 vaccines, testing, and other measures to protect health vulnerable groups; issues relating to legislative and administrative changes to Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), health benefits, health equity, social determinants of health, telehealth, and mental health; issues relating to Build Back Better plan; issues relating to FDA reauthorization.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Issues relating to border and immigration reform; issues relating to the Afghan Adjustment Act (S.4787); issues relating to the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (H.R.6); issues relating to Americas Children Act (S.2753); issues relating to the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act of 2021 (S.1358); issues relating to the Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021 (H.R.1603); issues relating to the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S.264); issues relating to the Equal Access to Green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act (H.R.3648 and S.4567).

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: S. 1358 (117th), S. 264 (117th), S. 4787 (117th), H.R. 3648 (117th), S. 2753 (117th), S. 4567 (117th), H.R. 6 (117th), H.R. 1603 (117th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Issues relating to the Clean Slate Act (H.R. 2864).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2864 (117th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues relating to antitrust and competition policies including merger review guidelines; monitoring on Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act and State Antitrust Enforcement Act; issues relating to Administrations actions in building a cybersecurity workforce, including the implementation of the Department of Labors initiative on cybersecurity apprenticeships; issues relating to BRT priorities and partnerships with cybersecurity apprenticeships; issues relating to the Administrations Talent Pipeline Challenge; issues relating to labor and employment and workforce development policy, including legislation to expand Pell Grants to cover short-term education and training programs; issues relating to the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2022 (WIOA) (H.R.7309).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 7309 (117th)

Retirement RET

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

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

Issues relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; issues relating to the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152); issues relating to the Federal Trade Commissions Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and request for comment on data privacy and security practices; issues relating to the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (H.R. 4346, all provisions); issues relating to the recruitment of a cybersecurity workforce; issues relating to INFORM Consumers Act (S. 936, H.R. 5502).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Bills named: H.R. 5502 (117th), H.R. 8152 (117th), S. 936 (117th), H.R. 4346 (117th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues relating to the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2021 (H.R. 1304, S. 749); issues relating to R&D Section 174 expensing; issues relating to deduction of interest deductibility under Section 163(j); issues relating to addressing the debt ceiling extension; issues relating to the U.S.-Chile Income Tax Treaty; issues relating to the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376) (all provisions); issues relating to the 2021 final Treasury Foreign Tax Credit Regulations; issues relating to OECD Pillar Two Model Rules and OECDs Pillar One and Pillar Two proposals; issues relating to a Continuing Resolution and Omnibus Appropriations legislation; issues relating to OECD taxation of the digital economy project and potential tariff implications; Issues relating to implementation and repeal of tax provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R.5376).

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5376 (117th), H.R. 1304 (117th), S. 749 (117th)

Telecommunications TEC

Issues relating to the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (H.R. 8152); issues relating to the Federal Trade Commissions Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and request for comment on data privacy and security practices.

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 8152 (117th)

Transportation TRA

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

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Issues relating to the Bureau of Industry and Securitys October 7, 2022 interim final rule on New Semiconductor Export Controls; issues relating to China policy, including export controls, inbound and outbound investment screening, sanctions, bilateral, plurilateral, and multilateral engagement, and economic development.

Contacted: SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)