Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act

H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Program: H.R. 1843/S.988 Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007 H.R. 5233 Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act H.R. 5495 Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act H.R. 5849 Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act

Client expense: $3,820,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Farm Credit Administration, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

H.R. 1843 and S. 988 - the Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act; H.R. 5233 - the Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act; H.R. 5495 - the Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act; and H.R. 5849 - the Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act. NCA lobbied for the passage of each of these bills which would have provided an extension of the returning worker exemption for former H-2B visa workers.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H-2B Temporary Worker Visa Program: H.R. 1843/S.988 Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007 H.R. 5233 Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act H.R. 5495 Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act H.R. 5849 Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act

Client expense: $3,740,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Guest Workers/US-Mexico Migration Comprehensive Immigration Reform- S. 1348, H.R. 572, S. 9, H.R. 138, H.R. 1645, H.R. 5233, H.R. 5495, S. 2839 H-2B Seasonal Workers- S. 988, H.R. 1843- Save our Seasonal Small Business Act SAVE Act- H.R. 4088

Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

Guest Workers/US-Mexico Migration Comprehensive Immigration Reform- S. 1348, H.R. 572, S. 9, H.R. 138, H.R. 1645, H.R. 5233, H.R. 5495, S. 2839 H-2B Seasonal Workers- S. 988, H.R. 1843- Save our Seasonal Small Business Act SAVE Act- H.R. 4088

Client expense: $704,600 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

H.R. 1843 and S. 988 - the Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007; H.R. 5233 - Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act; H.R. 5495 - Relief for America's Small and Seasonal Businesses Act; H.R. 5849 - Seasonal Workforce Assistance Act. NCA lobbied for the passage of each of these bills which would have provided an extension of the returning worker exemption for former H-2B workers.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

Guest Workers/US-Mexico Migration Comprehensive Immigration Reform- S. 1348, H.R. 572, S. 9, H.R. 138, H.R. 1645, H.R. 5233, H.R. 5495, S. 2839 H-2B Seasonal Workers- S. 988, H.R. 1843-Save our Seasonal Small Business Act SAVE Act- H.R. 4088

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

H.R. 1474 Fair and Speedy Treatment (FAST) of Medicare Prescription Drug Claims Act, ensuring prompt payment of Medicare Part D H.R. 1542 Healthy Families Act, keeping the small business threshold H.R. 1843 Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2007, exempt certain returning H-2B visa holders H.R. 3195 ADA Restoration Act, concerns about overexention of the prior ADA bill H.R. 5107 Giving Resources and Opportunities to the Workforce Act of 2008, allow a 5-year carryback for certain net operating losses and to increase the dollar limitation on expensing certain depreciable assets H.R. 5140 Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2008, increases the current small business expensing limit to $250,000 and allows for an additional one-year 50 percent depreciation deduction H.R. 5160 Small Businesses Add Value for Employees (SAVE) Act of 2008, to increase opportunities for small businesses to participate in retirement savings programs for their employees. H.R. 5233 Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act, to extend for two years the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for H-2B temporary workers H.R. 5450 MOBILE Cell Phone Act, reclassify cell phones as business property instead of listed property H.R. 5515 the New Employee Verification Act of 2008, creating an electronic employment eligibility verification system S. 1954 Pharmacy Access Improvement Act, ensuring prompt payment of Medicare Part D S. 2650 To provide for a 5-year carryback of certain net operating losses and to suspend the 90 percent alternative minimum tax limit on certain net operating losses. S. 2663 Consumer Protection Safety Commission Act, mandates new requirements on business S. 2795 Small Business Health Options Plan Act, small business pooling S. Con Res. 70 FY2009 Budget, allow for significant permanent relief so that small-business owners can plan for the future S. AMDT 4191, Death Tax exemption