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Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 10, 2015
Latest Action
February 27, 2015
Primary Sponsor
Sander M. LevinDemocratic(MI)
Momentum (last 30 days)
0
score
0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
56pct
17d open
vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a "countervailable subsidy" requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the United States from foreign countries with fundamentally undervalued currency. Defines "benefit conferred," in cases where the currency of a foreign country is exchanged for foreign currency (i.e., U.S. dollars) obtained from export transactions, as the difference between: (1) the amount of currency provided by a foreign country in which the subject merchandise is produced, and (2) the amount of currency such country would have provided if the real effective exchange rate of its currency were not fundamentally undervalued. Declares that the fact that such a subsidy is also provided in circumstances not involving export shall not, for that reason alone, mean it cannot be considered export contingent and actionable under a countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceeding. Requires the administering authority to determine that the currency of a foreign country is fundamentally undervalued if for an 18-month period: (1) the government of the country engages in protracted, large-scale intervention in one or more foreign exchange markets; (2) the country's real effective exchange rate is undervalued by at least 5%; (3) the country has experienced significant and persistent global current account surpluses; and (4) the country's government has foreign asset reserves exceeding the amount necessary to repay all its debt obligations falling due within the coming 12 months, 20% percent of the country's money supply, and the value of the country's imports during the previous 4 months. Requires the use, for calculating a country's "real effective exchange rate undervaluation," of certain guidelines of the Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues of the International Monetary Fund or, if those guidelines are not available, generally accepted economic and econometric techniques and methodologies. Requires the use, also, of inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted exchange rates. Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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2016 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R.274 : United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 H.R.403 : Free Trade With Cuba Act H.R.664 : Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R.820 : Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR 1302, Trade Act of 2015 HR 2381, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 2454, Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015 H.R.3238 -- Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R.4219 -- To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S.299: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 S.491: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 986: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Trans-Pacific Partnership US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP): Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership: Reform H.R. 644 H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, support Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Customs Bill: H.R. 644 International Investment Agreements Labor Rights in Colombia & Honduras: support Market Economy status for China: opposition Trade Enforcement AGOA Public Law 106: support passing pro worker reforms in AGOA Labor Rights under GSP programs
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
HR 274, United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 HR 403, Free Trade With Cuba Act HR 664, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 HR 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR 1302, Trade Act of 2015 HR 2381, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 2454, Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015 HR 3238, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 HR 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 S 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S 986, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S 3413, A bill to authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R.274 : United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 H.R.403 : Free Trade With Cuba Act H.R.664 : Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R.820 : Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR 1302, Trade Act of 2015 HR 2381, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 2454, Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015 H.R.3238 -- Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R.4219 -- To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S.299: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 S.491: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 986: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| IL |
| Brad Sherman | Democratic | CA |
| Brian Higgins | Democratic | NY |
| Chris Van Hollen | Democratic | MD |
| Christopher P. Gibson | Republican | NY |
| Daniel Lipinski | Democratic | IL |
| Daniel T. Kildee | Democratic | MI |
| David B. McKinley | Republican | WV |
| David P. Joyce | Republican | OH |
| Donna F. Edwards | Democratic | MD |
| Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | OR |
| Ed Perlmutter | Democratic | CO |
| Eric Swalwell | Democratic | CA |
| H. Morgan Griffith | Republican | VA |
| Harold Rogers | Republican | KY |
| James R. Langevin | Democratic | RI |
| Jim McDermott | Democratic | WA |
| John A. Yarmuth | Democratic | KY |
| Julia Brownley | Democratic | CA |
| Katherine M. Clark | Democratic | MA |
| Kurt Schrader | Democratic | OR |
| Lou Barletta | Republican | PA |
| Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | OH |
| Michael R. Turner | Republican | OH |
| Mo Brooks | Republican | AL |
| Paul Tonko | Democratic | NY |
| Peter A. DeFazio | Democratic | OR |
| Peter J. Visclosky | Democratic | IN |
| Peter Welch | Democratic | VT |
| Richard M. Nolan | Democratic | MN |
| Robin L. Kelly | Democratic | IL |
| Roger Williams | Republican | TX |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | IL |
| Tim Murphy | Republican | PA |
| Tim Ryan | Democratic | OH |
| Walter B. Jones | Republican | NC |
2016 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. H.R. 4927, China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act. H.Res. 848, Calling for the maintenance of effective trade remedies for United States manufacturers and producers by ensuring that any foreign country designated as a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act of 1930 retain this status until it demonstrates that it meets all of the criteria for treatment as a market economy set forth in section 771(18)(B) of such Act. Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; Promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies; Addressing excess global steel capacity; Ensuring strong trade rules for non-market economies; Implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act OF 2015 (P.L. 114-125); Non-tariff barriers to exports.
Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 3055/S. 1389, Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement (Cuba DATA) Act of 2015 H.R. 3238/S.1543, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 3586, Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 3687, Cuba Agricultural Exports Act H.R. 4219/S. 3413, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan H.R. 4923/S. 2794, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 H.R. 5485, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to potential amendment prohibiting funds from being used to implement, administer or enforce section 902(b) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 requiring agriculture commodities sales to Cuba be carried out on a cash basis H.R. 5711, To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran H.R. 5715, No Ex-Im Assistance for Terrorism Act H.R. 5729, To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing certain licenses in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran, to require annual reports by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Export-Import Bank on financing issues related to the sale or lease of such a commercial passenger aircraft or spare parts for such an aircraft, and for other purposes H.R. 6431, Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 1049, Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 S. 2612, Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 Nomination of Mark McWatters to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Proposed regulation on certification and enforcement, import data collection (80 Fed. Reg. 81,199, December 29, 2015) Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); United Nations high-level panel on access to medicines; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; World Trade Organizations Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.-Argentina economic relations; U.S.-Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.-Brazil economic relations; U.S.-China economic relations; U.S.-Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Japan economic relations; U.S.-Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Korea economic relations; U.S.-Mexico economic relations; U.S.-Pakistan economic relations; U.S.-Russia economic relations; U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; U.S.-EU privacy shield agreement; U.S.-EU energy relations; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Export-Import Bank; global food security strategy; trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot and proposed regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window
Client expense: $18,590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 The Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act (S. 433) The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2015 (H.R. 820) Leveling the Playing Field Act (S. 891) The American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act (H.R. 2523) Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) Steel import surge/Global steel overcapacity issues China Market Economy Status/Congressional Review Act (H.R. 4927, S. 2906) Market Economy Status Resolution (H.R. 848) G20 Global Forum Mexico Steel Import Licensing Program
Client expense: $181,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 3055/S. 1389, Cuba Digital and Telecommunications Advancement (Cuba DATA) Act of 2015 H.R. 3238/S.1543, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 3586, Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 3687, Cuba Agricultural Exports Act H.R. 4219/S. 3413, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan H.R. 4923/S. 2794, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 H.R. 5485, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to Cuba and House Amendments 1262 and 1263 H.R. 5711, To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran H.R. 5715, No Ex-Im Assistance for Terrorism Act H.R. 5729, To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from issuing certain licenses in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran, to require annual reports by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Export-Import Bank on financing issues related to the sale or lease of such a commercial passenger aircraft or spare parts for such an aircraft, and for other purposes S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 1049, Agricultural Export Expansion Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 S. 2612, Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 Nomination of Mark McWatters to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Proposed regulation on certification and enforcement, import data collection (80 Fed. Reg. 81,199, December 29, 2015) Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); United Nations high-level panel on access to medicines; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; World Trade Organizations Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.-Argentina economic relations; U.S.-Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.-Brazil economic relations; U.S.-China economic relations; U.S.-Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Japan economic relations; U.S.-Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Korea economic relations; U.S.-Mexico economic relations; U.S.-Pakistan economic relations; U.S.-Russia economic relations; U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; U.S.-EU privacy shield agreement; U.S.-EU energy relations; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Export-Import Bank; trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and proposed regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window
Client expense: $18,410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act. Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; Promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies; Addressing excess global steel capacity; Ensuring strong trade rules for non-market economies.
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. H.R. 4927, China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act. H.Res. 848, Calling for the maintenance of effective trade remedies for United States manufacturers and producers by ensuring that any foreign country designated as a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act of 1930 retain this status until it demonstrates that it meets all of the criteria for treatment as a market economy set forth in section 771(18)(B) of such Act. Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; Promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies; Addressing excess global steel capacity; Ensuring strong trade rules for non-market economies; Implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act OF 2015 (P.L. 114-125); Non-tariff barriers to exports.
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Fast Track (H.R.2146),Trade Act of 2015 (H.R.1314),Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (H.R.2146), Buy America/Buy American Requirements, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Air Transport Issues, Trans-Pacific Partnership,Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644),Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R.1295/S.1267),Currency Legislation (H.R.820/S.433)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R.274 : United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 H.R.403 : Free Trade With Cuba Act H.R.664 : Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R.820 : Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR 1302, Trade Act of 2015 HR 2381, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 2454, Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015 H.R.3238 -- Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R.4219 -- To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S.299: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 S.491: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 986: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. H.R. 4927, China Market Economy Status Congressional Review Act S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act. Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; Promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies; Addressing excess global steel capacity; Ensuring strong trade rules for non-market economies.
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Implementation and enforcement of U.S. trade laws; global steel production and overcapacity, currency manipulation, state-owned enterprises, and non-market economies; proposed trade agreements H.R.820 - Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act and S.433 - Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act - currency reform H.R.644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 - Title IV, evasion of anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders (Senate-passed version) and Title V, amendments to anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Fast Track (H.R.2146),Trade Act of 2015 (H.R.1314),Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (H.R.2146), Buy America/Buy American Requirements, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Air Transport Issues, Trans-Pacific Partnership,Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644),Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R.1295/S.1267),Currency Legislation (H.R.820/S.433)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 3238/S.1543, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 3586, Border and Maritime Coordination Improvement Act H.R. 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan H.R. 4923/S. 2794, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017, including provisions relating to Cuba and Iran S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 S. 2612, Promoting Travel, Commerce, and National Security Act of 2016 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 Nomination of Mark McWatters to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Proposed regulation on certification and enforcement, import data collection (80 Fed. Reg. 81,199, December 29, 2015) Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement, including legislation to implement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); United Nations high-level panel on access to medicines; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues related to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.-Argentina economic relations; U.S.-Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.-Brazil economic relations; U.S.-China economic relations; U.S.-Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Japan economic relations; U.S.-Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Korea economic relations; U.S.-Mexico economic relations; U.S.-Pakistan economic relations; U.S.-Russia economic relations; U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; U.S.-EU privacy shield agreement; U.S.-EU energy relations; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); Export-Import Bank; trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and proposed regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window
Client expense: $22,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act (ENFORCE Act)(S. 1015) Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion and Circumvention Act (PROTECT Act) Customs Reauthorization Legislation (S. 1269,H.R. 644) The Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act (S. 433) The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2015 (H.R. 820) Leveling the Playing Field Act (S. 891) The American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act (H.R. 2523) Steel import surge/Global steel overcapacity issues Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) China Market Economy Status/Congressional Review Act (H.R. 4927, S. 2906) Mexico Steel Import Licensing Program
Client expense: $192,150 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Mine Safety & Health Administration (MSHA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Surface Transportation Board (STB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Animals
Animal health and wellbeing Legislation related to the use of antibiotics in animal feed and water, particularly if those antibiotics are used in human medicine -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Legislation/regulatory attempts to change how antibiotic use data is reported to FDA, particularly its use in feed -- HR 1150, HR820, S 895, S 1256 Animal rights -- legislative/regulatory attempts to change how farmers and ranchers husband food producing animals Issues related to labeling of food foods for "humaneness" Legislative initiatives to restrict federal food purchases to farmers meeting animal welfare requirements, including restrictions on confinement housing Private company welfare standards imposed on farmers and rnachers
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Promotional Authority Bill (TPA) HR 820 Leveling the Playing Field Act, Super 301
Client expense: $208,674 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Implementation and enforcement of U.S. trade laws; global steel production and overcapacity, currency manipulation, state-owned enterprises, and non-market economies; proposed trade agreements H.R.820 - Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act and S.433 - Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act - currency reform H.R.644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 - Title IV, evasion of anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders (Senate-passed version) and Title V, amendments to anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Fast Track (H.R.2146),Trade Act of 2015 (H.R.1314),Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (H.R.2146), Buy America/Buy American Requirements, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Air Transport Issues, Trans-Pacific Partnership,Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644),Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R.1295/S.1267),Currency Legislation (H.R.820/S.433)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act. Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; Promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies; Addressing excess global steel capacity; Ensuring strong trade rules for non-market economies.
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Trans-Pacific Partnership US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP): Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership: Reform H.R. 644 H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, support Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Customs Bill: H.R. 644 International Investment Agreements Labor Rights in Colombia & Honduras: support Market Economy status for China: opposition Trade Enforcement AGOA Public Law 106: support passing pro worker reforms in AGOA Labor Rights under GSP programs
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to House Amendment 813, prohibiting Export-Import Bank assistance to state-sponsors of terrorism H.R. 235, Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 664 /S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 978/S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 3238/S.1543, Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 Draft legislation titled Maritime Transportation Security Act Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5696/S.2922, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (113th Congress) Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Nomination of Mark McWatters to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Proposed regulation on certification and enforcement, import data collection (80 Fed. Reg. 81,199, December 29, 2015) Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor; U.S.-European Union Energy Relations; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues relating to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.- Argentina economic relations; U.S.- Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.- Brazil economic relations; U.S.- China economic relations; U.S.- Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.- Japan economic relations; U.S.- Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.- Korea economic relations; U.S.- Mexico economic relations; U.S.- Pakistan economic relations; U.S. - Russia economic relations; U.S. - Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); trade embargo with Cuba; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain and Japan; trade, regulatory and bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window
Client expense: $15,750,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act (ENFORCE Act)(S. 1015) Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion and Circumvention Act (PROTECT Act) The Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act (S. 433) The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2015 (H.R. 820) Steel import surge/Global steel overcapacity issues Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) Leveling the Playing Field Act (S. 891) The American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act (H.R. 2523) Mexico Steel Import Licensing Program Customs Reauthorization Legislation (S. 1269,H.R. 644) China Market Economy Status
Client expense: $238,850 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement:opposition, labor, ISDS, Rule of origin, currency, transparency US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP) H.R. 644/H.R. 1907/S. 1269 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; oppose particular provisions H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, support Bangladesh: worker rights, support Labor Rights Enforcement under Trade Agreements
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement: auto rule of origin US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP) Columbia FTA Labor Rights: general H.R. 644/H.R. 1907/S. 1269 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; support H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act Trade enforcement Bangladesh: worker rights, worker safety, GSP Worker rights in Honduras, capacity building grant CAFTA-Honduras labor rights complaint; support Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Trade Promoted Authority China Monitoring and Enforcement of Labor Rights
Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
US Export Controls, US Customs Regulations; H.R.1031 - Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015; H.R.1175 - Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2015; H.R.1403 - Balancing Trade Act of 2015; H.R.1605 - Export-Import Bank Termination Act; H.R.1890 - Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; H.R.1892 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; H.R.1916 - Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015; H.R.222 - To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects.; H.R.2523 - American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act; H.R.2586 - Export Coordination Act; H.R.2587 - To further enhance the promotion of exports of United States goods and services, and for other purposes.; H.R.2701 - To direct the President to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China, and for other purposes.; H.R.597 - Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act; H.R.644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act; H.R.820 - Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; S.1267 - Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015; S.1268 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; S.1546 - A bill to establish an export credit insurance program in the Small Business Administration; S.25 - Small Business Export Growth Act of 2015; S.758 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; S.819 - Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015; S.824 - Promoting U.S. Jobs through Exports Act of 2015; S.995 - Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $219,103 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement: auto rule of origin US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP) Columbia FTA Labor Rights: general H.R. 644/H.R. 1907/S. 1269 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; support H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act Trade enforcement Bangladesh: worker rights, worker safety, GSP Worker rights in Honduras, capacity building grant CAFTA-Honduras labor rights complaint; support Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Trade Promoted Authority China Monitoring and Enforcement of Labor Rights
Client expense: $830,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement:opposition, labor, ISDS, Rule of origin, currency, transparency US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP) H.R. 644/H.R. 1907/S. 1269 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; oppose particular provisions H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, support Bangladesh: worker rights, support Labor Rights Enforcement under Trade Agreements
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Promotional Authority Bill (TPA) The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, Enforce Act HR 820 Leveling the Playing Field Act, Super 301
Client expense: $211,521 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
HR 274, United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015. HR 403, Free Trade With Cuba Act. HR 664/S.299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015. HR 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. HR 1302, Trade Act of 2015 HR 2381, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 2454, Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015 S.491 : Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 986: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Animals
Food, Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) - Supported funding for this system to provide the industry with information on how to avoid drug, pesticide and environmental contaminant residue problems. Mandatory Animal ID - Supported steps to make this mandatory. Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment - HR 820 - Opposed legislation to avoid "overuse or misuse" of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture due to inappropriate limitations on needed antibiotics. Nonambulatory Cattle - Monitored efforts to address animal handling, especially nonambulatory cattle regulations and procedures. Antibiotic Residue - Monitored and provided information relating to efforts to expand the scope of testing for antibiotic Residues in animal tissues and milk. Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Vaccine - Support steps to modernize North American FMD vaccine bank to support vaccine use strategies in the event of a U.S. outbreak. Animal Rights Mandates - Opposed efforts to enact animal rights mandates via federal legislation.
Client expense: $135,655 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015. H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act. Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; Promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies; Addressing excess global steel capacity; Ensuring strong trade rules for non-market economies.
Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Fast Track (H.R.2146),Trade Act of 2015 (H.R.1314),Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act (H.R.2146), Buy America/Buy American Requirements, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, Air Transport Issues, Trans-Pacific Partnership,Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644),Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (H.R.1295/S.1267),Currency Legislation (H.R.820/S.433)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Export Controls, Sanctions, Customs Regulations, WTO Information Technology Agreement - H.R. 644 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015;US Export Controls, US Customs Regulations; H.R.1031 - Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015; H.R.1175 - Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2015; H.R.1403 - Balancing Trade Act of 2015; H.R.1605 - Export-Import Bank Termination Act; H.R.1890 - Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; H.R.1892 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; H.R.1916 - Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015; H.R.2146 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; H.R.222 - To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects.; H.R.2523 - American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act; H.R.2586 - Export Coordination Act; H.R.2587 - To further enhance the promotion of exports of United States goods and services, and for other purposes.; H.R.2701 - To direct the President to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China, and for other purposes; H.R.597 - Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act; H.R.644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; H.R.820 - Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; S.1267 - Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015; S.1268 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; S.1546 - A bill to establish an export credit insurance program in the Small Business Administration; S.25 - Small Business Export Growth Act of 2015; S.758 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; S.819 - Export-Import Bank Reform and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $189,288 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R.274 : United States-Cuba Normalization Act of 2015 H.R.403 : Free Trade With Cuba Act H.R.664 : Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R.820 : Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR 1302, Trade Act of 2015 HR 2381, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 HR 2454, Cuba Normalization Accountability Act of 2015 H.R.3238 -- Cuba Trade Act of 2015 H.R.4219 -- To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S.299: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 S.491: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 986: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement:opposition, labor, ISDS, Rule of origin, currency, transparency US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP) H.R. 644/H.R. 1907/S. 1269 Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; oppose particular provisions H.R. 820/S433: Currency Reform for Trade Act, support Bangladesh: worker rights, support Labor Rights Enforcement under Trade Agreements
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Implementation and enforcement of U.S. trade laws H.R.820 - Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act and S.433 - Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act - currency reform H.R.1314 - Trade Act of 2015 H.R.644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 - Title IV, evasion of anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders (Senate-passed version) and Title V, amendments to anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws
Client expense: $310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 22, Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, including provisions relating to House Amendment 813, prohibiting Export-Import Bank assistance to state-sponsors of terrorism H.R. 403, Free Trade with Cuba Act H.R. 597, Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act H.R. 635, Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 664/S. 299, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act H.R. 978/S. 489, Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015 H.R. 1031/S. 824, Promoting U.S. Jobs through Exports Act of 2015 H.R. 1295, Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 H.R. 1314, Trade Act of 2015 H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 1986, to reauthorize and reform the Export-Import Bank of the United States H.R. 1890/S. 995, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 1907, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2146, Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act, including provisions relating to Title 1, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 H.R. 2393, Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 H.R. 2577, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, including provisions relating to State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) grants H.R. 2745/S. 2102, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015 H.R. 2772, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R. 3611/S. 819, Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 4219, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan S. 491, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2015 S. 1015, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 S. 2201, Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2015 H.Res. 450, Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 597) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes Draft legislation titled Maritime Transportation Security Act Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4095, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 4216, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5233, Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014 Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 5696/S.2922, Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (113th Congress) Potential Legislation similar to H.R. 6654, Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act of 2012 Potential Legislation similar to S. 2002, Online Pharmacy Safety Act of 2012 Various issues relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA); Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA); reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; the expanded use of software asset management by the Federal Government and its contractors; Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor; U.S.-European Union Energy Relations; implementation of Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (the "Special 301 Report"); implementation of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203), G-20 obligations on Financial Service Reforms; International Telecommunications Union; Transatlantic Economic Council; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; plain packaging; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's IPR, industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; IP issues related to internet counterfeiting and piracy; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues related to trade secret theft; IP issues related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); IP issues related to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); IP issues relating to Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia and Europe; U.S.- Argentina economic relations; U.S.- Bangladesh economic relations; U.S.- Brazil economic relations; U.S.- China economic relations; U.S.- Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.- Japan economic relations; U.S.- Jordan economic and commercial relations; U.S.- Korea economic relations; U.S.- Mexico economic relations; U.S.- Pakistan economic relations; U.S. - Russia economic relations; U.S. - Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council (RCC); U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. sanctions on Burma; Ukraine related sanctions; Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC); trade embargo with Cuba; African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; bilateral investment treaty negotiations with China; trade, regulatory and bilateral investment treaty negotiations with India; Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); International Monetary Fund (IMF) quota reform; international capital standards for insurance and US-EU regulatory cooperation for insurance; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; promoting transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; advancing international regulatory cooperation; Air Cargo Advance Screening Pilot and Regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; sugar reform
Client expense: $14,690,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act (ENFORCE Act)(S. 1015) Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion and Circumvention Act (PROTECT Act) The Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act (S. 433) The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2015 (H.R. 820) Steel import surge/Global steel overcapacity issues Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (TPP) Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) WTO panel decisions on India and China cases Leveling the Playing Field Act (S. 891) The American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act (H.R. 2523) Mexico Steel Import Licensing Program Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) Legislation (H.R. 1314, H.R. 2146) Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Customs Reauthorization Legislation (S. 1269,H.R. 644) Buy America
Client expense: $175,933 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Animals
Animal rights; "Humaneness" labeling; Animal health/new animal drugs; HR 1150, S. 895, S. 1256, HR 820 as well as guidance for industry (GFI 213/209) and other issues relating to end the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed if those antibiotics are used in human medicine. Monitor and counsel on issues related to contemplated or proposed/introduced federal legislation, including HR 1150, S. 1256, HR 820 & S. 895 and regulation related to restrictions on how, where and by who animal drugs may be used on farms and ranches, particularly in feed. Issues relating to efforts to require the federal government to purchase meat, dairy and poultry products only from farmers meeting certain animal welfare requirements, including a restriction on confinement housing. Issues related to the labeling of foods for humaneness. Private company welfare programs.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Promotional Authority Bill (TPA) The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, Enforce Act HR 820 Leveling the Playing Field Act, Super 301
Client expense: $203,723 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · third_quarter · Animals
Food, Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) - Supported funding for this system to provide the industry with information on how to avoid drug, pesticide and environmental contaminant residue problems. Mandatory Animal ID - Supported steps to make this mandatory. Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment - HR 820 - Opposed legislation to avoid "overuse or misuse" of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture due to inappropriate limitations on needed antibiotics. Nonambulatory Cattle - Monitored efforts to address animal handling, especially nonambulatory cattle regulations and procedures. Antibiotic Residue - Monitored and provided information relating to efforts to expand the scope of testing for antibiotic Residues in animal tissues and milk. Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Vaccine - Support steps to modernize North American FMD vaccine bank to support vaccine use strategies in the event of a U.S. outbreak. Animal Rights Mandates - Opposed efforts to enact animal rights mandates via federal legislation.
Client expense: $144,370 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
Automated Export System - data element requirements for Exporters; H.R.2146 - Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; US Export Controls, US Customs Regulations; H.R.1031 - Promoting U.S. Jobs Through Exports Act of 2015; H.R.1175 - Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2015; H.R.1403 - Balancing Trade Act of 2015; H.R.1605 - Export-Import Bank Termination Act; H.R.1890 - Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015; H.R.1892 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; H.R.1916 - Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015; H.R.222 - To prohibit the Export-Import Bank of the United States from providing financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects.; H.R.2523 - American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act; H.R.2586 - Export Coordination Act; H.R.2587 - To further enhance the promotion of exports of United States goods and services, and for other purposes.; H.R.2701 - To direct the President to impose duties on merchandise from the People's Republic of China in an amount equivalent to the estimated annual loss of revenue to holders of United States intellectual property rights as a result of violations of such intellectual property rights in China, and for other purposes.; H.R.597 - Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act; H.R.644 - Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act; H.R.820 - Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; S.1267 - Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015; S.1268 - Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act of 2015; S.1546 - A bill to establish an export credit insurance program in the Small Business Administration; S.25 - Small Business Export Growth Act of 2015; S.758 - Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; S.819 - Export-Import Bank Reform and and Accountability Act of 2015
Client expense: $172,526 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, provisions relating to Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP) Federal policy relating to general balanced trade
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 644/S. 1269, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R. 820, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act S. 433, Currency Undervaluation Investigation Act Promoting strong trade remedy laws and enforcement including WTO dispute settlement; Trade Promotion Authority; Trans-Pacific Partnership; Import surge; Foreign export restraints on scrap; Disciplines on state-owned enterprises; promoting enhanced enforcement of trade remedy orders by government agencies
Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of