Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006

S. 3778 Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.1216 Financial Privacy Breach Notification Act of 2005; S.1326 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; S.1332 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005;S.1336 Consumer Identity Protection and Security Act; S.1408 Identity Protection Act; H.R.1069 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; H.R.1080 Information Protection and Security Act; H.R.3140 Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005; H.R.1185 Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005; S.29 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act; H.R.82 Social Security Online Privacy Protection Act; H.R.1078 Social Security Number Protection Act of 2005; H.R.1745 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005; S.687 Spyware Internet Protection Bill; S.1004 Enhanced Consumer Protection Against Spyware Act of 2005; H.R.29 Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act; H.R.744 Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2005, H.R.3505 Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005; S.5 Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and H.R.516 Class Action Fairness Act of 2005; Hurricane Reconstruction Efforts; H.R.5924 to amend the Small Business Act to provide loan guarantees for certain private disaster loans; S.4097 - a bill to improve disaster loans program in the SBA; S.3786 - SBA reauthorization; S.3778 - SBA reauthorization. S.115 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; S.116 Privacy Act of 2005; S.500 Information Protection and Security Act; S.751 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; S.768 Comprehensive Identity Theft Prevention Act;

Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S.1216 Financial Privacy Breach Notification Act of 2005; S.1326 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; S.1332 Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005;S.1336 Consumer Identity Protection and Security Act; S.1408 Identity Protection Act; H.R.1069 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; H.R.1080 Information Protection and Security Act; H.R.3140 Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005; H.R.1185 Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005; S.29 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act; H.R.82 Social Security Online Privacy Protection Act; H.R.1078 Social Security Number Protection Act of 2005; H.R.1745 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2005; S.687 Spyware Internet Protection Bill; S.1004 Enhanced Consumer Protection Against Spyware Act of 2005; H.R.29 Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act; H.R.744 Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2005, H.R.3505 Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005; S.5 Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 and H.R.516 Class Action Fairness Act of 2005; Hurricane Reconstruction Efforts; H.R.5924 to amend the Small Business Act to provide loan guarantees for certain private disaster loans; S.4097 - a bill to improve disaster loans program in the SBA; S.3786 - SBA reauthorization; S.3778 - SBA reauthorization. S.115 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; S.116 Privacy Act of 2005; S.500 Information Protection and Security Act; S.751 Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act; S.768 Comprehensive Identity Theft Prevention Act;

Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 5115-U.S Healthcare Technologies Competitiveness Act of 2006 (Bill to modernize the tax treatment as related to medical devices and biomedical research corporations) HR 4388-Tax Revision Act of 2005 (Bills to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions) HR 4297-Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005 (Bill to extend credit for increasing research activities) HR 4845-Innovation and Competitiveness Act HR 1736/S 627-Investment in America Act of 2005 (Bills to make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities) S 978-Healthcare Tax Relief for the Uninsured Act of 2005 HR 1872-Health Coverage for the Uninsured Act of 2005 (Bills to provide tax incentives for the purchase of quality health care, and for other purposes) HR 5-Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005 (Bill to provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system) HR 6406-The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Bill to improve temporarily certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws, and to extend certain trade preference programs) S Cong Res 67/H Cong Res 311-Concurrent resolution urging Japan to honor its commitments under the 1986 Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and for other purposes (Bill to reduce regulatory barriers to the approval and adoption of new medical technologies) S 2467-United States Trade Enhancement Act of 2006 (Congressional resolutions on trade enforcement efforts as relates to trade with China) S 295-To authorize appropriate action if the negotiations with the People’s Republic of China’s undervalued currency are not successful) (Bill to impose an additional duty of 27.5% on Chinese imports) HR 3004-Currency Harmonization Initiative through Neutralizing Action Act of 2005 (Bill to impose additional tariffs on Chinese imports on the basis of the rate of manipulation by that country of the rate of exchange between the Chinese currency and the U.S dollar) HR 3283/S 1421-United States Trade Rights Enforcement Act (Bills to enhance resources to enforce U.S trade rights) HR 4157-Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005 (Bill to provide for establishment of uniform confidentiality and security standards with respect to individually identifiable patient health information) S 1355-Better Healthcare Through Information Technology Act S 1418-Wired for Health Care Quality Act (Bills to enhance the adoption of health information technology and to improve the quality and reduce the cost of healthcare in the United States) S 1952-Critical Access to Health Information Technology Act of 2005 (Bill to provide for grants to states to increase access to health care in rural areas by improving health information technology) S 1223-Information Technology for Health Care Quality and Improvement Act (Bill to improve the quality and efficiency of health care delivery through improvements in health care information technology) S 1262-Health Technology to Enhance Quality Act of 2005 (Bill to reduce healthcare costs, improve efficiency and healthcare quality through the development of a nation-wide interoperable health information technology system) S 2480-Contact Lens Consumer Protection Act (Bill to amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act with respect to the availability of contact lenses) HR 6111-Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (President Bush signed into Public Law # 109-432 on 12/20/2006) HR 5975-Prescription Drug Comparative Effectiveness Act of 2006 (Bill to require the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in consultation with NIH Director, to conduct research to develop valid scientific evidence regarding clinical effectiveness, outcomes, and appropriateness as relates to medical devices and procedures and for other purposes) S 4098-Pediatric Medical Devices and Safety Improvement Act of 2006 (Bill to improve the process for development of needed pediatric medical devices) S 3778-Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act of 2006 HR 5352-Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Bills to reauthorize programs to assist small business concerns) S 1263-Save America’s Biotechnology Innovative Research Act of 2005 HR 2943-Save Biotechnology Innovative Research Act of 2005 (Bills to establish eligibility requirements for business concerns to receive awards under the Small Business Innovative Research program) S 3678-Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (Bill with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes) HR2863-Division E – Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (Division E provisions of the bill as relates to targeted liability for pandemic and epidemic products and security countermeasures) S 2564/HR 5533-Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2006 S 1873-Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005 (Bills to prepare and strengthen the development of countermeasures or pandemic or epidemic products against deliberate, accidental, and natural outbreaks of illness) S-1880-National Biodefense and Pandemic Preparedness Act of 2005 (Bill to enhance biodefense and pandemic preparedness activities) S 2792-Emergency Preparedness and Response Security, Accountability, and Flexibility Enhancement Act (SAFE Act) (Bill to revise provisions relating to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies preparedness grants including development of measurable critical benchmarks and performance standards) S 3-Protecting American in the War on Terror Act of 2005 (Bill sets provisions concerning bioterrorism preparedness and defense as pertaining to medical devices and for other purposes) S 975-The Project Bioshield II Act of 2005 (Bill to provide incentives to increase research by private sector entities to develop medial countermeasures to prevent, detect, identify, contain, and treat illnesses, including those associated with biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an infectious disease outbreak) S 22/S23-Malpractice Liability Reform Bill (a.k.a. Medical Care Access Protection Act of 2006, MCAP Act) (Bills setting forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims related to the provision of health care services) HR 2090- Food and Drug Administration Improvement Act of 2005 (Bill related to FDA Advisory panels) S. 3807-Enhancing Drug Safety and Innovation Act of 2006 (Draft bill to improve oversight as related to drugs includes medical devices in some provisions)

HR 5122, National Defense Authorization Act; HR 6175, Medigap Access Improvement Act; HR 6225 National Insurance Act; Draft SMART Act in the House; S 406, Small Business Health Fairness Act; S 418, Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act; S 577 HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; S 1015 Health Care Choice Act; S 1235 Veterans Benefits Improvement Act; S 1932, Budget Reconciliation Bill; S 1955 Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act; S 2457 Small Business Health Insurance Relief Act; S 2509, National Insurance Act; S 2510 Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act; S 3778, Small Business Reauthorization and Improvements Act; S 4025, Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act HR 525, Small Business Health Fairness Act; HR 1955, Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act; HR 2046, Service Memebrs' Health Insurance Protection Act; HR 2355, Health Care Choice Act; HR 2793, HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act; HR 4241, Budget Reconciliation Act;

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $180,000

HR 5352 Small Business Reauthorization S 3778 Small Business Reauthorization S 3680 SEED Act HR 4303 SEED Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 534 Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005 H.R. 5 Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2005 H.R. 215 Allied Health Professions Improvement Act of 2005 S. 473 Allied Health Professions Improvement Act of 2005 H.R. 1872 Healthcare Coverage for the Uninsured Act of 2005 H.R. 1668 Kids First Act of 2005 H.R. 525 Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005 H.R. 3569 Nurse Education, Expansion and Development Act of 2005 H.R. 3173 Nurse Faculty Higher Education Act H.R. 2184 Nursing School Capacity Act of 2005 S. 1575 Nurse Faculty Education Act of 2005 S. 1955 Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization & Affordability Act of 2005 H.R. 3050 Covering Kids Act of 2005 S. 1049 Covering Kids Act of 2005 H.R. 1872 Health coverage Act for the Uninsured S. 978 Health coverage Act for the Uninsured S. 747 Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act of 2005 H.R. 2948 Children's Express Lane to Health Coverage Act of 2005 H.R. 1653 SAFE-ID Act H.R. 139 Health Improvement and Professionals Act of 2005 S. 506 Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2005 H.R. 5171 Communities Building Access Act H. CON. RES. 231 Recognizing the Benefits and Importance of Federally Qualified Health Centers and the Medicaid Prospective Payment System for such Centers H.R. 5613 Health Insurance Tax Credit Assistance Act of 2006 H.R. 2622 Social Security Uninsured Children's Entitlement Act of 2006 H.R. 160 Keep America Health Act of 2005 S. 114 Kids Come First Act of 2005 S. 2701 To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Provide a Refundable Credit for High Deductible Health Plans for uninsured Individuals S. 2588 Health Care Access for Small Business Act of 2006 H.R. 5573 Health Center Renewal Act of 2006 S. 3778 Small Business Reauthorization And Improvements Act of 2006 S. 637 Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act of 2005 H.R. 3757 Medical Health Opportunity Account Act of 2005 H.R. 4511 Flex Health Savings Accounts Act of 2005 H.R. 37 Health Insurance Affordability Act of 2005 H.R. 765 Fair Care for the Uninsured Act of 2005 S. 1225 Access to Affordable Health Care Act H.R. 2203 Patients' Health Care Reform Act S. 3585 HSA Improvement And Expansion Act of 2006 H.R. 5743 HSA Improvement And Expansion Act of 2006 S. 2305 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 H.R. 5023 Deficit Reductions Act of 2005 H.R. 6111 Tax and Healthcare Act of 2006 S. 2510 Small Employers Health Benefits act of 2006 S. 1514 OTC Medicine Tax Fairness Act of 2005 H.R. 5262 Tax Free Health Savings Act of 2005

H.R. 5352; S. 3778 Definitions of small business for purposes of eligibility for SBA programs.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $140,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE