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A bill to extend the temporary suspension of duty on methy methyoxyacetate.
Legislative Progress
Introduced
October 30, 2009
Latest Action
October 30, 2009
Primary Sponsor
Christopher BondRepublican(MO)
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2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 2260, EXPIRE Act (Wyden) - tax provisions Barrasso Amendment to S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act - repeal of ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
Bills H.R. 5213, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality (STARS) Act of 2014 - support. H.R. 4457, the Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 - support. H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Plan Protection Act of 2013 - support. H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act - support. H.R. 4, the Jobs for America Act - support. H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 - support. H.R. 2995, the Unnecessary Cap Act of 2013 - support. H.R. 2575, the Save American Workers Act of 2013 - support. H.R. 3367, the Small Business and Family Relief Act - support. H.R. 763, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act - support. H.R. 903, the American Job Protection Act- support. H.Res 359, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that tax reform should jointly address corporate and pass-through entities in a fiscally responsible manner, and that reform should reduce the current tax rate differences between corporate and pass-through entities while maintaining adequate forms of organization for businesses - support. H.R. 947, Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act - support. H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 - support. H.R. 436, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. H.R. 1120, the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor- Management Relations Act -support. H.R. 2429, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 - support. H.R. 2728, Protecting States Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act - support. H.R. 2655, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act - support. H. Res. 728, a Resolution expressing support for designating November 29, 2014 as Small Business Saturday and supporting efforts to increase awareness of small business contributions to the community and their value to the overall economy - support. Section 425 of H.R. 4745, and urge that this provision, which prohibits the Department of Transportation from moving forward with increases in the minimum level of financial responsibility for commercial property and passenger motor carriers, including private school bus operators and other private carriers - support. H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014 - support. H.R. 5860, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. H.R. 5771, the Tax Increase Prevention Act - support. H.R. 4453, the S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2014 - support. H.R. 2854, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes - support. S. 2881, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality (STARS) Act of 2014 - support. S. 2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act - support. S. 2223, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act - oppose. S. 2199, originally introduced as S. 84, the Paycheck Fairness Act - oppose. S. 2432, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act - oppose. S.Amdt.1871, to S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 - support. S. 399, the American Job Protection Act - support. S. 603, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act - support. S. 1188, Forty Hours is Full Time Act - support. S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act - oppose. S. 1085, Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act of 2013 - support. S. 109, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. S. 1138, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 - support. S. 1737, Fair Minimum Wage Act - oppose. S. 1658, Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act - support. S. 1488, a bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes -support. Unemployment Insurance letter opposing FUTA Tax Increase to House and Senate Budget Committee conferees. Comments EPA, EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0602, Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units. December 1, 2014. OSHA, Comments on OSHA Docket No. OSHA-2013-0023; Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (79 Fed. Reg. 47605, August 14, 2014) October 14, 2014. EPA, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880 - Definition of Waters of the United States Under the Clean Water Act. October 15, 2014. Department of Health and Human Services, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016 - Request for Extension of Comment Period. December 22, 2014. Other Issues Tax Reform Tax Extenders DOL overtime regulation Biennial budget Entitlement reform Immigration reform, E-Verify, H2B visas Retirement Issues Keystone XL Project Employer nondiscrimination in PPACA Minimum wage Unemployment insurance Transitional policy on nonqualified plans in PPACA OSHA - proposed rule on respirable crystalline silica OSHA - proposed rule on electronic reporting EPA/Army Corps of Engineers - proposed rule on definition of waters of the United States EPA - proposed rule on greenhouse gases emissions from power plants OSHA - enforcement DOT - Definition of Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulatory reform Overtime Export Import Bank Medicare Part D H.R. 4304, the Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act H.R. 1772, the Legal Workforce Act SBA Office of Advocacy: Group Letter on Regulatory Flexibility Act Noncompliance in Waters of the United States Rulemaking SEC: Letter regarding the Recommendation of the Investor Advisory Committee: Accredited Investor Definition
Client expense: $689,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act, potential issues relating to insurer fees; Potential legislation to modify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148); Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148), issues and potential legislation relating to insurer fees, managed care organizations, issues relating to health insurance market provisions, medical loss ratio (including sustainable growth rate), doc fix, Special Needs Plans, and Medicare Advantage star ratings.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 1, Tax Reform Act of 2014 H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act H.R. 30, Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act H.R. 83, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, Buy America, inversion contracting matters, and contractor blacklisting H.R. 516, Middle Class Payroll Tax Relief Act H.R. 523, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 684 / S. 336 / S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 694, Corporate Tax Fairness Act H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 766 / S. 321, Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013 H.R. 851 / S. 337 / S. 2569 , Bring Jobs Home Act H.R. 886, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 3724 / S. 1364, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 4438, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014 H.R. 4453, S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4457, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4718, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters, and contractor blacklisting H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters, and contractor blacklisting H.R. 5278 / S. 2704, No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act of 2014 H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 S. 193, Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 S. 250, Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act S. 268, CUT Loopholes Act S. 277, Job Prevention and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 S. 278, Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013 S. 388, American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 S. 410, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014 S. 2432, Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S. 2736, Tax Refund Theft Prevention Act of 2014, including provisions relating to section 11, lowering the threshold for electronic filings with the IRS and section 12, reducing the time in which small businesses have to file a return S. 2786, Corporate Inverters Earnings Stripping Reform Act of 2014 Draft legislation titled Remote Transaction Parity Act of 2014 Various issues relating to the implementation of Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96); implementation of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-289), including Section 3091 - provisions relating to data collection and return requirements; Chairman Goodlattes principles governing sales tax collection legislation; Senator Levins Management and Control corporate residency proposal; comprehensive tax reform, including House Ways and Means Committee working drafts and Chairman Camps comprehensive draft bill; tax extenders including R&D tax credit, bonus depreciation, exemptions for active financing income, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, and Section 179 expensing limits; international competiveness of corporate tax rates; legislative proposals on corporate tax inversions; Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); extension of unemployment insurance; House Judiciary Committee Principles on Internet Sales Tax; tax reform; entitlement reform; tax inversion; tax gap and small business paperwork and compliance burdens; sequestration; interpretation of IRS Rule 305(c); IRS efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of the 1099-K pilot matching program
Client expense: $21,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 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 Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), 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), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), 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. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
- HR 4 Jobs for America Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 684 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions related to cable. - HR 1129 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2309 Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2992 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3086 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3724 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4718 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4743 Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4878 Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 5771 Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 743 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1235 The Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1364 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1431 Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1476 Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1645 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2260 Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2569 Bring Jobs Home Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2609 Marketplace and Internet Fairness Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2717 Cyber Information Sharing Tax Credit Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2735 To provide for an extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act - all provisions relating to cable.
Client expense: $5,500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
- HR 684 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions related to cable. - HR 923 Say No to Drug Ads Act- to deny deduction of direct-to-consumer advertisements of prescription drugs - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1129 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2309 Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2373 Jumpstarting Our Business Sector - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2731 Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2831 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food of poor nutritional quality - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2992 Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3086 Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3724 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4457 Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4718 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4743 Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4878 Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 8 End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 213 Telephone Excise Tax Elimination Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 743 Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1235 The Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1364 Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1431 Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1476 Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1645 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1706 "Fair Playing Field Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2260 Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2342 Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2347 Multi-State Worker Tax Fairness Act of 2014 - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2569 Bring Jobs Home Act - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2735 To provide for an extension of the Internet Tax Freedom Act - all provisions relating to cable.
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act H.R. 30, Small Business Investment Enhancement and Tax Relief Act H.R. 516, Middle Class Payroll Tax Relief Act H.R. 523, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 H.R. 684 / S. 336 / S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 694, Corporate Tax Fairness Act H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 766 / S. 321, Paying a Fair Share Act of 2013 H.R. 851 / S. 337 / S. 2569 , Bring Jobs Home Act H.R. 880 / S. 410, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act H.R. 886, Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2013 H.R. 2546 / S. 1257, Protect American Investments Act of 2013 H.R. 3724 / S. 1364, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 H.R. 4438, American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014 H.R. 4453, S Corporation Permanent Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4457, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 H.R. 4718, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation, including provisions relating to modifying and making permanent 50% depreciation and the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) credit in lieu of 50% depreciation provisions H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters, and contractor blacklisting H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015, including provisions relating to procurement policy, inversion contracting matters, and contractor blacklisting H.R. 5278 / S. 2704, No Federal Contracts for Corporate Deserters Act of 2014 S. 193, Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 S. 250, Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act S. 268, CUT Loopholes Act S. 277, Job Prevention and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 S. 278, Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013 S. 388, American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014 S. 2432, Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act S. 2786, Corporate Inverters Earnings Stripping Reform Act of 2014 Draft Tax Reform Act of 2014 Various issues relating to the implementation of Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96); implementation of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-289), including Section 3091 - provisions relating to data collection and return requirements; Chairman Goodlattes principles governing sales tax collection legislation; Senator Levins Management and Control corporate residency proposal; comprehensive tax reform, including House Ways and Means Committee working drafts and Chairman Camps comprehensive draft bill; tax extenders including R&D tax credit, bonus depreciation, exemptions for active financing income, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, and Section 179 expensing limits; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; legislative proposals on corporate tax inversions; Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); extension of unemployment insurance; House Judiciary Committee Principles on Internet Sales Tax; tax reform; entitlement reform; tax inversions; sequestration; online sales tax collection proposals
2014 · third_quarter · Manufacturing
S. 2569 - Bring Jobs Home Act; "Buy America" legislation; Factoryless goods standards
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Dodd-Frank: Implementation, Derivatives Regulation, Financial Resolution S.2569, Bring Jobs Home Act
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), 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), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Independent contractors and taxation: worker misclassification. S. 1706, Fair Playing Field Act of 2013. Tax exclusion for employer sponsored health insurance plans. S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act Corporate tax reform. Repatriation Issue. S. 1533, Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act. Tax Extenders; S. 2260, EXPIRE Act Excise tax on high value employer sponsored health care plans. S. 2360/ H.R. 4679, Stop Corporate Inversion Act.
Client expense: $341,600 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers S. 2260, EXPIRE Act (Wyden) - tax provisions Barrasso Amendment to S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act - repeal of ACA health insurance tax Annual insurer provider fees; issues concerning the patient-centered outcomes research fee; employer and individual coverage mandate, W-2 reporting requirements, health reimbursement accounts, deductibility limits for insurer compensation, health insurer and employer reporting of health coverage, and other issues relating to health care reform implementation.
Client expense: $2,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2014 · third_quarter · Medicare/Medicaid
S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act, potential issues relating to insurer fees; Potential legislation to modify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148);Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PL 111-148), issues and potential legislation relating to insurer fees, managed care organizations, issues relating to health insurance market provisions, medical loss ratio (including sustainable growth rate), doc fix, Special Needs Plans, and Medicare Advantage star ratings.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 763, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Boustany-Matheson) -repeal of ACA health insurance tax. H.R. 1248, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues. H.R. 1342, Helping Save Americans Health Care Choices Act (Fleming) - HSA and FSA issues. H.R. 2194, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Paulsen) - HSA and FSA issues. H.R. 2835, Restoring Access to Medication Act (Jenkins) - HSA and FSA issues. H.R. 3367, HIT Delay Bill (Boustany-Bera) - delay of ACA health insurance tax. H.R. 4600, Tax Free Health Insurance Act (King) - tax treatment of health insurance premiums. H.R. 4777, Health Savings Act (Burgess) - HSA issues. S. 24, Small Business Health Relief Act (Portman) - HIT repeal, HSA and FSA changes. S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act (Barrasso-Hatch) - repeal of ACA health insurance tax. S. 610, Family Health Care Flexibility Act (Johanns) - HSA and FSA issues. S. 1031, Family and Retirement Health Investment Act (Hatch) - HSA and FSA issues. S. 1485, Americans Giving Care to Elders Act (Klobuchar) - tax credits for family caregivers. S. 2260, EXPIRE Act (Wyden) - tax provisions. Barrasso Amendment to S. 2569, Bring Jobs Home Act - repeal of ACA health insurance tax
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
2014 · third_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 4923, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015- support. H.R. 5213, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality (STARS) Act of 2014 support. H.R. 4457, the Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 support.H.R. 3522, the Employee Health Plan Protection Act of 2013 support. H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act support. H.R. 4, the Jobs for America Act support. H.R. 5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 support. H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 support. H.R. 2995, the Unnecessary Cap Act of 2013 support. H.R. 2575, the Save American Workers Act of 2013 support. H.R. 3367, the Small Business and Family Relief Act support. H.R. 763, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act support. H.R. 903, the American Job Protection Act support. H.R. 2542, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act support. H.Res 359, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that tax reform should jointly address corporate and pass-through entities in a fiscally responsible manner, and that reform should reduce the current tax rate differences between corporate and pass-through entities while maintaining adequate forms of organization for businesses support. H.R. 947, Small Business Accounting and Tax Simplification Act support. H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 support. H.R. 436, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. H.R. 1120, the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor- Management Relations Act support. H.R. 2429, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 support. H.R. 2728, Protecting States Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act support. H.R. 2655, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act support. S. 2881, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality (STARS) Act of 2014 support. S. 2496, the Protecting Water and Property Rights Act of 2014 support. S. 2569, the Bring Jobs Home Act support. S. 2223, the Minimum Wage Fairness Act oppose. S. 2199, originally introduced as S. 84, the Paycheck Fairness Act oppose. S. 2432, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act oppose. S.Amdt.1871, to S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 support. S. 399, the American Job Protection Act support. S. 603, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act support. S. 1188, Forty Hours is Full Time Act support. S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act oppose. S. 1085, Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act of 2013 support. S. 109, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act support. S. 1138, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2013 support. S. 1737, Fair Minimum Wage Act oppose. S. 1658, Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act support. S. 1488, a bill to delay the application of the individual health insurance mandate, to delay the application of the employer health insurance mandate, and for other purposes -support. Unemployment Insurance letter opposing FUTA Tax Increase to House and Senate Budget Committee conferees.Hearings - Statement for the Record, House Committee on Small Business, Cash Accounting: A Simpler Method for Small Firms? July 10, 2014. House Small Business Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, An Update on the Small Business Health Options Program: Is It Working for Small Businesses? (met with Committee staff on the issue) September 18, 2014. Comments - Food and Drug Administration, Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Regulations on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning Statements for Tobacco Products. (July 25, 2014) Environmental Protection Agency, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; Lead; Framework for Identifying and Evaluating Lead Based Paint Hazards From Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings. (September 22, 2014) U.S. Department of Labor, Proposed regulations implementing Executive Order 13658, Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors, 79 Fed. Reg. 34568, (June 17, 2014) Environmental Protection Agency, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2013-0715; Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Survey of the Public and Commercial Building Industry. (August 27, 2014) Environmental Protection Agency, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPPT-2010-0173; Approach for Estimating Exposures and Incremental Health Effects From Lead Due to Renovation, Repair, and Painting Activities in Public and Commercial Buildings. Other Issues - Tax Reform Tax Extenders DOL overtime regulation Biennial budget Entitlement reform Immigration reform, E-Verify, H2B visas Retirement Issues Keystone XL Project Employer nondiscrimination in PPACA Minimum wage Unemployment insurance Transitional policy on nonqualified plans in PPACA OSHA proposed rule on respirable crystalline silica OSHA proposed rule on electronic reporting EPA/Army Corps of Engineers proposed rule on definition of waters of the United States EPA proposed rule on greenhouse gases emissions from power plants OSHA enforcement DOT Definition of Commercial Motor Vehicle Regulatory reform Overtime Export Import Bank Medicare Part D H.R. 4304, the Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act H.R. 1772, the Legal Workforce Act
2014 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Employer-sponsored health care credit and tax exclusion; Tax Extenders; Corporate Tax Reform; Bring Jobs Home Act (S. 2569).
Client expense: $508,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $3,810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
Client expense: $28,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 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 Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), 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), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), 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. Forest Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $717,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of