SHAUN SAHLHOFF — Lobbyist Profile | Poliscope

SHAUN SAHLHOFF

Reported covered position: Mar. 2016-Jan. 2017: Legislative Assistant, Rep. Hardy; Jan. 2015-Mar. 2016: Legislative Correspondent/Staff Assistant, Rep. Hardy; Oct. 2014-Jan. 2015: Staff Assistant, Committee on House Administration; Aug. 2014-Oct. 2014, Intern, Rep. Walorski

Filings

Clients

Firms

Years active

2017–2018

Associated filing income

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Clients represented

Client	Filings	Years
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	4	2017–2018

Lobbying firms

Firm	Filings	Years
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.	4	2017–2018

Bills explicitly cited in this lobbyist’s assigned issues (100)

No topic inference: each bill number appears in source LDA issue text assigned to this lobbyist.

HJRES 123

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes.

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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Original LDA source filings (4)

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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

2018 · first_quarter · Q1

Firm income: —Client expense: $15,390,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (4 issues)

IND

Indian/Native American Affairs

H.R. 210, Native American Energy Act H.R. 986/S. 63, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 H.R. 3138, Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017 S. 140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund S. 245, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017 S. 1935, Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017 Nomination of Tara Sweeney to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior Various issues relating to the promotion of energy development on Native American lands; reauthorization of Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (P.L. 104-330); Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009); tax parity for tribal governments

IMM

Source: Senate LDA

H.R. 1125

VISA Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1224

NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1301

Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1303

H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1468

Recognizing America's Children Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1502

To terminate the EB-5 program.

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1625

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1627

Small Business Assistance Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 170

Protect and Grow American Jobs Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1705

Keeping American Jobs Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1892

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 1941

Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 195

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes.

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2004

Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 210

Native American Energy Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2105

NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2213

Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2520

BROWSER Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2579

Broader Options for Americans Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2717

STAPLE Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 281

Family Farm Relief Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 2825

DHS Authorization Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3089

Corporate Transparency Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3138

Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3267

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3358

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3359

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3362

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3440

Dream Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3548

Border Security for America Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3711

Legal Workforce Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3775

Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 3776

Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 387

Email Privacy Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 391

Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 392

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4036

Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4092

AG Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4151

STREET Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4176

Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4184

ESPERER Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4207

Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4478

FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4668

Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4682

Open Internet Preservation Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4747

Defending U.S. Government Communications Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4760

Securing America's Future Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4796

USA Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4873

DACA Compromise Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4943

CLOUD Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 496

BRIDGE Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 4986

RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 641

BARN Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 670

High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 730

Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 979

Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 986

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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HRES 774

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4760) to amend the immigration laws and the homeland security laws, and for other purposes.

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1157

PATCH Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1241

Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 128

Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1454

TITLE Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1615

Dream Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1662

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1691

Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1717

Corporate Transparency Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1720

RAISE Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1771

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1780

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 179

Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 180

H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1852

SUCCEED Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1872

TSA Modernization Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1904

Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 1935

Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2083

Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2144

SECURE Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2155

Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2192

SECURE Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2199

Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2289

Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 232

A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications.

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2344

Immigration Innovation Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2367

USA Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2383

CLOUD Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2392

Cyber SAFETY Act of 2018

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 245

Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2464

Three-Year Border and DACA Extension Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 2510

Open Internet Preservation Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 281

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 354

RAISE Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 379

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 536

Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 595

Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 63

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 727

Invest in Our Communities Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 770

NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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S. 792

Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2017

Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

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H.R. 170, Protect and Grow American Jobs Act H.R. 195, Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes H.R. 281, Family Farm Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 392/S. 281, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 H.R. 496/S. 128, Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy (BRIDGE) Act H.R. 641, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 670, High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 730, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2017 H.R. 979, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017 H.R. 1125, Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity (VISA) Act of 2017 H.R. 1301, Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018 H.R. 1303/S. 180, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1468, Recognizing America's Children Act H.R. 1502, To terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1625, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 1627, Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 H.R. 1705, Keeping American Jobs Act H.R. 1892, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 H.R. 1941, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2004, Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act H.R. 2579, Broader Options for Americans Act H.R. 2717, Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act 2017 H.R. 3358/S. 1771, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3362/S. 1780, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3440/S. 1615, Dream Act of 2017 H.R. 3711, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 3775, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017 H.R. 4092, Agricultural Guestworker (AG) Act H.R. 4184, Extending Status Protection for Eligible Refugees with Established Residency (ESPERER) Act of 2017 H.R. 4207, Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R. 4796/S. 2367, Uniting and Securing America (USA) Act of 2018 H.R. 4873, DACA Compromise Act of 2018 S. 179, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 232, A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications S. 354/S. 1720, Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act S. 727, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 792, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program, and for other purposes S. 1780, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 S. 1852, Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation (SUCCEED) Act S. 2144, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 2192, Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts (SECURE) Act of 2017 S. 2199, Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act S. 2344, Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 S. 2464, Three-Year Border and DACA Extension Act H.Res. 774, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4760) to amend the immigration laws and the homeland security laws, and for other purposes H.J. Res. 123, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-2 Visa Programs; L-1 Visa Programs; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 regional center program; E-Verify program; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy; immigration reform; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family based immigrant visa categories; employment verification; interior enforcement; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; trusted traveler programs; travel issues; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol officers and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements

HOM

Homeland Security

H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017 H.R. 2105, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 H.R. 2213/S. 595, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2825, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3089/S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, including provisions relating to National Institute of Standards and Technology budget H.R. 3359, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 3776, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017 H.R. 4036, Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act H.R. 4151, Smart Technology for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in Cities and Communities (STREET) Act H.R. 4176, Air Cargo Security Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 4478, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 4668, Small Business Advanced Cybersecurity Enhancements Act of 2017 H.R. 4747, Defending U.S. Government Communications Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 770, MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 S. 1157, Protecting Our Ability to Counter Hacking (PATCH) Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1691, Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1872, TSA Modernization Act S. 1904, Smart Cities and Communities Act of 2017 S. 2083, Strengthening Cybersecurity Information Sharing and Coordination in Our Ports Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2289, Data Breach Prevention and Compensation Act of 2018 S. 2392, Cyber SAFETY Act of 2018 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Draft legislation titled Air Cargo Advance Screening Program and Explosives Detection Canine Teams for Air Cargo Security Draft legislation titled Data Acquisition and 4 Technology Accountability and Security Act Various issues relating to Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program reauthorization; cybersecurity protections; Executive Order 13800, Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure; National Telecommunications and Information Administration request for public comment, Promoting Stakeholder Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats; National Institute of Standards and Technology proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity; implementation of Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) (P.L. 114-113, Division N); implementation of Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-91, Subtitle G); Department of Commerce/Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed rule on Wassenaar Arrangement intrusion software and surveillance items; Department of Commerce/National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cybersecurity framework-like effort on IoT security and resilience; Department of Justice Cyber-Digital Task Force; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission notice of proposed rulemaking, Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards; National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) cybersecurity vulnerabilities disclosure initiative; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) statement and guidance on public company cybersecurity disclosures

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2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4

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TEC

Telecommunications

H.R. 387, Email Privacy Act H.R. 1865, Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 H.R. 2520, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2017 S. 1311, Abolish Human Trafficking Act of 2017 S. 1312, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 S. 1693, Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Open Internet Preservation Act Draft legislation titled A Bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 Draft Federal Trade Commission procedural reformlegislation Draft net neutrality legislation Draft student privacy legislation Draft Federal Communication Commission reauthorization and reform legislation Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Various issues relating to broadband infrastructure and deployment; expanding flexible use in mid-band spectrum between 3.7 and 24 GHz; Federal Trade Commission informational injury workshop; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421)

GOV

Government Issues

H.R. 5/S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 33, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017 H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 76, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 H.R. 659, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017 H.R. 717, Listing Reform Act H.R. 732, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 H.R. 806/S. 263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 978, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1004, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1096/S. 565, Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, including provisions relating to procurement policy, contractor blacklisting, Buy America, IT acquisition and outsourcing H.R. 3280, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 S. 119, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 S. 579, Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017 S. 584, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act S. 1448, Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2017 Draft FCC reauthorization and reform legislation Draft legislation titled Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 Potential legislation similar to S. 1817, Smarter Regs Act of 2015 Potential amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards Nomination of Kevin McAleenan to be Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nomination of Spencer Bachus III to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Scott Garrett, of New Jersey, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Kimberly Reed to be First Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Claudia Slacik to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Judith Delzoppo Pryor to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Michael Dourson, for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention Nomination of Matthew Leopold, for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of the General Counsel Nomination of David Ross, for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Water Nomination of William Wehrum, for EPA Assistant Administrator, Office of Air & Radiation Nomination of Cheryl Marie Stanton to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor Nomination of Peter B. Robb to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Nomination of Susan P. Bodine to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency Nomination of Preston Rutledge to be Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor Nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White to be Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nomination of Jerome H. Powell to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Nomination of Scott Mugno to be Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64,660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed rule on repeal of carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing stationary sources: electric utility generating units (82 Fed. Reg. 48,035, October 16, 2017) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,476, May 16, 2017) Proposed rules on financial responsibility requirements under CERCLA 108(b) for classes of facilities in the Hardrock mining industry (82 Fed. Reg. 3,388-3,512, January 11, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining, government transparency in rulemakings, and performing administrative proceedings; implementation of Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511), and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13); Office of Management and Budget M-17013 Extension of Policy to Provide Accelerated Payment to Small Business and Small Business Subcontractors; environment and energy policy; Federal Trade Commission informational injury workshop; Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Federal Reserve regulatory reform; Financial Stability Oversight Council reform; Securities and Exchange Commission reform; Commodity Futures Trading Commission reform; banking regulatory reform; permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel on the topic; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; citizen suits recodifications; implementation of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182); implementation of Executive Order 13807, on establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure

FIN

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 477, Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1116, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 H.R. 1153, Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1457, Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act of 2017 H.R. 1585, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1645, Fostering Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 2201, Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2319, Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2706, Financial Institution Customer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3093, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3299, Protecting Consumers' Access to Credit Act of 2017 H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3762, International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 H.R. 3857, Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3861, Federal Insurance Office Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3903, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2017 H.R. 3911, Risk-Based Credit Examination Act H.R. 3948, Protection of Source Code Act H.R. 3971, Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 3972, Family Office Technical Correction Act of 2017 H.R. 3973, Market Data Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 3978, TRID Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4015, Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 4028/S. 1982, Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology (PROTECT) Act of 2017 H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4248, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes H.R. 4263, Regulation At Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4267, Small Business Credit Availability Act H.R. 4279, Expanding Investment Opportunities Act H.R. 4281, Expanding Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act H.R. 4289, To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to coal and mine safety H.R. 4292, Financial Institution Living Will Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 4294, Prevention of Private Information Dissemination Act of 2017 H.R. 4296, To place requirements on operational risk capital requirements for banking organizations established by an appropriate Federal banking agency H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4519, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes H.R. 4529, Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 H.R. 4545, Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act S. 366, Taking Account of Institutions with Low Operation Risk (TAILOR) Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1241, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE)Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 S. 1893, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act H.J. Res. 111/S.J. Res. 47, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" Draft legislation titled Credit Services Protection Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Potential legislation similar to H.R 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 347, Facilitating Access to Credit Act of 2015 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Nomination of Governor Jerome Powell to serve as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; CFPB arbitration rulemaking; Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128) modernization; anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (P.L. 91-508) improvements; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; Federal Reserve proposed guidance on supervisory expectation for boards of directors 2017-16735; proxy voting systems; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; Security Exchange Commission request for information regarding standards of conduct for investment advisors and broker-dealers; Security Exchange Commission staff legal bulletin 141 (CF) shareholder proposals; Security Exchange Commission FAST Act (P.L. 114-94) modernization and simplification of regulations S-K file no. S7-08-17; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; Small Business Lending Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011; Consumer Credit Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0006; potential legislation to create legal framework for venture exchange; credit bureau issues; tailoring bank rules to reduce the burden on small, midsize, and regional banks; beneficial ownership; reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States; modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act (P.L. 95-128)

HCR

Health Issues

H.R. 1, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 1687 H.R. 35, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 143, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017 H.R. 173/S. 40/S. 58, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 184, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 246, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 247/S. 28, Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 394/S. 85, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017 H.R. 849/S. 260, Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act H.R. 1101/S. 1818, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1175/S. 403, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1280, Health Savings Account Act H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2430/S. 934, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 4616, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate and to provide for a delay in the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage H.R. 4617, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a temporary moratorium on the medical device excise tax H.R. 4618, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a temporary moratorium on certain taxes affecting purchases of prescription medication H.R. 4619, To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide temporary relief from the annual fee imposed on health insurance providers, to the extent that such fee is due to Puerto Rican health insurance H.R. 4620, Protecting Families and Small Businesses Act of 2017 S. 108, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 191, Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S. 222, Obamacare Replacement Act S. 251, Protecting Medicare from Executive Action Act of 2017 S. 934, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 1835, Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 S. 1852, Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation (SUCCEED) Act S. 1859, Healthcare Tax Relief Act S. 1978, Small Business and Family Health Tax Relief Act of 2017 S. 2164, To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings H.Con.Res.71 - Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 1227 Draft legislation titled To stabilize individual market premiums for the 2018 and 2019 plan years and provide meaningful State flexibility (Alexander-Murray) Proposed regulations on benefit and payment parameters for 2019 (82 Fed. Reg. 51,052-51,148, November 2, 2017) Request for Information reducing regulatory burdens imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & Improving Health Care Choices to Employer Patients (82 Fed. Reg. 26,885-26,887, June 12, 2017) Request for Information Treasury proposed review of regulations & recommendations to further compliance with Executive Orders 13771 and 13777 (82 Fed. Reg. 27,217-27,218, June 14, 2017) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; IRS Notice application of market reform and other provisions of the Affordable Care Act to HRAs, Health FSAs, and certain other employer healthcare arrangements HRAs (Notice 2013-54, September 13, 2013); IRS Notice on Section 4980I - Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Notice 2015-16, February 23, 2015); IRS Notice on qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (Notice 2017-67, October 31, 2017); House Republican Taskforce on Health Care report, A Better Way to Fix Health Care; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; Executive Order 13813, Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition

EDU

Education

H.R. 2353, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act H.R. 2434/S. 1121, College Transparency Act H.R. 4508, Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act Final regulations on student assistance general provisions, Federal Perkins Loan Program, Federal Family Education Loan Program, William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program (81 Fed. Reg. 75,926-76,089, November 1, 2016) Final regulations on program integrity: gainful employment (79 Fed. Reg. 64,889-65,103, October 31, 2014) Various issues relating to implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 109-270); higher education, including the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329); implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (P.L. 114-95); student data privacy in K-12 and higher education; child care and early education; Executive Order 13801, Expanding Apprenticeships in America

SCI

Science/Technology

H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3427, Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2017 H.R. 4151, Smart Technology for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in Cities and Communities (STREET) Act Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses

BUD

Budget/Appropriations

H.R. 244, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 2266, Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.R. 2998/S. 1557, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3162/S. 1648, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3219, Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3266/S. 1609, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3267/S. 1662, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3268/S. 1603, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3280, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3353/S. 1655, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3354, Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3355, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3358/S. 1771, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3362/S. 1780, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 H. Con. Res. 71, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 H. J. Res. 123, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes Fiscal Year 2018 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Various issues relating to appropriations for the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); implementation of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); blacklisting of government contractors that change corporate domicile; funding issues relating to the USPTO; funding issues relating to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues relating to the Department of Justice; funding issues relating to the Department of Homeland Security; funding issues relating to the State Department; IP issues relating to Internet counterfeiting and piracy; funding and IP issues relating to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; budget policy

AUT

Automotive Industry

H.R. 3388, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act H.R. 4151, Smart Technology for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in Cities and Communities (STREET) Act S. 1885, American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV START) Act Various issues relating to autonomous vehicles; smart cities

DEF

Defense

H.R. 2810/S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 Various issues relating to defense acquisition reform; blacklisting of government contractors due to alleged Occupational Safety and Health Act (P.L. 91-596) violations

TAX

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

H.R. 1, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 H.R. 308/S. 47, Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act H.R. 631/S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1393/S. 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 H. Con. Res. 71, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 Online Sales Simplification Act of 2015 (discussion draft) Proposed regulations on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; restrictions on liquidation of an interest (81 Fed. Reg. 51,413-51,425, August 4, 2016) Various issues relating to tax extenders, including bonus depreciation, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, and flow-throughs; corporate tax inversions; repatriation of multinational business earnings; tax reform; pension reform; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; patent box or innovation box proposals; corporate integration proposals; border adjustment tax; value added tax; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; House Republican Tax Reform Blueprint; Executive Order 13789, Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens

INS

Insurance

H.R. 879, Flood Insurance Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1401, Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1422/S. 563, Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act H.R. 1423, National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1558, Repeatedly Flooded Communities Preparation Act H.R. 2246, Taxpayer Exposure Mitigation Act of 2017 H.R. 2565, To require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act, and for other purposes H.R. 2868, National Flood Insurance Program Policyholder Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2874, 21st Century Flood Reform Act H.R. 2875, National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 S. 1058, National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2017 S. 1313, Flood Insurance Affordability and Sustainability Act of 2017 S. 1368, Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

RET

Retirement

H.R. 3596, Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act of 2017 H.R. 4158, Retirement Plan Modernization Act Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed rule claims procedure for plans providing disability benefits; extension of applicability date (82 Fed. Reg. 47,409-47,415, October 12, 2017) Final regulation on mortality tables for determining present value under defined benefit pension plans (82 Fed. Reg. 46,388-46-411, October 5, 2017) Nomination of Preston Rutledge to be the Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration Various issues relating to tax reform

TRA

Transportation

H.R. 2997, 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act H.R. 3282, ELD Extension Act of 2017 H.R. 3388, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act H.R. 3823, Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 H.R. 4151, Smart Technology for Resilient, Efficient, Economic and Reliable Transportation in Cities and Communities (STREET) Act S. 1229, Move America Act of 2017 S. 1405, Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 1885, American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV START) Act Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141), including funding levels; implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean and drinking water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A); autonomous vehicles; smart cities

TRD

Trade (domestic/foreign)

H.R. 351, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017 H.R. 442, Cuba Trade Act of 2017 H.R. 525, Cuba Agricultural Exports Act H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2520, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2017 H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3718, International Communications Privacy Act H.R. 3989, USA Liberty Act of 2017 H.R. 4067, To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan H.R. 4311/S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 4318/S.2108, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 H.R. 4478, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 472, Cuba Trade Act of 2017 S. 2986, International Communications Privacy Act H. Res. 60, Expressing continued support for the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and urging commencement of negotiations for the development of a North Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (NATIP) between the United States and the United Kingdom Draft legislation titled Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2017 Nomination of members of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Various issues relating to international trade agreements; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS); Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); 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; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; implementation of the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (P.L.114-159); implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); 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; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; World Trade Organizations Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), including implementation work with U.S. Customs and the U.S. Trade Representative; 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; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; 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, and Europe; IP issues relating to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); 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.-India 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. sanctions on Russia; U.S.-EU privacy shield; U.S.-EU energy relations; U.S.-U.K. trade and investment relations and Brexit; Ukraine related sanctions; potential reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); 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; agricultural trade and regulatory issues; Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot and proposed regulation; internet governance and Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) transition; trade policy; Executive Order 13659, Trade Facilitation and the International Trade Data System, implementation of the U.S. single window; United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade

IND

Indian/Native American Affairs

H.R. 210, Native American Energy Act H.R. 986/S. 63, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 H.R. 3138, Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017 S. 245, Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments of 2017 S. 1935, Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2017 Nomination of Tara Sweeney to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior Various issues relating to the promotion of energy development on Native American lands; reauthorization of Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (P.L. 104-330); Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S. 379 (2009); tax parity for tribal governments

LBR

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

H.R. 986, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 H.R. 1180, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 2776, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.R. 3441, Save Local Business Act H.R. 4219, Workflex in the 21st Century Act S. 1321, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.J. Res. 37/S.J. Res. 12, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Scott Mugno to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Nomination of members of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor Nomination of Deputy Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor Nomination of Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor Nomination of Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Nomination of Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions, (80 Fed. Reg. 34,869-34,871, June 18, 2015) Proposed regulation standards improvement project phase IV (81 Fed. Reg. 68,504-68,685, October 4, 2016) Final rule occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (81 Fed. Reg. 16,286-16,890, March 25, 2016) as corrected (81 Fed. Reg. 60,272-60,274, September 1, 2016) Final rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses (81 Fed. Reg. 29,624-29,694, May 12, 2016) and proposal to extend deadline for reporting (82 Fed. Reg. 29,261, June 28, 2017) Final rule regarding definition of the term Fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Final rule defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32,391-32,552, May 23, 2016) Final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium (82 Fed. Reg. 2,470-2,757, January 9, 2017) Final rule on claims procedure for plans providing disability benefits (81 Fed. Reg. 92,316-92,343, December 19, 2016) Notice of agency information collection activities; notice of submission for OMB review, final comment request: revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) (81 Fed. Reg. 45,479-45,497, July 14, 2016) Request for information defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (82 Fed. Reg. 34,616-34,619, July 26, 2017) Notice of proposed amendments extension of transition period and delay of applicability dates; Best Interest Contract Exemption (PTE 2016-01); Class Exemption for Principal Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Employee Benefit Plans and IRAs (PTE 2016-02) (82 Fed. Reg. 41,365-41,376, August 31, 2017) Various issues relating to ambush elections regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; Department of Labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program, and persuader rule; gender-based workplace discrimination; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revised EEO-1 reporting form; paid leave; legislation and oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); NLRB decisions and regulatory agenda; open multiple employer plans (MEPs); proposal to combine Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP); hurricane Harvey relief efforts; current population survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Census joint program; Department of Labor interpretive bulletin relating to the fiduciary standard under ERISA in considering economically targeted investments; Department of Labor interpretive bulletin relating to the exercise of shareholder rights

ENV

Environment/Superfund

H.R. 5/S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 H.R. 717, Listing Reform Act H.R. 806/S. 263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 978, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1004, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1273/S. 376, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 4239, Strengthening the Economy with Critical Untapped Resources to Expand American Energy (SECURE) Act S. 69, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2017 S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 Environmental Protection Agency nominees, Andrew Wheeler, Susan Bodine, Michael Dourson, Matthew Leopard, David Ross and William Wehrum Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed rule on repeal of carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing stationary sources: electric utility generating units (82 Fed. Reg. 48,035-48,049, October 16, 2017) Proposed regulations on national ambient air quality standards for ozone (79 Fed. Reg. 75,234-75,411, December 17, 2014) Final regulations on clean water rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (80 Fed. Reg. 37,054-37,127, June 29, 2015) Proposed rules on financial responsibility requirements under CERCLA 108(b) for classes of facilities in the Hardrock mining industry (82 Fed. Reg. 3,388-3,512, January 11, 2017) Proposed rule on definition of "waters of the United States"--recodification of pre-existing rules (82 Fed. Reg. 34,899-34,909, July 27, 2017) Proposed rule on definition of "waters of the United States"--addition of an applicability date to 2015 Clean Water Rule (82 Fed. Reg. 55,542-55,547, November 22, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182); EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; implementation and potential reform of the Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone; Presidential Executive Order 13807, on establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure

ENG

Energy/Nuclear

H.R. 5, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 723/S. 239, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2017 H.R. 1443/S. 385, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act H.R. 1873, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2910, Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act H. Con. Res. 71, Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027 Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64,660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed rule on repeal of carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing stationary sources: electric utility generating units (82 Fed. Reg. 48,035-48,049, October 16, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses and underlying federal regulations; energy security; loan guarantee program under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58); establishment of a competitive oil and gas leasing program in the non-wilderness portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR); environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency

IMM

Immigration

H.R. 170, Protect and Grow American Jobs Act H.R. 281, Family Farm Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 392/S. 281, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 H.R. 496/S. 128, Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy (BRIDGE) Act H.R. 601, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 H.R. 641, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 670, High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 730, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2017 H.R. 979, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017 H.R. 1125, Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity (VISA) Act of 2017 H.R. 1303/S. 180, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1468, Recognizing America's Children Act H.R. 1502, To terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1627, Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 H.R. 1705, Keeping American Jobs Act H.R. 1941, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2004, Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act H.R. 2717, Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act 2017 H.R. 3358/S. 1771, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3362/S. 1780, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3440/S. 1615, Dream Act of 2017 H.R. 3711, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 3775, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017 H.R. 4092, Agricultural Guestworker (AG) Act H.R. 4184, Extending Status Protection for Eligible Refugees with Established Residency (ESPERER) Act of 2017 H.R. 4207, Small and Seasonal Business Relief Act S. 179, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 232, A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications S. 354/S. 1720, Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act S. 504, APEC Business Travel Cards Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 727, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 792, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program, and for other purposes S. 1720, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act S. 1852, Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation (SUCCEED) Act S. 2144, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 2192, Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts (SECURE) Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 123, Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-2B Visa Program; L-1B Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 regional center program; E-Verify program; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration reform; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; employment based immigrant visa numbers; family based immigrant visa numbers; employment verification; interior enforcement; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; trusted traveler programs; travel issues; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number or ICE officers, border patrol officers and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements

SMB

Small Business

S. 584, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act S. 1558, Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2017 S. 1559, Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017 Nomination of David C. Tryon, of Ohio, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration Various issues relating to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum M-17-13, January 11, 2017, extension of policy to provide accelerated payment to small business and small business subcontractors

Filing 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), 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), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, 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. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

2017 · third_quarter · Q3

Firm income: —Client expense: $13,120,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (12 issues)

ENG

Energy/Nuclear

H.R. 5, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 723/S. 239, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2017 H.R. 1443/S. 385, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act H.R. 1873, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 2910, Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act Draft legislation titled Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64,660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses and underlying federal regulations; energy security; loan guarantee program under section 1703 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58); potential amendment to House budget bill regarding energy savings performance contracts; final guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); environment and energy policy; energy savings performance contracts presidential initiative; energy efficiency

TRD

Trade (domestic/foreign)

H.R. 351, Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2017 H.R. 442, Cuba Trade Act of 2017 H.R. 525, Cuba Agricultural Exports Act H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 2520, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2017 H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3718/S. 1671, International Communications Privacy Act S. 472, Cuba Trade Act of 2017 S. 722, Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017 H. Res. 60, Expressing continued support for the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and urging commencement of negotiations for the development of a North Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (NATIP) between the United States and the United Kingdom Draft legislation titled Global Gateways Trade Capacity Act of 2017 Nomination of members of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Various issues relating to international trade agreements; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS); Generalized System of Preferences (GSP); Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB); 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 the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); 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; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; World Trade Organizations Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), including implementation work with U.S. Customs and the U.S. Trade Representative; 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; Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; 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; IP issues relating to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); 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.-India 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. sanctions on Russia; U.S.-EU privacy shield agreement; U.S.-EU energy relations; U.S.-U.K. trade and investment relations and Brexit; Ukraine related sanctions; potential reforms to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); 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; agricultural trade and regulatory issues; 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

IMM

Immigration

H.R. 170, Protect and Grow American Jobs Act H.R. 281, Family Farm Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 391, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 392/S. 281, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 H.R. 496/S. 128, Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy (BRIDGE) Act H.R. 641, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 670, High-Skilled Integrity and Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 730, Equal Protection in Travel Act of 2017 H.R. 979, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017 H.R. 1125, Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity (VISA) Act of 2017 H.R. 1303/S. 180, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1468, Recognizing America's Children Act H.R. 1502, To terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1627, Small Business Assistance Act of 2017 H.R. 1705, Keeping American Jobs Act H.R. 2717, Stopping Trained in America Ph.D.s From Leaving the Economy (STAPLE) Act 2017 H.R. 3358/S. 1771, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3362/S. 1780, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 H.R. 3440/S. 1615, Dream Act of 2017 H.R. 3711, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 3775, Immigration in the National Interest Act of 2017 S. 179, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 232, A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications S. 354/S. 1720, Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act S. 504, APEC Business Travel Cards Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 727, Invest in Our Communities Act S. 792, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visa program, and for other purposes S. 1720, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act S. 1852, Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation (SUCCEED) Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas (SKILLS) Act (113th Congress) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-2B Visa Program; L-1B Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 regional center program; E-Verify program; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol officers and Customs and Border Protection officers; border security; immigration reform; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; employment based immigrant visa numbers; family based immigrant visa numbers; employment verification; interior enforcement; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; trusted traveler programs; travel issues; biometric entry-exit; aerial security enhancements; tourism

TOR

Torts

H.R. 620, ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act

LBR

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

H.R. 986, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 H.R. 1180, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 2776, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H..R. 3441, Save Local Business Act S. 1321, Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act H.J. Res. 37/S.J. Res. 12, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Patrick Pizzella to be Deputy Secretary of Labor Nomination of Thomas J. Donohue to the Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion Nomination of Janet Dhillon to be Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Nomination of Daniel Gade to be Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Nomination of members of the National Labor Relations Board, including Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel Nomination of General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor Nomination of Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor Nomination of Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Nomination of Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor Nomination of Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions, (80 Fed. Reg. 34,869-34,871, June 18, 2015) Proposed regulation standards improvement project phase IV (81 Fed. Reg. 68,504-68,685, October 4, 2016) Final rule occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (81 Fed. Reg. 16,286-16,890, March 25, 2016) as corrected (81 Fed. Reg. 60,272-60,274, September 1, 2016) Final rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses (81 Fed. Reg. 29,624-29,694, May 12, 2016) and proposal to extend deadline for reporting (82 Fed. Reg. 29,261, June 28, 2017) Final rule regarding definition of the term Fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Final rule defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32,391-32,552, May 23, 2016) Final rule establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors (81 Fed. Reg. 67,598-67,724, September 30, 2016) Final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium (82 Fed. Reg. 2,470-2,757, January 9, 2017) Notice of agency information collection activities; notice of submission for OMB review, final comment request: revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) (81 Fed. Reg. 45,479-45,497, July 14, 2016) Request for information defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (82 Fed. Reg. 34,616-34,619, July 26, 2017) Various issues relating to ambush elections regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; Department of Labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program, and persuader rule; gender-based workplace discrimination; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revised EEO-1 reporting form; paid leave; legislation and oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); NLRB decisions and regulatory agenda; open multiple employer plans (MEPs); proposal to combine Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP); Hurricane Harvey relief efforts; Department of Labor interpretive bulletin relating to the fiduciary standard under ERISA in considering economically targeted investments; Department of Labor interpretive bulletin relating to the exercise of shareholder rights

FIN

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

H.R. 10, Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 H.R. 21/S. 34, Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 238, Commodity End-User Relief Act H.R. 910/S. 327, Fair Access to Investment Research Act of 2017 H.R. 1219/S. 444, Supporting America's Innovators Act of 2017 H.R. 1257, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act H.R. 1312/S. 416, Small Business Capital Formation Enhancement Act H.R. 1343, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017 H.R. 1611, Gender Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act of 2017 H.R. 1849, Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 H.R. 2226, Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act H.R. 2359, FCRA Liability Harmonization Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 3089, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 3179, Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act H.R. 3312, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 S. 462, Securities and Exchange Commission Overpayment Credit Act S. 488, Encouraging Employee Ownership Act S. 536, Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2017 S. 1284, Community Bank Relief Act S. 1454, True Incorporation Transparency for Law Enforcement (TITLE) Act S. 1463, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act S. 1717, Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 111/S.J. Res. 47, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements" Draft legislation titled Facilitating Access to Credit Act Draft legislation titled Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 Draft legislation titled TRID Improvement Act of 2017 Potential legislation similar to H.R 1090, Retail Investor Protection Act (114th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4294, Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support (SAVERS) Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to H.R 6392, Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act of 2016 Final regulation on definition of the term "fiduciary"; conflict of interest rule--retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Proposed regulations on universal proxy (81 Fed. Reg. 79,122-79,186, November 10, 2016) Joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking on enhanced cyber risk management standards (81 Fed. Reg. 74,315-74,326, October 26, 2016) Proposed rule on regulations Q and Y; risk-based capital and other regulatory requirements for activities of financial holding companies related to physical commodities and risk-based capital requirements for merchant banking investments (81 Fed. Reg. 67,220-67,239, September 30, 2016) Proposed rule on bylaws; bank conversions and mergers; and voluntary mergers of federally insured credit unions (82 Fed. Reg. 26,605-26,615, June 8, 2017) Request for comments on proprietary trading and certain interests in and relationships with covered funds (Volcker Rule) (82 Fed. Reg. 36,692-36,697, August 7, 2017) Various issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (P.L. 112-106); Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Basel III capital standards, bank capital, and liquidity reform; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) transparency and accountability; CFPB consumer complaint database; CFPB reform; CFPB arbitration rulemaking; Clarifying the Exemption of Business of Insurance from CFPB Regulation; Notice of Stakeholder Consultations on Responsible Conflict Mineral Sourcing; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) engagement initiative; political spending disclosures; systemic risk regulation and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) designation of non-bank financial companies; FSOC reform; Department of Treasury review of FSOC determination and designation process; Office of Financial Research transparency and accountability; reform of international standard setting bodies including Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Supervisors and Basel Committee on Banking Supervision; Federal Reserve reform; proxy voting system; Security Exchange Commission conflict mineral rule; Security Exchange Commission pay ratio rule; Security Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies; disclosure requirements and materiality; JOBS Act 2.0; Small Business Lending Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0011; Consumer Credit Market, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0006; Use of Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0005; Remittance Rule Assessment, Docket No. CFPB-2017-0004; beneficial ownership

TAX

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

H.R. 308/S. 47, Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act H.R. 631/S. 205, Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 1393/S. 540, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017 Online Sales Simplification Act of 2015 (discussion draft) Proposed regulations on estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes; restrictions on liquidation of an interest (81 Fed. Reg. 51,413-51,425, August 4, 2016) Various issues relating to tax extenders, including bonus depreciation, deferral tax provisions, S-Corp tax provisions, and flow-throughs; corporate tax inversions; repatriation of multinational business earnings; tax reform; pension reform; international competitiveness of corporate tax rates; patent box or innovation box proposals; corporate integration proposals; border adjustment tax; value added tax; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; House Republican Tax Reform Blueprint; Executive Order 13789, Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens

GOV

Government Issues

H.R. 5/S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 33, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017 H.R. 50, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 74/S. 919, Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEWS) Act of 2017 H.R. 76, Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 H.R. 78, SEC Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 424, Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 H.R. 659, Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017 H.R. 717, Listing Reform Act H.R. 806/S. 263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 978, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1004, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1096/S. 565, Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 H.R. 1274, State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 2553, Taking Account of Bureaucrats Spending (TABS) Act of 2017 H.R. 2603, Saving Americas Endangered Species (SAVES) Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, including provisions relating to procurement policy, contractor blacklisting, Buy America, IT acquisition, and outsourcing H.R. 3131, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act S. 119, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 453, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 S. 579, Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017 S. 584, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.J. Res. 36/S.J. Res. 11, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation" H.J. Res. 38/H.J. Res. 11/H.J. Res. 16/S.J. Res. 10, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule H.J. Res. 44, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 H.J. Res. 59/S.J. Res. 28, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs under the Clean Air Act" S.J. Res. 21, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update for the 2008 Ozone NAAQS Draft legislation titled APA-Based Permit Streamlining Draft FCC reorganization and reform legislation Potential legislation extending Endangered Species Act deadlines Potential legislation similar to S. 1607, Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2015 Potential legislation similar to S. 1817, Smarter Regs Act of 2015 Potential amendment to House and Senate appropriations legislation regarding EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards Nomination of Neil Chatterjee to be Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nomination of Kevin McAleenan to be Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nomination of Vishal J. Amin to be U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Nomination of Kenneth Ian Juster to be Ambassador to the Republic of India Nomination of Emily Webster Murphy to be Administrator of General Services Nomination of Spencer Bachus III to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Scott Garrett, of New Jersey, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Kimberly Reed to be First Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Claudia Slacik to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Nomination of Judith Delzoppo Pryor to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Final regulations on accidental release prevention requirements: risk management programs Under the Clean Air Act (82 Fed. Reg. 4,594-4,705, January 13, 2017) Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64,660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,476, May 16, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining, government transparency in rulemakings, and performing administrative proceedings; implementation of Paperwork Reduction Act (P.L. 96-511); environment and energy policy; Executive Order 13772, Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System; Presidential Memorandum for the Secretary of the Treasury regarding Orderly Liquidation Authority; Federal Reserve regulatory reform; Financial Stability Oversight Council reform; Securities and Exchange Commission reform; Commodity Futures Trading Commission reform; banking regulatory reform; permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel on the topic; oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; final guidance by the Council on Environmental Quality on how climate change and greenhouse gas emissions should be addressed in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190); citizen suits recodifications; implementation of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182); Presidential Executive Order 13807, on establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure

HCR

Health Issues

H.R. 35, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 143, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017 H.R. 173/S. 40/S. 58, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 184, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 246, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 247/S. 28, Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 394/S. 85, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017 H.R. 1101/S. 1818, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1175/S. 403, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1280, Health Savings Account Act H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017, including provisions relating to Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson substitute amendment H.R. 2430/S. 934, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 108, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 191, Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S. 222, Obamacare Replacement Act S. 1852, Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation (SUCCEED) Act Proposed regulation on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; market stabilization (82 Fed. Reg. 10,980-10,998, February 17, 2017) Proposed regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) Proposed regulation on HHS notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2017 (80 Fed. Reg. 75,488-75,588, December 2, 2015) IRS Notice on Section 4980I - Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Notice 2015-16, February 23, 2015) Request for information reducing regulatory burdens imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act & improving healthcare choices to empower patients (82 Fed. Reg. 26,885-26,887, June 12, 2017) Request for information, Treasury proposed review of regulations & recommendations to further compliance with Executive Orders 13771 and 13777 (82 Fed. Reg. 27,217-27,218, June 14, 2017) Various issues relating to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) program, the section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee or Health Insurance Tax (HIT), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (Cadillac tax); Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; House Republican Taskforce on Health Care report, A Better Way to Fix Health Care; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations; Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year 2018 for Medicare Advantage Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and the 2018 Call Letter

ENV

Environment/Superfund

H.R. 5/S. 951, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 26/S. 21, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 H.R. 424, Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017 H.R. 469, Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 H.R. 717, Listing Reform Act H.R. 806/S. 263, Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2017 H.R. 978, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017 H.R. 1004, Regulatory Integrity Act of 2017 H.R. 1273/S. 376, 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act H.R. 1274, State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act H.R. 1430, Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act of 2017 H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act H.R. 2603, Saving Americas Endangered Species (SAVES) Act H.R. 3131, Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act S. 69, Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2017 S. 375, A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain settlements S. 452, Ozone Regulatory Delay and Extension of Assessment Length (ORDEAL) Act of 2017 S. 453, Agency PAYGO for Greenhouse Gases Act S. 454, Commonsense Legislative Exceptional Events Reforms Act of 2017 Potential legislation extending Endangered Species Act deadlines Final regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants (80 Fed. Reg. 64,510-64-660, October 23, 2015) (80 Fed. Reg. 64,662-64,964, October 23, 2015) Proposed regulations on national ambient air quality standards for ozone (79 Fed. Reg. 75,234-75,411, December 17, 2014) Proposed regulations on TSCA inventory notification (active-inactive) requirements (82 Fed. Reg. 4,255-4,269, January 13, 2017) Proposed regulations on procedures for chemical risk evaluation under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act (82 Fed. Reg. 7,562-7,580, January 19, 2017) Proposed regulations on procedures for prioritization of chemicals for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (82 Fed. Reg. 4,825-4,837, January 17, 2017) Final regulations on clean water rule: Definition of Waters of the United States (80 Fed. Reg. 37,054-37,127, June 29, 2015) Proposed rules on financial responsibility requirements under CERCLA 108(b) for classes of facilities in the Hardrock mining industry (82 Fed. Reg. 3,388-3,512, January 11, 2017) Proposed rules on definition of "Waters of the United States"-- recodification of pre-existing rules (82 Fed. Reg. 34,899-34,909, July 27, 2017) Various issues relating to regulatory reform, including permit streamlining and government transparency in rulemakings; permit streamlining provisions of the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182); EPAs ozone national ambient air quality standards; environment and energy policy; implementation and potential reform of the Endangered Species Act (P.L. 93-205); oversight of the claimed benefits and costs of environmental regulations by the EPA; oversight of the impact of federal regulations on employment in the U.S.; formulation and use of social cost of carbon in environmental and energy related rulemakings, including cost-benefit analyses; potential environmental regulations on hydraulic fracturing; EPAs use of whole-economy modeling in the rulemaking process, including the formation of a Science Advisory Board panel; 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone; Presidential Executive Order 13807, on establishing discipline and accountability in the environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure

TRA

Transportation

H.R. 2997, 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act H.R. 3282, ELD Extension Act of 2017 H.R. 3388, Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution (SELF DRIVE) Act H.R. 3823, Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2017 S. 1229, Move America Act of 2017 S. 1405, A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes S. 1885, American Vision for Safer Transportation Through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV START) Act Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141), including funding levels; implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean and drinking water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A); autonomous vehicles

SMB

Small Business

S. 584, Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act S. 1558, Advocacy Empowerment Act of 2017 S. 1559, Hearing Small Businesses Act of 2017

Filing 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

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.

2017 · second_quarter · Q2

Firm income: —Client expense: $11,680,000Open original LDA filing ↗

Assigned issues and filing targets (3 issues)

LBR

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

H.R. 986, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 H.R. 1180, Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 2775, Employee Privacy Protection Act H.R. 2776, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.J. Res. 37/S.J. Res. 12, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration relating to the Federal Acquisition Regulation H.J. Res. 66/S.J. Res. 32, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by States for non-governmental employees H.J. Res. 67/S.J. Res. 33, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to savings arrangements established by qualified State political subdivisions for non-governmental employees H.J. Res. 83/S.J. Res. 27, Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness" Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Fiscal Year 2018 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, including provisions relating to funding the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Member, National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor Nomination of Solicitor of Labor Nomination of Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor Nomination of Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Nomination of Deputy Undersecretary, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Department of Labor Nomination of Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Department of Labor DOL RIN 1205-AB58 (H2B Temporary Workers): Errors and omissions in cost and benefit analysis and in analysis of impacts on small entities Proposed regulation on the definition of the term fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice and related proposed prohibited transaction exemptions, (80 Fed. Reg. 34,869-34,871, June 18, 2015) Final rule establishing a minimum wage for contractors (79 Fed. Reg. 60,634-60,733, October 7, 2014) Final rule occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica (81 Fed. Reg. 16,286-16,890, March 25, 2016) as corrected (81 Fed. Reg. 60,272-60,274, September 1, 2016) Final rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses (81 Fed. Reg. 29,624-29,694, May 12, 2016) Final rule regarding definition of the term Fiduciary; conflict of interest rule-retirement investment advice (81 Fed. Reg. 20,946-21,002, April 8, 2016) Final rule defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and computer employees (81 Fed. Reg. 32,391-32,552, May 23, 2016) Final rule establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors (81 Fed. Reg. 67,598-67,724, September 30, 2016) Final rule on clarification of employer's continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness (81 Fed. Reg. 91,792-91,810, December 19, 2016) Final rule on occupational exposure to beryllium (82 Fed. Reg. 2,470-2,757, January 9, 2017) Notice of agency information collection activities; notice of submission for OMB review, final comment request: revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) (81 Fed. Reg. 45,479-45,497, July 14, 2016) Various issues relating to ambush elections regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); determining whether a collective bargaining unit is appropriate, including legislation involving the NLRBs Specialty Healthcare (357 No. 83) decision; Department of Labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program, and persuader rule; gender-based workplace discrimination; Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors; NLRB joint employer standard; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revised EEO-1 reporting form; paid leave; legislation and oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); NLRB decisions and regulatory agenda; open multiple employer plans (MEPs); proposal to combine Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP); federal paid parental leave benefit

HCR

Health Issues

H.R. 35, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 143, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017 H.R. 173/S. 40/S. 58, Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 184, Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 H.R. 246, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act H.R. 247/S. 28, Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 394/S. 85, Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2017 H.R. 1101, Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1175/S. 403, Health Savings Act of 2017 H.R. 1215, Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017 H.R. 1280, Health Savings Account Act H.R. 1313, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017 H.R. 2430/S. 934, FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S. 108, Medical Device Access and Innovation Protection Act S. 191, Patient Freedom Act of 2017 S. 222, Obamacare Replacement Act Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (discussion draft) Proposed regulations on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; market stabilization (82 Fed. Reg. 10,980-10,998, February 17, 2017) Proposed regulation on Shared Responsibility for Employers Regarding Health Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 218-253, January 2, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 54, 301) Proposed regulation on Information Reporting by Applicable Large Employers on Health Insurance Coverage Offered Under Employer-Sponsored Plans (78 Fed. Reg. 54,996-55,013, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pt. 301) Proposed regulation on Information Reporting of Minimum Essential Coverage (78 Fed. Reg. 54,986-54,996, September 9, 2013) (to be codified at 26 C.F.R. pts. 1, 301) IRS Notice on Section 4980I - Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage (Notice 2015-16, February 23, 2015) Various issues relating to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), and flexible spending account (FSAs) changes, IPAB, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the Small Business Tax Credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits; Public Health Services Act (P.L.78-410), Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (P.L. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to ERISA preemption, changes to Medicare Advantage and Parts B, C, and D, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in Medicare, and coordination and disease management programs; House Republican Taskforce on Health Care report, A Better Way to Fix Health Care; association health plans; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the United States and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations

TRA

Transportation

H.R. 2997, 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act S. 1229, Move America Act of 2017 S. 1405, A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration, and for other purposes Various issues relating to implementation and reauthorization of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (P.L. 112-141), including funding levels; implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation, repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the Highway Trust Fund; funding and financing mechanisms for surface transportation, aviation, marine transportation, and clean and drinking water infrastructure including national infrastructure banks, infrastructure investment funds, bonding programs, special purpose bonds and public private partnerships; water resources; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; Buy America provisions; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A)

Filing 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