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Bring Jobs Home Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
DOE Nuclear workers' continuation of benefits; Refinery closures; HR 851 / S 337 - Bring Jobs Home Act; S. 388 - American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013; HR 803 - Skills Act; Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2013; Buy America; Rahall's "Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013; USW Hawaii Refinery Closure
Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2013
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
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UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY via UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
2013 · second_quarter · Q2
Federal Budget FY 2014; Support of the Employer Shared Responsibility Rule; S. 1114: Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2013; Funding for NNSA; Corporate Tax Reform
TAA Reauthorization; ENFORCE Act; Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP); Committee to Support US Trade Laws (CSUSTL) Steel Trade Issues; Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2013; FTZ Issues; Trans-Atlantic Partnership Trade negotiations; Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Export issues;
Source: Senate LDA
Federal Budget FY 2014; Support of the Employer Shared Responsibility Rule; S. 1114: Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2013; Funding for NNSA; Corporate Tax Reform
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
EPA Tier 3 rule to reduce air pollution from passenger cars and trucks; Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS); Support of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2013; S. 601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013; S. 335: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 (WIFIA); Building Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (BIFIA)
Bring Jobs Home Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
DOE Nuclear workers' continuation of benefits; Refinery closures; HR 851 / S 337 - Bring Jobs Home Act; S. 388 - American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013; HR 803 - Skills Act; Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2013; Buy America; Rahall's "Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013; USW Hawaii Refinery Closure
American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
DOE Nuclear workers' continuation of benefits; Refinery closures; HR 851 / S 337 - Bring Jobs Home Act; S. 388 - American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013; HR 803 - Skills Act; Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2013; Buy America; Rahall's "Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013; USW Hawaii Refinery Closure
RELIEF Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Federal Budget Relief; Fiscal Cliff; Social Security cuts within the budget; HR 3210, Funding for Lacey Act (RELIEF)
RELIEF Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
lobbying against the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, H.R. 5652; Healthcare tax exclusion; funding for Lacey Act (Relief) HR 3210; support of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP); Federal budget relief
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
lobbying against the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, H.R. 5652; Healthcare tax exclusion; funding for Lacey Act (Relief) HR 3210; support of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP); Federal budget relief
American Jobs Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 12, American Jobs act of 2011; The making of the Alaskan bridge by American workers/materials vs. Chinese workers/materials; Specialty Metals Amendment - Berry Amendment
American Jobs Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Support of "Invest in American Jobs Act of 2011" initiative by Rep. Rahall; H.R.12, America Jobs Act of 2011; Lobbied against a Philadelphia Oil Refinery sale/closure
Reciprocal Market Access Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Free Trade Agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama; State-owned enterprises/TPP (Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement currently being negotiated among the United States and 8 other partners); H.R. 1749, To enhance reciprocal market access for United States domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements; TAA, helps trade-affected workers who have lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or shifts in production out of the United States.
Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
HR 2054, Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act of 2011;
MLR Repeal Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Health Care - Early retiree reassurance Program; Healthcare tax exclusion; S. 1088, Retiree Healtch Care Protection Act; H.R 2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011 - amending the Public Health Service Act.
Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
FY 2012 Ryan Budget; Social Security reform within the proposed budget; Balanced Budget Amendment; Energy and Water Appropriations; H.R.619, Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2011; H.R.2295, Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011
Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S. 158: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011; Funding for the Lacey Act of 1900; S. 365: Budget Control Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise sequestration requirements for enforcement of spending caps; prevetion of cuts to the Alternative Vehicle manufacturing loan program in the CR; Social Security reform within the budget amendment; H.R 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011; Unemployment Insurance with the Budget amendment
Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2011
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
FY 2012 Ryan Budget; Social Security reform within the proposed budget; Balanced Budget Amendment; Energy and Water Appropriations; H.R.619, Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2011; H.R.2295, Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Sustaining the Lacey Act of 1900 (prohibiting the trade of illegally gained wildlife and plants.); Promotion of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), a federally funded program, with no costs to employers, that helps workers who are adversely affected by foreign imports or job shifts to a foreign country; Opposition of the Colombian, South Korean and Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTA's); TPP Negotiations, an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement currently being negotiated among the US and 8 other partners S. 1619, Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011; H.R. 639, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act;
Retiree Health Coverage Protection Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Health Care - Early retiree reassurance Program; Healthcare tax exclusion; S. 1088, Retiree Healtch Care Protection Act; H.R 2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011 - amending the Public Health Service Act.
A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Senate Currency Bill; H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011; Super Committe deficit reduction; S.J.Res 24/H.J.Res 2, Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; Funding for the Lacey Act of 1900; S.1876 - Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act; Social Security within the budget amendment; Helath Care tax exclusion within the Currency Bill; Support of the Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Protecting America's Workers Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 2868 Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, worker protection; Chemical Safety Board nominations; Local Jobs for America Act; DOE employees at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Request for Proposals; the inclusion of Bureau of Labor and Statistics NAICS code of green goods and services industries; green job creation; oil industry safety; S.1580, H.R. 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act; S. 757 Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act; Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
HR 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; HR 2378, Currency Reform for Trade Act; Section 301 Case filed to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering U.S. advancement in Freen energy; TAA Reauthorization and trade negotiations; The Lacey Act, ensuring the protection of plants be creating civil/criminal penalties for the trade of wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported and sold.
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Success of Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; restrictions needed for Thyssen Krupp subzone authority application in Calvert, Alabama; Export-Import Bank consideration of Reliance Power Limited loan guarantee application to purchase machinery manufactured by Bucyrus International of South Milwaukee, WI; S. 2821, H.R. 3012 TRADE Act of 2009; opposition to waiver for GSP treatment on Thai tires; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; Korea Free Trade Agreement; pending trade case on certain coated free sheet paper, allegation that undervaluation of Chinas currency provides a subsidy; National Export Initiative; S. 3134, H.R. 2378 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; trade deficit with China
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
HR 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; HR 2378, Currency Reform for Trade Act; Section 301 Case filed to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering U.S. advancement in Greed energy; TAA Reauthorizations and trade negotiations; The Lacey Act, ensuring the protection of plants by creating civil/criminal penalties for the trade of wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Comments on preliminary staff recommendations for foreign trade zones 29 & 203, applications for subzone authority, Dow Corning and REC Silicon; HR 3012, S 2821, TRADE Act; Final ITC Investigation regarding anti-dumping & CVD petitions by Resco Products against China & Mexico; cut trade deficit & stop China's currency manipulation, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR2378 & S3134; Section 301 case filed w/ ITC by USW to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering US advancement in green energy; KORUS FTA, Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; enforcement of Section 421 of The Trade Act, making sure US market is not disrupted by surges in Chinese Trading; Dow Corning Foreign Trade Zone Case, Docket No. 20-2009
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Success of Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; restrictions needed for Thyssen Krupp subzone authority application in Calvert, Alabama; Export-Import Bank consideration of Reliance Power Limited loan guarantee application to purchase machinery manufactured by Bucyrus International of South Milwaukee, WI; S. 2821, H.R. 3012 TRADE Act of 2009; opposition to waiver for GSP treatment on Thai tires; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; Korea Free Trade Agreement; pending trade case on certain coated free sheet paper, allegation that undervaluation of Chinas currency provides a subsidy; National Export Initiative; S. 3134, H.R. 2378 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; trade deficit with China
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Comments on preliminary staff recommendations for foreign trade zones 29 & 203, applications for subzone authority, Dow Corning and REC Silicon; HR 3012, S 2821, TRADE Act; Final ITC Investigation regarding anti-dumping & CVD petitions by Resco Products against China & Mexico; cut trade deficit & stop China's currency manipulation, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR2378 & S3134; Section 301 case filed w/ ITC by USW to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering US advancement in green energy; KORUS FTA, Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; enforcement of Section 421 of The Trade Act, making sure US market is not disrupted by surges in Chinese Trading; Dow Corning Foreign Trade Zone Case, Docket No. 20-2009
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
HR 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; HR 2378, Currency Reform for Trade Act; Section 301 Case filed to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering U.S. advancement in Freen energy; TAA Reauthorization and trade negotiations; The Lacey Act, ensuring the protection of plants be creating civil/criminal penalties for the trade of wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported and sold.
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
HR 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; HR 2378, Currency Reform for Trade Act; Section 301 Case filed to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering U.S. advancement in Greed energy; TAA Reauthorizations and trade negotiations; The Lacey Act, ensuring the protection of plants by creating civil/criminal penalties for the trade of wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Need for a strong domestic supply chain using rare earths and strategic materials in clean energy technologies; funding for the modernization and expansion of the Mountain Pass, California rare earth production facility; renewable energy; H.R. 5051 Security and Energy Manufacturing Act; H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act of 2009; energy tax credit for paper industry
Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act; Buy America provision in jobs bill and proper use of provision funds under H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; potential foreign sourcing of components for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Burke County, Georgia; manufacturing and production tax credits; domestic content in proposed climate change legislation
Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act; Buy America provision in jobs bill and proper use of provision funds under H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; potential foreign sourcing of components for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Burke County, Georgia; manufacturing and production tax credits; domestic content in proposed climate change legislation
SEAM Act of 2010
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
clean energy & climate policy that aids energy/intensive industries; proper EPA identification of traditional fuels & solid waste (biomass fuels/wood & paper industries); HR5041 & S3324, Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2010; to try to find middle ground that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act; Renewable Electricity Standard
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 23 Genesee Street in Hornell, New York, as the "Zachary Smith Post Office Building".
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Need for a strong domestic supply chain using rare earths and strategic materials in clean energy technologies; funding for the modernization and expansion of the Mountain Pass, California rare earth production facility; renewable energy; H.R. 5051 Security and Energy Manufacturing Act; H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act of 2009; energy tax credit for paper industry
Protecting America's Workers Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 2868 Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, worker protection; Chemical Safety Board nominations; Local Jobs for America Act; DOE employees at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Request for Proposals; the inclusion of Bureau of Labor and Statistics NAICS code of green goods and services industries; green job creation; oil industry safety; S.1580, H.R. 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act; S. 757 Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act; Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
Trade Enforcement Priorities Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Trade Enforcement Priorities Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Success of Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; restrictions needed for Thyssen Krupp subzone authority application in Calvert, Alabama; Export-Import Bank consideration of Reliance Power Limited loan guarantee application to purchase machinery manufactured by Bucyrus International of South Milwaukee, WI; S. 2821, H.R. 3012 TRADE Act of 2009; opposition to waiver for GSP treatment on Thai tires; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; Korea Free Trade Agreement; pending trade case on certain coated free sheet paper, allegation that undervaluation of Chinas currency provides a subsidy; National Export Initiative; S. 3134, H.R. 2378 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; trade deficit with China
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Comments on preliminary staff recommendations for foreign trade zones 29 & 203, applications for subzone authority, Dow Corning and REC Silicon; HR 3012, S 2821, TRADE Act; Final ITC Investigation regarding anti-dumping & CVD petitions by Resco Products against China & Mexico; cut trade deficit & stop China's currency manipulation, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR2378 & S3134; Section 301 case filed w/ ITC by USW to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering US advancement in green energy; KORUS FTA, Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; enforcement of Section 421 of The Trade Act, making sure US market is not disrupted by surges in Chinese Trading; Dow Corning Foreign Trade Zone Case, Docket No. 20-2009
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Success of Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; restrictions needed for Thyssen Krupp subzone authority application in Calvert, Alabama; Export-Import Bank consideration of Reliance Power Limited loan guarantee application to purchase machinery manufactured by Bucyrus International of South Milwaukee, WI; S. 2821, H.R. 3012 TRADE Act of 2009; opposition to waiver for GSP treatment on Thai tires; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; Korea Free Trade Agreement; pending trade case on certain coated free sheet paper, allegation that undervaluation of Chinas currency provides a subsidy; National Export Initiative; S. 3134, H.R. 2378 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; trade deficit with China
Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2010
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Comments on preliminary staff recommendations for foreign trade zones 29 & 203, applications for subzone authority, Dow Corning and REC Silicon; HR 3012, S 2821, TRADE Act; Final ITC Investigation regarding anti-dumping & CVD petitions by Resco Products against China & Mexico; cut trade deficit & stop China's currency manipulation, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR2378 & S3134; Section 301 case filed w/ ITC by USW to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering US advancement in green energy; KORUS FTA, Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; enforcement of Section 421 of The Trade Act, making sure US market is not disrupted by surges in Chinese Trading; Dow Corning Foreign Trade Zone Case, Docket No. 20-2009
SEAM Act of 2010
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
clean energy & climate policy that aids energy/intensive industries; proper EPA identification of traditional fuels & solid waste (biomass fuels/wood & paper industries); HR5041 & S3324, Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2010; to try to find middle ground that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act; Renewable Electricity Standard
Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 2868 Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, worker protection; Chemical Safety Board nominations; Local Jobs for America Act; DOE employees at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Request for Proposals; the inclusion of Bureau of Labor and Statistics NAICS code of green goods and services industries; green job creation; oil industry safety; S.1580, H.R. 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act; S. 757 Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act; Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; necessity of House passage and modifications in the corrections bill to the Senate-passed health care reform bill; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; necessity of House passage and modifications in the corrections bill to the Senate-passed health care reform bill; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; necessity of House passage and modifications in the corrections bill to the Senate-passed health care reform bill; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; necessity of House passage and modifications in the corrections bill to the Senate-passed health care reform bill; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
Overseas Voting Education and Reform, Safeguarding Every American's Vote Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S. 3217, H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act
Fair Currency Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Fair Currency Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act; fair trade policy and U.S. trade law enforcement needed to revitalize economic growth and create jobs; Bilateral Investment Treaty model review; H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; ITC investigation of coated paper imports from China and Indonesia; ITC investigation of oil country tubular goods from China
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act; fair trade policy and U.S. trade law enforcement needed to revitalize economic growth and create jobs; Bilateral Investment Treaty model review; H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; ITC investigation of coated paper imports from China and Indonesia; ITC investigation of oil country tubular goods from China
TRADE Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
President Obama's pending decision on the ITC determination of surging imports from China of certain passenger and light truck tires; H.R. 3012, TRADE Act
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S.1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; COBRA rate under H.R.1
America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health insurance reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act; America's Healthy Future Act; health insurance coverage for General Motors/Delphi retirees; S. 757, Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
America's Healthy Future Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S.1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; COBRA rate under H.R.1
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act; fair trade policy and U.S. trade law enforcement needed to revitalize economic growth and create jobs; Bilateral Investment Treaty model review; H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; ITC investigation of coated paper imports from China and Indonesia; ITC investigation of oil country tubular goods from China
Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform; health insurance coverage for General Motors/Delphi retirees; S.757, Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act; Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP)
Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health insurance reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act; America's Healthy Future Act; health insurance coverage for General Motors/Delphi retirees; S. 757, Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
Clean Water Restoration Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; climate change policy; Alliance for American Manufacturing's China Steel/Environmental Enforcement Report; S.787, Clean Water Restoration Act
American Middle Class Tax (AMT) Relief Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S.1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; COBRA rate under H.R.1
Superfund Polluter Pays Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
health care reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S.1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; COBRA rate under H.R.1
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2081, The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007; HR 2942, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; Russian Suspension Agreement; HR 5724, Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Trade Adjustment Assistance; China Trade bill; WTO Rules Committee, Doha Round trade remedies; antidumping trade cases against China pursuant to Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; petition for certiorari on Eurodiff trade case; S.2191, trade component of the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act of 2007
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2081, The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007; HR 2942, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; Russian Suspension Agreement; HR 5724, Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Trade Adjustment Assistance; China Trade bill; WTO Rules Committee, Doha Round trade remedies; antidumping trade cases against China pursuant to Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; petition for certiorari on Eurodiff trade case; S.2191, trade component of the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act of 2007
TRADE Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Goss International Corp's petition for Supreme Court review of case involving illegal dumping of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. (upholding U.S. trade law); HR 2642, Domenici amendment requiring quotas on imports of low enriched uranium from Russia; S.3083, HR 6180, Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act of 2008; Trade Enforcement bill; Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA); S. 2081, Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007; Lacy Act (impact of foreign illegal logging on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries)
TRADE Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement; HR 6530, Trade Enforcement Act of 2008; S. 3083, HR 6180 TRADE Act; limiting imports of Russian uranium; HR 6415, foreign trade zone bill; sought the revision of the International Trade Commission's definition of material injury of coated free sheet paper imports
TRADE Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Implementation of the revised Lacey Act provisions in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to prevent illegally sourced wood & wood products imports; S.3083, H.R.6180, TRADE Act; trade policy; trade agenda relating to pending legislation and proposed Free Trade Agreements; Colombia Free Trade Agreement
To provide that goods that are manufactured in a foreign trade zone and comply with the rules of origin under a trade agreement to which the United States is a party may enter the customs territory of the United States at the rate of duty applicable under that agreement.
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement; HR 6530, Trade Enforcement Act of 2008; S. 3083, HR 6180 TRADE Act; limiting imports of Russian uranium; HR 6415, foreign trade zone bill; sought the revision of the International Trade Commission's definition of material injury of coated free sheet paper imports
Trade Enforcement Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement; HR 6530, Trade Enforcement Act of 2008; S. 3083, HR 6180 TRADE Act; limiting imports of Russian uranium; HR 6415, foreign trade zone bill; sought the revision of the International Trade Commission's definition of material injury of coated free sheet paper imports
Patent Reform Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007
Patent Reform Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007
Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Goss International Corp's petition for Supreme Court review of case involving illegal dumping of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. (upholding U.S. trade law); HR 2642, Domenici amendment requiring quotas on imports of low enriched uranium from Russia; S.3083, HR 6180, Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act of 2008; Trade Enforcement bill; Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA); S. 2081, Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007; Lacy Act (impact of foreign illegal logging on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries)
Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2081, The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007; HR 2942, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; Russian Suspension Agreement; HR 5724, Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Trade Adjustment Assistance; China Trade bill; WTO Rules Committee, Doha Round trade remedies; antidumping trade cases against China pursuant to Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; petition for certiorari on Eurodiff trade case; S.2191, trade component of the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act of 2007
Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2081, The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007; HR 2942, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; Russian Suspension Agreement; HR 5724, Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Trade Adjustment Assistance; China Trade bill; WTO Rules Committee, Doha Round trade remedies; antidumping trade cases against China pursuant to Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; petition for certiorari on Eurodiff trade case; S.2191, trade component of the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act of 2007
Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2191, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act; S.3036 Boxer Substitute to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
American Renewable Energy Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2642, American Renewable Energy Act of 2008; renewable portfolio standard; production and investment tax credit for renewable energy; energy subsidies from Chinese government
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Goss International Corp's petition for Supreme Court review of case involving illegal dumping of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. (upholding U.S. trade law); HR 2642, Domenici amendment requiring quotas on imports of low enriched uranium from Russia; S.3083, HR 6180, Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act of 2008; Trade Enforcement bill; Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA); S. 2081, Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007; Lacy Act (impact of foreign illegal logging on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries)
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement; HR 6530, Trade Enforcement Act of 2008; S. 3083, HR 6180 TRADE Act; limiting imports of Russian uranium; HR 6415, foreign trade zone bill; sought the revision of the International Trade Commission's definition of material injury of coated free sheet paper imports
Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2008
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Implementation of the revised Lacey Act provisions in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to prevent illegally sourced wood & wood products imports; S.3083, H.R.6180, TRADE Act; trade policy; trade agenda relating to pending legislation and proposed Free Trade Agreements; Colombia Free Trade Agreement
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Vulcuren UPKA 1988.
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
trade and competitiveness provision of S.3036, Boxer Substitute to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act,
A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on Vulcuren UPKA 1988.
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
S.2191, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act; S.3036 Boxer Substitute to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
To suspend temporarily the duty on Procion Yellow H-EXL.
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Goss International Corp's petition for Supreme Court review of case involving illegal dumping of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. (upholding U.S. trade law); HR 2642, Domenici amendment requiring quotas on imports of low enriched uranium from Russia; S.3083, HR 6180, Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act of 2008; Trade Enforcement bill; Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA); S. 2081, Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007; Lacy Act (impact of foreign illegal logging on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries)
Legal Timber Protection Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Lacy Act, (impact that foreign illegal logging has on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries); Duty petitions on imported lightweight thermal paper from Germany, Korea and China; The Trade & Globalization Assistance Act of 2007/Renewal of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), S.1848, HR 3920; The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007, S. 2081; Maintain tariffs on hot-rolled steel; Legal Timber Protection Act, H.R. 1497; Legislative trade agenda for 2007/2008;
Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2007, HR 1530
Re-Empowerment of Skilled and Professional Employees and Construction Tradesworkers (RESPECT) Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Employee Free Choice Act, S.1041, HR 800; The Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act, S.367 and HR 1992; Inequities in Iraqi labor policy; Minimum Wage, HR 2; S-MINER Act, HR 2768; RESPECT Act, HR 1644
Patent Reform Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
The Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145, H.R. 1908
Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Employee Free Choice Act, S.1041, HR 800; The Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act, S.367 and HR 1992; Inequities in Iraqi labor policy; Minimum Wage, HR 2; S-MINER Act, HR 2768; RESPECT Act, HR 1644
Social Security KidSave Accounts Act
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Clean Water Restoration Act, H.R. 242; Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 (Bingaman/Specter), S.1766; global climate change, S.2191
Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Employee Free Choice Act, S.1041, HR 800; The Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act, S.367 and HR 1992; Inequities in Iraqi labor policy; Minimum Wage, HR 2; S-MINER Act, HR 2768; RESPECT Act, HR 1644
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Bankruptcy Reform, S.2092, HR 3652
Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Lacy Act, (impact that foreign illegal logging has on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries); Duty petitions on imported lightweight thermal paper from Germany, Korea and China; The Trade & Globalization Assistance Act of 2007/Renewal of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), S.1848, HR 3920; The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007, S. 2081; Maintain tariffs on hot-rolled steel; Legal Timber Protection Act, H.R. 1497; Legislative trade agenda for 2007/2008;
To amend title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities, and for other purposes.
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Energy Independence and Security Act; Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPI); Renewable Electricity Standard (RES), HR 969; Energy Bill, HR 6
Employee Free Choice Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Employee Free Choice Act, S.1041, HR 800; The Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act, S.367 and HR 1992; Inequities in Iraqi labor policy; Minimum Wage, HR 2; S-MINER Act, HR 2768; RESPECT Act, HR 1644
Patent Reform Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
The Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145, H.R. 1908
Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Clean Water Restoration Act, H.R. 242; Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 (Bingaman/Specter), S.1766; global climate change, S.2191
Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Lacy Act, (impact that foreign illegal logging has on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries); Duty petitions on imported lightweight thermal paper from Germany, Korea and China; The Trade & Globalization Assistance Act of 2007/Renewal of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), S.1848, HR 3920; The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007, S. 2081; Maintain tariffs on hot-rolled steel; Legal Timber Protection Act, H.R. 1497; Legislative trade agenda for 2007/2008;
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007
Client: UNITED STEEL PAPER & FORESTRY RUBBER MANUFACTURING ENERGY · Firm: UNITED STEEL, PAPER & FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY
Children's Health Protections Act of 2007 (CHAMP); State Children's Heath Insurance Program (SCHIP), S.1893, HR 976; Medicare Advantage; Universal Health Care (nurses issues)
EPA Tier 3 rule to reduce air pollution from passenger cars and trucks; Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS); Support of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2013; S. 601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013; S. 335: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013 (WIFIA); Building Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (BIFIA)
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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2013 · first_quarter · Q1
DOE Nuclear workers' continuation of benefits; Refinery closures; HR 851 / S 337 - Bring Jobs Home Act; S. 388 - American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013; HR 803 - Skills Act; Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2013; Buy America; Rahall's "Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013; USW Hawaii Refinery Closure
H.R 152 Super Storm Sandy Relief; FY 2014 Ryan Budget; Cybersecurity funding; Potential Infrastructure Bank bills; Newport News Shipyard and the effects the sequester would have on Defense Appropriations; Filibuster Reform;
Cuts to Social Security
Trans-Pacific Partnership; ITC upcoming vacancy; US-EU FTA; FTZ Application; Inquiry into "dumping" methodology; Port Hawkesbury subsidy issues; Steel surge issues; ENFORCE Act; TAA Reauthorization
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
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2012 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Continued Import Safeguards within TPP negotiations; lobbying for the reopening of the Hawkesbury Paper Mill in N.S. Canada; China's steel surge; Trade Enforcement
Fiscal Cliff negotiations; Unemployment Insurance; Sequester/Lame Duck talks; Super Storm Sandy relief
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
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2012 · third_quarter · Q3
S. 1133: opposition to the Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion (ENFORCE) Act of 2011; Opposition to legislation to provide permanent most-favored nation (MFN) treatment to Russia; Continued Import Safeguards within TPP negotiations; Russia PNTR (Permanent Normal Trade Relations)
Federal Budget Relief; Fiscal Cliff; Social Security cuts within the budget; HR 3210, Funding for Lacey Act (RELIEF)
Water Infrastructure
Filing targets: Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
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2012 · second_quarter · Q2
lobbying against the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, H.R. 5652; Healthcare tax exclusion; funding for Lacey Act (Relief) HR 3210; support of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP); Federal budget relief
Buy America Campaign: Transportation, water infrastructure
Lobby against closure of Philadelphia Refineries; Expansion of the 48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit;
Concern for Russian Vanadiun Circumvention; Columbia FTA Implamentation; support of The 21st Century Trade and Market Access Act; Continued TPP Negotiations; Import Safeguards in TPP Negotiations; Waste Paper Exports
Transportation funding for WIA (Workforce Investment Act); Highway Bill; Support of MAP 21;
model bilateral investment treaty talks; State-owned enterprises
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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2012 · first_quarter · Q1
Airports, Highways, High-Speed Rail, Trains, and Transit: Make it in America Act amendments
Closing of Oil refineries in Northeast U.S.; Auto parts from China; TPP Negotiations; H.R. 4105/ S. 2153, Amendment of the Tariff Act of 1930; Circumvention of Ferovanadium rules by China; FTZ (Foreign Trade Zone) Hearing on DOW application; Waste paper exports
Boiler MACT; Utility MACT; Industrial Energy efficiancy; DOD Renewable Energy Committment; Ferroalloys Rule
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2011 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Support of "Invest in American Jobs Act of 2011" initiative by Rep. Rahall; H.R.12, America Jobs Act of 2011; Lobbied against a Philadelphia Oil Refinery sale/closure
Senate Currency Bill; H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011; Super Committe deficit reduction; S.J.Res 24/H.J.Res 2, Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States; Funding for the Lacey Act of 1900; S.1876 - Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act; Social Security within the budget amendment; Helath Care tax exclusion within the Currency Bill; Support of the Production Tax Credit (PTC)
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2011 · third_quarter · Q3
Sustaining the Lacey Act of 1900 (prohibiting the trade of illegally gained wildlife and plants.); Promotion of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), a federally funded program, with no costs to employers, that helps workers who are adversely affected by foreign imports or job shifts to a foreign country; Opposition of the Colombian, South Korean and Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTA's); TPP Negotiations, an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement currently being negotiated among the US and 8 other partners S. 1619, Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011; H.R. 639, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act;
Health Care - Early retiree reassurance Program; Healthcare tax exclusion; S. 1088, Retiree Healtch Care Protection Act; H.R 2077, MLR Repeal Act of 2011 - amending the Public Health Service Act.
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2011 · second_quarter · Q2
Job creation, manufacturing in the USA; Make it in America Agenda; NLRB - Boeing Case
Free Trade Agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama; State-owned enterprises/TPP (Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement currently being negotiated among the United States and 8 other partners); H.R. 1749, To enhance reciprocal market access for United States domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements; TAA, helps trade-affected workers who have lost their jobs as a result of increased imports or shifts in production out of the United States.
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2011 · first_quarter · Q1
Job creation, manufacturing in the USA; "Keep American jobs from going down the Drain" Act of 2011; Colorado Buy America Bill; Make it in America Agenda; S. 23, America Invents Act; S. 591, SEAM Act
Korea's FTA (Free Trade Agreement); State owned Enterprises in TPPA (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement); Russian Uranium Suspension Agreement Trade case regarding the trade of nucleur fuel; Hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from Brazil, Japan and Russia
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Other), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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2010 · fourth_quarter · 4A
HR 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; HR 2378, Currency Reform for Trade Act; Section 301 Case filed to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering U.S. advancement in Freen energy; TAA Reauthorization and trade negotiations; The Lacey Act, ensuring the protection of plants be creating civil/criminal penalties for the trade of wildlife, fish and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported and sold.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Other), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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2010 · fourth_quarter · Q4
HR 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; HR 2378, Currency Reform for Trade Act; Section 301 Case filed to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering U.S. advancement in Greed energy; TAA Reauthorizations and trade negotiations; The Lacey Act, ensuring the protection of plants by creating civil/criminal penalties for the trade of wildlife, fish, and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported or sold.
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Other), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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2010 · third_quarter · Q3
Comments on preliminary staff recommendations for foreign trade zones 29 & 203, applications for subzone authority, Dow Corning and REC Silicon; HR 3012, S 2821, TRADE Act; Final ITC Investigation regarding anti-dumping & CVD petitions by Resco Products against China & Mexico; cut trade deficit & stop China's currency manipulation, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act HR2378 & S3134; Section 301 case filed w/ ITC by USW to stop China's illegal trade practices hindering US advancement in green energy; KORUS FTA, Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; enforcement of Section 421 of The Trade Act, making sure US market is not disrupted by surges in Chinese Trading; Dow Corning Foreign Trade Zone Case, Docket No. 20-2009
Make it in America, investing in american jobs;
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2010 · second_quarter · Q2
Success of Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; restrictions needed for Thyssen Krupp subzone authority application in Calvert, Alabama; Export-Import Bank consideration of Reliance Power Limited loan guarantee application to purchase machinery manufactured by Bucyrus International of South Milwaukee, WI; S. 2821, H.R. 3012 TRADE Act of 2009; opposition to waiver for GSP treatment on Thai tires; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; Korea Free Trade Agreement; pending trade case on certain coated free sheet paper, allegation that undervaluation of Chinas currency provides a subsidy; National Export Initiative; S. 3134, H.R. 2378 Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; trade deficit with China
Need for a strong domestic supply chain using rare earths and strategic materials in clean energy technologies; funding for the modernization and expansion of the Mountain Pass, California rare earth production facility; renewable energy; H.R. 5051 Security and Energy Manufacturing Act; H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act of 2009; energy tax credit for paper industry
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2010 · first_quarter · 1A
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
health care reform policy; necessity of House passage and modifications in the corrections bill to the Senate-passed health care reform bill; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
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2010 · first_quarter · Q1
health care reform policy; necessity of House passage and modifications in the corrections bill to the Senate-passed health care reform bill; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act
China's WTO challenge to the Section 421 safeguard measure on Chinese tire imports; the treatment of Chinese export taxes in dumping margin calculations; S. 1982, Trade Enforcement Priorities Act; negative effect of Free Trade Zone applications for Sub Zone status to imported dumped silicon metal under antidumping orders; H.R. 782, Fair Currency Act of 2007; S. 2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act of 2009; Mexican tariffs & U.S. goods under NAFTA; Bilateral Investment Treaty Model; competitive need limitation waiver on imports of radial motor vehicle tires from Thailand under Generalized System of Preferences; Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations; DOHA Round trade negotiations; potential international trade agreement on environmental goods
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2009 · fourth_quarter · Q4
health care reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009; S.1796, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act; COBRA rate under H.R.1
H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, negative effect if stimulus funds are used to purchase wind turbines manufactured in China; Systemic failure of liquidity of Student Loan-Backed Auction Rate Securities effect on Pinnacle Airlines
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2009 · third_quarter · Q3
President Obama's pending decision on the ITC determination of surging imports from China of certain passenger and light truck tires; H.R. 3012, TRADE Act
domestic manufacturing as a means of economic recovery; Buy America provisions under H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; defective fabricated steel from Chinese supplier Zenhau Port Machine Co. procured for use in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; continued production of the F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft
health insurance reform policy; H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act; America's Healthy Future Act; health insurance coverage for General Motors/Delphi retirees; S. 757, Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act
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2009 · second_quarter · Q2
pre-Medicare for early retirees
H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009; climate change policy; Alliance for American Manufacturing's China Steel/Environmental Enforcement Report; S.787, Clean Water Restoration Act
health care reform; health insurance coverage for General Motors/Delphi retirees; S.757, Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act; Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP)
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2009 · first_quarter · Q1
economic stimulus; H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; G-20 and IMF global policy
trade policy
Cap-and-Trade legislation (carbon leakage); climate change policy; Alliance for American Manufacturing's China Steel/Environmental Enforcement Report
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2008 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Implementation of the revised Lacey Act provisions in the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 to prevent illegally sourced wood & wood products imports; S.3083, H.R.6180, TRADE Act; trade policy; trade agenda relating to pending legislation and proposed Free Trade Agreements; Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Economic Recovery Package; appeal for congressional oversight of the $125 billion invested in nine financial institutions by the Treasury Secretary; necessity of bridge loan for Auto Industry through original funding source of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act or the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program; reclaim the economy and rebuild the middle class by investing in domestic clean energy, our infrastructure and education, by ensuring the rights of workers to form a union (passage of EFCA bill), fair trade, universal health care, retirement security and by harnessing the banking system along w/ principles in the book "Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency"; Stimulus bill Buy American provisions
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2008 · third_quarter · Q3
trade and competitiveness provision of S.3036, Boxer Substitute to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act,
Reorganization of bankrupt Asarco Mining Co. should assure that labor agreements will be honored and environmental liabilities will be rectified; sought the reopening of New Page Corp's Kimerbly WI mill that shutdown; Administration's proposed changes to FMLA regulations
Proposed Colombia Free Trade Agreement; HR 6530, Trade Enforcement Act of 2008; S. 3083, HR 6180 TRADE Act; limiting imports of Russian uranium; HR 6415, foreign trade zone bill; sought the revision of the International Trade Commission's definition of material injury of coated free sheet paper imports
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2008 · second_quarter · Q2
Administration's proposed Merida Initiative (Plan Mexico) undermining human & labor rights in Mexico; requested congressional oversight regarding interrogation of extradited Colombian paramilitary leaders on murders and other serious human rights violations in Colombia; human and workers' rights in Liberia
S.2642, American Renewable Energy Act of 2008; renewable portfolio standard; production and investment tax credit for renewable energy; energy subsidies from Chinese government
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2008 · first_quarter · Q1
S.1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007
S.2081, The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007; HR 2942, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; Russian Suspension Agreement; HR 5724, Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Trade Adjustment Assistance; China Trade bill; WTO Rules Committee, Doha Round trade remedies; antidumping trade cases against China pursuant to Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; petition for certiorari on Eurodiff trade case; S.2191, trade component of the Lieberman-Warner America's Climate Security Act of 2007
Children's Health Protections Act of 2007 (CHAMP); State Children's Heath Insurance Program (SCHIP), S.1893, HR 976; Medicare Advantage; Universal Health Care (nurses issues)
Public employees pension, S.206, HR 82
Lacy Act, (impact that foreign illegal logging has on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries); Duty petitions on imported lightweight thermal paper from Germany, Korea and China; The Trade & Globalization Assistance Act of 2007/Renewal of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), S.1848, HR 3920; The Food & Product Responsibility Act of 2007, S. 2081; Maintain tariffs on hot-rolled steel; Legal Timber Protection Act, H.R. 1497; Legislative trade agenda for 2007/2008;
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Opposition of the Colombian, South Korean and Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTA's) ; support of the AD/CVD Trade case regarding Solar Panels; TPP Negotiations, an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement currently being negotiated among the US and 8 other countries
Filing targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
H.R. 12, American Jobs act of 2011; The making of the Alaskan bridge by American workers/materials vs. Chinese workers/materials; Specialty Metals Amendment - Berry Amendment
S. 158: Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2011; Funding for the Lacey Act of 1900; S. 365: Budget Control Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise sequestration requirements for enforcement of spending caps; prevetion of cuts to the Alternative Vehicle manufacturing loan program in the CR; Social Security reform within the budget amendment; H.R 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011; Unemployment Insurance with the Budget amendment
HR 2054, Energy and Revenue Enrichment Act of 2011;
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
FY 2012 Ryan Budget; Social Security reform within the proposed budget; Balanced Budget Amendment; Energy and Water Appropriations; H.R.619, Surface Transportation Savings Act of 2011; H.R.2295, Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2011
Filing targets: Army, Dept of (Other), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
clean energy & climate policy that aids energy/intensive industries; proper EPA identification of traditional fuels & solid waste (biomass fuels/wood & paper industries); HR5041 & S3324, Security in Energy and Manufacturing Act of 2010; to try to find middle ground that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act; Renewable Electricity Standard
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
S. 3217, H.R. 4173 Restoring American Financial Stability Act
Maglev (magnetic levitation high speed rail) funding; US Dept of Transportation/ European Union negotiation on "Open Skies"
Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Proposed Rule RIN 0560-AH92; comments on improving draft BCAP regulations; proposed climate change legislation; need to strike the provision for duty suspension of nuclear components through 2020 under the Kerry-Lieberman draft climate change legislation; pending Boiler MACT (Maximum Achievable Control Technology) regulation; H.R. 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Need for continued steel manufacturing in the US; success of ArcellorMittal Coatesville plant; domestic content provided under Buy America for magnetic levitation high speed rail; Buy America provisions for water infrastructure; domestic sourcing for armor plate production; loss of U.S. manufacturing due to unfair China trade practices
H.R. 2868 Chemical and Water Security Act of 2009, worker protection; Chemical Safety Board nominations; Local Jobs for America Act; DOE employees at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Request for Proposals; the inclusion of Bureau of Labor and Statistics NAICS code of green goods and services industries; green job creation; oil industry safety; S.1580, H.R. 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act; S. 757 Charlie Wolf Nuclear Workers Compensation Act; Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act; Buy America provision in jobs bill and proper use of provision funds under H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; potential foreign sourcing of components for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Burke County, Georgia; manufacturing and production tax credits; domestic content in proposed climate change legislation
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
H.R. 4389, Green Energy Paper Manufacturing Act; Buy America provision in jobs bill and proper use of provision funds under H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; potential foreign sourcing of components for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Burke County, Georgia; manufacturing and production tax credits; domestic content in proposed climate change legislation
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
Buy America implementation under H.R. 1; manufacturing tax credit in anticipated jobs bill
S.2821, H.R. 3012, TRADE Act; fair trade policy and U.S. trade law enforcement needed to revitalize economic growth and create jobs; Bilateral Investment Treaty model review; H.R. 2378, Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act; ITC investigation of coated paper imports from China and Indonesia; ITC investigation of oil country tubular goods from China
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Vice President of the United States, President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S.
full funding of the Department of Labor's budget proposal for FY 2010; full funding of the Department of Transportation's budget proposal; government contract for Infrastructure Defense Technologies; Workforce Investment Act reauthorization
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
ITC China safeguard investigation concerning certain passenger and light truck tires from China (in response to United Steelworkers' Section 421 petition); U.S.-China trade policy; proposal on altering Foreign Trade Zones; Doha Round negotiations at WTO; Panama Free Trade Agreement; trade policy; Generalized System of Preferences duty-free treatment of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from India and Indonesia; TRADE Act; DOC vacancy for Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
limit leasing of foreign built ships for U.S. military; Buy America provisions under H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
bankruptcy reform bill
Filing targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Buy America provisions under the economic recovery plan
health care reform; nurse staffing ratio; nurse mandatory overtime
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S.1145, Patent Reform Act of 2007
Goss International Corp's petition for Supreme Court review of case involving illegal dumping of Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho, Ltd. (upholding U.S. trade law); HR 2642, Domenici amendment requiring quotas on imports of low enriched uranium from Russia; S.3083, HR 6180, Trade Reform, Accountability, Development and Employment (TRADE) Act of 2008; Trade Enforcement bill; Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA); S. 2081, Food and Product Responsibility Act of 2007; Lacy Act (impact of foreign illegal logging on the U.S. wood flooring & hardwood plywood industries)
S.2191, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act; S.3036 Boxer Substitute to Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
Employee Free Choice Act, S.1041, HR 800; The Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act, S.367 and HR 1992; Inequities in Iraqi labor policy; Minimum Wage, HR 2; S-MINER Act, HR 2768; RESPECT Act, HR 1644
Bankruptcy Reform, S.2092, HR 3652
Clean Water Restoration Act, H.R. 242; Low Carbon Economy Act of 2007 (Bingaman/Specter), S.1766; global climate change, S.2191
Violence in Colombia against workers and social leaders... murder of Sinaltrainal union leader Jose de Jesus Marin Vargas -- also protection of Colombian witnesses in court case; Administration's supplemental funding request for Merida Initiative (Plan Mexico) will undermine human & labor rights in Mexico
Chemical Facility Security Improvement Act of 2007, HR 1530
DREAM Act (amendment to DOD Authorization bill); H-2B Guest Worker Program
The Patent Reform Act of 2007, S. 1145, H.R. 1908
Energy Independence and Security Act; Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPI); Renewable Electricity Standard (RES), HR 969; Energy Bill, HR 6
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)