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Reported covered position: Staff Assistant, Rep. Love, January 2015-July 2015; Legis. Correspondent, Rep. Woodall, October 2015-January 2017; Sr. Policy Advisor, Rep. Fitzpatrick, January 2017-March 2018.
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Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2024 · first_quarter · Q1
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), 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), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), 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), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
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Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States".
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
DISCLOSE Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
FOCA Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
Commonsense Reporting Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 1264, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2023 H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 148, Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S. 1067, Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1114, Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2023 S. 1214, Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department; Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance (88 Fed. Reg. 44,596-44,658, July 12, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), employer mandate; Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum, Implementation of Sections 1191 - 1198 of the Social Security Act for Initial Price Applicability Year 2026, and Solicitation of Comments; Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (P.L. 110-343, Subtitle B); implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; mental health parity; drug pricing; COBRA subsidies; Federal Trade Commissions multilateral pharmaceutical merger taskforce; telehealth, including coverage of telehealth under High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and expanding telehealth options for employees; impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Practices; FTC-2022-0015; petition to HHS to grant march-in rights for the patents on the drug Xtandi; Reasonable Price Clause in reauthorization draft of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA, P.L. 109-417); ERISA preemption protections; artificial price caps on providing insulin; efforts to reform the World Health Organizations (WHO) engagement with private sector; continued U.S. membership to the World Health Organization (WHO); support for necessary market conditions to incentivize health sector investment from private sector; support for private sector involvement in health systems strengthening; greater harmonization of standards and investment in digital health internationally; health-related policy issues in the G20/G7 forums; oversight issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Improving Access to Small Business Information Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
HALOS Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Accredited Investor Definition Review Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
American Dream and Promise Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Security First Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Paycheck Fairness Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers.
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
BARN Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Carnivals are Real Entertainment Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Secure the Border Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2367, the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act H.R. 3935, Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 259, Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023 Draft legislation titled Port Infrastructure Permitting Empowerment (PIPE) Act Draft legislation titled Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act Draft legislation relating to the deployment of automated vehicle technology Potential legislation similar to S. 4136, Water Resources Development Act of 2022 Nomination of Michael Whitaker to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Various issues relating to implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254); implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-270); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); implementation of Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (P.L 114-190); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); use of state and local funding in the American Rescue Plan (P.L. 117-2) for state Departments of Transportation; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation and repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the federal 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, including issues relating to water conveyance and storage; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s and Department of Transportation twin-trailer standard; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A); unmanned aircraft systems; necessity of a general infrastructure package; potential increase in the federal gas tax; streamlining permit processing for construction of rural broadband; driving safety and road safety; Department of Transportation regulatory matters related to automated vehicles; Boeing 737 MAX certification and associated production stoppages; Department of Transportation freight programs; implementation of federal Buy America policies and legislation; United Parcel Service (UPS) Teamster negotiations; vehicle miles traveled pilot; delayed development of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to Prohibit or Restrict the Operation of an Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator and potential FAA authorization in 2023; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; comprehensive assessment of the U.S. Civil Space Industrial Base (CSIB) requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and NOAAs Office of Space Commerce (OSC); Request for Comment on the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR); Framework use of FHWA State Planning & Research funds for "Digital Twins"
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
ALIGN Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes.
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes.
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Increasing Investor Opportunities Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Investment Opportunity Expansion Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Employee Rights Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Small Business Investment Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Small Entity Update Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Middle Market IPO Cost Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Self-Insurance Protection Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 1264, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2023 H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 148, Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S. 1067, Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1114, Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2023 S. 1214, Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department; Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance (88 Fed. Reg. 44,596-44,658, July 12, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), employer mandate; Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum, Implementation of Sections 1191 - 1198 of the Social Security Act for Initial Price Applicability Year 2026, and Solicitation of Comments; Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (P.L. 110-343, Subtitle B); implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; mental health parity; drug pricing; COBRA subsidies; Federal Trade Commissions multilateral pharmaceutical merger taskforce; telehealth, including coverage of telehealth under High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and expanding telehealth options for employees; impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Practices; FTC-2022-0015; petition to HHS to grant march-in rights for the patents on the drug Xtandi; Reasonable Price Clause in reauthorization draft of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA, P.L. 109-417); ERISA preemption protections; artificial price caps on providing insulin; efforts to reform the World Health Organizations (WHO) engagement with private sector; continued U.S. membership to the World Health Organization (WHO); support for necessary market conditions to incentivize health sector investment from private sector; support for private sector involvement in health systems strengthening; greater harmonization of standards and investment in digital health internationally; health-related policy issues in the G20/G7 forums; oversight issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Save Local Business Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
Partner with Korea Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Association Health Plans Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 1264, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2023 H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 148, Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S. 1067, Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1114, Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2023 S. 1214, Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department; Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance (88 Fed. Reg. 44,596-44,658, July 12, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), employer mandate; Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum, Implementation of Sections 1191 - 1198 of the Social Security Act for Initial Price Applicability Year 2026, and Solicitation of Comments; Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (P.L. 110-343, Subtitle B); implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; mental health parity; drug pricing; COBRA subsidies; Federal Trade Commissions multilateral pharmaceutical merger taskforce; telehealth, including coverage of telehealth under High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and expanding telehealth options for employees; impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Practices; FTC-2022-0015; petition to HHS to grant march-in rights for the patents on the drug Xtandi; Reasonable Price Clause in reauthorization draft of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA, P.L. 109-417); ERISA preemption protections; artificial price caps on providing insulin; efforts to reform the World Health Organizations (WHO) engagement with private sector; continued U.S. membership to the World Health Organization (WHO); support for necessary market conditions to incentivize health sector investment from private sector; support for private sector involvement in health systems strengthening; greater harmonization of standards and investment in digital health internationally; health-related policy issues in the G20/G7 forums; oversight issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Border Safety and Security Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
College Transparency Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 496, Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning Act H.R. 793/S. 161, Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2023 H.R. 2957/S. 1349, College Transparency Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 Various issues relating to reauthorization and implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 115-224); 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); reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act (P.L. 107-279); student data privacy in K-12 and higher education; general education and workforce preparation; childcare and early education; potential Future of Assessment Task Force; universal pre-K; Department of Education: Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions (Docket ID ED-2022-OPE-0103); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); workforce Pell grants; childcare requirements in the Department of Commerces Notice of Public Rights for CHIPS for America incentives program
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
Legal Workforce Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Farm Operations Support Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
America’s CHILDREN Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
FAIR TARIFF Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2367, the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act H.R. 3935, Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 259, Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023 Draft legislation titled Port Infrastructure Permitting Empowerment (PIPE) Act Draft legislation titled Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act Draft legislation relating to the deployment of automated vehicle technology Potential legislation similar to S. 4136, Water Resources Development Act of 2022 Nomination of Michael Whitaker to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Various issues relating to implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254); implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-270); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); implementation of Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (P.L 114-190); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); use of state and local funding in the American Rescue Plan (P.L. 117-2) for state Departments of Transportation; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation and repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the federal 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, including issues relating to water conveyance and storage; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s and Department of Transportation twin-trailer standard; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A); unmanned aircraft systems; necessity of a general infrastructure package; potential increase in the federal gas tax; streamlining permit processing for construction of rural broadband; driving safety and road safety; Department of Transportation regulatory matters related to automated vehicles; Boeing 737 MAX certification and associated production stoppages; Department of Transportation freight programs; implementation of federal Buy America policies and legislation; United Parcel Service (UPS) Teamster negotiations; vehicle miles traveled pilot; delayed development of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to Prohibit or Restrict the Operation of an Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator and potential FAA authorization in 2023; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; comprehensive assessment of the U.S. Civil Space Industrial Base (CSIB) requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and NOAAs Office of Space Commerce (OSC); Request for Comment on the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR); Framework use of FHWA State Planning & Research funds for "Digital Twins"
United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Venezuelan Adjustment Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Import Security and Fairness Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
PHDs First Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 4367/S. 2625, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4394/S. 2443, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4665/S. 2438, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4821/S. 2605, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 5692, Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 5696, To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2024 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2025 through 2033 FY2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill (including funding for the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and other federal agencies appropriations related to intellectual property enforcement) Various issues relating to FY2024 appropriations priorities; funding for the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program in FY24 Appropriations Legislation; implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); debt ceiling/limit, budget caps, budget sequestration, and budget reconciliation; budget reconciliation legislation and related spending levels; potential government shutdown; funding issues related to the USPTO; funding issues related to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues related to the Department of Justice; funding issues related to the Department of Homeland Security; 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
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 4367/S. 2625, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4394/S. 2443, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4665/S. 2438, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4821/S. 2605, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 5692, Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 5696, To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2024 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2025 through 2033 FY2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill (including funding for the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and other federal agencies appropriations related to intellectual property enforcement) Various issues relating to FY2024 appropriations priorities; funding for the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program in FY24 Appropriations Legislation; implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); debt ceiling/limit, budget caps, budget sequestration, and budget reconciliation; budget reconciliation legislation and related spending levels; potential government shutdown; funding issues related to the USPTO; funding issues related to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues related to the Department of Justice; funding issues related to the Department of Homeland Security; 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
Canadian Snowbird Visa Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Putting Investors First Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Child Care Investment Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 496, Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning Act H.R. 793/S. 161, Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2023 H.R. 2957/S. 1349, College Transparency Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 Various issues relating to reauthorization and implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 115-224); 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); reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act (P.L. 107-279); student data privacy in K-12 and higher education; general education and workforce preparation; childcare and early education; potential Future of Assessment Task Force; universal pre-K; Department of Education: Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions (Docket ID ED-2022-OPE-0103); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); workforce Pell grants; childcare requirements in the Department of Commerces Notice of Public Rights for CHIPS for America incentives program
Child Care Investment Act of 2023
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Afghan Adjustment Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Businesses Over Activists Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 4367/S. 2625, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4394/S. 2443, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4665/S. 2438, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4821/S. 2605, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 5692, Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 5696, To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2024 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2025 through 2033 FY2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill (including funding for the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and other federal agencies appropriations related to intellectual property enforcement) Various issues relating to FY2024 appropriations priorities; funding for the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program in FY24 Appropriations Legislation; implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); debt ceiling/limit, budget caps, budget sequestration, and budget reconciliation; budget reconciliation legislation and related spending levels; potential government shutdown; funding issues related to the USPTO; funding issues related to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues related to the Department of Justice; funding issues related to the Department of Homeland Security; 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
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 4367/S. 2625, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4394/S. 2443, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4665/S. 2438, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4821/S. 2605, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 5692, Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 5696, To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2024 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2025 through 2033 FY2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill (including funding for the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and other federal agencies appropriations related to intellectual property enforcement) Various issues relating to FY2024 appropriations priorities; funding for the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program in FY24 Appropriations Legislation; implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); debt ceiling/limit, budget caps, budget sequestration, and budget reconciliation; budget reconciliation legislation and related spending levels; potential government shutdown; funding issues related to the USPTO; funding issues related to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues related to the Department of Justice; funding issues related to the Department of Homeland Security; 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
Foreign Extortion Prevention Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
H–2 Improvements to Relieve Employers Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
Main Street Tax Certainty Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
Protecting Americans’ Retirement Savings from Politics Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
Prioritizing Economic Growth Over Woke Policies Act
Client: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. · Firm: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2023 · fourth_quarter · Q4
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), 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), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. via CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2023 · third_quarter · Q3
H.R. 27, Prosecutors Need to Prosecute Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023
H.R. 4367/S. 2625, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4394/S. 2443, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4665/S. 2438, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4821/S. 2605, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 5692, Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 5696, To provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2024 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2025 through 2033 FY2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill (including funding for the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and other federal agencies appropriations related to intellectual property enforcement) Various issues relating to FY2024 appropriations priorities; funding for the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program in FY24 Appropriations Legislation; implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); debt ceiling/limit, budget caps, budget sequestration, and budget reconciliation; budget reconciliation legislation and related spending levels; potential government shutdown; funding issues related to the USPTO; funding issues related to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues related to the Department of Justice; funding issues related to the Department of Homeland Security; 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
H.R. 496, Promoting Employment and Lifelong Learning Act H.R. 793/S. 161, Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2023 H.R. 2957/S. 1349, College Transparency Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 Various issues relating to reauthorization and implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (P.L. 115-224); 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); reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act (P.L. 107-279); student data privacy in K-12 and higher education; general education and workforce preparation; childcare and early education; potential Future of Assessment Task Force; universal pre-K; Department of Education: Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions (Docket ID ED-2022-OPE-0103); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); workforce Pell grants; childcare requirements in the Department of Commerces Notice of Public Rights for CHIPS for America incentives program
H.R. 448, Putting Investors First Act of 2023 H.R. 835, Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information Act H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act H.R. 1579, Accredited Investor Definition Review Act H.R. 2608, To amend the Federal securities laws to specify the periods for which financial statements are required to be provided by an emerging growth company, and for other purposes H.R. 2610, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to specify certain registration statement contents for emerging growth companies, to permit issuers to file draft registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for confidential review, and for other purposes H.R. 2612, Gig Worker Equity Compensation Act H.R. 2627, Increasing Investor Opportunities Act H.R. 2652, Investment Opportunity Expansion Act H.R. 2792, Small Entity Update Act H.R. 2793, Encouraging Public Offerings Act of 2023 H.R. 2795, Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act H.R. 2796, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act H.R. 2797, Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2799, Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 H.R. 2812, Middle Market IPO Underwriting Cost Act H.R. 3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act H.R. 4035, Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023 H.R. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023 H.R. 4655, Business Over Activists Act H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4767, Protecting Americans Retirement Savings from Politics Act H.R. 4790, Guiding Uniform and Responsible Disclosure Requirements and Information Limits (GUARDRAIL) Act of 2023 H.R. 4823, American Financial Institution Regulator Sovereignty and Transparency Act H.R. 5488/S. 2805, Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act of 2023 S. 638, Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act Draft legislation titled Accredited Investor Self-Certification Act Potential legislation on environmental, social, and governance Potential legislation to codify certain reforms to the nonbank designation process of the Financial Stability Oversight Council Potential legislation to except quotations of Rule 144A fixed-income securities from certain regulatory requirements Potential legislation to make changes to the SEC 14a-8 shareholder proposal process Potential legislation dealing with third party litigation funding including its national security implications Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2025/S. 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act SEC Proposed Rule on the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (87 Fed. Reg. 21,334-21,473, April 11, 2022) Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (87 Fed. Reg. 77,172-77,296, December 16, 2022) SEC Final Rule on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (88 Fed. Reg. 51,896-51,945, September 5, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Safeguarding Advisory Client Assets (88 Fed. Reg. 14,672-14,792, March 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Authority to Require Supervision and Regulation of Certain Nonbank Financial Companies, Proposed Interpretive Guidance (88 Fed. Reg. 26,234-26,244, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, FSOC Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response, Proposed Analytic Framework (88 Fed. Reg. 26,305-26,311, April 28, 2023) Proposed Rule, SEC Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (88 Fed. Reg. 53,960, August 9, 2023) Proposed Rule, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Regulatory Capital Rule: Large Banking Organizations and Banking Organizations With Significant Trading Activity (88 Fed. Reg. 64,028-64,343, September 18, 2023) Request for Information, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Data Brokers and Other Business Practices Involving the Collection and Sale of Consumer Information (88 Fed. Reg. 16,951-16,954, March 21, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to SEC Best Interest and Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards; CFTCs de minimis Exception for Swap Dealers; Securities and Exchange Commission amendments to the Commissioners whistleblower rules file no. S7-16-18; proxy process, proxy advisory firms, and other related aspects of corporate governance; corporate common ownership; adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard; role of credit reporting agencies (CRAs) in the U.S. economy; debt collection practices (regulation F) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (P.L. 95-109); qualified mortgage definition under the Truth in Lending Act (P.L. 90-321) (Regulation Z); Financial Stability Oversight Council and the designation of Nonbank Financial Firms as systemically important; Financial Stability Oversight Councils Activities-Based Approach to Nonbank Financial Company Systemic Risk; Federal Reserve Systems Large Institution Supervision Coordinating Committee; potential housing finance reform legislation; enforcement of Securities and Exchange Commission penalties; federal interest rate authority; Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reform; electronic consent-based SSN Verification Service (eCBSV); environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement; information collection under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) (P.L. 95-128); potential Financial Transaction Tax (FTT); potential Treasury Department proposal relating to tax reporting by banks; investment company cross trading; potential money market fund reform measures; transition to the secured overnight financing rate; implementation of SEC Rule 15c2-11; Department of Labor fiduciary advice exemption: PTE 2020-02; benefits of risk-based pricing; mobile disclosures; modernization of the Credit Repair Organizations Act (enacted as Title IV of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, P.L. 90-321); Internal Revenue Service Priority Guidance Plan; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, and overall direction of the Commission under Chair Lina Khan; Financial Accounting Standards Board improvements to income tax disclosures; Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulatory sandbox for disclosures; CFPB Policy Fellowship program; CFPB amendment of its Supervision and Examination Manual; CFPB conflation of Distinct Statutory Concepts of Unfairness and Discrimination; CFPB Small Business Advisory Review Panels Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights; CFPB implementation of the Small Business Lending Data Collection Rule (the 1071 Rule); SEC Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N-PORT Reporting (File Number S7-26-22); Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Conflicts of Interest Associated with the Use of Predictive Data Analytics by Broker-Dealers and Investment Advisers (SEC Rel. Nos. 34-97990; IA-6353; File No. S7-12-23, July 26, 2023); Proposing Release: Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards related to a Companys Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations; the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital; EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services; potential regulations to require public companies to disclose information related to human capital management; reporting metrics of American companies under the EUs Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203); oversight issues and potential legislation on third party litigation funding (including its national security implications)
H.R. 2367, the Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act H.R. 3935, Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act H.R. 4820/S. 2437, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 259, Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act S. 2313, Driving for Opportunity Act of 2023 Draft legislation titled Port Infrastructure Permitting Empowerment (PIPE) Act Draft legislation titled Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act Draft legislation relating to the deployment of automated vehicle technology Potential legislation similar to S. 4136, Water Resources Development Act of 2022 Nomination of Michael Whitaker to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration Various issues relating to implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254); implementation of Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act (P.L. 114-322); implementation of Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-270); implementation of Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (P.L. 114-94); implementation of Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-121); implementation of Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (P.L 114-190); implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322); implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); use of state and local funding in the American Rescue Plan (P.L. 117-2) for state Departments of Transportation; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); use of tax policy to pay for transportation including mandatory repatriation and repatriation holidays; movement of waterborne commerce along the nations inland waterways; National Freight Advisory Council; revenue sources for the federal 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, including issues relating to water conveyance and storage; public-private partnerships for public infrastructure; commercial trucking hours of service; truck productivity, specifically twin-33s and Department of Transportation twin-trailer standard; railroad tank car operational controls; positive train control (PTC) implementation; federal preemption of state meal and rest break laws (F4A); unmanned aircraft systems; necessity of a general infrastructure package; potential increase in the federal gas tax; streamlining permit processing for construction of rural broadband; driving safety and road safety; Department of Transportation regulatory matters related to automated vehicles; Boeing 737 MAX certification and associated production stoppages; Department of Transportation freight programs; implementation of federal Buy America policies and legislation; United Parcel Service (UPS) Teamster negotiations; vehicle miles traveled pilot; delayed development of the Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to Prohibit or Restrict the Operation of an Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator and potential FAA authorization in 2023; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; comprehensive assessment of the U.S. Civil Space Industrial Base (CSIB) requested by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), and NOAAs Office of Space Commerce (OSC); Request for Comment on the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR); Framework use of FHWA State Planning & Research funds for "Digital Twins"
H.R. 1264, Commonsense Reporting Act of 2023 H.R. 2813, Self-Insurance Protection Act H.R. 2868, Association Health Plans Act S. 127, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act S. 148, Stop Significant and Time-wasting Abuse Limiting Legitimate Innovation of New Generics (Stop STALLING) Act S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023 S. 1067, Ensuring Timely Access to Generics Act of 2023 S. 1114, Expanding Access to Low-Cost Generics Act of 2023 S. 1214, Retaining Access and Restoring Exclusivity (RARE) Act S. 1339, Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Act S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Health and Human Services Department; Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance; Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage; Level-Funded Plan Arrangements; and Tax Treatment of Certain Accident and Health Insurance (88 Fed. Reg. 44,596-44,658, July 12, 2023) Request for Information Regarding Medical Payments Products, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of the Treasury (88 Fed. Reg. 44,281-44,290, July 12, 2023) Various issues relating to the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, health savings account (HSAs), health reimbursement account (HRAs), employer mandate; Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program: Initial Memorandum, Implementation of Sections 1191 - 1198 of the Social Security Act for Initial Price Applicability Year 2026, and Solicitation of Comments; Implementation of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (P.L. 110-343, Subtitle B); implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); balance or surprise billing and related issues; single-payer health care options; health reimbursement arrangements and other account-based group health plans; Health and Human Services international pricing index (IPI) model; mental health parity; drug pricing; COBRA subsidies; Federal Trade Commissions multilateral pharmaceutical merger taskforce; telehealth, including coverage of telehealth under High Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs) and expanding telehealth options for employees; impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Practices; FTC-2022-0015; petition to HHS to grant march-in rights for the patents on the drug Xtandi; Reasonable Price Clause in reauthorization draft of the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA, P.L. 109-417); ERISA preemption protections; artificial price caps on providing insulin; efforts to reform the World Health Organizations (WHO) engagement with private sector; continued U.S. membership to the World Health Organization (WHO); support for necessary market conditions to incentivize health sector investment from private sector; support for private sector involvement in health systems strengthening; greater harmonization of standards and investment in digital health internationally; health-related policy issues in the G20/G7 forums; oversight issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
H.R. 277, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2023 H.R. 788/S. 225, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 H.R. 925/S. 378, Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act H.R. 1118/S. 512, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2023 H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023 H.R. 4664/S. 2309, Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes H.R. 4696/S. 2347, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 Nomination of Dr. Monica M. Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox to serve another term as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Various issues relating to decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator; defense industrial base; Camp Lejeune related litigation; oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice; slush fund settlements
H.R. 515, Protecting American Savers and Retirees Act H.R. 976, TCJA Permanency Act H.R. 1010/S. 453, Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act H.R. 2406 / S. 1117, Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act H.R. 2673, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act H.R. 2767 / S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 2788 / S. 1232, American Investment in Manufacturing (AIM) Act H.R. 3210 / S. 1559, Book Minimum Tax Repeal Act H.R. 4571, Child Care Investment Act of 2023 H.R. 4721/S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 H. Res. 268, Expressing strong opposition to the imposition of digital services taxes by other countries that discriminate against United States companies Draft legislation titled United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service: Increased Credit or Deduction Amounts for Satisfying Certain Prevailing Wage and Registered Apprenticeship Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 60,018, Aug. 30, 2023) Various issues relating to pension reform; conversion of future 401(k) or Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions to Roth accounts; work opportunity tax credit; The Government of Canadas revised legislative proposal for a unilateral, discriminatory digital services tax (DST) with retroactive effect; Canadian proposal to enact a retroactive Digital Services Tax (DST); U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act; potential modifications to the gasoline tax, including waiving or temporary suspension; implementation of 26 U.S. Code 174 - Amortization of research and experimental expenditures; implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169), including implementation of the Excise tax on repurchase of corporate stock and corporate alternative minimum tax; IRS guidance related to the Foreign Tax Credit and the Arms Length Requirement; recommendations for Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan (Notice 2023-36); implementation of the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC), the Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP), and the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit (45F); proposal to repeal section 852(b)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code; proposal to institute an excise tax on stock buybacks; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) proposal to require greater income tax disclosures; proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740); I.R.S. Notice 2023-36, 2023-21 I.R.B. 855 (Public Recommendations Invited on Items to be Included on the 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan); Treasury regulations and other guidance related to the foreign tax credit; undue compliance burden (filing requirements) facing certain claimants of the employee retention credit; Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Exposure Draft of Proposed Accounting Standards Update, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures; U.S. legislative response to the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shiftings two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy; Additional Interim Guidance Regarding the Application of the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax under Sections 55, 56A, and 59 of the Internal Revenue Code, I.R.S. Notice 2023-64, 2023-40 I.R.B.; improvements to the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, Dependent Care Assistance Program, and Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit
H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 20/S. 567, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 H.R. 1163/S. 1587, Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act H.R. 1209/S. 537, Fair and Open Competition (FOCA) Act H.R. 2700/S. 1201, Employee Rights Act H.R. 2826/S. 1261, Save Local Business Act H.R. 5274, Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act S. 532, National Right-to-Work Act S. 781, Tipped Employee Protection Act S. 1073, Advertising Middlemen Endangering Rigorous Internet Competition Accountability Act (AMERICA) Act S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2023 S. 2624, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Draft legislation titled Healthy Families Act Draft legislation titled Unemployment Integrity Act Draft legislation titled Working Families Flexibility Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8442, Worker Flexibility and Choice Act Renomination of Gwynne Wilcox as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division Nomination of Julie Su to be the Secretary of Labor Interim final rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (healthcare settings); finalization (86 Fed. Reg. 32,376-32,628, June 21, 2021) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings (86 Fed. Reg. 59,309-59,326, October 27, 2021) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, October 13, 2022) Proposed rules regarding Wage and Hour Division rulemaking Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; (88 Fed. Reg. 62,152-62,240, September 8, 2023) Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process (88 Fed. Reg. 59,825- 59,834, August 30, 2023) Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Premerger Notification, Reporting and Waiting Period Requirements (88 Fed. Reg. 54,256-54,257, August 10, 2023) Various issues relating to unemployment insurance including modernization of the unemployment insurance system; paid leave including paid family and sick leave; reforms to the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-178); independent contractors; debarment of federal contractors (blacklisting); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) conciliation regulation; rescission of the joint employer standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act (P.L. 75-718); FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce; USMCA Labor Council; apprenticeships; proposed amendment to the U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act (Longshore Act), relating to the establishment of statutory presumptions of coverage and compensability for illnesses; potential Wage and Hour Division rulemaking defining and delimiting the exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees; potential legislation on the minimum wage; legal and regulatory framework for evaluating mergers and acquisitions; contract terms and their relationship to competition, particularly relating to worker non-compete clauses and exclusive contracts; Federal Trade Commission issues: Freedom of Information Act Requests, Penalty Offense Authority, Zombie Voting, non-compete clauses, franchise agreements rulemaking, and overall direction of the Commission; anticipated overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, Enforcement Directive (DIR) 2022-01; filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act; solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices; labor negotiations, including West Coast port and dockworker negotiations, and those between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit Three; Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety; Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy; Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects; competition policy chapters in trade negotiations and associated agreements; appropriations for the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; domestic and international antitrust policy; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) section 19/13b authority; Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act; policies and practices related to the FTC expanding its authority; transparency at the FTC; efforts to modernize enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding mergers; efforts to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts; proposals to rein in dominant digital platforms; Robinson-Patman related policy and enforcement matters; pregnancy discrimination; oversight addressing the National Labor Relations Board, including implementation and oversight of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198); election procedures under the Railway Labor Act (P.L. 69-257); National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions and regulatory agenda; definition of labor organization under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (P.L. 86-257); employer work rules; joint employment; confidentiality and non-disparagement clauses in severance agreements; non-compete agreements; various rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (P.L. 74-198)
H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 29, Border Safety and Security Act of 2023 H.R. 163, Security First Act H.R. 319, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 489, Expedited Removal Codification Act of 2023 H.R. 575, Moving H-2A to United States Department of Agriculture Act of 2023 H.R. 614, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2023 H.R. 672, Border Security Investment Act H.R. 1325/S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 H.R. 1511, Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929 H.R. 1535, Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023 H.R. 1760, To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers H.R. 1778, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes H.R. 2393, Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2023 H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2827/S. 1301, Partner with Korea Act H.R. 3308/S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act H.R. 3442/S. 1667, Protecting Children of Long-Term Visa Holders Act of 2023 H.R. 3516, Farmworker Access and Waiver Act H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act H.R. 3734, Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act H.R. 3808, To amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to authorize additional special immigrant visas, to require a strategy for efficient processing, and to establish designated senior special immigrant visa coordinating officials, and for other purposes H.R. 4048, Venezuelan Adjustment Act H.R. 4358, PHDs First Act H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 4448, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act H.R. 4627/S. 2327 Afghan Adjustment Act H.R. 4647, High-skilled Immigration Reform for Employment Act H.R. 4665, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024, including provisions related to amendment 133, to eliminate all funding for the Educational and Cultural Exchange programs account H.R. 4708, H-2 Improvements to Relieve Employers (HIRE) Act H.R. 4942 S. 665/, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 5127, Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act H.R. 5155, Temporary Family Visitation Act H.R. 5477/S. 2384, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2023 S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act S. 243, A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities S. 255, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 S. 365, Dream Act of 2023 S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023 S. 425, Secure and Protect Act of 2023 S. 505, Immigration Parole Reform Act of 2023 S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1727, Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and Emergency (SECURE) Act S. 1786, Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2023 S. 1926, A bill to amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1 and E2 nonimmigrants if nationals of the United States are treated similarly by the Government of Uruguay, and to require a report on the eligibility of Uruguay for the visa waiver program, and for other purposes S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2324, Ensuring American Security and Protecting Afghan Allies Act S. 2632, Visa Processing Improvement Act S. 2705, State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act S. 2719, Directing Our Countrys Transfer Of Residency Slots (DOCTORS) Act S. 2785, Higher Wages for American Workers Act of 2023 H.J. Res 59/S. J. Res. 25, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States" H. Res. 481, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that BridgeUSA exchange programs are vital to the economy and national interests of the United States, and that Congress should prioritize robust support to ensure equitable opportunities for Americans and people from other countries Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-1B reform; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-2A Visa Program; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; J-1 Bridge USA program; EB-5 Visa Program; E-Verify program; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; delays in H-4 and L-2 Status Extensions and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs); FY24 funding for Customs and Border Protection staffing; Office of Foreign Labor Certifications Planned Implementation of Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, into DOLs Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agricultural guest workers; temporary non-agricultural guest workers; optional practical training program; asylum and refugee programs; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of employment-based nonimmigrant visa categories; I-9 employment verification; interior enforcement; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; international travel; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; EB-5 Regional Center Program and the Implementation of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, P.L. 117-103, Division BB; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy extending consular interview waiver eligibility; State Department Consular Fee schedule; USCIS Fee Schedule; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; regulatory proposals that will temporarily raise the annual quota for H-2B visas; regulatory proposals reopening and expanding consular operations; recapturing unused immigrant visas from prior years; creating exemptions to the current immigrant visa caps; proposals that would expand consular interview waivers for prospective immigrant and nonimmigrant visa applicants abroad; proposals that would provide relief for Afghan refugees; reinstitution of stateside visa revalidation services; implementation of electronic visa foils in passports; consular service delays; USCIS processing delays; DOL processing delays; Visa relief for long term foreign national workers laid off by their employers while waiting for their green cards in the immigrant visa backlogs; improving wait times for CBP Processing at Ports of Entry; expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad; reforms to the use of parole authority; extending the validity period for employment authorization documents; instituting a second FY24 H-1B lottery to insure usage of all cap-subject H-1B visas; reforms to the State Departments Visa Bulletin; Implementation of the new optional I-9 document verification procedures
H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023 H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act H.R. 2670/S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 H.R. 3136, National Critical Capabilities Defense Act of 2023 H.R. 3611, Kazakhstan Permanent Normal Trade Relations Act of 2023 H.R. 3739/S. 2343, For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act of 2023 H.R. 3882/S. 1856, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0 H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act H.R. 4148/S. 2004, Import Security and Fairness Act H.R. 4307/S. 2115, Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act H.R. 5188, Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2023 S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act S. 913, Innovation and Development in Ecuador (IDEA) Act of 2023 S.1325, Western Hemisphere Partnership Act of 2023 S.1421, Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Online Act S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023 S.1863, Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act of 2023 S.1926, United States-Uruguay Economic Partnership Act S. 2321, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 Treaty Document 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile H.Res. 449, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the value of a tax agreement with Taiwan Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration Notice, Request for Comments, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Request for Comments on Advancing Inclusive, Worker-Centered Trade Policy (88 Fed. Reg. 38,118-38,119, June 12, 2023) Request for Public Comments, Federal Trade Commission; FTC Collaboration Act of 2021 Study (88 Fed. Reg. 38,510-38,513, June 13, 2023) Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services; Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO); reforms to export controls; implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; 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 the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (P.L. 117-78); implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167); reform of Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); reform of Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618), including establishment of exclusion process; implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of (P. L. 95-223); implementation of the INFORM Consumers Act, Div. BB, Title III of (P. L. 117-328); implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, (P.L. 117-169); implementation of the Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) statute contained in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58); Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V); James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263); reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); pharmaceutical price controls; WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver; implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cyber security; implementation of the U.S.- China economic and trade agreement; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to artificial intelligence; U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe; implementation of U.S. sanctions on Russia including those related to Russias threats to and invasion of Ukraine; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S.-EU negotiations on a legal data transfer mechanism; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; United States-India Trade Policy Forum; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; U.S.-EU Trade & Technology Council; EU-U.S. Joint Technology Competition Policy Dialogue; EU Digital Markets Act; EU Digital Services Act; EU Data Act; EU AI Act; EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism; Global Internet Governance; Global Cross Border Privacy Rules Forum; Digital-related policies in the G20; implementation of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; Federal Trade Commission statutory authority under Section 19 of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914; efforts to modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); efforts related to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024; efforts related to the 2023 Farm Bill; efforts related to opposing international imposition of digital services taxes; efforts related to the negotiation of the U.S. - EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminum Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity; efforts to modify permanent normal trade relations treatment with China & Kazakhstan; efforts to implement an outbound investment screening mechanism; efforts related to establishing a domestic carbon border tax mechanism, foreign pollution fees; efforts related to modernizing customs processes and updating tariff application procedures including revisions to the de minimus statute; efforts to revise country of origin labeling requirements for animal and online products; efforts related to boosting trade relations with the Latin American region; efforts related to electric vehicle tax credit incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP); efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-UK Dialogue on the Future of Atlantic Trade; efforts related to the development and negotiation of the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership; efforts to significantly revise U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law; efforts to provide financial support, trade facilitation, and infrastructure support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA); implementation and enforcement of U.S. free-trade agreements in force with Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement), the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR FTA), Colombia and South Korea; implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO); efforts related to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Chile, Taiwan and Poland; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; competition policy; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy and telecommunications infrastructure; international cybersecurity policy; international policy on standards development; international policies related to content moderation and intermediary liability; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and China; U.S.-Brazil trade; Pacific Digital Trade Agreements; U.S. Chile Tax Treaty, Convention for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital; U.S. Trade Representative section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill; Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) reauthorization and reform; Russian sovereign debt; Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh; Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and associated issues, digital trade de minimus level for duty free clearance of low value goods, competition provisions; patent examination practices and patent quality measures; tech transfer frameworks under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517); recommendations for Export Controls Cooperation at the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council; adoption of digital clothing labels; international competition policy, specifically FTC and DOJ involvement in the European Unions implementation of the EU Digital Markets Act; compliance with sanctions on the Russian Federation and potential legal penalties in Russian courts for U.S. companies; proposal for General License Authorizing Private Commercial Arbitration Proceedings Involving Blocked Persons; small business innovation research; supply chain and defense industrial base issues; printed circuit boards; 21st Century customs framework; customs modernization legislation; legislation to alter de minimus policies
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