LD-2 Disclosure Form

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual

Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.

2. Address

Address1

1615 H STREET, NW

Address2

City

WASHINGTON

State

Zip Code

20062

Country

USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

City

State

Zip Code

Country

4a. Contact Name		b. Telephone Number	c. E-mail
Ms.	Louisa Brooks	2026596000	lobbyreports@uschamber.com

5. Senate ID#

38756-12

7. Client Name	Self	Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.

6. House ID#

318860000

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Various issues relating to supply chain and defense industrial base;
small business innovation research;
federal contracting reformation;
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement;
implementation of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (P.L. 116-283);
implementation of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263);
U.S. spaceport infrastructure, financing for infrastructure improvements, and global competition with China;
farm bill legislation

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

Draft legislation relating to the deployment of automated vehicle technology

Various issues relating to U.S. Department of Transportation regulatory matters related to automated vehicles

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 3935, Securing Growth and Robust Learning in American Aviation Act
S. 307, Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023

Draft legislation related to advancing unmanned aircraft systems and advanced air mobility
Draft legislation related to the expansion of counter UAS authorities

Various issues relating to implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254);
unmanned aerial systems flight restrictions near critical infrastructure facilities;
counter unmanned aerial systems;
general activity related to unmanned aerial systems;
general activity related to urban air mobility;
airline refund rule

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Natl Security Council (NSC)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act
S. 1045, Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act
S. 1181, Bank Management Accountability Act
S. 1790, Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act
S. 2190, An original bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase bank executive accountability and to improve financial stability, and for other purposes

Draft legislation to provide a right of removal to federal court from Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus administrative adjudication
Draft legislation to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus authority to prohibit Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Acts and Practices
Draft legislation regarding the implementation of Basel III
Draft legislation regarding credit repair

Proposed rule regarding beneficial ownership information reporting requirements (86 Fed. Reg. 69,920-69,974, December 8, 2021)

Proposed Rule, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards, and Use of FinCEN Identifiers for Entities (87 Fed. Reg. 77,404-77,457, December 16, 2022)

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Resolution-Related Resource Requirements for Large Banking Organizations (87 Fed. Reg. 64,170-64,175, October 24, 2022)

Proposed Rule, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Registry of Supervised Nonbanks that Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions that Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections (88 Fed. Reg. 6,906-6,969, February 1, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders (88 Fed. Reg. 6,088-6,142, January 30, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Credit Card Penalty Fees (Regulation Z) (88 Fed. Reg. 18,906-18,951, March 29, 2023)

Rulemaking, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Small Business Advisory Review Panel for Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights (October 27, 2022);

Various issues relating to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus March 2022 amendment to UDAAP examination manual;
CFPBs intention to expand public data on auto lending (Document ID CFPB-2022-0075-0001);
Policy developments related to FDIC deposit insurance and the Federal Reserves 13(3) emergency lending program;
Federal Reserve Boards Holistic Capital Review and implementation of the final Basel III framework;
executive compensation at insured depository institutions;
potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Reserve System, Treasury - Dept of, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021

Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds;
Chapter 11 bankruptcies, including third-party release

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023
H.R. 2811, Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
H.R. 4367, Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes

Draft legislation titled Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes

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);
implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Drug Price Negotiation Program (P.L. 117-169, subtitle B);
implementation of the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517);
debt ceiling/limit, budget caps, budget sequestration, and budget reconciliation;
budget reconciliation legislation and related spending levels;
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;
funding issues related to the State Department;
IP issues relating to Internet counterfeiting and piracy;
funding and IP issues relating to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center;
USPTO - FDA interagency collaboration;
patent quality and patent examination practices;
pharmaceutical price controls

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Copyright Office

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

S. 728, Paycheck Fairness Act

Draft legislation titled Wage Equity Act

Nomination of Kalpana Kotagal to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Nomination of Karla Gilbride to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history;
employer consideration of applicant employment status;
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) solicitation of objections to FOIA release of confidential business information

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

S. 142, Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act
S. 150, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2023
S. 315, Taxpayer Research and Contributions Knowledge (TRACK) Act of 2023, including provisions related to university tech transfer
S. 1264, Strengthening Medicare and Reducing Taxpayer (SMART) Prices Act

Draft legislation titled Digital Copyright Act of 2021 (discussion draft)

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7776, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7430, Protecting American Innovation Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 5502/S. 936, Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for (INFORM) Consumers Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 5429, Save our Stages Extension Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6058, Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce (SHOP SAFE) Act of 2020
Potential legislation similar to S. 1416, Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Act of 2019
Potential legislation similar to S. 3700, Affordable Insulin Now Act
Potential legislation revising the Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005
Potential legislation making omnibus year-end appropriations
Potential legislation regarding the establishment of a SEP royalty court
Potential legislation regarding revisions to the tech transfer framework established under the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517)
Potential legislation seeking to impose pharmaceutical price controls to private sector payers
Potential legislation related to artificial intelligence and intellectual property rights
Potential legislation related to patent eligibility reform
Potential legislation related to changes in Patent Trial and Appeal Board Proceedings

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; Changes Under Consideration to Discretionary Institution Practices, Petition Word-Count Limits, and Settlement Practices for America Invents Act Trial Proceedings Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (88 Fed. Reg. 24,503-24,518, April 21, 2023)

Various issues relating to implementation of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125);
nomination vacancies relating to intellectual property, including for an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC);
Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center;
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;
modernization of the U.S. Copyright Office;
patent examination practices and patent quality;
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Food and Drug Administration collaboration efforts;
World Trade Organization pending proposal related to COVID-19 and intellectual property rights;
State Departments Office of Authentication;
IP issues related to internet counterfeiting and piracy;
patent linkage and regulatory data protection;
the World Intellectual Property Organization;
the World Trade Organization;
the World Health Organization;
the United Nations;
IP issues related to prescription drug pricing and labeling;
increased utilization of federal criminal penalties resulting from the passage of the Protect Lawful Streaming Act (PSLA) (P.L. 116-260, Div. Q, Title II), for certain types of copyright infringement via illicit streaming of copyrighted works;
intellectual property enforcement priorities at the U.S.-Mexico border;
licensing negotiations and remedies for standard-essential patents subject to voluntary F/RAND commitments;
draft 2022-2026 USPTO strategic plan;
USPTOs IP Attache Program;
funding for the Intellectual Property Enforcement Program in FY24 Appropriations Legislation;
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)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Copyright Office, White House Office

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Proposed Rule, Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Restriction on Certain Metal Products (88 Fed. Reg. 25,609-25,612, April 27, 2023)

Various issues relating to funding for the Advanced Defense Capabilities Pilot Program;
improvements to the Foreign Military Sales program;
potential Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act provisions related to perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS);
implementation of James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263);
supply chain and the defense industrial base;
small business innovation research;
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Security Council (NSC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 793/S. 161, Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2023
H.R. 2957/S. 1349, College Transparency Act

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);
impact of COVID-19 on 2021-2022 Accountability Systems Required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA, P.L. 89-10);
student data privacy in K-12 and higher education;
general education and workforce preparation;
childcare and early education;
COVID-19 pandemic and education, including returning to in-person schooling, learning loss, the digital divide and broadband connectivity funding, and statewide annual assessments;
the American Families Plan;
potential Future of Assessment Task Force;
universal pre-K;
higher education;
workforce Pell;
Department of Education: Requirements and Responsibilities for Third-Party Servicers and Institutions (Docket ID ED-2022-OPE-0103);
childcare requirements in the Department of Commerces Notice of Public Rights for CHIPS for America incentive program

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 1, Lower Energy Costs Act
H.R. 209, Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023
H.R. 1068, Securing Americas Critical Minerals Supply Act
H.R. 1070, To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes
H.R. 1085, Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining (REFINER) Act
H.R. 1115, Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
H.R. 1130, Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023
H.R. 1140, To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes
H.R. 1152, Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act of 2023
H.R. 1160, Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act
H.R. 1335, Transparency, Accountability, Permitting, and Production of American Resources Act
H.R. 1577, Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act of 2023
H.R. 3081/S. 678, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act of 2023
S. 1111, Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2023

Draft legislation titled Small Business Energy Loan Enhancement Act
Draft legislation to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify standards for water heaters, furnaces, boilers, and kitchen cooktops, ranges, and ovens, and for other purposes
Draft legislation titled Indo-Pacific Strategic Energy Initiative Act
Draft legislation titled the Building Integrated Grids With Inter-Regional Energy Supply (BIG WIRES) Act
Draft legislation titled Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2635/S. 3808, Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4720/S. 2475, Energy Sector Innovation Credit Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7302, Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2022
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7688, Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7776, James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, including provisions relating to Senate Amendment 6513
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8045, Critical Minerals Classification Improvement Act
Potential legislation similar to S. 3808, Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act
Potential legislation similar S. 4064, International Nuclear Energy Act
Potential legislation similar S. 4066, Fueling Our Nuclear Future Act of 2022
Potential legislation similar S. 4217, Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act
Potential legislation similar S. 4815, Simplify Timelines and Assure Regulatory Transparency (START) Act
Potential legislative action similar to H.J.Res. 91/S.J.Res. 55, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on Environmental Quality relating to "National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions
Potential legislative action similar to S.Con.Res.14, A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031

Proposed Rule, Department of Energy; Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers (88 Fed. Reg. 1,722-1,859, January 11, 2023)

Notice of Request for Information (RFI) on Ensuring the Continued Security of the United States Critical Electric Infrastructure (86 Fed. Reg. 21,309-21,311, April 12, 2021)

Department of Interior 2021 Draft List of Critical Minerals, (86 Fed. Reg. 62,199-62,203, Nov. 9, 2021)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection (87 Fed. Reg. 26,504-26,611, May 4, 2022)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Duty of Candor (87 Fed. Reg. 49,784-49,793, August 12, 2022)

Request for Comments on Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, "Regulatory Analysis," Office of Management and Budget; (88 Fed. Reg. 20,915 - 20,916, April 7, 2023)

Guidance for Grants and Agreements, proposed rule; notification of proposed guidance (87 Fed. Reg. 8,374-8,378, February 9, 2023)

Proposed Rule, New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units: Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 33,240-33,420, May 23, 2023)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Applications for Permits to Site Interstate Electric Transmission Facilities (88 Fed. Reg. 2,770-2,794, January 17, 2023)

Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining;
social cost of carbon in cost-benefit analyses underlying federal regulations;
offshore energy exploration;
Keystone XL environmental assessment;
diversifying energy sources, including issues relating to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, offshore oil drilling, and wind energy;
funding for energy efficiency programs;
establishing a durable program for managing used nuclear fuel;
nuclear fuel storage at Yucca Mountain;
funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program;
Department of Interior leasing ban and royalty review;
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Updated Policy Statement on Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities;
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Interim Policy Statement on the Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews;
strategic petroleum reserve;
State Department interim international energy engagement guidance;
electric grid reliability, resiliency, and generation adequacy;
critical minerals, generally;
Office of Management and Budget guidance on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Acts Buy America provisions;
energy security, including implications for national security and natural gas and liquified natural gas exports;
Department of Energy anticipated future energy efficiency regulations;
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program;
Bureau of Land Management Leasing program;
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed program for the 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program;
nuclear energy, including high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel supplies;
electric transmission siting and permitting;
limitations on exports of energy commodities;
implementation of the Natural Gas Act (P.L. 75-688);
development of solar energy;
development of water power;
potential Presidential Performance Contracting Challenge;
potential appropriations supporting energy innovation;
further appropriations for the Department of Energys Office of Science;
continuation of the percentage depletion tax deduction;
Department of the Interiors comprehensive review of the federal oil and gas program as called for in Executive Order 14008;
cybersecurity regulations applicable to critical infrastructure and associated supply chains, including software bills of materials and cyber incident reporting relating to the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure (CIRCIA) Act of 2022;
development of and Initial Implementation Guidance from the Office of Management and Budget on the Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure (April 18, 2022);
electric vehicle charging infrastructure;
hydrogen production tax credit guidance;
implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, including the hydrogen production tax credit, (P.L. No. 117-169)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), State - Dept of (DOS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

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H.R. 1152, Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act of 2023
H.R. 1577, Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews (BUILDER) Act of 2023
H.R. 2670, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act
H.R. 2989, Save Our Sequoias Act of 2023
H.R. 3195, Superior National Forest Restoration Act
S. 646, Hydrogen for Industry Act of 2023
S. 647, Hydrogen for Ports Act of 2023
S. 648, Hydrogen for Trucks Act of 2023
S. 649, Hydrogen Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act
S. 1189, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2023
S. 1194, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act of 2023
S. 1863, A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of certain products
H.J. Res. 27, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'"
H.Con.Res. 34, expressing disapproval of the withdrawal by the Secretary of the Interior of approximately 225,504 acres of National Forest System lands in Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, Minnesota, from disposition under the United States mineral and geothermal leasing laws

Draft legislation on PFAS
Draft legislation relating to Basel convention implementing legislation
Draft legislation relating to fugitive methane emissions
Draft legislation relating to Establishing a Chief Resilience Officer at the White House and calling for interagency coordination and development of a national resilience strategy
Draft legislation relating to increasing the portion of post-disaster funding directed for pre-disaster mitigation purposes, especially in FEMAs Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program
Draft legislation relating to promoting incentives, including tax credits for individuals and businesses for pre-disaster mitigation expenses
Draft legislation titled Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1812 One Federal Decision Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2467, PFAS Action Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2508, Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2515, Building United States Infrastructure through Limited Delays and Efficient Reviews Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2612, Restoring Environments, Soils, Trees, and Operations to develop the Rural Economy (RESTORE) Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 2820/S. 1251, Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 3684, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4309, Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4521, America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology, and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022, including provisions related to e-waste export controls and Buy America
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 5689, Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (AMERICA) Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6461, National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7792, Water Data Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8059/S. 3743, Recycling and Composting Accountability Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8168, Save our Sequoias Act
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 8183/S. 3742, Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2022
Potential legislation similar to S. 2377, Energy Infrastructure Act
Potential legislation similar to S. 2750, Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to S. 3531, National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act
Potential legislative action similar to S.Con.Res.14, A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031

Notice of Availability and Request for Comment on Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates Under Executive Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 24,669 - 24,670, May 7, 2021)

Proposed Rule on Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (86 Fed. Reg. 27,150 - 27,223, May 19, 2021)

Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards, (86 Fed. Reg. 43,726 - 43,811, August 10, 2021)

Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project Reviews (87 Fed. Reg. 14,104-14,142, March 11, 2022)

Certification of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities (87 Fed. Reg. 11,548-11,580, March 1, 2022)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units-Revocation of the 2020 Reconsideration, and Affirmation of the Appropriate and Necessary Supplemental Finding; (87 Fed. Reg. 7,624-7,673, February 9, 2022)

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, General Services Administration; Single-Use Plastics and Packaging (87 Fed. Reg. 40,476-40,477, July 7, 2022)

Proposed Rule, Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances (87 Fed. Reg. 54,415-54,442, September 6, 2022)

Proposed Rule regarding Revised Definition of Waters of the United States (86 Fed. Reg. 69,372-69,450, December 7, 2021)

Proposed Rule regarding Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (87 Fed. Reg. 53,556-53,616, August 31, 2022)

Notice of Public Comment Period, Environmental Protection Agency; Availability of the Draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium (87 Fed. Reg. 63,774-63,775, October 20, 2022)

Proposed Rule, Environmental Protection Agency; Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years (87 Fed. Reg. 66,372-66,409, November 3, 2022)

Request for Stakeholder Input on Options for Combating International Deforestation Associated with Commodities (87 Fed. Reg. 63,142, October, 18, 2022)

TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment (87 Fed. Reg. 72,439-72,441, November 25, 2022)

Notice of Public Meeting: Environmental Justice Considerations for the Development of the Proposed Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) (87 Fed. Reg. 7,412-7,413, February 9, 2022)

Proposed Rule, Environmental Protection Agency; Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Restrictions on the Use of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons Under Subsection (i) the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (87 Fed. Reg. 76,738-76,813, December 15, 2022)

Proposed Rule, Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council; Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk (87 Fed. Reg. 68,312-68,334, Nov. 14, 2022)

Supplemental Proposed Rule, Environmental Protection Agency; Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources; Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review (87 Fed. Reg. 74,702-74,847, December 6, 2022)

Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter (88 Fed. Reg. 5,558-5,719, January 27, 2023)

Proposed Rule, PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation Rulemaking (88 Fed. Reg. 18,638-18,754, March 29, 2023)

Request for Public Comment, Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution: Request for Public Comment (88 Fed. Reg. 27,502-27,504, May 2, 2023)

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Addressing PFAS in the Environment (88 Fed. Reg. 22,399-22,403, April 13, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Bureau of Land Management: Conservation and Landscape Health (88 Fed. Reg. 19,583-19,604, April 3, 2023)

Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles, (88 Fed. Reg. 29,184-29,446, May 5, 2023)

Proposed Rule Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment, Environmental Protection Agency; Asbestos Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos; Regulation of Certain Conditions of Use Under Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (88 Fed. Reg. 16,389 - 16,391, March 17, 2023)

Executive Order 14094; Modernizing Regulatory Review (88 Fed. Reg. 21,879-21,881, April 11, 2023)

Notice of Interim Guidance and Request for Comments, Council on Environmental Quality; National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change (88 Fed. Reg. 1,196-1,212, January 9, 2023)

Proposed Rule by the Environmental Protection Agency; National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review (88 Fed. Reg. 22,790-22,857, April 13, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Environmental Protection Agency; New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units: Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 33,240-33,420, May 23, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Environmental Protection Agency; New Source Performance Standards for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry and Group I & II Polymers and Resins Industry (88 Fed. Reg. 25,080-25,205, April 25, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Environmental Protection Agency; Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Chemical Substances Designated as Inactive on the TSCA Inventory; Significant New Use Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 4,937-4,945 January 26, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Federal Trade Commission; Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (87 Fed. Reg. 77,766-77,770, December 20, 2022)

Request for Comments, Environmental Protection Agency; Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decision and Draft Risk Assessment Addendum for Ethylene Oxide (88 Fed. Reg. 22,447-22,449, April 13, 2023)

Proposed Rule, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Methylene Chloride Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (88 Fed. Reg. 28,284-28,346, May 3, 2023)

Public Comment, Environmental Protection Agency; National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives for Fiscal Years 2024-2027 (88 Fed. Reg. 2,093-2,097, January 12, 2023)

Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Environmental Protection Agency; Fees for the Administration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (87 Fed. Reg. 68,647-68,667, November 16, 2022)

Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining;
nominations for EPA's Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases Peer Review;
implementation of Sections 311, 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act (P.L. 91-190);
EPAs Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards, including Good Neighbor Air Quality Standards;
implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (P.L. 91-190);
implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (P.L. 114-182);
implementation and reforms of the Toxic Substances Control Act (P.L. 94-469);
implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act (P.L. 116-260, Div. S, section 103) including provisions implementation of the laws Allocation Rule;
implementation of the STORM Act (P.L. 116-284);
implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERLCA, P.L. 96-510), including private cleanup cost and designating Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) under CERCLA;
implementation of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254);
implementation of Section 45V of the Inflation Reduction Act (P.L. 117-169): Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen;
funding for water infrastructure programs authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58);
U.S.- Mexico water policy;
energy security and its relationship to national security;
diversifying energy sources including issues related to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, offshore oil drilling, and wind energy;
corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards;
federal flood risk management standard;
sea level rise and erosion associated with climate change;
phasing out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs);
energy production in the Arctic;
2024 water policy priorities;
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Climate Accords;
DOE Review of Bulk Power Sector Supply Chain Executive Order;
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) enforcement;
toxicity classification of plastics in Canada (to USTR);
Department of the Interiors comprehensive review of the federal oil and gas program as called for in Executive Order 14008;
deployment of Smart Water Infrastructure Technology;
the Border Water Infrastructure Program;
inclusion of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) construction codes in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy;
regulation of perfluoroalkyls and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFAS) and fluoropolymers;
Provisions in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, related to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS);
request to extend the public comment period for EPAs upcoming review of MCL research;
FERC certification of new interstate gas facilities;
Executive Order 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability, provisions relating to Procurement and PFAS;
ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol;
climate-related financial risk management for large banks;
regulations affecting heavy-duty trucks;
potential ban on the use of asbestos;
Section 301 exclusions for water filters;
environmental justice;
COP 28;
infrastructure and permitting including the White House Permitting Action Plan;
endorsement of scientific experts for Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) assessments;
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) issues;
water and western water issues;
small and disadvantaged community water issues;
strategic petroleum reserve;
reference dose levels for PFOA and PFOS considered by EPAs Science Advisory Board;
Waters of the United States," including definition, regional roundtable discussions regarding, potential legislation, and potential reintroduction of a proposed rule;
budget hearings for the Council on Environmental Quality, Environmental Protection Agency;
carbon border adjustments;
voluntary carbon offset markets;
voluntary methane reductions from agriculture/USDA research on methane reductions from agriculture;
Proposed rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) under interagency review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB);
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Water Strategy Action Plan;
Air Quality: Revision to the Regulatory Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds-Exclusion of (2E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene (HFO-1336mzz(E);
Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program Request for Information;
proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule;
EU PFAS regulations;
Implementation of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (P.L, 83-212);
Canadian plastics consultations;
Health Canada PFAS in drinking water consultation;
Canadas State of PFAS Report;
EU REACH PFAS consultation;
FTC Green Guides;
Global Plastics Pollution Agreement;
UN water conference;
DoD PFAS Critical Use Report;
Chromium VI SAB hearing;
methane mitigation from the natural gas value chain;
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Broadening Public Engagement in the Federal Regulatory Process, public hearing and comments;
farm bill legislation;
proposed regulatory determination for PFHxS, HPFO-DA, GenX chemicals, and PFNA;
EPA proposed maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) and proposed maximum contaminant level goals (MCLGs);
House and Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act 2024
House and Senate Fiscal Year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Relate Agencies Bill

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Energy - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023
H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act
H.R. 1553, Helping Angels Lead our Startups (HALOS) Act
H.R. 1548, Improving Access to Small Business Information 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. 4177/S. 2007, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act of 2023
H.R. 4168/S.2005 Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2023
H.R. 4237, Ensuring Sound Guidance 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 expand well-known seasoned issuer (WKSI) eligibility
Potential legislation to require the SEC to consider additional standards in the rulemaking process
Potential legislation to study the term small entity
Potential legislation regarding a new regulatory framework for stablecoins
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

Notice and Request for Comment, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Agency Information Collection Activities: Junk Fees Timing Study (88 Fed. Reg. 23,646, Apr. 18, 2023)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Negative Option Rule, Project No. P064202 (88 Fed. Reg. 24,716-24,739, April 24, 2023)

Notice, Securities and Exchange Commission; Order Scheduling Filing of Statements on Review; In the Matter of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. for an Order Granting the Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, To Establish a Corporate Bond New Issue Reference Data Service (87 Fed. Reg. 79,014-79,015, December 23, 2022)

Notice, Securities and Exchange Commission; Self-Regulatory Organizations, New York Stock Exchange LLC, Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Adopt New Section 303A.14 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual To Establish Listing Standards Related to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Executive Compensation (88 Fed. Reg. 15,480-15,484, March 13, 2023)

Notice, Securities and Exchange Commission; Self-Regulatory Organizations, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change To Establish Listing Standards Related to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Executive Compensation (88 Fed. Reg. 15,500-15,503, March 13, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Registry of Supervised Nonbanks that Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions that Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections (88 Fed. Reg. 6,906-6,969, February 1, 2023)

Proposed Rule, SEC Enhanced Reporting of Proxy Votes by Registered Management Investment Companies; Reporting of Executive Compensation Votes by Institutional Investment Managers Proposed Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 57,478 -57,524 October 15, 2021)

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)

Proposed Rule, Securities and Exchange Commission; Reopening of Comment Period for Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization (87 Fed. Reg. 75,975-75,977, December 12, 2022)

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)

Request for Comment, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices (88 Fed. Reg. 21,883-21,890, April 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;
SEC Proposed Rulemakings: Regulation Best Execution (Release No. 34-96496; File No. S7-32-22); Order Competition Rule (Release No. 34-96495; File No. S7-31-22); Regulation NMS: Minimum Pricing Increments, Access Fees, and Transparency of Better Priced Orders (Release No. 34-96494; File S7-30-22); Disclosure of Order Execution Information (Release No. 34-96493; S7-29-22);
the Federal Reserve Boards Supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank and ongoing Holistic Capital;
potential rulemaking regarding Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Act (P.L. 111-203);
EU sustainable finance action plan and incorporating ESG factors into financial services;
EU requirements for supply chain due diligence and disclosures;
PCAOB amendments to quality control standards;
Proposed Auditing Standard - General Responsibilities of the Auditor in Conducting an Audit (PCAOB Release No. 2023-001, March 28, 2023; PCAOB Rulemaking Docket Matter No. 049);
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Adopt New Section 303A.14 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual to Establish Listing Standards Related to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-Based Executive Compensation (SR-NYSE-2023-12);
Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change to Establish Listing Standards Related to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Executive Compensation (SR-NASDAQ-2023-005);
Order Scheduling Filing of Statements on Review; In the Matter of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. for an Order Granting the Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 2, To Establish a Corporate Bond New Issue Reference Data Service (File No. SR-FINRA-2019-008);
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;
third party litigation funding (including its national security implications) and DOJs authority (including under the False Claims Act and the Foreign Agents Registration Act) to regulate it

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Small Business Administration (SBA)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 760, Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act of 2023
H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023
H. Res. 11, Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Various issues related to 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;
implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement;
reform of the World Trade Organization;
Canada's Digital Services Tax Act;
Commercial Service Office in Bangladesh;
Extraterritorial Application of Sec. 49 German Income Tax Act;
Indonesias Proposed "Draft Regulation of the President on the Responsibilities of Digital Platform Companies in Support of Quality Journalism";
U.S.-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET);
implementation of the Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V);
implementation of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263);
supply chain and the defense industrial base

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Natl Security Council (NSC), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4737/S. 3137, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

Nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the SBA

Request for Comments on Proposed OMB Circular No. A-4, Regulatory Analysis, Office of Management and Budget; (88 Fed. Reg. 20,915 - 20,916, April 7, 2023)

Request for Comments on Guidance Implementing Section 2(e) of the Executive Order of April 6, 2023 (Modernizing Regulatory Review), Office of Management and Budget (88 Fed. Reg. 20,916 - 20,917, April 7, 2023)

Various issues relating to application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship;
implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2);
decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians;
urging nomination of a new FAA Administrator;
defense industrial base;
concerns related to the per claim penalty provision of the False Claims Act and potential legislative reform;
9-47.120 - Criminal Division Corporate Enforcement and Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy meaning of extraordinary cooperation and extraordinary remediation to qualify for a declination;
Camp Lejeune related litigation;
oversight issues related to the U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Labor - Dept of (DOL)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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

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 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;
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;
role of private sector related pandemic prevention, preparedness and response;
oversight issues related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Executive Office of the President (EOP)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 1148, Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act
H.R. 1219, Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act
H.R. 2670, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
S. 686, Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act
S. 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and related amendments
H. Res. 11, Establishing the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

Draft legislation to establish the Cyber Safety Review Board
Draft legislation to reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) for five years
Draft legislation titled Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC) Act

Request for Comments, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Agency Information Collection Activities: Secure Software Development Attestation Common Form (88 Fed. Reg. 25,670-25,672, April 27, 2023)

Various issues relating to cybersecurity protections;
cyber incident disclosure, notification, and reporting of breaches, hacks, and other security incidents, including federal preemption and liability protections;
Internet of Things (IoT) security and core capability baselines;
deepening business and governmental operational collaboration against foreign cyber threats;
increased cybersecurity risk during the coronavirus pandemic;
information sharing between the public and private sectors;
data breach notification;
The National Cyber Directorate;
continuation of the National Space Council;
Executive Order 14017 on Securing Americas Critical Supply Chains;
Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities;
extension of section 3610 of the CARES Act (P.L. 116-134);
reauthorization of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, (P.L. 109-417);
implementation of National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-92);
FY2024 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security (CISA) Appropriations;
Cyber Threat Information Collaboration Environment (CTICE) program;
U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys SAFETY Act Program;
DoD Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0;
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 concept paper, Potential Significant Updates to the Cybersecurity Framework;
section 889, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 (P.L. 115-232);
SEC proposed rules, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (file no. S7-09-22);
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, Div. Y, Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-103) and related rulemaking;
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, (P.L. 117-397) including language on systemically important entities, a software bill of materials, and certain semiconductors, section 5949;
DoD Early Engagement Opportunity: Implementation of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, including questions related to section 5949 (prohibition on certain semiconductor products and services) of the FY 2023 NDAA;
letters to House and Senate health care subcommittees in response to congressional requests for information on reauthorizing the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA);
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), request for Comment on secure software development attestation common form;
White House national cybersecurity strategy

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Defense - Dept of (DOD), White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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. 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. 1787, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide nonimmigrant status to mobile entertainment workers, and for other purposes
H.R. 2758, Returning Worker Accountability Act of 2023
H.R. 3308, 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. 4367 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024
S. 156, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act
S. 207, Temporary Protected Status Reform and Integrity Act
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. 665, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act
S. 874, Farm Operations Support Act
S. 979,H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2023
S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023
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
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

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6637, Dignity for Immigrants while Guarding our Nation to Ignite and Deliver the American Dream DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act

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 BridgeUSA 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;
expansion of the use of the E-Verify system;
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 change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas;
proposals that would 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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office

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Federal Insurance Office Request for Information on the Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks (86 Fed. Reg. 48,814-48,819, August 31, 2021)

Federal Insurance Office propose data collection on climate-related financial risk (87 Fed. Reg. 64,134-64,141, October 21, 2022)

Various issues relating to the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program;
special financial assistance for financially troubled multiemployer plans;
availability and affordability of automotive insurance

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Treasury - Dept of

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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. 3745, Unemployment Trust Fund Accountability 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

Draft legislation titled Teenagers Earning Everyday Necessary Skills (TEENS) Act

Potential legislation to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify pecuniary factors may not be subordinated to or limited by non-pecuniary factors

Nomination of Jessica Looman to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division

Renomination of Amanda Wood Laihow to be a commissioner on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

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)

Proposed Rule, Department of Labor; Employee or Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (87 Fed. Reg. 62,218-62,275, Oct. 13, 2022)

Final Rule on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights (87 Fed. Reg. 73,822-73,886, December 1, 2022)

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Federal Trade Commission; Noncompete Clause Rule (88 Fed. Reg. 3,482-3,546, January 19, 2023)

Various issues relating to 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);
The FTC's Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Taskforce;
The 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;
filing complaints under the National Labor Relations Act;
Solicitation for Public Comments on Provisions of Franchise Agreements and Franchisor Business Practices;
Executive Order 13999, Protecting Worker Health and Safety;
Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors;
Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy;
Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects;
unemployment insurance;
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)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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S. 1212, Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act of 2023

Potential legislation similar to H.R. 7151, Ensuring Sound Guidance Act

Various issues relating to multiemployer pension plans;
the multiemployer pension recapitalization and reform plan (MPRRP);
single employer defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans;
fiduciary investment duties and fiduciary status;
e-delivery of retirement plan disclosures and notices;
funding for single employer pension plans;
remote notarization and remote witnessing procedures;
brokerage windows in self-directed retirement plans;
U.S. Department of Labors review of the definition of investment advice fiduciary;
auto-portability of retirement plans;
implementation of Internal Revenue Code Section 411(d)(6), relationship to in-service early retirement distributions;
implementation and technical corrections of the SECURE 2.0 Act (P.L. 117-328)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of

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H.R. 3560, National Drone and Advanced Air Mobility Research and Development Act

Potential legislation providing funding to implement the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022(P.L. 117-167)

Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020);

Various issues related to the Office of Science and Technology Policies Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights;
appropriation for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);
implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167);
reauthorization of National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368);
National AI Research Resource;
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), White House Office, Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

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H.R. 2673/S. 866, American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2023
H.R. 2767/S. 1243, Small Business Investment Act of 2023
H.R. 3799, Custom Health Option and Individual Care Expense (CHOICE) Arrangement Act
S. 609, Necessary Entrepreneurship Workshops via the SBA to Transform and Assist Re-entry Training (NEW START) Act of 2023
S. 1411, Prove It Act of 2023
S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act of 2023

Nomination of Dilawar Syed to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking (88 Fed. Reg. 3,004-3,144, January 18, 2023)

Various issues relating to the implementation of the Small Business Administration 7(a) loan program;
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), including loan forgiveness and repayment to loans for existing borrowers
opportunity zones;
199A tax deduction;
reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs;
reauthorization of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Small Business Administration (SBA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

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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
S. 866, American Innovation and Jobs Act
S. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023
S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty 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

Proposed Rule, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau; Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations (88 Fed. Reg. 1,171, January 9, 2023)

Proposed Rule, Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department; Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (88 Fed. Reg. 17,451-17,466, March 23, 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;
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);
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;
Treaty Document No. 112-8, Tax Convention with Chile;
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. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives

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H.R. 682, Launch Communications Act
H.R. 742, Telling Everyone the Location of data Leaving the U.S. (TELL) Act
H.R. 750, Chinese-owned Applications Using The Information of Our Nation (CAUTION) Act of 2023
H.R. 784, Internet Application I.D. Act
H.R. 1050, Data Science and Literacy Act
H.R. 1165, Data Privacy Act of 2023
H.R. 1338, Satellite And Telecommunications (SAT) Streamlining Act
H.R. 1341, Spectrum Coordination Act
H.R. 2463/S. 916, Junk Fee Prevention Act
H.R. 3044/S. 1596, REAL Political Ads Act
H.R. 3089, NDO Fairness Act
H.R. 3309, Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining (Standard FEES) Act
H.R. 3283, Facilitating the Deployment of Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions and Legacy (Facilitating DIGITAL) Applications Act
H.R. 3293, Expediting Federal Broadband Deployment Reviews Act
H.R. 3299, Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions and Legacy (DIGITAL) Applications Act
H.R. 3343, Federal Broadband Deployment Tracking Act
H.R. 3369, Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act
H.R. 3459/S. 307, Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023
H.R. 3557, American Broadband Deployment Act of 2023
H.R. 3831, AI Disclosure Act
S. 931, Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act
S. 1094, Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) of 2023
S. 1212, Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic (SECURE) Notarization Act
S.1356, Assuring Safe, Secure, Ethical, and Stable Systems for AI (ASSESS AI) Act
S.1409, Kids Online Safety Act
S. 1564, AI Leadership Training Act
S. 1671, Digital Platform Commission Act
S. 1865, Transparent Automated Governance Act
S. 1873, Global Technology Leadership Act
S. 1993, No Section 230 immunity in AI Act
S. 2032 Legacy IT Reeducation Act of 2023

Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform
Draft legislation on platform transparency
Draft legislation on improvements to the Paperwork Reduction Act
Draft legislation around collection and sharing of government data
Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology
Potential legislation related to Good AI Act
Potential legislation related to State and Local Digital Service Act
Potential legislation related to Kids Online Safety Act
Potential legislation related to Algorithmic Accountability Act
Potential legislation related to American Data Privacy Protection Act
Potential legislation related to Artificial Intelligence

Nominations to the Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee

Request for Comments on a Draft Memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, "Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020)

National Telecommunications and Information Administration; AI Accountability Policy Request for Comment (88 Fed. Reg. 22,433-22,441, April 13, 2023)

Request for Comments, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Development of a National Spectrum Strategy (88 Fed. Reg. 16,244-16,247, March 16, 2023)

Request for Comments, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; Digital Equity Act of 2021 (88 Fed. Reg. 13,101-13,106, March 1, 2023)

Request for Information, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Automated Worker Surveillance and Management (88 Fed. Reg. 27,932-27,936, May 3, 2023)

Various issues relating to expanding access to high speed broadband internet service;
broadband infrastructure and deployment;
broadband permitting reform;
nominations at Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP);
technology and economic relief;
intermediary liability;
potential federal privacy legislation;
facial recognition technology;
net neutrality;
internet of things (IoT) devices;
robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243);
implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277);
implementation of the American Rescue Plan including provisions relating to the Technology Modernization Fund (P.L. 117-2);
implementation of Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act (P.L. 115-141);
implementation of the OPEN Government Data Act (P.L. 115-435);
funding for implementation of the CHIPS for America Act, enacted as part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-92);
implementation of the National Artificial Intelligence Act, enacted as part of the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 116-283);
implementation of the Drivers Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 103-322);
implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58);
implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act, (P.L. 117-167), including provisions relating to stock buybacks;
appropriating funding for the Public Wireless Supply Chain Fund and the Multilateral Telecommunications Security Fund;
increased technology modernization funding for FY24;
artificial intelligence regulation, standards, research and development;
Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence;
Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities;
Executive Order 14017, Executive Order on America's Supply Chains;
Consumer Cybersecurity Labeling Pilots;
Feedback to NIST on AI Risk Management;
Future of the FCC Universal Service Fund;
European Unions Artificial Intelligence Act;
FTC enforcement;
potential Executive Order on identity theft;
Technology Modernization Fund in Financial Services and General Government proposed appropriations legislation;
appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation (NSF);
appropriations for the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission;
draft National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidance on Federal Internet of Things Device Cybersecurity;
security criteria for Internet of Things (IoT) Devices;
draft Consumer Software Labeling Criteria;
House Select Committee on Modernization;
House Administration efforts on Modernization;
the Administrations Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Action Plan;
use of third-party messaging apps by corporate employees;
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 concept paper, Potential Significant Updates to the Cybersecurity Framework;
implementation of the International Technology Security and Innovation Fund (ITSI Fund)
Federal Trade Commission activities, including hearings on competition and consumer protection;
franchise rule and earnings rule;
Solicitation for Public Comments on the Business Practices of Cloud Computing Providers (Docket ID FTC-2023-0028) implementation of the Department of Commerces semiconductor incentives program funded by the CHIPS and Science Act (P.L. 117-167);
Office of Science and Technology Policies Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights;
Buy America provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58);
semiconductor permitting;
FCC auction authority;
FCC commissioner nominees;
oversight issues pertaining to the Department of Commerce, FCC, OSTP, and the FTC;
algorithmic issues in employment;
enforcement provisions of proposed federal comprehensive data privacy legislation

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Treasury - Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), General Services Administration (GSA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

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H.R. 788, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023
H.R. 2953/S. 1376, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act
H.R. 3038/S. 1408, Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act
H.R. 3446/S. 1645, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2023
H.R. 4120/S. 1979, Protecting Older Americans Act
S. 1524, Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2023, including provisions relating to anti-arbitration in sections 2 and 3

Various issues relating to legal reform;
proposal to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require disclosure of third-party litigation funding;
Servicemembers waiver of rights and protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (P.L. 108-189);
the use of arbitration to resolve disputes between federal contractors and their employees;
decision-making at independent agencies, White House interactions with independent agencies and Chevron deference;
implementation of the Federal Arbitration Act (P.L. 68-401);
legal services advertising;
asbestos litigation;
fraud and abuse in civil litigation

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H.R. 284, United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2023
H.R. 1033, Virgin Islands Visa Waiver Act of 2023
H.R. 3599, DIGNITY Act
H.R. 4367, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024
S. 387, Canadian Snowbirds Act of 2023
S. 493, Securing the Visa Waiver Program Act of 2023
S. 814, Romania Visa Waiver 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

Various issues relating to the visa waiver program;
international travel;
biometric entry-exit;
border security;
the suspension of entry of certain nationals/groups of nationals from certain countries and the cessation of those entry restrictions;
increased vetting of visa applicants;
trusted traveler programs;
resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security;
aerial security enhancements;
REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation;
increasing the number of Customs and Border Protection officers;
Customs and Border Protection funding;
expanding consular operations and staffing;
fully reinstituting routine visa processing at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad;
expanding visa interview waiver eligibility at consulates;
reestablishing historical levels of employer access to J-1 program beneficiaries to boost travel and tourism;
removing pre-departure testing requirements for in-bound international travelers to the U.S.;
consular service delays;
implementation of electronic visa foils in passports;
improving wait times for CBP processing at ports of entry;
expanding and implementing new CBP preclearance facilities abroad

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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S. 259, Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act

Draft legislation relating to the deployment of automated vehicle technology
Potential legislation similar to S. 4136, Water Resources Development Act of 2022

Request for Comment, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA's Review of its General Applicability Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Manufactured Products (88 Fed. Reg. 16,517-16,520, March 17, 2023)

Request for Comment, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; UAS Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight Operations (88 Fed. Reg. 33,855-33,857, May 25, 2023)

Request for Comments, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Exemption Application From Waymo LLC, and Aurora Operations, Inc. (88 Fed. Reg. 13,489-13,490, March 3, 2023)

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;
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;
Buy America provisions especially in infrastructure legislation;
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;
Buy America implementation;
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;
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);
west coast port labor negotiations

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

H.R. 722, Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act
H.R. 813, Global Investment in American Jobs Act
H.R. 2670, 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. 3882, Leveling the Playing Field Act 2.0
H.R. 4004, United States-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade First Agreement Implementation Act
S. 125, China Trade Relations Act of 2023
S. 629, Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act
S. 653, Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2023
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. 1457, Taiwan Tax Agreement Act of 2023
Treaty Document 122-8, 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 Medical Supply Chain Resilience Act
Draft legislation titled Americas Trade and Investment Act
Draft legislation titled Foreign Pollution Act
Draft legislation titled For Accurate Import Relief To Aid Retailers and Importers of Foreign Freights (FAIR TARIFF) Act

Potential trade legislation related to boosting trade with countries involved in the Abraham Accords Declaration

Proposed Rule, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau; Consideration of Updates to Trade Practice Regulations (88 Fed. Reg. 1,171, January 9, 2023)

Various issues relating to U.S.-Korea digital trade and services;
United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Labor Council;
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);
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794);
Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618);
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);
implementation of the Foreign Assistance Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-328, Title V);
implementation of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (P.L. 117-263);
reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT);
International Telecommunications Union;
World Health Organization (WHO);
WHO Pandemic Accord;
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);
World Trade Organization;
The United Nations;
pharmaceutical price controls;
proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver;
implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement;
Executive Order 14017, America's Supply Chains;
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;
artificial intelligence;
U.S. economic and commercial relations with key trading partners across the globe;
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;
U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade;
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;
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;
modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS);
farm bill legislation;
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 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;
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;
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 Israel, Jordan, Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain, Oman, Peru, South Korea, Colombia, and Panama, as well as Canada and Mexico (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA) and El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica (the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement or DR-CAFTA);
Implementation and enforcement of the agreements and ongoing negotiations of the World Trade Organization (WTO);
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 affairs budget;
international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services;
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;
proposed rules implementing Executive Order 13873, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain;
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 on initiation of section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax;
efforts to pass the Miscellaneous Tariff bill;
reauthorization of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA);
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;
USPTO-FDA collaboration efforts;
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;
small business innovation research;
supply chain and defense industrial base issues;
printed circuit boards;
21st Century customs framework;
customs modernization legislation

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Intl Trade Administration (ITA)

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
No Yes

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Christopher	Roberti
John	Neal
Kathryn	Levantovscaia
Keith	Webster
John	Overstreet

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Matthew	Furlow
Thomas	Quaadman
Jordan	Crenshaw

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Matthew	Furlow
Thomas	Quaadman
Jordan	Crenshaw
John	Drake
Sterling	Wiggins

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
William (Bill)	Hulse
Thomas	Quaadman
William	Gardner
Evan	Williams

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Nathan	Morris

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
David	Weissman
Timothy	Maney
Allison	Dembeck
Justin	Lumadue
Christine	Scullion
John	Kirchner
Nick	Vaugh
Moore	Hallmark
Clark	Jackson
Stephen	McAllister
Kevin	Courtois
Monique	Thierry
John	Gonzales
Christopher	Eyler
Jennings	Imel
Brince	Manning
Ethan	Hellier
Ryan	Gleason
Maggie	Woodin
Roy	McKenzie
Thomas	Quaadman
Patrick	Kilbride
Kelly	Anderson
Bradley	Watts
Sydney	Crawford

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Allison	Dembeck
David	Weissman
Nick	Vaugh
Stephen	McAllister
Monique	Thierry
John	Gonzales
Kevin	Courtois
John	Kirchner
Ethan	Hellier
Moore	Hallmark
Clark	Jackson
Brince	Manning
Jennings	Imel
Ryan	Gleason
Maggie	Woodin
Cheryl	Oldham

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Christine	Scullion
David	Weissman
Kevin	Courtois
Nick	Vaugh
Stephen	McAllister
Moore	Hallmark
Clark	Jackson
John	Kirchner
Brince	Manning
Monique	Thierry
John	Gonzales
Jennings	Imel
Christopher	Eyler
Ethan	Hellier
Ryan	Gleason
Maggie	Woodin
Varnee	Murugan
Matthew	Webb
Katherine	Mahoney

First Name	Last Name	Suffix	Covered Official Position (if applicable)	New
Suzanne	Clark
Neil	Bradley
John	Howard
Evan	Jenkins
Martin	Durbin
Ronald	Eidshaug
Christine	Scullion
Kenneth	Johnson	Jr.
David	Weissman
Kevin	Courtois
Moore	Hallmark
Nick	Vaugh
Stephen	McAllister
John	Kirchner
Christopher	Eyler
Clark	Jackson
Jennings	Imel
Ethan	Hellier
Brince	Manning
Monique	Thierry
John	Gonzales
Ryan	Gleason
Maggie	Woodin
Jonathan	Baselice
Glenn	Spencer