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

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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.

15. General issue area code APP

16. Specific lobbying issues

Trans-Pacific (TPP) Partnership negotiations - communication of U.S. retail industry views regarding proposed rules governing trade in textiles and apparel; Textile Fiber Products Identification Act regulations; Communication of retail industry view of issues of Bangladesh worker safety in the ready made garment industry; S. 1136, Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level Extension Act, all provisions;
Educate members regarding the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, White House Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Labor - Dept of (DOL)

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15. General issue area code BAN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Update House and Senate on Interchange/swipe fee reform issues, including pending surcharge legislation in states; provide retailers' perspective of issues in implementing mobile payment systems; data security and breach notification as it relates to sensitive financial data; cybersecurity information sharing issues; S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014, all provisions; S. 1984, Credit Card Theft Sentencing Act of 2014, all provisions

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ)

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15. General issue area code HCR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Health Care Reform; Health Care Mandate Penalties; Employer/Employee Flexibility; Consumer-Directed Health Care; Health Insurance Exchanges; H.R. 2575, the Save American Workers Act, change ACAs definition of full time work to 40 hours per week; S. 1188/H.R. 2988, Forty Hours is Full Time Act, all provisions; S. 2546/H.R. 1254, Auto Enroll Repeal Act, all provisions; H.R. 2577, Small Business Job Protection Act of 2013, all provisions;
S. 603/H.R. 769, Jobs and Premium Protection Act, all provisions; H.R. 3419, Small Business Fairness in Obamacare Act, all provisions; S. 2168, Small Business Stability Act, all provisions; S. 2176, Common Sense Reporting Act, all provisions; S. 2069, Small Business Tax Credit Availability Act, all provisions; S. 1729, Expanded Consumer Choice Act, all provisions; H.R. 5213, Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2014, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Treasury - Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

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15. General issue area code LAW

16. Specific lobbying issues

Support efforts to further define and criminalize organized retail crime

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE

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15. General issue area code LBR

16. Specific lobbying issues

FY2015 Labor Appropriations; Dept. of Labor Persuader Regulations; Support for the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act (H.R. 803); S.2178/H.R.4320 - Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R.4321 - Employee Privacy Protection Act, all provisions; S.1737 - Minimum Wage Fairness Act, all provisions; S.2199 - Paycheck Fairness Act, all provisions; NLRB Proposed Rule on Representation - case procedures; federal minimum wage issues generally;
OSHA Proposed Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; S. 2223, or other similar proposals to raise the federal minimum wage, oppose legislation; S. 2814, National Labor Relations Board Reform Act, all provisions; Potential changes to overtime rules, no specific legislation; H.R.803 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, all provisions; S.2199 - Paycheck Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R.4959 - EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act, all provisions; H.R.5422 - Litigation Oversight Act of 2014, all provisions; H.R.5423 - Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

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15. General issue area code TAX

16. Specific lobbying issues

S. 743/H.R. 684, Marketplace Fairness Act, all provisions; regulations on retail inventory method; H.R. 1, tax reform; oppose imposition of Value Added Tax, National Retail Sales Tax; S.749/H.R. 4212, A bill to permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, qualified restaurant property, and qualified retail improvement property; HR 25/S.122 - Fair Tax Act of 2013, all provisions; S.1859, Tax Extenders Act of 2013, extension of WOTC and bonus depreciation
H.R.4718 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation; H.R.5021 - Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014; H.R.4457 - America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014, to permanently extend Section 179 expensing at $500,000 limit; S. 2260, EXPIRE Act of 2014, Business Tax Extenders provisions; H.R.4718 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation, all provisions; S.2609 - Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act, all provisions; H.R.5264 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the work opportunity credit permanent, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of

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15. General issue area code TRA

16. Specific lobbying issues

Implementation of MAP-21, provisions related to national freight policy; Revisions to FMCSA Drivers Hours of Service regulations; S. 1509, Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century, oppose new fee proposal provisions; H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform & Development Act, all provisions; HR. 3413, TRUE Safety Act, support bill; H.R. 4105, Martime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century, oppose new fee proposal provisions;
S.2438 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, drivers hours of service provisions; Highway Bill Reauthorization (no bill number), support of freight policy; H.R.5101 - National Freight Network Trust Fund Act of 2014, all provisions; H.R.5624 - Economy in Motion: The National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act, all provisions; Communication of retail industry views regarding impact of West Coast port labor negotiations, no specific legislation.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

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15. General issue area code TRD

16. Specific lobbying issues

S.662 -- Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013, communicate retail industry views; Trans-Pacific (TPP) Partnership negotiations communication of U.S. retail industry views regarding proposed rules governing trade in textiles and apparel and rules to enhance supply chain management and efficiency;
H.R. 2709, To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, all provisions; S. 1331, A bill to extend the Generalized System of Preferences and other purposes, all provisons; African Growth & Opportunity Act, no bill #, support long term reauthorization; Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP), communication of retail industry views; S. 1900/H.R. 3830, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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15. General issue area code CSP

16. Specific lobbying issues

Legislative discussions regarding provisions on collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information, privacy policy with respect to collection and use of PII, self regulatory programs providing protection for consumers; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013, all provisions; Data security breach notification legislation, no specific bill;
FTC authority re: data retention and breach notification; communication of retail views regarding security policies and procedures in protecting customer information; federal standard in the instance of data breach; mobile application privacy as it relates to retailers' connection with their customers; use of geolocation information to provide benefits to consumers; S. 1193, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013, all provisions; S. 1927, Data Security Act of 2014, all provisions; S. 1976, Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014, all provisions; S. 1897, Personal Data Privacy & Security Act of 2014, all provisions; S. 1995, Personal Data Protection & Breach Accountability Act of 2014, all provisions; S. 2171, Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014, use of geolocation services to meet customer expectations and enhance customer experience; CPSC 2015 Budget Request, including import surveillance user fee to offset cost of CPSC national import surveillance program; Comments on CPSC Docket Number CPSC-2013-0040, 16 CFR 1115 et seq proposed rulemaking regarding voluntary recall notices provided as part of corrective action plan under Section 15 of the CPSA; Comments on CPSC Docket Number CPSC-2014-0005, 16 CFR 1101, Information Disclosure under Section 6(b) of the Consumer product Safety Act.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

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15. General issue area code HOM

16. Specific lobbying issues

Safe Port Reauthorization Act - support reauthorization of legislation; H.R. 624, Cyberintelligence Sharing and Protection Act; H.R. 508, TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013, support renewal; H.R. 2146, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2013, support renewal;S.2588 - Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014, public/private info sharing, monitoring networks, and safeguards on electronic information; H.R. 5455, Scan Containers Absolutely Now Act, all provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection

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15. General issue area code IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 1354, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2013, support legislation; S. 223/H.R. 490, Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act, support efforts to expand eligibility for countries to participate in VWP; support for comprehensive immigration reform legislation; Communications emphasized concern with temporary worker program and employee verification provisions; Support comprehensive immigration reform, no specific legislation.
Support for S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013; letter to House supporting comprehensive immigration reform no bill yet; Support for H.R. 1772, the Legal Workforce Act of 2013; S. 2218, Subnational Visa Waiver Program Act of 2014, support legislation.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

White House Office, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, State - Dept of (DOS)

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15. General issue area code SCI

16. Specific lobbying issues

Patent reform - H.R. 845, Shield Act, communicating impact of infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices; H.R. 2639, Patent Litigation and Innovation Act, communicating impact of infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices; H.R. 2024: End Anonymous Patents Act, all provisions;
S. 1013, Patent Abuse Reduction Act, communicating impact of infringement claims, demand letters and patent litigation on retail business practices; S. 866, Patent Quality Improvements Act, to address infringement claims against business method patents; H.R. 2766: STOP Act, All provisions; urged legislative action to curb abuses and expansion of Covered Business Method review program, no bill; S.1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013, customer stay provisions; H.R.3309 - Innovation Act, patent litigation reform; S.1612, Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013, fee shifting, bonding provisions; H.R. 3540, Demand Letter Transparency Act and S. 2049, Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act - bring more transparency & detail to patent trolls' demand letters sent to retailers & chain restaurants; Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2014, clarify FTC enforcement to rein in bad actors targting retailers with bad faith demand letters; Urged support for legislation to address problem of patent assertion entity demand letters, no specific legislation.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO)

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15. General issue area code POS

16. Specific lobbying issues

U.S. Postal Service Reform - communication of retail industry views.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE

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15. General issue area code ENV

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 1461, the Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act of 2013, all provisions; S. 1195, Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act, all provisions; ; S.1807, Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013, all provisions; support for partial waiver of 2014 RFS; H.R. 1462, Renewable Fuel Standard Reform Act, all provisions;

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

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15. General issue area code GOV

16. Specific lobbying issues

S.2516 - DISCLOSE Act of 2014, all provisions; S.J.Res.19 - A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections, all provisions.

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U.S. SENATE

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

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