| Issues | - clean air and water (quality): proposed rule regarding review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter (85 fed. reg. 24,094-24,144, april 30, 2020); ; proposed rule for control of air pollution from airplanes and airplane engines (85 fed. reg. 51,556-51,594, august 20, 2020); ; proposed review of the ozone national ambient air quality standards (85 fed. reg. 49,830-49,917, august 14, 2020); ; various issues relating to epa guidance following county of maui, supreme court decision and functional equivalent test
- immigration: h.r. 6, american dream and promise act of 2019; h.r. 60, better agriculture resources now (barn) act ; h.r. 250, legal workforce act; h.r. 549, venezuela tps act of 2019; h.r. 641/s. 175, agricultural worker program act of 2019; h.r. 648, consolidated appropriations act, 2019; h.r. 748/s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 773, to terminate the eb-5 program ; h.r. 1044/s. 386, fairness for high-skilled immigrants act of 2019; h.r. 1158, consolidated appropriations act, 2020 ; h.r. 1399/s.556, accountability through electronic verification act; h.r. 1740, workforce for an expanding economy act; h.r. 1778, dairy and sheep h-2a visa enhancement act; h.r. 1865, further consolidated appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 1996, secure travel partnership act of 2019; h.r. 2187, jobs originated through launching travel (jolt) act of 2019 ; h.r. 2278/s. 1103, reforming american immigration for a strong economy (raise) act; h.r. 2413, nicaragua tps act of 2019; h.r. 2418/h.r. 2877/s. 3134, to add ireland to the e-3 nonimmigrant visa program; h.r. 2658, commercial fishing and seafood business act of 2019; h.r. 2783, tps and ded protection act of 2019; h.r. 2813, asylum seeker work authorization act of 2019; h.r. 2820, dream act of 2019; h.r. 2821, american promise act of 2019; h.r. 2895/s. 948, conrad state 30 and physician access reauthorization act; h.r. 3033, h-4 employment protection act of 2019; h.r. 3055, further continuing appropriations act, 2020, and further health extenders act of 2019; h.r. 3319, paperwork reduction for farmers and h-2a modernization act; h.r. 3401/s. 1900, emergency supplemental appropriations for humanitarian assistance and security at the southern border act, 2019; h.r. 3564, fairness for high-skilled americans act of 2019; h.r. 3740, agri act of 2019; h.r. 4218, poland visa waiver act of 2019; h.r. 4482, protecting america's food and agriculture act of 2019; h.r. 4498, promoting tourism to enhance our economy act of 2019; h.r. 5038, farm workforce modernization act of 2019; h.r. 5174, state sponsored visa pilot program act of 2019; h.r. 6312, covid-19 relief for small businesses act of 2020; h.r. 6379, take responsibility for workers and families act; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021 ; h.r. 6404, to extend the deadline for states to meet the requirements of the real id act of 2005 due to covid-19; h.r. 6507, covid-19 employment authorization document extension act; h.r. 6717, health care workforce protection act of 2020; h.r. 6788/s. 3599, healthcare workforce resilience act; h.r. 6800, the heroes act; h.r. 6870, landscaping workforce act of 2020; h.r. 6905, first covid-19 care delivery act of 2020; h.r. 6993/s. 3770, h-1b and l-1 visa reform act of 2020; h.r. 7508, to provide supplemental appropriations to u.s. citizenship and immigration services, and for other purposes.; h.r. 7669, department of homeland security appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 8046, improving opportunities for new americans act of 2020; h.r. 8078, emergency stopgap uscis stabilization act; h.r. 8089, emergency stopgap uscis stabilization act; h.r. 8337, continuing appropriations act, 2021 and other extensions act; s. 135, prioritizing help to businesses act; s. 301, e-verify act of 2019; s. 328, startup act; s. 599, singh's law; s. 636, venezuela temporary protected status act of 2019; s. 874, dream act of 2019; s. 1004, securing america's ports of entry act of 2019; s. 1744, keep stem talent act of 2019; s. 1806, permanent e-verify act; s. 1887, paperwork reduction for farmers and h-2a modernization act; s. 2091, backlog elimination, legal immigration, and employment visa enhancement act; s. 2540, eb-5 reform and integrity act of 2019; s. 2778, immigrant investor program reform act; s. 2863, e visa integrity act of 2019; s. 2926, advancing mutual interests and growing our success (amigos) act; s. 3470, new deal for new americans act of 2020; s. 3504, a bill to require the secretary of homeland security to extend, until not earlier than september 30, 2021, the requirement that state-issued identification must be compliant with the real id act of 2005 to be accepted by federal agencies for certain purposes; ; h.j.res. 31, consolidated appropriations act, 2019; ; potential legislation updating the heroes act (116th cong.) ; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 6794/s. 2344, immigration innovation act of 2018; ; proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file h-1b petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 fed. reg. 62,406-62,447, december 3, 2018) ; ; various issues relating to visa waiver program; ; h-1b visa program; ; h-1b registration rule;; h-2 visa program and temporary rule; ; h-4 rule;; l-1 visa program; ; eb-5 visa program; ; eb-5 rule;; eb-5 regional center program; ; h-2a visa program;; e-verify program; ; i-129 form delay request;; private-public partnerships with the department of homeland security at land border ports of entry; ; stem visa reform; ; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; ; customs and border protection staffing at u.s. ports of entry;; border security;; immigration policy 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;; supplemental funding for additional customs and border protection (cbp) officers at ports-of-entry;; united states citizenship and immigration services (uscis) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (fy) 2021 h-1b cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the h-1b registration tool;; united states citizenship and immigration services (uscis) fee schedule;; united states citizenship and immigration services (uscis) funding;; presidential proclamation 9996, suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain additional persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 novel coronavirus, march 14, 2020;; presidential proclamation 10014, suspending entry of immigrants who present risk to the u.s. labor market during the economic recovery following the covid-19 outbreak, april 22, 2020;; presidential proclamation 10052, suspending entry of aliens who present a risk to the u.s. labor market following the coronavirus outbreak, june 22, 2020;; potential recision of the deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) program;; high-skilled immigration;; lesser skilled immigration;; temporary agriculture guest worker;; temporary non-agriculture guest worker;; optional practical training program;; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories;; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories;; expansion of the use of the e-verify system; ; employment verification; ; interior enforcement;; family separations;; family reunification;; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries;; increased vetting of visa applicants;; unfair immigration related employment practices;; travel issues;; trusted traveler programs;; biometric entry-exit;; increasing the number of ice officers, border patrol agents and customs and border protection officers;; aerial security enhancements;; temporary dhs guidance for the i-9 employment verification process in the wake of covid-19;; department of labor guidance on labor condition application requirements in the wake of covid-19; ; temporary department of labor procedural changes regarding the permanent labor certification process in the wake of covid-19;; state department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for h-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of covid-19;; temporary united states citizenship and immigration services (uscis) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary uscis guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on uscis forms and documents;; united states citizenship and immigration services (uscis) funding shortfalls;; customs and border protection (cbp) funding shortfalls;; clarification of the criteria that makes one eligible for a waiver from the entry restrictions for various employment-based immigrants and nonimmigrants;; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the h-1b program;; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment nonimmigrant and immigrant visas;; forthcoming proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject h-1b petitions will be chosen in the future
- medicare/medicaid: various issues relating to medicare secondary payer issues;; medicare secondary payer reporting requirements
- education: h.r. 748/s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1766/s. 800, college transparency act; h.r. 2168/s. 1074, restoring education and learning (real) act of 2019; h.r. 2321/s. 888, understanding the true cost of college act of 2019; h.r. 2486/s. 1279, fostering undergraduate talent by unlocking resources for education (future) act; h.r. 2768/s. 1490, reverse transfer efficiency act of 2019; h.r. 3497/s. 839, jumpstart our businesses by supporting students (jobs) act of 2019; h.r. 4073, expanding educational opportunities for justice-impacted communities act; h.r. 4083/s. 1509, fund for innovation and success in higher education (finish) act; h.r. 4674, college affordability act; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act; h.r. 7321, elevating america's workforce act; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; s. 4239, workforce recovery and training services act of 2020; ; various issues relating to implementation of the workforce innovation and opportunity act (p.l. 113-128);; reauthorization of the carl d. perkins career and technical education act (p.l. 115-224);; higher education, including the reauthorization of the higher education act (p.l. 89-329);; implementation of every student succeeds act (p.l. 114-95);; student data privacy in k-12 and higher education;; general education and workforce preparation;; child care and early education;; child care and workforce training issues related to the covid pandemic;; u.s. department of education issuing waivers to states from the every student succeeds act (essa) requirement for administering statewide english language arts and math assessments for the 2020-2021 school year (section 1111(b)(2) and related reporting requirements in section 1111(h));; executive order 13845, establishing the presidents national council for the american worker;; coronavirus relief legislation in the areas of child care, the digital divide and workforce training and waivers of k-12 state-wide annual assessments
- science/technology: h.r. 2013, information transparency & personal data control act; h.r. 2202, growing artificial intelligence through research (graitr) act; h.r. 2575/s. 1363, ai in government act of 2019; h.r. 3156, smart technologies advancing reliable transportation act; h.r. 4978, online privacy act of 2019; h.r. 6216, to establish the national artificial intelligence initiative, and for other purposes; h.r. 6395, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, including provisions in division e relating to ai ; h.r. 7308/s. 4286, research investment to spark the economy (rise) act; h.r. 8048, state and local it modernization and cybersecurity act; h.r. 8132, american competitiveness of a more productive emerging tech economy (american compete) act; s. 142, american data dissemination (add) act of 2019; s. 189, social media privacy protection and consumer rights act of 2019; s. 583, digital accountability and transparency to advance (data) privacy act; s. 847, commercial facial recognition privacy act of 2019; s. 1558, artificial intelligence initiative act; s. 2878, facial recognition technology warrant act of 2019; s. 2968, consumer online privacy rights act; s. 3456, consumer data privacy and security act of 2020; s. 3663, covid-19 consumer data protection act of 2020; s. 3749, public health emergency privacy act; s. 3771, fundamentally understanding the usability and realistic evolution (future) of artificial intelligence act of 2020; s. 3832, endless frontier act; s. 3861, exposure notification privacy act; s. 3891, advancing artificial intelligence research act of 2020; s. 4159, e-sign modernization act of 2020; ; potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology; ; draft legislation regarding federal trade commission procedural reform; ; draft legislation titled safe data act; ; 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); ; proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 fed. reg. 25,568-25,590, june 2, 2017); ; proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 fed. reg. 22,453-22,474, may 16, 2017); ; various issues technology and economic relief;; executive order 13859, maintaining american leadership in artificial intelligence;; ftc enforcement;; ftc hearings on competition and consumer protection in the 21st century;; ftc data portability issues;; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development;; reauthorization and appropriation for the national institute of standards and technology (nist);; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (fcc wt docket no. 16-421);; intermediary liability;; broadband infrastructure and deployment;; broadband and economic relief
- retirement: h.r. 397, rehabilitation for multiemployer pensions act ; h.r. 748/s.3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1007/s. 972, retirement enhancement and savings act of 2019; h.r. 1865, further consolidated appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 1994, setting every community up for retirement enhancement act of 2019; h.r. 4035, pension and budget integrity act of 2019; h.r. 6074, coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 4523, automatic retirement plan act of 2017; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 4610/s. 3785, receiving electronic statements to improve retiree earnings act (115th congress) ; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 4997, giving retirement options to workers grow act of 2018 ; ; various issues relating to multiemployer pension plan;; multiemployer pension recapitalization and reform plan (mprrp);; single employer defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans;; e-delivery of retirement plan disclosures and notices;; single employer pension plans;; single employer pension plans and the covid-19 pandemic;; multiemployer pension plans and the covid-19 pandemic;; public comment to social security administration (ssa) on the ssas draft user agreement (and related documents) for participants in the ssas electronic consent based social security number verification service;; public comment to the u.s. department of labor on prohibited transactions involving pooled employer plans under the setting every community up for retirement enhancement (secure) act (p.l. 116-94, div. o) and other multiple employer plans;; public comment to the u.s. department of labor on financial factors in selecting plan investments;; public comment to the u.s. department of labor on application no. d-12011, improving investment advice for workers and retirees;; public comment to irs on notice 2020-42, remote notarization;; issues related to plan contribution due date under section 3609 of the cares act (p.l. 116-136); ; covid-19 and retirement plans;; fiduciary investment duties and fiduciary status;; pooled employer plans;; implementation of the cares act, (p.l. 116-136), including provisions related to section 3608
- taxation/internal revenue code: h.r. 216/s. 1149, main street tax certainty act; h.r. 218/s. 215, death tax repeal act; h.r. 748/s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1516/s. 647, wall street tax act of 2019; h.r. 1725/s. 765, digital goods and services tax fairness act of 2019; h.r. 2213/s. 978, work opportunity tax credit and jobs act; h.r. 2923/s. 1587, inclusive prosperity act of 2019; h.r. 4805, access business credit act of 2019; h.r. 5674/s. 604, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act of 2019; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6379, take responsibility for workers and families act, including provisions relating to country-by-country tax reporting; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act ; s. 3612, small business expense protection act of 2020; s. 3995, remote and mobile worker relief act of 2020, including provisions relating to state tax certainty for employers and employees; s. 4318, american workers, families, and employers assistance act, including provisions relating to state tax certainty for employers and employees; ; proposed rule regarding guidance under section 958 (rules for determining stock ownership) and; section 951a (global intangible low taxed income) (84 fed. reg. 29,114-29,133, june 21, 2019) ; ; regulations on guidance related to section 951a (global intangible low-taxed income) and certain guidance related to foreign tax credits (84 fed. reg. 29,288-29,370, june 21, 2019); ; proposed rule and guidance related to the allocation and apportionment of deductions and foreign taxes, financial services income, foreign tax redeterminations, foreign tax credit disallowance under section 965(g), and consolidated groups (84 fed. reg. 69,124-69,180, december 17, 2019); ; proposed additional rules regarding base erosion and anti-abuse tax (84 fed. reg. 67,046-67,058, december 6, 2019); ; proposed rule regarding certain employee remuneration in excess of $1,000,000 under internal; revenue code section 162(m) (84 fed. reg. 70,356-70,391, december 20, 2019; ; proposed rule regarding guidance involving hybrid arrangements and the allocation of deductions attributable to certain disqualified payments under section 951a (global intangible low-taxed; income) (85 fed. reg. 19,858-19,873, april 8, 2020); ; various issues relating to tax extenders, including bonus depreciation, deferral tax provisions, s-corp tax provisions, and flow-throughs; ; tax cuts and jobs act (pl 115-97), including implementation of, and follow up such as making individual rates and pass-through rates permanent;; internal revenue code section 965/tax overpayments, and changes made to section 965 by the tax cuts and jobs act;; foreign tax carryforwards transition;; pension reform; ; conversion of future 401(k) or individual retirement account (ira) contributions to roth accounts;; 199a tax deduction;; internal revenue service controlled foreign corporation (cfc) look thru rule;; pending bilateral tax treaties before the u.s. senate;; potential for additional bilateral tax treaties;; potential repeal of the state and local tax (salt) cap;; corporate tax filing deadline;; canadian digital services tax;; global anti-base erosion proposal (globe) under pillar two;; comments on employee retention tax credit (ertc) frequently asked questions (faqs): ; faq65;; comments on employee retention tax credit (ertc) frequently asked questions (faqs): additional ; modifications;; comments on the cares act (p.l. 116-136) implementation letter to irs and treasury;; general business tax credits;; digital services taxes, gilti high tax exception, cornyn loan expense deductibility bill;; tax extenders;; comments on implementation of the executive order deferring payroll tax obligations in light of the ongoing covid-19 disaster;; comments on reg-104591-18: denial of deduction for certain fines, penalties, and other amounts; information with respect to certain fines, penalties, and other amounts;; comments on section 461(l) - limitations on excess business losses of noncorporate taxpayers; issues related to tax free paycheck protection program loan forgiveness;; comments on section 301 investigation of digital service taxes;; public comment to irs on notice 2020-42, remote notarization;; reg-104591-18: denial of deduction for certain fines, penalties, and other amounts; information with respect to certain fines, penalties, and other amounts, legislative technical corrections and regulatory comments;; n-2020-47: public recommendations invited on items to be included on the 2020-2021 priority guidance plan, legislative technical corrections and regulatory comments;; reg-112339-19: credit for carbon oxide sequestration under section 45q, legislative technical corrections and regulatory comments;; reg-119307-19: qualified transportation fringe, transportation and commuting expenses under section 274, legislative technical corrections and regulatory comments;; reg-127732-19: guidance under section 954(b)(4) regarding income subject to a high rate of foreign tax, legislative technical corrections and regulatory comments;; presidential memorandum on deferring payroll tax obligations in light of the ongoing covid-19 disaster, comments and request for additional guidance from the department of treasury;; general covid relief legislation: tax comments for general covid-19 relief
- indian/native american affairs: h.r. 375, to amend the act of june 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the secretary of the interior to take land into trust for indian tribes, and for other purposes; h.r. 779/s. 226, tribal labor sovereignty act of 2019; h.r. 2438/s. 982, not invisible act of 2019; h.r. 2484, tribal tax and investment reform act of 2019; h.r. 4586, native american education opportunity act; h.r. 5319, native american housing assistance and self-determination reauthorization act of 2019; s. 209, progress for indian tribes act; s. 1211, addressing underdeveloped and tribally operated streets act; s. 3422, great american outdoors act, including provisions relating to increased funding for bureau of indian education (bie) schools;; ; various issues relating to the reauthorization of native american housing assistance and self-determination act (p.l. 104-330);; carcieri v. salazar, 555 u.s. 379 (2009);; tax parity for tribal governments;; bureau of indian education (bie) reformation;; indian incentive program (iip);; tax reform in indian country
- travel/tourism: h.r. 1996, secure travel partnership act of 2019; h.r. 2187, jobs originated through launching travel (jolt) act of 2019; h.r. 3851, travel promotion, enhancement, and modernization act of 2019; h.r. 4498, promoting tourism to enhance our economy act of 2019; h.r. 5827, trusted traveler real id relief act of 2020; h.r. 6312, covid-19 relief for small businesses act of 2020; h.r. 6404, covid-19 real id relief act of 2020; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act; s. 3504, delay real id act; s. 4299, sustaining tourism enterprises during the covid-19 pandemic (step) act; ; various issues relating to the visa waiver program;; biometric entry-exit; ; border security; ; interior enforcement;; travel issues;; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries;; 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 ice officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers;; presidential proclamations restricting international travel from china, iran, various schengen area countries, the uk, ireland, and brazil due to covid-19;; clarifications on the process for obtaining waivers to the aforementioned travel bans;; customs and border protection funding shortfalls;; enhanced covid-19 testing protocols for international air travel
- government issues: h.r. 1, for the people act of 2019; h.r. 300, unfunded mandates information and transparency act of 2019; h.r. 2500, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020, including provisions relating to sections and house armed services committee amendments 439, 544, 545, 550h, 550i and 550j; s. 1790, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020, including provisions relating to senate amendment 832 and section 550f; s. 2220, open and responsive government act of 2019; s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, including provisions relating to senate amendment 1776; ; various issues relating to regulatory reform; ; false claims act issues under the coronavirus, aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act (p.l. 116-136);; false claims act and potential amendments related to materiality and disclosure of third-party funding;; false claims act enforcement;; class action reform;; doctrine of federal preemption;; trial lawyer advertising;; letter supporting zach somers nomination for judge on the court of federal claims;; government contractors during the coronavirus pandemic;; use of the defense production act (p.l. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic;; economic reopening relating to the coronavirus pandemic;; paperwork reduction act (p.l. 96-511) compliance by federal agencies and enforcement by the office of information and regulatory affairs
- aerospace: h.r. 5125/s. 2502, american security drone act of 2019; h.r. 6395, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; ; proposed rule on operation of small unmanned aircraft systems over people, (84 fed. reg. 3,856-3,907, february 13, 2019); ; advance notice of proposed rulemaking on safe and secure operations of small unmanned aircraft systems, (84 fed. reg. 3,732-3,739, february 13, 2019); ; 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, february 13, 2020); ; notice of request for comments: ensuring american leadership in automated vehicle technologies:; automated vehicles 4.0 (av 4.0) (85 fed. reg. 7,011-7,012, february 6, 2020); ; notice of proposed rulemaking regarding remote identification of unmanned aerial systems (84 fed. reg. 72,438-72,524, december 31, 2019); ; various issues relating to implementation of the countering americas adversaries through sanctions act (p.l. 115-44);; implementation of the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, title xvii, foreign investment risk review modernization act (p.l. 115-232);; implementation of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 (p.l. 116-92);; implementation of the foreign assistance act (p.l. 87-195);; implementation of section 3610 of the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act (p.l. 116-136);; implementation of the faa reauthorization act of 2018 (p.l. 115-252);; unmanned aerial systems, and faa exemptions for commercial operations of uas;; urban air mobility;; reforms to export controls;; u.s. conventional arms transfer (cat) policy
- defense: h.r. 1033, return expenses paid and yielded (repay) act; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 7669, department of homeland security appropriations act, 2021, including provisions relating to printed circuit boards (pcbs; s. 1790, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; ; nomination of barbara barrett to be secretary of the air force; ; various issues relating to implementation of the countering americas adversaries through sanctions act (p.l. 115-44);; ; implementation of the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, title xvii, foreign investment risk review modernization act (p.l. 115-232);; implementation of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020 (p.l. 116-92);; implementation of section 3610 of the coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) (p.l. 116-136);; reforms to foreign assistance act (p.l. 87-195);; export controls;; u.s. conventional arms transfer (cat) policy;; council of defense and space industry associations (codsia) defense federal acquisition regulation supplement (dfars) expedited contract closeout;; council of defense and space industry associations (codsia) case 2020-006 - far case 2019-009; prohibition on contracting with entities using certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment;; council of defense and space industry associations (codsia) defense federal acquisition regulation supplement (dfars) services data collection - 2020-005, second draft, july 24, 2020;; section 889 of the national defense authorization act;; request for clarification of terms used in the military end use and military end user (85 fed. reg. 23,459, april 28, 2020)
- trade (domestic/foreign): h.r. 739, cyber diplomacy act of 2019; h.r. 764, united states reciprocal trade act; h.r. 940/s. 287, bicameral congressional trade authority act of 2019; h.r. 948, no oil producing and exporting cartels act of 2019; h.r. 991, extension of the caribbean basin economic recovery act; h.r. 1008/s. 365, trade security act of 2019; h.r. 2219/s. 1188, mongolia third neighbor trade act; h.r. 3407, united states export finance agency act of 2019; h.r. 3843/s. 3026, countering russian and other overseas kleptocracy act; h.r. 3960/s. 2303, freedom for americans to travel to cuba act of 2019; h.r. 4140, foreign extortion prevention act; h.r. 4695, protect against conflict by turkey (pact) act; h.r. 4863, united states export finance agency act of 2019; h.r. 5430, united states-mexico-canada agreement implementation act; h.r. 6210, uyghur forced labor prevention act; h.r. 6270, uyghur forced labor disclosure act of 2020; h.r. 7608, state, foreign operations, agriculture, rural development, interior, environment, military construction, and veterans affairs appropriations act, 2021; s. 2, fair trade with china enforcement act; s. 482, defending american security from kremlin aggression act of 2019; s. 1004, securing america's ports of entry act of 2019; s. 1060, defending elections from threats by establishing redlines act of 2019; s. 2641, promoting american national security and preventing the resurgence of isis act of 2019; s.j.res. 71, a joint resolution withdrawing approval of the agreement establishing the world trade organization; ; nomination of paul shmotolokha for first vice president, export-import bank of the united states; ; nomination of kimberly reed to be a member board of directors of the export-import bank of the united states; ; nomination of claudia slacik to be a member of the board of directors of the export-import bank of the united states; ; nomination of judith delzoppo pryor to be a member of the board of directors of the export-import bank of the united states; ; nomination of spencer bachus to be a member of the board of directors of the export-import bank of the united states; ; various issues relating to trans-pacific partnership (tpp) agreement; ; transatlantic trade and investment partnership (ttip) negotiations; ; north american free trade agreement (nafta) renegotiation;; u. s.- mexico-canada (usmca) trade agreement;; united states-mexico-canada agreement implementation act (p.l. 116-113);; u.s.-korea free trade agreement (korus); ; reauthorization of the generalized system of preferences (gsp);; reauthorization of the caribbean basin economic recovery act (p.l. 98-67);; the expanded use of software asset management by the federal government and its contractors; ; trade in services agreement (tisa) negotiations; ; u.s.-central asia trade and investment framework agreement (tifa); ; ratification of the assignment of receivables in international trade convention;; reforms to foreign agents registration act (fara) (p.l. 75-583); ; reforms to export controls;; implementation of the faa reauthorization act of 2018 better utilization of investments leading to development (build act) (public law no: 115-254);; implementation of the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, title xvii, foreign investment risk review modernization act (p.l. 115-232); ; implementation of the american manufacturing competitiveness act of 2016 (p.l.114-159); ; implementation of the trade facilitation and trade enforcement act of 2015 (p.l. 114-125); ; implementation of section 182 of the trade act of 1974 (p.l. 93-618), as amended by the omnibus trade and competitiveness act of 1988 and the uruguay round agreements act (the "special 301 report"); ; implementation of dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act (p.l. 111-203), g-20 obligations on financial service reforms; ; 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);; international emergency economic powers act (ieepa), title ii of pub.l. 95-223;; implementation of the african growth and opportunity act (p.l. 106-200);; reauthorization of the customs-trade partnership against terrorism (ctpat);; negotiations on a u.s.- kenya free trade agreement;; international telecommunications union; ; world health organization (who); ; world intellectual property organization (wipo); ; world trade organization (wto) negotiations; ; efforts to reform the world trade organization (wto);; government procurement act (gpa) at the world trade organization;; implementation of world trade organizations trade facilitation agreement (tfa); ; defense production act of 1950 (p.l. 81-774);; medicine and medical product supply chains;; office of the intellectual property enforcement coordinator and the national intellectual property rights coordination center; ; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; ; plain packaging;; uspto ip attache program; ; china's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; ; implementation of the u.s.- china trade agreement;; negotiations on the u.s.- india trade agreement;; negotiations on the u.s.- japan trade agreement;; implementation of the u.s.- japan trade agreement;; negotiations on the u.s.- brazil trade agreement;; ip issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; ; ip issues relating to trade secret theft; ; ip issues relating to africa, australia, brazil, canada, china, india, japan, mexico, and europe; ; ip issues relating to covid-19;; ip issues relating to the u.s.-mexico-canada agreement (usmca); ; u.s.-argentina economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-bangladesh economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-brazil economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-canada economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-china economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-colombia economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-cuba economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-egypt economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-ghana economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-india economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-indonesia economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-iraq economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-israel economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-japan economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-korea economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-mexico economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-nigeria economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-pakistan economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-russia economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-south east asia economic and commercial relations;; u.s.-turkey economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-u.k. economic and commercial relations; ; u.s.-vietnam economic and commercial relations;; u.s. trade relations with the middle east and north africa; ; u.s. trade relations with africa; ; u.s. sanctions on russia; ; u.s. sanctions on turkey;; u.s.-eu privacy shield;; u.s.-u.k. trade agreement;; u.s.-eu trade agreement;; u.s.-eu energy relations;; u.s.-switzerland economic and commercial relations;; eu tax policy including digital tax proposals; ; ukraine related sanctions;; modernizing the committee on foreign investment in the united states (cfius);; permanent normal trade relations (pntr) for kazakhstan; ; export-import bank (ex-im bank);; general advocacy for congress to reach a working quorum for the board of the export-import bank; trade embargo with cuba;; trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; ; tax treaties with hungary, poland, chile;; international monetary fund (imf) quota reform;; funding for the multilateral development banks (mdbs), including the world bank, the african development bank (afdb), the asian development bank (adb), the inter-american development bank (idb), the european bank for reconstruction and development (ebrd) and the international monetary fund (imf); ; international affairs budget; ; transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; ; international concerns in the areas of antitrust, standards and investment; ; domestic and international antitrust policy;; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services;; international artificial intelligence policy;; international 5g policy;; international cybersecurity policy;; advancing international regulatory cooperation; ; steel and aluminum tariffs, including on china;; customs and duties on electronic transmissions, particularly a proposal considered by the world customs organization (wco);; honey shipments from the nation of india held by cbp officials at ports of entry;; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the u.s. and the european union; ; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the u.s. united kingdom; ; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the u.s. japan;; proposed rules implementing executive order 13873, securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain;; suspension of title iii of the cuban liberty and democratic solidarity act of 1996 (p.l. 104-114); ; comments on u.s. customs and border protection 21st century customs framework initiative;; comments on proposed rulemaking for customs broker verification and importers identification;; comments on cbp notice of proposed rulemaking on the modernization of the customs brokers regulations;; comments on economic impact of trade agreements implemented under trade authorities procedures (investigation no. tpa-105-008);; comments on export-import bank of the united states [public notice: eib-2020-003]: request to renew partnership with private export funding corporation (pefco);; extension of the caribbean basin economic recovery act (p.l. 98-67);; comments on ustr request for information on china wto compliance;; indias non-personal data governance framework;; implementation of the united states-mexico-canada trade agreement (usmca), including plastics toxicity under the canadian environmental protection act;; issues related to a potential u.s.-brazil trade deal;; comments on section 301 investigation of digital service taxes;; interagency labor committee for monitoring and enforcement procedural guidelines for petitions pursuant to the usmca;; supplemental funding for additional customs and border protection (cbp) officers at ports-of-entry;; fiscal year 2020 customs and boarder protection supplemental;; duty drawback claims;; generalized system of preferences (gsp) reauthorization;; puerto rico electronic export information (eei);; comment period extension request on section 232 investigation;; u.s.-brazil trade package;; u.s. trade representative on initiation of section 301 investigation of frances digital services tax;; potential buy american executive order
- foreign relations: h.r. 948/s. 370, no oil producing and exporting cartels (nopec) act of 2018; h.r. 3960/s. 2303, freedom for americans to travel to cuba act of 2019; h.r. 6210, uyghur forced labor prevention act; h.r. 6270, uyghur forced labor disclosure act of 2020; h.r. 7000/s. 945, holding foreign companies accountable act; h.r. 7608, state, foreign operations, agriculture, rural development, interior, environment, military construction, and veterans affairs appropriations act, 2021; s. 482, defending american security from kremlin aggression act of 2019; ; draft legislation on supplementary leverage ratio treatment of client initial margin; draft legislation titled u.s. investors and national security transparency act; ; nomination of dr. kenneth weinstein to be u.s. ambassador to japan; ; various issues related to funding for the national endowment for democracy;; world health organization reform recommendations;; potential u.s.-brazil trade deal;; substituted compliance and equivalence between the u.s. derivatives regulatory regime and the european unions european market infrastructure regulation (emir); ; european supervisory authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation;; eu third country equivalency process; ; eu sustainable finance action plan and incorporating esg factors into financial services; ; international organization of securities commissions (iosco) consultation on leverage metrics;; eu review of prudential regime for investment firms;; brexit risk;; european securities market authority (esma) survey regarding short-term in financial markets
- budget/appropriations: h.r. 748/s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1158, consolidated appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 1865, further consolidated appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 2500/s. 1790, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; h.r. 2740, labor, health and human services, education, defense, state, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 3055, further continuing appropriations act, 2020, and further health extenders act of 2019; h.r. 3351, financial services and general government appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 3401, emergency supplemental appropriations for humanitarian assistance and security at the southern border act, 2019; h.r. 3877, bipartisan budget act of 2019; h.r. 6074, coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act; h.r. 7608, state, foreign operations, agriculture, rural development, interior, environment, military construction, and veterans affairs appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 7669, department of homeland security appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 7894, paycheck protection program small business enhancement act; h.r. 8337, continuing appropriations act, 2021 and other extensions act; s. 178, uighur act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding covid-19 relief package; s. 2520, transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies appropriations act, 2020; h.res. 294, providing for consideration of the bill (h.r. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the federal communications commission; providing for consideration of the bill (h.r. 2021) to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes; ; various issues relating to appropriations for the pro-ip act (p.l. 110-403); ; implementation of trade facilitation and trade enforcement act of 2015 (p.l. 114-125);; blacklisting of government contractors that change corporate domicile;; funding for the national endowment for democracy (ned);; process reform for the joint select committee on budget and appropriations process reform;; debt ceiling, budget caps and budget sequestration;; fy2021 funding for the national institute of standards and technology (nist);; inclusion of 501(c)(6) nonprofit organizations in coronavirus emergency assistance legislation;; potential rider on appropriations legislation relating to bioengineered salmon;; affiliation rules for the paycheck protection program (ppp);; statutory and program caps for the paycheck protection program and the economic injury disaster loan program (eidl);; funding of the national institute of standards and technology (nist) artificial intelligence risk management framework;; section 889 of the national defense authorization act;; provisions on artificial intelligence research & development and per- and polyfluoroalykl ; substances (pfas) in the fiscal year 2021 national defense authorization act (ndaa);; weekly unemployment insurance benefit;; funding issues relating to the uspto;; funding issues relating to the u.s. copyright office;; funding issues relating to the department of justice;; funding issues relating to the department of homeland security;; funding issues relating to the state department;; ip issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy;; funding and ip issues relating to the office of the intellectual property enforcement coordinator and the national intellectual property rights coordination center;; uspto ip attache program
- civil rights/civil liberties: office of federal contract compliance programs, proposed changes to scheduling, compliance check, focused review letters under paperwork reduction act renewal of approval of information collection process, (84 fed. reg.14,974-14,975, april 12, 2019); ; notice of information collection, request for new control number for a currently approved; collection: employer information report (eeo-1) component 1; revision of existing approval for eeo-1 component 2 (84 fed. reg. 48,138-48,142, september 12, 2019); ; nomination of keith sonderling to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission;; ; nomination of jocelyn samuels to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission;; ; nomination of andrea lucas to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission;; ; various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history;; employer consideration of applicant employment status;; eeoc strategic enforcement plan
- small business: h.r. 116, investing in main street act of 2019; h.r. 128, small business advocacy improvements act of 2019; h.r. 190, expanding contracting opportunities for small businesses act of 2019; h.r. 206, encouraging small business innovation act; h.r. 216/s. 1149, main street tax certainty act; h.r. 226, clarity on small business participation in category management act of 2019; h.r. 227, incentivizing fairness in subcontracting act; h.r. 246, stimulating innovation through procurement act of 2019; h.r. 748/s.3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 2603, northern mariana islands small business act; h.r. 6074, coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6886, paycheck protection program flexibility act of 2020; h.r. 7777/s. 4117, paycheck protection small business forgiveness act ; h.r. 7894, paycheck protection program small business enhancement act; s. 178, uighur act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding covid-19 relief package; s. 2535, enhancing entrepreneurship for the 21st century act; s. 3612, small business expense protection act of 2020; s. 3742, recharge and empower local innovation and entrepreneurs fund for main street (relief) for main street act; ; potential legislation providing targeted and temporary relief for small businesses in need of federal assistance to survive the covid-19 pandemic; ; draft legislation titled continuing small business recovery and paycheck protection program (csbrppp) act; ; nomination of jovita carranza to be administrator of the small business administration; ; proposed rule on small business size standards: calculation of annual average receipts (84 fed. reg. 29,399-29,413, june 24, 2019); ; various issues relating separation of the small business administration 7(a) loan program and ppp commitments;; administrative and legislative corrections to the paycheck protection program (ppp);; weekly $600 unemployment insurance benefit, and expiration thereof
- telecommunications: h.r. 739, cyber diplomacy act of 2019; h.r. 946, stopping bad robocalls act; h.r. 1644, save the internet act of 2019; h.r. 2013, information transparency & personal data control act; h.r. 2202, growing artificial intelligence through research (graitr) act; h.r. 2575/s. 1363, ai in government act of 2019; h.r. 3086/s. 1585, respond, innovate, succeed, and empower (rise) act of 2019; h.r. 3156, smart technologies advancing reliable transportation (start) act; h.r. 3262/h.r. 4686/ s. 1871, sami's law; h.r. 4027, stop the censorship act; h.r. 4978, online privacy act of 2019; h.r. 5703, protecting the information of our vulnerable children and youth (privcy) act; h.r. 6145/s. 3191, industries of the future act of 2020; h.r. 6216, national artificial intelligence initiative act of 2020; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, including provisions relating to artificial intelligence research and development; h.r. 7308/ s. 4286, research investment to spark the economy (rise) act; h.r. 7608, state, foreign operations, agriculture, rural development, interior, environment, military construction, and veterans affairs appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 8132, american competitiveness of a more productive emerging tech economy (american compete) act; h.r. 8048, state and local it modernization and cybersecurity act; s. 142, american data dissemination (add) act of 2019; s. 189, social media privacy protection and consumer rights act of 2019; s. 583, digital accountability and transparency to advance (data) privacy act; s. 748, a bill to amend the children's online privacy protection act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes; s. 783, clean slate for kids online act of 2019; s. 847, commercial facial recognition privacy act of 2019; s. 1084, deceptive experiences to online users reduction (detour) act ; s. 1116, balancing the rights of web surfers equally and responsibly (browser) act of 2019; s. 1214, privacy bill of rights act; s. 1558, artificial intelligence initiative act; s. 1578, do not track act; s. 1611, developing innovation and growing the internet of things (digit) act; s. 1914, ending support for internet censorship act; s. 2775, harvesting american cybersecurity knowledge through education (hacked) act of 2019; s. 2763, filter bubble transparency act; s. 2878, facial recognition technology warrant act of 2019; s. 2968, consumer online privacy rights act; s. 3284, ethical use of facial recognition act; s. 3300, data protection act of 2020; s. 3398, eliminating abusive and rampant neglect of interactive technologies (earn it) act of 2020; s. 3456, consumer data privacy and security act of 2020; s. 3663, covid-19 consumer data protection act of 2020; s. 3712, cybersecurity competitions to yield better efforts to research the latest exceptionally advanced problems (cyber leap) act of 2020; s. 3771, fundamentally understanding the usability and realistic evolution (future) of artificial intelligence act of 2020; s. 3832, endless frontier act; s. 3861, exposure notification privacy act; s. 3891, advancing artificial intelligence research act of 2020; s. 3983, a bill to amend the communications act of 1934 to provide accountability for bad actors who abuse the good samaritan protections provided under that act, and for other purposes; s. 4051, lawful access to encrypted data act; s. 4066, platform accountability and consumer transparency (pact) act; s. 4159, e-sign modernization act of 2020; s. 4626, a bill to establish data privacy and data security protections for consumers in the united states; s. 4758, see something, say something online act of 2020; ; h.res. 294, providing for consideration of the bill (h.r. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the federal communications commission; providing for consideration of the bill (h.r. 2021) to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes ; ; potential legislation similar to h.r.4625, future of artificial intelligence act of 2017; ; potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology; ; draft legislation titled setting an american framework to ensure data access, transparency, and accountability (safe data) act; ; draft legislation titled ftc procedural reform ; ; draft legislation titled public health emergency privacy act; ; proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 fed. reg. 25,568-25,590, june 2, 2017); ; proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 fed. reg. 22,453-22,474, may 16, 2017); ; 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 relating to high speed broadband internet service and resolving the homework gap by access to broadband for students;; broadband infrastructure and deployment;; broadband and economic relief;; technology and economic relief;; intermediary liability;; potential federal privacy legislation;; potential legislation to establish a national privacy law;; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (fcc wt docket no. 16-421);; comments on refreshing of record in restoring internet freedom proceeding (wc docket nos. 17-108, 17-; 287, 11-42);; facial recognition technology;; net neutrality;; privacy principles;; 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);; artificial intelligence;; communications decency act (p.l. 104-104, title v);; data privacy;; executive order 13859, maintaining american leadership in artificial intelligence;; ftc hearings on competition and consumer protection;; ftc data portability;; ftc enforcement;; comments on draft (2nd) national institute of standards and technology internal report 8259, recommendations for iot device manufacturers: foundational activities and core device cybersecurity capability baseline;; fy2021 appropriations for the national institute of standards and technology (nist);; comments on march 30, 2020 petition for expedited declaratory ruling, clarification or waiver filed by the american bankers association, et al. - cg docket number 02-278;; comments on the national telecommunications and information administrations request for public comment on proposals and positions for the 2020 world telecommunication standardization assembly;; reauthorization of the national institute of standards and technology (nist);; funding for the nist ai risk management framework;; fccs covid-19 telehealth program;; indias non-personal data governance framework;; comments to department of transportation on remote identifications of unmanned aerial systems proposed rule;; transportation network companies (tncs) and the coronavirus pandemic;; potential data privacy legislation;; potential data aggregation legislation regarding section 1033 of dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act (p.l. 111-203);; potential legislation regarding artificial intelligence;; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development;; potential legislation regarding digital assets;; fintech and digital asset strategy
- energy/nuclear: h.r. 205, protecting and securing florida's coastline act of 2019; h.r. 948/s. 370, no oil producing and exporting cartels (nopec) act; h.r. 1146, arctic cultural and coastal plain protection act; h.r. 1158, consolidated appropriations act, 2020, including provisions relating to house homeland security committee amendment 45; h.r. 1941, coastal and marine economies protection act; h.r. 2051/s. 999, sustainable chemistry research and development act of 2019; h.r. 2114/s. 2094, enhancing state energy security planning and emergency preparedness act of 2019; h.r. 2986/s. 1602, better energy storage technology (best) act; h.r. 3306/s. 903, nuclear energy leadership act; h.r. 3597, solar energy research and development act of 2019; h.r. 3607, fossil energy research and development act of 2019; h.r. 3609/s. 2660, wind energy research and development act of 2019; h.r. 3962/s. 2137, energy savings and industrial competitiveness act of 2019; h.r. 4091/ s. 2714, arpa-e reauthorization act of 2019; h.r. 4230/s. 2300, clean industrial technology act of 2019; h.r. 4447, expanding access to sustainable energy act of 2019; h.r. 4481, securing energy critical elements and american jobs act of 2019; h.r. 4733, low-dose radiation research act of 2019; h.r. 5374/s. 2657, advanced geothermal research and development act of 2019; h.r. 5428, grid modernization research and development act of 2019; h.r. 6084, water power research and development act; h.r. 6097, nuclear energy research and development act; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; h.r. 7308/s. 4286, research investment to spark the economy (rise) act; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; s. 383, utilizing significant emissions with innovative technologies (use it) act; s. 816, small scale lng access act of 2019; s. 859, reliable investment in vital energy reauthorization act; s. 876, energy jobs for our heroes act of 2019; s. 983, weatherization enhancement and local energy efficiency investment and accountability act of 2019; s. 1052, rare earth element advanced coal technologies act; s. 1064, appalachian energy for national security act; s. 1085, vehicle innovation act of 2019; s. 1201, enhancing fossil fuel energy carbon technology (effect) act of 2019; s. 1286, energy technology maturation act of 2019; s. 1317, american mineral security act; s. 1685, launching energy advancement and development through innovations for natural gas act of 2019; s. 1706, energy savings through public-private partnerships act of 2019; s. 1857, federal energy and water management performance act of 2019; s. 2095, enhancing grid security through public-private partnerships act; s. 2393, clean energy jobs act of 2019; s. 2368, nuclear energy renewal act of 2019; s. 2470, energy and water development and related agencies appropriations act, 2020, including provisions related to nuclear reactor demonstration funding; s. 2666, public land renewable energy development act of 2019; s. 2668, solar energy research and development act of 2019; s. 2688, technology transitions act of 2019; s. 2702, integrated energy systems act of 2019; ; s.j. res. 53, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, of the rule submitted by the environmental protection agency relating to "repeal of the clean power plan; emission guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions from existing electric utility generating units; revisions to emission guidelines implementing regulations"; ; potential legislation on climate and energy innovation; ; proposed rule on environment protection agency fuels regulatory streamlining (85 fed. reg. 29,034-29,162, may 14, 2020); ; various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining;; social cost of carbon in cost-benefit analyses underlying federal regulations;; energy security;; offshore energy exploration;; keystone xl environmental assessment;; energy security and implications for national security;; diversifying energy resources including issues relating to the trans-adriatic pipeline, offshore oil drilling, and wind energy;; funding for energy efficiency programs also known as affordable clean energy (ace) rule;; mobile air-conditioning (mac) refrigerant credit option;; 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;; energy and water appropriations for fiscal year 2020;; implementation issues under the public utility regulatory policies act of 1978;; draft nist special publication 1800-23, energy sector asset management: for electric utilities, oil & gas industry;; regulatory reform;; implementation of the natural gas act;; fabricated structural steel from canada, china, and mexico investigation nos. 701-ta-615-; 617 and 731-ta-1432-1434;; fiscal year 2021 energy storage appropriations;; inclusion of the nuclear energy leadership act in the fy2021 national defense authorization act (ndaa);; petition to intake risk management procedural rule under the toxic substances control act (p.l. 94-469);; building resilient infrastructure and communities (bric) program guidance;; financing of nuclear projects by the u.s. development finance corporation;; department of energy bulk power system executive order 13920 request for information (rfi);; executive order 13927, accelerating the nation's economic recovery from the covid-19 emergency by expediting infrastructure investments and other activities
- transportation: h.r. 2, investing in a new vision for the environment and surface transportation in america (invest) in america act; h.r. 1251, public buildings renewal act of 2019; h.r. 1374/s. 569, developing responsible individuals for a vibrant economy (drive-safe) act; h.r. 1508/s. 146, move america act of 2019; h.r. 2440, full utilization of the harbor maintenance trust fund act; h.r. 2541/s. 352, building united states infrastructure and leveraging development (build) act; h.r. 2741, leading infrastructure for tomorrow's america act; h.r. 2864, rebuild america act of 2019; h.r. 3156, smart technologies advancing reliable transportation act; h.r. 4686, sami's law; h.r. 6104, truck parking safety improvement act; h.r. 7575, water resources development act of 2020; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; s. 1211, addressing underdeveloped and tribally operated streets act; s. 1398, smart cities and communities act of 2019; s. 1939, moving and fostering innovation to revolutionize smarter transportation (moving first) act; s. 2302, america's transportation infrastructure act of 2019; s. 2520, transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies appropriations act, 2020; s. 3730, registered traveler act of 2020; s. 4129, lifting our communities through advance liquidity (local) infrastructure act; s. 4186, driving for opportunity act of 2020; ; potential legislation similar to s. 1885, american vision for safer transportation through advancement of revolutionary technologies (av start) act (115th congress); ; washington meal and rest break rules for commercial motor vehicle drivers; petition for determination of preemption (84 fed. reg. 54,266-54,267, october 9, 2019); ; proposed rule regarding remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (84 fed. reg. 72,438-72,524, december 31, 2019); ; request for comments: ensuring american leadership in automated vehicle technologies:; automated vehicles 4.0 (av 4.0) (85 fed. reg. 7,011-7,012, february 6, 2020); ; various issues relating to implementation of the federal aviation administration (faa) reauthorization act of 2018 (p.l. 115-254);; implementation and reauthorization 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), including reauthorization, and rescissions of federal-aid highway contract authority under section 1438;; implementation of water resources reform and development act of 2014 (p.l. 113-121);; 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; ; comments on slot waiver rules;; comments on fabricated structural steel from canada, china, and mexico investigation nos. 701-ta-615-617 and 731-ta-1432-1434; reopening of international travel markets;; infrastructure modernization;; 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; ; 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);; executive order 13502, use of project labor agreements for federal construction projects; ; unmanned aircraft systems;; general infrastructure package;; potential increase in the federal gas tax;; streamlining permit processing for construction of rural broadband;; patented and proprietary products and new technologies for infrastructure;; implementation of a community development block grant (cdbg) program in the fy2020 transportation, housing and urban development, and related agencies appropriations bill;; rescissions of the fy2020 highway funding;; driving safety and road safety;; removing regulatory barriers for vehicles with automated driving systems;; safe integration of automated driving systems for commercial vehicles;; petition for exemption for part 135 air carrier regulations for the purposes of unmanned aircraft system (uas) operations;; department of transportation av 3.0 implementation for autonomous vehicles; ; boeing 737 max and associated production stoppages;; comments to department of transportation on remote identifications of unmanned aerial systems proposed rule;; transportation network companies (tncs) and the coronavirus pandemic
- consumer issues/safety/products: s. 3398, eliminating abusive and rampant neglect of interactive technologies (earn it) act of 2020; s. 4051, lawful access to encrypted data act; s. 4066, platform accountability and consumer transparency (pact) act; s. 4758, see something, say something online act of 2020; ; various issues relating to data privacy;; revisions to communications decency act (p.l. 104-104, title v)
- aviation/airlines/airports: h.r. 5125, american security drone act of 2019; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021, including provisions relating to unmanned aircraft systems; s. 2502, american security drone act of 2019; ; proposed rule regarding remote identification of unmanned aircraft systems (84 fed. reg. 72,438-72,524, december 31, 2019); ; various issues relating to implementation of faa reauthorization act of 2018 (p.l. 115-254);; unmanned aerial systems;; urban air mobility
- labor issues/antitrust/workplace: h.r. 5/s. 788, equality act; h.r. 7, paycheck fairness act; h.r. 582/s. 150, raise the wage act; h.r. 748/s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1185/s.463, family and medical insurance leave (family) act; h.r. 1309, workplace violence prevention for health care and social service workers act; h.r. 1784/s. 840, healthy families act; h.r. 1935, wage equity act of 2019; h.r. 2055/s. 1066, an act targeting resources to communities in need; h.r. 2213, to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to make the work opportunity credit permanent; h.r. 2438/s. 982, not invisible act of 2019; h.r. 2474/s. 1306, protecting the right to organize act of 2019; h.r. 2694, pregnant workers fairness act; h.r. 2740, labor, health and human services, education, defense, state, foreign operations, and energy and water development appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 3279, diversity in corporate leadership act of 2019; h.r. 5084, improving corporate governance through diversity act of 2019; h.r. 5674/s. 604, mobile workforce state income tax simplification act of 2020; h.r. 6074, coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6988, helping gig economy workers act of 2020; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; s. 920, a bill to amend title ii of the social security act to make available parental leave benefits to parents following the birth or adoption of a child, and for other purposes; s. 1043, working families flexibility act of 2019; s. 2976, advancing support for working families act; s. 3607, safeguarding america's first responders act of 2020; ; draft legislation titled ada education and reform act of 2019; ; draft legislation regarding independent contractors ; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 5728/ s. 2810, workplace democracy act (115th congress); ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 6080/s. 3064, workers' freedom to negotiate act of 2018; ; potential legislation similar to s. 3802, effective apprenticeships to rebuild national skills (earns) act (115th congress) ; ; nomination of eugene scalia to be secretary at the u.s. department of labor; nomination of keith sonderling to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission; nomination of john pallasch to the employment & training administration; nomination of amanda wood laihow to the occupational safety and health review commission; nomination of cynthia l. attwood to the occupational safety and health review commission; nomination of marvin kaplan be a member of the national labor relations board; nomination of lauren mcferran to be a member of the national labor relations board ; nomination of andrea lucas to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission; nomination of jocelyn samuels to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission; ; final rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses (81 fed. reg. 29,624-29,694, may 12, 2016) and proposal to revise final regulations (83 fed. reg. 36,494, july 30, 2018); ; request for information the control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) (84 fed. reg. 22,756-22,762, may 20, 2019); ; proposed rule on joint employer status under the fair labor standards act, (84 fed. reg. 14,043-14,061, april 9, 2019); ; proposed rule regarding labor organization annual financial reports for trusts in which a labor organization is interested, form t-1 (84 fed. reg. 25,130, may 30th, 2019); ; best interest contract exemption (pte 2016-01); class exemption for principal transactions in certain assets between investment advice fiduciaries and employee benefit plans and iras (pte 2016-02) (82 fr 56,545-56,560, november 28, 2017); ; notice of information collection, request for new control number for a currently approved; collection: employer information report (eeo-1) component 1; revision of existing approval for eeo-1 component 2 (84 fed. reg. 48,138-48,142, september 12, 2019); ; proposed rulemaking fluctuating workweek method of computing overtime (84 fed. reg. 59,590-59,602, november 5, 2019); ; proposed rule regarding nondiscrimination obligations of federal contractors and subcontractors:; procedures to resolve potential employment discrimination (84 fed. reg. 71,875-71,887, december 30, 2019); ; proposed rule regarding independent contractor status under the fair labor standards act, (85 fed. reg. 60600-60,639, september 25, 2020); ; various issues relating to ambush elections regulations by the national labor relations board (nlrb);; department of labors regulatory agenda, apprenticeship program;; department of labor overtime eligibility regulations;; department of labor review of existing department of labor guidance on the fiduciary responsibilities for proxy voting to determine whether any such guidance should be rescinded, replaced, or modified to ensure consistency with current law and policies that promote long-term growth and maximize return on erisa plan assets;; executive order 13706, establishing paid sick leave for federal contractors;; executive order 13950, combating race and sex stereotyping;; nlrb joint employer standard;; paid leave; ; paid family leave;; paid sick leave;; project labor agreements (plas);; workplace harassment;; reforms to national labor relations act (p.l.74-198) and the fair labor standards act (p.l. 75-178);; potential legislation on the minimum wage;; unemployment insurance;; antitrust policy;; vertical merger guidelines;; implementation of paid and sick leave and other requirements in the families first coronavirus response act (p.l. 116-127);; coronavirus pandemic related issues;; 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);; nlrb decisions and regulatory agenda;; definition of labor organization under the labor management reporting and disclosure act (p.l. 85-257);; department of labor field assistance bulletin no. 2018-01 regarding compliance with interpretive bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01;; department of labor interpretive bulletin relating to the fiduciary standard under erisa in considering economically targeted investments;; department of labor interpretive bulletin relating to the exercise of shareholder rights;; department of labor regulations surrounding erisa fiduciary obligations around proxy voting;; comment letter to department of labor on improving investment advice for workers and retirees; ; comment letter to department of labor on financial factors in selecting plan investments;; comment letter to department of labor on fiduciary duties regarding proxy voting and shareholder rights;; multiemployer pension plans (meps);; immigration and economic relief;; independent contractor issues;; public comment on proposed rulemaking labor organization annual financial reports: coverage of intermediate bodies;; public comment regarding non-compete clauses used in employment contracts;; request for information to the u.s. department of labor on paid leave;; public comment on representation-case procedures: election bars; proof of majority status in construction industry collective-bargaining relationships; ; comments asking u.s. treasury and department of labor for reporting requirements delays, good faith compliance, and allowing extra time to comply with specific notice requests;; comments on support for the department of labors final default electronic disclosure by employee pension benefit plans under erisa;; occupational safety and health administration (osha) emergency temporary standard proposal;; senate health, education, labor, and pensions committee hearing on nlrb and eeoc nominees;; single-employer defined benefit plans and covid-19;; equal employment opportunity commission nominations;; request for information on paid family leave;; state unemployment insurance (ui) trust fund depletion;; unemployment insurance supplement;; interagency labor committee for monitoring and enforcement procedural guidelines for petitions pursuant to the usmca;; unemployment insurance issues
- health issues: h.r. 3, lower drug costs now act of 2019; h.r. 19/s. 3129, lower costs, more cures act of 2019; h.r. 275, medicare prescription drug price negotiation act of 2019; h.r. 448/s. 99, medicare drug price negotiation act; h.r. 748/ s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1346, medicare buy-in and health care stabilization act of 2019; h.r. 1384, medicare for all act of 2019; h.r. 1398/s. 172, health insurance tax relief act of 2019; h.r. 1425, patient protection and affordable care enhancement act; h.r. 1865, further consolidated appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 1922/s. 1089, restoring access to medication act of 2019; h.r. 1985, family savings for kids and seniors act; h.r. 2207, protect medical innovation act of 2019; h.r. 3030, patient-centered outcomes research extension act of 2019; h.r. 6074, coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; s. 12, health savings act of 2019; s. 61, safe and affordable drugs from canada act of 2019; s. 62, empowering medicare seniors to negotiate drug prices act of 2019; s. 64, preserve access to affordable generics and biosimilars act; s. 80, jobs and premium protection act, including provisions relating to repeal of the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the patient protection and affordable care act; s. 178, uighur act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding covid-19 relief package; s. 340, creating and restoring equal access to equivalent samples (creates) act of 2019 ; s. 344, hatch-waxman integrity act of 2019; s. 470, medicare at 50 act; s. 684, middle class health benefits tax repeal act of 2019; s. 692, protect medical innovation act of 2019; s. 1416, affordable prescriptions for patients act of 2019; s. 1541, tobacco-free youth act; s. 1895, lower health care costs act; s. 2543, prescription drug pricing reduction act of 2019; s. 2897, patient-centered outcomes research institute reauthorization act; s. 3200, chronic disease management act of 2020; s. 4317, safeguarding americas frontline employees to offer work opportunities required to kickstart the economy (safe to work) act; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 2911/s. 1697, small business healthcare relief act (114th cong.); ; proposed regulation on the patient protection and affordable care act; hhs notice of benefit and; payment parameters for 2020 (84 fed. reg. 227-321, january 24, 2019); ; proposed regulations on medicare and medicaid programs; patient protection and affordable care act; interoperability and patient access for medicare advantage organization and medicaid managed care plans, state medicaid agencies, chip agencies and chip managed care entities, issuers of qualified health plans in the federally-facilitated exchanges and health care providers; supplement and extension of comment period (84 fed, reg. 16,834, april 23, 2019); ; proposed regulation on patient protection and affordable care act; hhs notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2021; notice requirement for non-federal governmental plans (85 fed. reg. 7,088-7,159, february 6, 2020); ; various issues relating to patient protection and affordable care act (p.l. 111-148) and the health care and education affordability reconciliation act of 2010 (p.l. 111-152), including the employer-sponsored health care system, implementation of regulatory process, provider network adequacy, delivery system reform, health savings account (hsas), health reimbursement account (hras), and flexible spending account (fsas) changes, ipab, employer mandate, reporting requirements for issuers and applicable large employers, premium stabilization programs, medical loss ratio, medical malpractice reform, exchanges, the impact on small business, the small business tax credit, section 1332 waivers, section 1557 on nondiscrimination, caps on compensation deductibility required under section 9014, incompleteness or inaccuracy of cost impact analysis, lack of quantified benefit analysis, and need for empirical data sources on which to base costs and benefits, the cost sharing reduction (csr) program, the section 9010 health insurance providers fee or health insurance tax (hit), 40% excise tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage (cadillac tax); medical device tax; protect medicare part ds non-interference clause from repeal, proposed rule regarding section 1557;; public health services act (p.l.78-410), internal revenue code and the employee retirement income security act (erisa) (p.l. 93-406), regarding regulatory process and legislative corrections to erisa preemption, changes to medicare advantage and parts b, c, and d, including rebates and non-interference with prescription drug prices, entitlement reform, health information technology, telemedicine services in medicare, and coordination and disease management programs;; association health plans; ; importation of foreign pharmaceuticals into the united states and preemptive authority of federal food and drug regulations;; 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;; legislation addressing mental health parity;; inclusion of prescription drug pricing on 2019 congressional agenda;; reauthorization of the patient centered outcomes research institute; (pcori);; potential premium reduction/reinsurance program to reduce health insurance premiums;; proposals to expand medicare including medicare buy-in and the development of a public option;; medical hospital outpatient prospective payment system for cy 2020;; drug pricing including most-favored nations proposals, international pricing index, importation and mandatory rebates;; potential healthcare pricing proposals, including a medicaid rebate cap, spread pricing, and inflation penalty;; comments on medicare and state healthcare programs: fraud and abuse; revisions to safe harbors under the anti-kickback statute, and civil monetary penalty rules regarding beneficiary inducements;; comments on medicare program; modernizing and clarifying the physician self-referral regulations;; comments on cms proposed medicaid fiscal accountability regulation;; comments on cms proposed transparency in coverage rule;; comments to the u.s. department of health and human services on the declaration under the public readiness and emergency preparedness (prep) act for medical countermeasures against covid-19, as amended on april 10, 2020 and june 8, 2020 (declaration), section 319f-3 of the public health service (phs) act (42 u.s.c. 247d-6d);; comments to the u.s. department of health and human services on cms-2393-p: medicaid program; ; medicaid fiscal accountability regulation;; comments to the u.s. department of health and human services on the administrations proposed rule to eliminate drug manufacturer rebates in part d;; transparency in coverage;; issues relating to the coronavirus pandemic, including testing, liability protection, and temporary cobra subsidies;; public health and social services emergency fund (phssef);; health insurance coverage during the coronavirus pandemic;; health legislative priorities for the potential phase 4 coronavirus relief package;; provisions relating to health savings accounts (hsa) and flexible spending arrangements ; (fsa) in the coronavirus, aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act (p.l. 116-136);; fccs covid-19 telehealth program;; federal emergency management agencys (fema) temporary rule regarding prioritization and ; allocation of certain scarce or threatened health and medical resources for domestic use; ; reform of the world health organization (who);; continued u.s. membership in the world health organization; public readiness and emergency preparedness act (p.l. 109-148, division c), and covid -19;; potential legislation dealing with covid-19 liability issues
- insurance: h.r. 469, to require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the national flood insurance act, and for other purposes; h.r. 471, taxpayer exposure mitigation act ; h.r. 3167, national flood insurance program reauthorization act of 2019; h.r. 4634/s. 2877, terrorism risk insurance program reauthorization act of 2019; h.r. 7011, pandemic risk insurance act of 2020; s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; ; potential legislation related to the negotiation and adoption of international insurance agreements and standards; ; potential legislation related to the supervision of insurance savings and loan holding companies; ; potential legislation related to the authority of the consumer financial protection bureau (cfpb) to regulate the business of insurance; ; potential legislation prohibiting the use certain risk-based indicators for underwriting automobile insurance; ; potential legislation to create a federal insurance program to manage the risk of pandemics; ; proposed rulemaking on risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities (84 fed. reg. 57,240-57,301, october 24, 2019); ; various issues relating to the reauthorization of the national flood insurance program;; retroactively altering business interruption insurance contracts related to covid-19;; creation of a prospective pandemic insurance program;; reauthorization of the terrorism risk insurance act (tria) (p.l. 107-297);; development of an insurance capital standard by the international association of insurance supervisors;; development of a holistic framework for systemic risk by the international association of insurance supervisors
- bankruptcy: s. 766, providing responsible oversight of trusts to ensure compensation and transparency (protect) asbestos victims act of 2019; ; various issues relating to the u.s. trustees authority to oversee the administration of; bankruptcy trust funds
- banking: h.r. 3614, restricting credit checks for employment decisions act; h.r. 3618, free credit scores for consumers act of 2019; h.r. 3621, student borrower credit improvement act; h.r. 3622, restoring unfairly impaired credit and protecting consumers act; h.r. 3629, clarity in credit score formation act of 2019; h.r. 3987, alleviating stress test burdens to help investors act; h.r. 4805, access business credit act of 2019; h.r. 5194, climate change financial risk act of 2019; h.r. 5332, protecting your credit score act of 2019; h.r. 6116, consumer financial protection commission act; s. 3441, fair hiring in banking act; s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; ; various issues relating to the volcker rule;; development of an international insurance capital standard;; proposals to implement a tax on financial transactions;; treatment of initial margin for inter-affiliate transactions;; sections 171 and 1071 of the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act (p.l. 111-203); ; large institution supervision coordination committee of the federal reserve board of governors;; request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the real estate settlement procedures act (p.l. 93-533) (regulation x) and the truth in lending act (p.l. 90-321) (regulation z) rule assessment, consumer financial protection bureau;; remittance transfers under the electronic fund transfer act (p.l. 95-630) (regulation e) consumer financial protection bureau;; negative credit suppression;; request for information regarding taskforce on federal consumer financial law;; section 29 of the federal deposit insurance act (p.l. 81-797) related to brokered deposits;; instituting a capital offset in light of implementation of current expected credit losses (cecl);; guidance on revised interagency statement on loan modifications by financial institutions working with customers affected by coronavirus;; comments regarding the use of exchange stabilization funds and creation of facilities under 13(3) of the federal reserve act;; comments regarding application of affiliation rules to the paycheck protection program;; comment letter to consumer financial protection bureau on facilitating the libor transition (regulation z);; letter requesting financial markets remain open
- natural resources: s. 3485, opening federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy (offshore) act of 2020; s. 4589, a bill to amend the endangered species act of 1973 to increase transparency, to support regulatory certainty, and to reauthorize that act, and for other purposes; ; various issues relating to federal permit streamlining;; withdrawal of outer continental shelf acreage under the outer continental shelf lands act (p.l. 83-121)
- automotive industry: h.r. 2, investing in a new vision for the environment and surface transportation (invest) in america act; h.r. 3156, smart technologies advancing reliable transportation act; h.r. 4686, samis law; s. 1398, smart cities and communities act of 2019; s. 1939, moving and fostering innovation to revolutionize smarter transportation act; ; potential legislation similar to s. 1885, american vision for safer transportation through advancement of revolutionary technologies (av start) act (115th congress); ; notice of request for comments: ensuring american leadership in automated vehicle technologies:; automated vehicles 4.0 (av 4.0) (85 fed. reg. 7,011-7,012, february 6, 2020); ; various issues relating to department of transportation av 3.0 guidelines for autonomous vehicles
- environment/superfund: h.r. 2, investing in a new vision for the environment and surface transportation (invest) in america act; h.r. 132, north american development bank improvement act of 2019; h.r. 205, protecting and securing florida's coastline act of 2019; h.r. 535, pfas action act of 2019; h.r. 1146, arctic cultural and coastal plain protection act; h.r. 1166/s. 383, utilizing significant emissions with innovative technologies (use it) act; h.r. 1497, water quality protection and job creation act of 2019; h.r. 1941, coastal and marine economies protection act; h.r. 1957, great american outdoors act; h.r. 2051/s. 999, sustainable chemistry research and development act of 2019; h.r. 2313, water conservation rebate tax parity act; h.r. 2500/s. 1790, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2020; h.r. 3779, resilience revolving loan fund act of 2019; h.r. 3969, save our seas 2.0 (sos) act; h.r. 4230, clean industrial technology (cit) act of 2019; h.r. 4447, expanding access to sustainable energy act of 2019; h.r. 5494, catastrophe loss mitigation incentive and tax parity act of 2019; h.r. 5544, american innovation and manufacturing leadership act; h.r. 5552, migratory bird protection act of 2020; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; h.r. 7575, water resources development act of 2020; h.r. 7608, state, foreign operations, agriculture, rural development, interior, environment, military construction, and veterans affairs appropriations act, 2021, including provisions relating to house appropriations committee amendment 53; h.r. 8333, to amend the national environmental policy act of 1969 to clarify ambiguous provisions, align the act with relevant case law, reflect modern technologies, optimize interagency coordination, and facilitate a more efficient, effective, and timely environmental review process; s. 747, diesel emissions reduction act of 2019; s. 816, small scale lng access act of 2019; s. 859, reliable investment in vital energy reauthorization (river) act; s. 903, nuclear energy leadership act; s. 983, weatherization enhancement and local energy efficiency investment and accountability act of 2019; s. 1052, rare earth element advanced coal technologies act; s. 1064, appalachian energy for national security act; s. 1085, vehicle innovation act of 2019; s. 1201, enhancing fossil fuel energy carbon technology (effect) act of 2019; s. 1286, energy technology maturation act of 2019; s. 1317, american mineral security act; s. 1685, launching energy advancement and development through innovations for natural gas act of 2019; s. 1706, energy savings through public-private partnerships act of 2019; s. 1857, federal energy and water management performance act of 2019; s. 1982, save our seas 2.0 act; s. 2301, reforming disaster recovery act; s. 2596, voluntary water partnership for distressed communities act of 2019; s. 2657, advanced geothermal innovation leadership act of 2019; s. 2754, american innovation and manufacturing act of 2019; s. 3418, safeguarding tomorrow through ongoing risk mitigation (storm) act of 2020; s. 3422, great american outdoors act; s. 3590, drinking water infrastructure act of 2020; s. 3926, federal permitting modernization act; s. 3927, a bill to establish a 90-day limit to file a petition for judicial review of a permit, license, or approval for a highway or public transportation project, and for other purposes; s. 4265, nepa data transparency and accountability act of 2020; s. 4402, a bill to amend the federal water pollution control act to clarify certain activities that would have been authorized under nationwide permit 12 and other nationwide permits, and for other purposes; ; s.j.res. 8, a joint resolution recognizing the duty of the federal government to create a green new deal; s.j.res. 9, a joint resolution calling on the united states and congress to take immediate action to address the challenge of climate change; s.j.res. 53, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, united states code, of the rule submitted by the environmental protection agency relating to "repeal of the clean power plan; emission guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions from existing electric utility generating units; revisions to emission guidelines implementing regulations"; ; potential climate and energy innovation legislation; ; potential legislation reauthorizing title 41 of the fixing americas surface transportation (fast) act (p.l. 114-94); ; proposed rule updating regulations on water quality certification, (84 fed. reg. 44,080-44,122, (august 22, 2019); ; draft policy assessment for the review of the ozone national ambient air quality standards, external ; review draft (84 fed. reg. 58,711-58,713, november 1, 2019); ; draft policy assessment for the review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, external review draft (84 fed. reg. 47,944-47,945, september 11, 2019); ; prevention of significant deterioration (psd) and nonattainment new source review (nnsr): project ; emissions accounting (84 fed. reg. 39,244-39,254, august 9, 2019); ; integrated science assessment for ozone and related photochemical oxidants (84 fed. reg. 50,836-50,838, september 26, 2019); ; notice of proposed rulemaking on accidental release reporting (84 fed. reg. 67,899-67,910, december 12, 2019); ; notice of proposed rulemaking on control of air pollution from new motor vehicles: heavy-duty engine; standards (85 fed. reg. 3,306-3,330, january 21, 2020); ; notice of proposed rulemaking addition of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances; community right-to-know toxic chemical release reporting (84 fed. reg. 66,369-66,373, december 4, 2019); ; notice of proposed rulemaking to update the regulations implementing the procedural provisions of the national environmental policy act (85 fed. reg. 1,684-1,730, january 10, 2020); ; proposed rule regarding national environmental policy act implementing procedures (85 fed. reg. 25,340-25,344, may 1, 2020); ; proposed rule on epa guidance; administrative procedures for issuance and public petitions proposed rule (85 fed. reg. 31,104-31,111, may 22, 2020) ; ; proposed rule regarding review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter (85 fed. reg. 24,094-24,144, april 30, 2020); ; proposed rule increasing consistency in considering benefits and costs in the clean air act rulemaking process (85 fed. reg. 35,612-35,627, june 11, 2020); ; proposed rule on endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; regulations for listing endangered and threatened species and designating critical habitat (85 fed. reg. 47,333-47,337, august 5, 2020); ; various issues relating to regulatory reform and permit streamlining;; funding for the advanced research projects agency-energy (arpa-e) program;; allowable uses of private activity bonds and the inclusion of investments in carbon capture infrastructure;; the kigali amendment to the montreal protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer;; implementation and reforms to the national environmental policy act (p.l. 91-190);; implementation of sections 311, 401, and 404 of the clean water act (p.l. 92-500);; implementation of the frank r. lautenberg chemical safety for the 21st century act (p.l. 114-182);; implementation and funding of americas water infrastructure act (p.l. 115-270);; implementation and reforms of the toxic substances control act (p.l. 94-469);; epas ozone national ambient air quality standards;; epa's clean air scientific advisory committees review of the draft policy assessment for the review of the ozone national ambient air quality standards;; agency for toxic substances and disease registry;; good neighbor air quality standards;; u.s.- mexico water policy;; clean air scientific advisory panel review of the draft policy assessment for the review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter;; definition of waters of the united states recodification of pre-existing rules;; energy security and its relationship to national security;; diversifying energy resources including issues related to the trans-adriatic pipeline, offshore oil drilling, and wind energy;; corporate average fuel economy standards;; federal flood risk management standard;; green new deal a proposed legislative framework on climate change; ; sea level rise and erosion associated with climate change;; alternative stormwater compliance;; council on environmental qualitys (ceq) proposed rule update to the regulations implementing the procedural provisions of the national environmental policy act;; financial responsibility requirements under cercla section 108(b) for facilities in the petroleum and coal; products manufacturing industry;; lead and copper proposed rule;; request to maintain the 60-day comment period for the ceq update to nepa implementing regulations; ; phasing out of hydrofluorocarbons;; environmental protection agency supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on strengthening ; transparency in regulatory science; ; preliminary perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid regulatory determination under the safe drinking water act;; draft risk evaluation for asbestos;; financial responsibility requirements under cercla section 108(b) for facilities in the ; chemical manufacturing industry;; environmental protection agencys memorandum interpretation of begin actual construction under the new source review preconstruction permitting regulations;; multistate general national pollutant discharge elimination system (npdes) permit renewals;; petition to initiate risk management procedural rule under the toxic substances control act;; building resilient infrastructure and communities (bric) program guidance; ; issues relating to a potential rider on appropriations legislation relating to bioengineered salmon;; proposed revisions to the toxics in packaging clearinghouse (tpch) model legislation and inclusion of pfas;; supplemental multi-sector general permit (msgp) comments;; epas ozone naaqs proposal;; implementation or the united states-mexico-canada trade agreement (usmca) including plastics toxicity under canadian environmental protection act;; epa interim guidance on pfas disposal and destruction;; epa multisector general permit revisions;; u.s. army corps of engineers nationwide permit revisions;; tsca risk management;; climate change;; executive order 13891, promoting the rule of law through improved agency guidance documents;; epa guidance following county of maui, supreme court decision and functional equivalent test;; epa response to court order in new york v. epa, d.c. cir. 19-1231;; epas national water reuse action plan;; epa and cdc wastewater surveillance;; dod pfas cleanup implementation;; dod pfas procurement issues;; stormwater management and green infrastructure;; building resilient infrastructure and communities program;; compensatory mitigation for losses of aquatic resources;; u.s.-mexico water and wastewater issues;; water resources development act (p.l. 93-251) priorities;; vacancies at the chemical safety board
- accounting: h.r. 3625, pcaob whistleblower protection act of 2019; h.r. 6551, cares act section 4014 technical corrections act; h.r. 7000/s. 945, holding foreign companies accountable act; s. 1256, pcaob enforcement transparency act of 2019; s. 1731, ensuring quality information and transparency for abroad-based listings on our exchanges (equitable) act; s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; ; potential legislation to create a forum requiring coordination on the creation of accounting standards; ; various issues relating to financial accounting standards board current expected credit loss accounting standard;; public company accounting oversight board (pcaob) critical audit matter requirements;; security and exchange commission roundtable on emerging market risks on financial
- torts: h.r. 327, ending forced arbitration for victims of data breaches act of 2019; h.r. 1423/s. 601, forced arbitration injustice repeal (fair) act; h.r. 1430/s. 608, court legal access and student support (class) act of 2019; h.r. 1443, ending forced arbitration of sexual harassment act ; h.r. 1500, consumers first act; h.r. 1603, alan reinstein ban asbestos now act of 2019 ; h.r. 2148/s. 1082, be heard in the workplace act ; h.r. 2474/s. 1306, protecting the right to organize act of 2019 ; h.r. 2749/s. 1491, restoring justice for workers act; h.r. 3843/s. 3026, general background on the countering russian and other overseas kleptocracy act; h.r. 4140, general background on the foreign extortion prevention act; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; h.r. 6800, health and economic recovery omnibus emergency solutions (heroes) act; s. 178, uighur act of 2019, including provisions relating to substitute amendment regarding covid-19 relief package; s. 620, safety over arbitration act of 2019; s. 630, arbitration fairness for consumers act; s. 635, restoring statutory rights and interests of the states act of 2019; s. 1624, help end abusive living situations (heals) act; s. 2789, satellite television access reauthorization act of 2019; s. 2968, consumer online privacy rights act; ; potential legislation similar to h.r. 6351, fairness in nursing home arbitration act of 2012; ; various issues relating to liability relief due to the coronavirus pandemic;; background on and preservation of federal arbitration act (p.l. 86-401);; alternative dispute resolution mechanisms;; litigation involving perfluoroalkyl substances (pfas);; legal reform;; legislation related to sexual assault and arbitration;; civil discovery reform;; asbestos litigation;; fraud and abuse in civil litigation
- financial institutions/investments/securities: h.r. 56, financial technology protection act ; h.r. 87, midnight rules relief act of 2019 ; h.r. 189, financial institution customer protection act of 2019 ; h.r. 748/ s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 758, cooperate with law enforcement agencies and watch act of 2019 ; h.r. 969, tabs act of 2019 ; h.r. 1018, improving corporate governance through diversity act of 2019; h.r. 1731, cybersecurity disclosure act of 2019; h.r. 1815, sec disclosure effectiveness testing act; h.r. 2144, token taxonomy act of 2019; h.r. 2154, digital taxonomy act of 2019; h.r. 2409, expanding access to capital for rural job creators act; h.r. 2515, whistleblower protection reform act of 2019; h.r. 2534, insider trading prohibition act; h.r. 2919, improving investment research for small and emerging issuers act; h.r. 3050, expanding investment in small businesses act of 2019; h.r. 3279, diversity in corporate leadership act of 2019; h.r. 3355, reward work act; h.r. 3614, restricting credit checks for employment decisions act; h.r. 3618, free credit scores for consumers act of 2019; h.r. 3621, student borrower credit improvement act; h.r. 3622, restoring unfairly impaired credit and protecting consumers act; h.r. 3624/s. 1843 outsourcing accountability act of 2019; h.r. 3625, pcaob whistleblower protection act of 2019; h.r. 3629, clarity in credit score formation act of 2019 ; h.r. 3641/s. 1854, stronger enforcement of civil penalties act of 2019; h.r. 3642, improving credit reporting for all consumers act; h.r. 3848/s. 2155, stop wall street looting act; h.r. 3987, alleviating stress test burdens to help investors act; h.r. 4242, greater accountability in pay act of 2019; h.r. 4320, corporate management accountability act of 2019; h.r. 4329, esg disclosure simplification act of 2019; h.r. 4335, 8-k trading gap act of 2019; h.r. 4344, investor protection and capital markets fairness act; h.r. 4492/s. 733, consumer financial choice and capital markets protection act of 2019; h.r. 4726, certainty for end-users act; h.r. 4805, access business credit act of 2019; h.r. 4918, helping startups continue to grow act; h.r. 5013, small business fair debt collection protection act; h.r. 5084, improving corporate governance through diversity act of 2019; h.r. 5332, protecting your credit score act of 2019; h.r. 5494, catastrophe loss mitigation incentive and tax parity act of 2019; h.r. 5929, shareholder political transparency act of 2020; h.r. 5930, workforce investment disclosure act of 2020; h.r. 6116, consumer financial protection commission act; h.r. 6210, uyghur forced labor prevention act; h.r. 6270, uyghur forced labor disclosure act of 2020; h.r. 6371, to amend the securities exchange act of 1934 to require issuers to disclose risks related to global pandemics, and for other purposes; h.r. 6375, to amend the securities exchange act of 1934 to require issuers to make disclosures related to supply chain disruption risk, and for other purposes; h.r. 6790, business borrowers protection act; h.r. 6934, to amend the cares act to require the uniform treatment of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations under certain programs carried out in response to the covid-19 emergency, and for other purposes; h.r. 7000, holding foreign companies accountable act; h.r. 7617, defense, commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, labor, health and human services, education, transportation, housing, and urban development appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 7668, financial services and general government appropriations act, 2021; s. 452, fostering innovation act of 2019; s. 471, litigation funding transparency act of 2019; s. 566, expanding access to capital for rural job creators act; s. 603, financial stability oversight council improvement act of 2019; s. 1256, pcaob enforcement transparency act of 2019; s. 1731, ensuring quality information and transparency for abroad-based listings on our exchanges (equitable) act; s. 2391, stock buyback reform and worker dividend act of 2019; s. 3441, fair hiring in banking act; s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; s. 3990, financial product safety commission act of 2020; s. 4129, lifting our communities through advance liquidity (local) infrastructure act; s. 4159, e-sign modernization act of 2020; ; draft legislation titled u.s. investors and national security transparency act; draft legislation that would extend the statute of limitations for civil penalties by the sec; draft legislation, the bad actor disqualification act; draft legislation to require the sec to study stock buybacks under rule 10b-18; draft legislation titled the diverse asset managers act; draft legislation titled the corporate human rights risk assessment, prevention and mitigation act; draft legislation to provide certain financial end-users with relief from clearing and margin ; requirements; draft legislation relating to supplementary leverage ratio treatment of client initial margin; draft legislation to amend the investment advisers act to require the sec to establish a process to follow when it obtains source code or other sensitive information from investment advisers; draft legislation relating to the underwriting of automobile insurance ; draft legislation covid-19 restitution assistance fund for victims of securities violations act; draft legislation to enhance civil penalties under the federal securities laws for violations related to an attempt to exploit investors related to the covid-19 crisis; draft legislation to temporarily prohibit federal financial regulators from adopting rules not directly related to responding to the coronavirus response through the length of the crisis; draft legislation to apply certain terms and conditions on making direct loans under the cares act to certain purchases of debt by the federal government, and for other purposes ; ; potential legislation to require the sec to complete rulemaking required by section 10d of the securities exchange act of 1934; ; potential legislation to require the sec to complete rulemaking required by section 14(i) of the securities exchange act of 1934; ; nomination of mark calabria to be director of the federal housing finance agency; ; proposed rule on auditor independence with respect to certain loans or debtor-creditor relationships (83 fed. reg. 20,753-20,773, may 8, 2018); ; proposed regulation on regulation best interest (83 fed. reg. 21,574-21,682, may 9, 2018); ; proposed commission interpretation regarding standard of conduct for investment advisers; request for comment on enhancing investment advisor regulation (83 fed. reg. 21,203-21,214, may 9, 2018); ; proposed rule on form crs relationship summary; amendments to form adv; required; disclosures in retail communications and restrictions on the use of certain names or titles (83 fed. reg. 21,416-21,575, may 9, 2018); ; policy to encourage trial disclosure programs (83 fed. reg. 45,574-45,578, september 10, 2018); ; proposed changes to applicability thresholds for regulatory capital and liquidity requirements (83 fed. reg. 66,024-66,059, december 12, 2018) ; ; proposed rule on prudential standards for large bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies (83 fed. reg. 61,408-61,460, november 29, 2018) ; ; proposed rule regarding standardized approach for calculating the exposure amount of derivative; contracts (84 fed. reg. 64,660-64,728, december 17, 2018); ; proposed rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans; delay of compliance date (84 fed. reg. 4,298-4,305, february 14, 2019); ; proposed rule on self-regulatory organizations; financial industry regulatory authority, inc.; notice of filing of a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service (84 fed. reg. 13,977-13,983, april 8, 2019); ; proposed rule to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice (84 fed. reg. 66,518-66,559, december 4, 2019); ; proposed rule on procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under exchange act rule 14a-8 (84 fed. reg. 66,458-66,515, december 4, 2019); ; proposed rule on modernization of regulation s-k items 101, 103, and 105 (84 fed. reg. 44,358-44,390, august 8, 2019); ; proposed rule on regarding margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities (84 fed. reg. 59,970-59,989, november 7, 2019); ; proposed rule for amendments to rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants (85 fed. reg. 2,332-2,354, january 15, 2020); ; proposed rule amending the accredited investor definition (85 fed. reg. 2,574-2,613, january 15, 2020); ; proposed rule on disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers (85 fed. reg. 2,522-2,571, january 15, 2020); ; electronic consent based social security number verification (84 fed. reg. 66,704-66,705, december 5, 2019); ; proposed rule on permissible interest on loans that are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred (84 fed. reg. 64,229-64,232, november 21, 2019); ; proposed rule on remittance transfers under the electronic fund transfer act (regulation e) (84 fed. reg. 67,132-67,167, december 6, 2019); ; request for information regarding the integrated mortgage disclosures under the real estate settlement; procedures act (regulation x) and the truth in lending act (regulation z) rule assessment (84 fed. reg. 64,436-64,441, november 22, 2019); ; ; various issues relating to cfpb regulatory sandbox for disclosures;; potential closing of the financial markets in response to the coronavirus pandemic; securities exchange commission strategic plan;; securities exchange commission rule 701 form s-8 reforms;; potential legislation related to the rulemaking and enforcement authority of sec. 619 of the dodd-frank act (p.l.111-203);; beneficial ownership;; reforms to the committee on foreign investment in the united states;; modernization of the community reinvestment act (p.l. 95-128);; implementation of the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, title xvii, foreign investment risk review modernization act (p.l. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655;; application of customer identification program requirements under anti-money laundering rules to bank-affiliated premium finance companies;; application of the may 2016 customer due diligence rule to routine cash refunds issued by bank-affiliated premium finance companies;; proposals to audit the board of governors of the federal reserve system;; best interest and enhancing investment adviser regulation relating to broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, conflicts of interest;; potential federal preemption of state fiduciary standards;; public company accounting oversight board (pcaob); ; cftc proposed rulemaking on the de minimis exception to the swap dealer definition;; cfpb policy on no-action letters and compliance assistance sandbox policy;; securities 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;; comment on fund of funds arrangements;; interest rate restrictions;; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities;; office of the comptroller of the currency (occ) innovation pilot program;; debt collection practices (regulation f) under the fair debt collection practices act (p.l. 95-109);; implementation of section 215 of the economic growth regulatory relief and consumer protection act (p.l. 115-174);; qualified mortgage definition under the truth and lending act (p.l. 90-321) regulation z;; financial stability oversight council and the designation of nonbank financial firms as systemically important;; federal reserve system and large institution supervision coordinating committee;; updated disclosure requirements and summary prospectus for variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts;; amendments to the accelerated filer and large accelerated filer definitions;; potential housing finance reform legislation;; enforcement of securities exchange commission penalties;; order instituting proceedings to determine whether to approve or disapprove a proposed rule change to establish a corporate bond new issue reference data service;; comments on modernization of regulation s-k items 101, 103 and 105 17 cfr parts 229, 239 and 240; ; comments on bond reference data proposal;; comment period extension request for regulatory capital rules: risk based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities;; comments on proposed rule change to introduce a liquidity provider protection on cboe edga;; inter-affiliate initial margin relief;; substituted compliance and equivalence between the u.s. derivatives regulatory regime and the european unions european market infrastructure regulation (emir); ; european supervisory authority review and provisions regarding portfolio delegation;; eu third country equivalency process; ; eu sustainable finance action plan and incorporating esg factors into financial services; ; eu solvency ii review;; eu review of prudential regime for investment firms;; brexit risks;; sec concept release on harmonization of securities offering exemptions;; sec digital assets;; transition from london interbank offered rate (libor) to secured overnight financing rate (sofr);; office of the comptroller of the currency (occ), federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic), valid when made doctrine;; department of labor field assistance bulletin no. 2018-01 regarding compliance with interpretive bulletin 2016-01 and 2015-01;; incentive based executive compensation regulation under dodd-frank section 956;; potential repeal of the state and local tax (salt) cap;; amending the accredited investor definition;; amendments to exemptions from the proxy rules for proxy voting advice;; disclosure of payments by resource extraction issuers;; pcaob concept release on potential approach to revisions to pcaob quality control standards;; procedural requirements and resubmission thresholds under exchange act rule 14a-8;; proposed amendments to rule 2-01, qualifications of accountants;; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and ; relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds;; regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities;; revised draft ecbsv user agreement and related materials;; credit risk retention-notice of commencement of review;; issues relating to federal interest rate authority;; comments on margin requirements for non-centrally cleared swaps margin - impact of covid-19 on ; initial margin phase-in;; main street new loan facility and main street expanded loan facility;; managements discussion and analysis, selected financial data, and supplementary financial information;; securities and exchange commission fixed income market structure advisory committee;; federal deposit insurance corporation: unsafe and unsound banking practices: brokered deposits;; furthering economic stabilization by encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with all borrowers affected by covid-19;; liquidity programs coronavirus;; pcaob request for comment: interim analysis of critical audit matter requirements;; proposed rule change to add a new discretionary limit order type called d-limit;; proposed rule change to align certain msrb rules to securities and exchange act rule 15l-1, regulation best interest;; proposed rule change to finras suitability, non-cash compensation, and capital acquisition ; broker rules in response to regulation best interest;; federal reserve board request for public feedback proposal to expand its main street lending program to provide access to credit for nonprofit organizations;; regulatory capital rule: revised transition of the current expected credit losses (cecl) methodology for allowances;; request for further clarifications and modifications to risk-based guidance;; rfi to assist the taskforce on federal consumer financial law-cfpb;; sec. 171 dfa collins amendment;; use of derivatives by registered investment companies and business development companies; ; required due diligence by broker-dealers and registered investment advisers regarding retail customers transactions in certain leveraged/inverse investment vehicles;; eu renewed sustainable finance strategy consultation;; access to capital for minority owned businesses;; cfpb comment on changes to regulation z to facilitate the upcoming libor transition;; debt collection practices (regulation f): supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking;; european supervisory authorities consultation paper on esg disclosures;; fdic request for information on standard setting and voluntary certification for models and third-party providers of technology and other services;; opposing credit suppression;; margin and capital requirements for covered swap entities interim final rule;; margin requirements for uncleared swaps for swap dealers and major swap participants;; national banks and federal savings associations as lenders;; proposed rule on financial factors in selecting plan investments;; qualified mortgage definition under the truth in lending act (regulation z);; response to occ anpr on national bank and federal savings association digital activities;; proposed rule reporting threshold for institutional investment managers;; housing and urban development implementation of the fair housing acts disparate impact standard;; fdic notice of proposed rulemaking on interest rate restrictions on institutions that are less than well capitalized;; federal regulatory capital rules: risk-based capital requirements for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities;; proposed revisions to prohibitions and restrictions on proprietary trading and certain interests in, and relationships with, hedge funds and private equity funds;; fdic, incorporation of existing statement of policy regarding requests for participation in the affairs of an insured depository institution by convicted individuals;; sec: proposed rule change to finras suitability, non-cash compensation and capital acquisition broker rules in response to regulation best interest;; sec: proposed rule change to add a new discretionary limit order type called d-limit;; sec: proposed rule change to align certain msrb rules to securities and exchange act rule 15l-1, regulation best interest;; sec: proposed rule change on form 13f reporting threshold for institutional investment managers;; development of an international insurance capital standard by the international association of insurance supervisors;; development of a new program to replace revenue due to business interruption or event cancelation;; international organization of securities commissions (iosco) consultation on leverage metrics;; potential legislation dealing with third party litigation financing and lawsuit lending
- economics/economic development: various issues relating to implementation of the cares act (p.l. 116-136);; unemployment benefits supplement
- law enforcement/crime/criminal justice: h.r. 2348, clean slate act of 2019; h.r. 7120, george floyd justice in policing act of 2020; s. 178, uighur intervention and global humanitarian unified response (uighur) act of 2019, including provisions relating to limitations on civil liability; s. 3985, just and unifying solutions to invigorate communities everywhere (justice) act; s. 4186, driving for opportunity act of 2020; s. 4317, safeguarding americas frontline employees to offer work opportunities required to kickstart the economy (safe to work) act; ; various issues relating to policing reform;; public readiness and emergency preparedness act (p.l. 109-148, division c), declaration limitations on distribution (section vii)
- copyright/patent/trademark: h.r. 1046, medicare negotiation and competitive licensing act of 2019; h.r. 2426/s. 1273, copyright alternative in small-claims enforcement (case) act of 2019; h.r. 6058, stopping harmful offers on platforms by screening against fakes in e-commerce (shop safe) act of 2020; h.r. 6196, trademark modernization (tm) act of 2020; s. 1416, affordable prescriptions for patients act of 2019; ; request for comments and notice of a public hearing regarding the 2020 special 301 review (84 fed. reg. 70,613-70,615, december 23, 2019); ; various issues relating to implementation of trade facilitation and trade enforcement act of 2015 (p.l. 114-125);; anti-counterfeiting trade agreement;; office of the intellectual property enforcement coordinator and the national intellectual property rights coordination center;; uspto ip attache program, fee change, and strategic plan;; appropriations related to the pro-ip act (p.l. 110-403);; funding issues related to the uspto;; ip issues related to australia, canada, china, india, brazil, europe, and mexico;; ip issues related to internet counterfeiting and piracy;; ip issues related to trade secret theft;; expanded use of software asset management by the federal government and its contractors;; patent linkage and regulatory data protection;; the implementation of section 182 of the trade act of 1974 (p.l. 93-618), as amended by the omnibus trade and competitiveness act of 1988 and the uruguay round agreements act (the special 301 report);; the world intellectual property organization;; the world trade organization;; the world health organization;; the international telecommunications union;; ip issues related to the u.s.-mexico, canada agreement (usmca);; ip issues related to prescription drug pricing and labeling;; federal trade commission competition and consumer protection;; modernization of the u.s. copyright office;; increasing federal criminal penalties for certain types of copyright infringement via illicit streaming of copyrighted works;; registration modernization;; intellectual property and copyright during the coronavirus pandemic;; u.s. involvement and engagement in the world intellectual property organization (wipo);; indias non-personal data governance framework
- homeland security: h.r. 251, chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program extension act; h.r. 748/s. 3548, coronavirus aid, relief, and economic security (cares) act; h.r. 1668/s. 734, iot cybersecurity improvement act of 2019; h.r. 1731/s. 592, cybersecurity disclosure act of 2019 ; h.r. 3256, protecting and securing chemical facilities from terrorist attacks act of 2019; h.r. 4482, protecting america's food and agriculture act of 2019; h.r. 4978, online privacy act of 2019; h.r. 4998, secure and trusted communications networks act of 2019; h.r. 5680/s. 3045, cybersecurity vulnerability identification and notification act of 2019; h.r. 6074, coronavirus preparedness and response supplemental appropriations act, 2020; h.r. 6201, families first coronavirus response act; h.r. 6395/s. 4049, national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021; h.r. 7331, national cyber director act; h.r. 7669, department of homeland security appropriations act, 2021; h.r. 8048, state and local it modernization and cybersecurity act; s. 893, secure 5g and beyond act of 2019; s. 1625, united states 5g leadership act of 2019; s. 2664, cyber shield act of 2019; s. 3045, cybersecurity vulnerability identification and notification act of 2019; s. 3712, cybersecurity competitions to yield better efforts to research the latest exceptionally advanced problems (cyber leap) act of 2020; s. 3905, intelligence authorization act for fiscal year 2021; s. 3928, continuity of the economy act of 2020; s. 3929, national guard cyber interoperability act; ; draft legislation on motor vehicles including cybersecurity; ; draft legislation titled united states consumer data privacy act of 2019 ; ; draft legislation titled cyber safety act; ; draft legislation titled data security and breach notification act of 2020 ; ; various issues relating to chemical facility anti-terrorism standards (cfats) program reauthorization;; implementation of the john s. mccain national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019, including sections 889(a)(1)(a) and (a)(1)(b) and title xvii, foreign investment risk review modernization act (p.l. 115-232), including provisions relating to sections 1654 and 1655;; deepening business and governmental operational collaboration against foreign cyber threats;; national institute of standards and technology (nist) framework for improving critical infrastructure cybersecurity;; small and midsize business cybersecurity assistance;; 5g;; cybersecurity protections;; cyber workforce, including cybersecurity professionals securing business and government networks;; cyber incident reporting of breaches, hacks, and other security incidents;; internet of things (iot) security;; office of the director of national intelligence (odni)s cyber customer services;; bureau of industry and security, temporary general license;; cyberspace solarium commission report and recommendations;; department of commerce proposed rule securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain;; department of defense cybersecurity maturity model certification (cmmc) v.1.0;; department of defense, general services administration, and nasa interim rule, federal acquisition regulation: prohibition on contracting for certain telecommunications and video surveillance services or equipment;; national institute of standards and technology (nist) nistir 8259, recommendations for iot device manufacturers: foundational activities and core device cybersecurity capability baseline (2nd draft);; national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2019 and related regulations (p.l. 115-232);; national security council (nsc), u.s. international standards engagement;; executive order 13920, securing the united states bulk-power system;; implementation of defense production act of 1950 (p.l. 81-774);; security clearance reform legislation;; potential privacy legislation, including data security;; issues related to coronavirus;; department of homeland security (dhs) cybersecurity and infrastructure security agencys (cisa) recent guidance on the essential critical infrastructure workforce: ensuring community and national resilience in covid-19 response;; procurement issues;; issues related to china;; printed circuit boards
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