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  • H.R. 9, the Innovation Act; = provisions relating to regulating patent litigation
  • Legislation to modify the federal chain-restaurant menu-labeling mandate contained within the enacted Affordable Care Act, including H.R. 2017, the Common Sense Nutritional Disclosure Act. FDA regulatory actions/decisions implementing the chain restaurant menu labeling provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
  • H.R. 703, the RFS Elimination Act, H.R. 704, the RFS Reform Act, S. 577, the Corn Ethanol Mandate Elim. Act, and S.1584, the RFS Repeal Act = provisions to repeal or modify the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.
  • H.R. 30, Save American Workers Act and S. 30, Forty Hours is Full Time Act = legislation to modify the employer mandate threshold in the ACA from 30 hrs/wk to 40 hrs/wk. H.R. 370 and H.R. 596, legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Potential legislation to alter reporting requirements of ACA. H.R. 2712 and S. 1996, the Commonsense Reporting Act = provisions to modify/simplify employer reporting requirements under ACA.
  • Monitor federal legislative discussions concerning payment card data security mandates and systems.
  • H.J.Res. 29 and S.J.Res. 8, Congressional Review Act disapproval of NLRB union election regulations. S.Res. 77, declaring Feb. 13 to be "2.13 day". H.R. 122, the Original Living Wage Act. Monitor development of potential legislation to raise federal minimum wage, including potential reductions to tip credit.
  • Monitor development of potential legislation to provide for tolling of existing interstate highways.
  • H.R. 145, to permanently extend the Work Opportunity Tax Credit. H.R. 765, and S. 394, to permanently extend accelerated 15-year restaurant depreciation. Potential legislative proposals to modify or repeal the 45B federal corporate income tax credit for FICA paid on employee tips.
  • Monitor status of U.S. trade negotiations, specifically Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

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General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Food Industry (Safety, Labeling, etc.), Fuel/Gas/Oil, Health Issues, Banking, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Roads/Highway, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Medicare/Medicaid, Immigration, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Trucking/Shipping, Torts, Energy/Nuclear, Budget/Appropriations, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Transportation, Agriculture, Railroads

Spending: about $460,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Senate,

Bills mentioned

H.R.9: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.2017: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2015

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

H.R.703: Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.704: RFS Reform Act of 2015

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.577: Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2015

Sponsor: Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.)

S.1584: Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

H.R.30: Save American Workers Act of 2015

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

S.30: Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.370: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health...

Sponsor: John Fleming (R-La.)

H.R.596: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health...

Sponsor: Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.)

H.R.2712: Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.1996: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.J.RES.29: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,...

Sponsor: John Kline (R-Minn.)

S.J.RES.8: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter...

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.RES.77: A resolution designating Friday, February 13, 2015, as "$2.13 Day".

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.122: Original Living Wage Act of 2015

Sponsor: Al Green (D-Texas)

H.R.145: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the work...

Sponsor: David W. Jolly (R-Fla.)

H.R.765: Restaurant and Retail Jobs and Growth Act of 2015

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.394: Depreciation Fairness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.1147: Legal Workforce Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.RES.108: Expressing the sense of the House relating to the dispute between the...

Sponsor: Dave Reichert (R-Wash.)

H.R.845: Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.3540: Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

S.1013: Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.1612: Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.2049: Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

H.R.1249: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

Sponsor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)

S.1756: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

S.39: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1461: Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.1462: RFS Reform Act of 2013

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.1195: Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.1807: Corn Ethanol Mandate Elimination Act of 2013

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

H.R.1254: Auto Enroll Repeal Act

Sponsor: Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

H.R.2575: Save American Workers Act of 2014

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

H.R.2667: Authority for Mandate Delay Act

Sponsor: Tim Griffin (R-Ark.)

H.R.2988: Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013

Sponsor: Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.)

S.1188: Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.3522: Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

S.2176: Commonsense Reporting Act of 2014

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.229: Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act

Sponsor: Al Green (D-Texas)

H.R.650: WAGES Act

Sponsor: Donna Edwards (D-Md.)

H.R.1346: Catching Up To 1968 Act of 2013

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.1010: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.3746: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Sponsor: John B. Larson (D-Conn.)

S.460: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.3939: Invest in United States Act of 2014

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

S.1737: Minimum Wage Fairness Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.2223: Minimum Wage Fairness Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.2486: Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1120: Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

Sponsor: Phil Roe (R-Tenn.)

H.R.4320: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Sponsor: John Kline (R-Minn.)

S.2178: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.2199: Paycheck Fairness Act

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

H.R.3474: Hire More Heroes Act of 2014

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

S.2260: EXPIRE Act of 2014

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1859: Tax Extenders Act of 2013

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.3948: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the...

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.4212: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the...

Sponsor: Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

S.749: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend...

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3947: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the...

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.4082: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the work...

Sponsor: John J. Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5264: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the work opportunity...

Sponsor: Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

H.R.777: ADA Notification Act of 2013

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

H.R.994: ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of...

Sponsor: Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

H.R.749: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

Sponsor: Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.)

H.R.1772: Legal Workforce Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1265: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the...

Sponsor: Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.)

S.687: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

H.R.2082: Work Opportunity Credit Improvements Act

Sponsor: Aaron Schock (R-Ill.)

H.R.3097: Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.3098: Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.1063: Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012

Sponsor: Tim Murphy (R-Pa.)

S.1718: Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.6174: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012

Sponsor: John Carter (R-Texas)

S.3574: Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2012

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.6079: Repeal of Obamacare Act

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

H.R.6211: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.3453: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2012

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.3094: Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Sponsor: John Kline (R-Minn.)

H.R.283: Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2011

Sponsor: Al Green (D-Texas)

H.R.631: WAGES Act

Sponsor: Donna Edwards (D-Md.)

S.948: Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.1876: Healthy Families Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.J.RES.36: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter...

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.J.RES.103: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,...

Sponsor: Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.)

S.2252: Rebuild America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1744: American Job Protection Act

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.2206: Auto Enroll Repeal Act

Sponsor: Frank Guinta (R-N.H.)

H.R.3798: Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012

Sponsor: Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)

H.R.2164: Legal Workforce Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.1196: Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1196: LEAVE Act

Sponsor: Gary G. Miller (R-Calif.)

H.R.1081: Consumers Payment System Protection Act

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

S.575: Debit Interchange Fee Study Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.1439: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.404: Renewable Fuels for America's Future Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

H.R.424: LEVEL Act

Sponsor: Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

H.R.426: RIPE Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

H.R.748: To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency...

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.851: Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2011

Sponsor: Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)

H.R.1075: Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

H.R.1188: Repeal Ethanol Subsidies Today Act of 2011

Sponsor: Leonard Lance (R-N.J.)

S.187: Biofuels Market Expansion Act of 2011

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

S.520: Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit Repeal Act

Sponsor: Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

S.361: Seven Point Plan for Growing Jobs Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.530: A bill to modify certain subsidies for ethanol production, and for other...

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.559: Securing America's Future with Energy and Sustainable Technologies Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.871: Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act

Sponsor: Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

S.1057: Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act

Sponsor: Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)

S.10: Family Economic Success Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.1440: Family and Medical Leave Enhancement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2854: Employer Free Choice Act

Sponsor: Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)

S.20: American Job Protection Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.1448: Consumer Product Safety Flexibility Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.2715: To provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority...

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

H.R.1939: Enhancing CPSC Authority and Discretion Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

S.174: HeLP America Act

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.2: Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act

Sponsor: Eric Cantor (R-Va.)

H.RES.9: Instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the...

Sponsor: David Dreier (R-Calif.)

S.223: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.797: Paycheck Fairness Act

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

H.R.1519: Paycheck Fairness Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.468: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the reduction in...

Sponsor: Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.756: To direct the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe standards for the...

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

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