OGR

Issues related to CERCLA cleanups and settlements. Issues related to paint recycling and sustainability. Issues related to USDA Biobased / BioPreferred program funding.

Issues related to anti-fouling coatings in the FY27 appropriations and authorization process. Discussions related to the National Defense Industrial Strategy. Issues related to corrosion.

Policies and regulations affecting paints, coatings, and related products, including: legislation encouraging the use of innovative materials in infrastructure projects, financial assurance requirements under CERCLA, Premanufacture Notices (PMNs), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fee review, and fluoropolymers.

Tax policy issues including the Historic Tax Credit, third-party litigation funding, and H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21) implementation. Issues related to housing resiliency, S.1323, The Facilitating Increased Resilience, Environmental Weatherization And Lowered Liability (FIREWALL) Act.

Discussions related to international trade policy issues specifically including Sec. 301 tariffs, supply chain, Customs Modernization, and USMCA review. Discussions related to U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Discussions related to tariffs on resins. Discussions related to proposed tariffs on imported paints by CARICOM. Discussions related to imported products subject to Annex II.

Discussions related to transportation and infrastructure funding including container crane manufacturing initiatives. Policies and regulations related to Build America Buy America requirements for federally funded infrastructure projects through surface transportation reauthorization or rulemaking; H.R.3933/S.3819, Paving the Way for American Industry Act. Aviation privacy issues; S.2503/H.R.6222, ROTOR Act; H.R.7613, ALERT Act.

Issues related to housing; S.2651, ROAD to Housing Act; H.R.6644, 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.

Issues related to the discontinuation of the penny.