IMO's proposal to classify plastic pellets as hazardous, including provisions related to UN shipping requirements, plastic pellets maritime spills and the maritime hazard classification process.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Rule, "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors," including provisions related to corporate reporting of Scopes 1-3 emissions.
H.R. 3838, S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft. Technology export license governed by U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security's Export Administration Regulations. S. 4784, H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2027, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft, and appropriations for civil, space and defense aerospace platforms and associated materials in the aviation supply chain.
H.R. 3838, S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft. S. 4784, H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2027, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft, and appropriations for civil, space and defense aerospace platforms and associated materials in the aviation supply chain.
Potential legislation that would incentivize recognizing advanced recycling and utilizing circular plastics in the automotive supply chain.
Potential House and Senate legislation related to the renewal of Miscellaneous Tariff Bill and Generalized System of Preferences.
H.R. 3838, S. 2296, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. S. 4784, H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2027, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. H.R. 7567, Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. H.R. 9497, Water Resources Development Act of 2026, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. Discussion Draft of Legislation to Modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, including provisions related to updating EPA's TSCA review process. H.R. 1267, Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act, including provisions related to CERCLA exemptions for PFAS liability. H.R. 8632, PFAS Cleanup Act, including provisions related to a tax on the manufacturing of PFAS to help fund the cleanup of contamination. H.R. 1415, S. 623, No IRIS Act, including provisions related to the use of assessments generated by the IRIS program. Potential Senate legislation directing EPA to regulate PFAS in certain sectors and environmental media, and exemptions to CERCLA liability. Potential Senate legislation to reform TSCA Section 5 requirements for significant new use notices. EPA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category. EPA's Rule on TSCA 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS Substances. EPA's New Chemical Review process under TSCA, including the process to approve new chemicals, low volume and polymer exemptions from TSCA's pre-manufacture notice requirements. EPA's final rule on National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS, including PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, PFHxS and PFBS. EPA's final rule on designations of PFAS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances. EPA's proposed Toxic Substances Control Act risk management rule for Trichloroethylene (TCE), EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0642-0026, 88 Fed. Reg. 74,712 (Oct. 31, 2023). EPA's proposed rule on Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2023-0496, 88 Fed. Reg. 74,292 (Oct. 30, 2023). EPA's final revised risk determination for 1,4-dioxane under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2016-0723, 89 Fed. Reg. 89,993 (Nov. 14, 2024). EPA's draft scope of the risk evaluation for vinyl chloride under the Toxic Substances Control Act, EPA-HQ-OPPT-2018-0448, 90 Fed. Reg. 4,738 (Jan. 16, 2025). EPA Pesticides Registration, Product code DV 5-26762 (Actizone), Reg. No. 4564-27. EPA draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6), EPA-HQ-OW-2022-0946, Apr. 2, 2026, including provisions related to PFAS compounds and microplastics.
Department of Defense's Defense Production Act Title III program and Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program, including funding for projects that support national security. S. 4212, Prioritizing the Warfighter in Defense Contracting Act of 2026, including provisions related to prohibiting stock buybacks, dividends and caps compensation as a condition of contracting with the Department of Defense. H.R. 9495, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027, including provisions related to national security projects under the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program.
Department of Justice's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Clarification and Modernization of Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Implementing Regulations, including provisions related to the commercial exemption and the Lobbying Disclosure Act exemption. S. 4893, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act, including provisions related to LDA exemption disclosures.
USTR's s. 301 investigation of China and associated tariff actions, including imports of vanillin flavoring products, semiconductor manufacturing chemicals and battery-grade fluoropolymers. USTR, Docket Nos. USTR-2026-03868 (91 FR 9686), Request for Comments on the Design of a Plurilateral Agreement on Trade in Critical Minerals and Policy Actions To Strengthen the Resilience of Critical Mineral Supply Chains. Docket Nos. USTR-2026-0067 (91 FR 13394), Initiation of Section 301 Investigations: Acts, Policies, and Practices of Certain Economies Relating to Structural Excess Capacity and Production in Manufacturing Sectors. USTR, Docket Nos. USTR-2026-0133 (91 FR 12884), Initiation of Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor. USTR, Docket Nos. USTR-2026-0265 (91 FR 34272), Initiation of Section 301 Investigations of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor. U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission investigation into unfairly priced imports of vanillin. Department of Commerce Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Semiconductors and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment, 90 FR 15950 (Apr. 16, 2025). US International Trade Commission Investigation, No. 337-TA-1439, battery-grade PVDF. Department of Commerce Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients, 90 FR 15951 (Apr. 16, 2025). Department of Commerce Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Derivative Products, 90 FR 17372 (Apr. 22, 2025). S. 3841, Last Sale Valuation Act of 2026, including provisions related to amending customs regulations concerning valuation of imports.
Surface Transportation Board's Final Offer Rate Review (FORR).
U.S. Department of Energy Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C) Program. U.S. Department of Energy's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Funding Opportunity Announcement, DOE FOA-0002678 (May 2, 2022), including provisions related to the production of battery-grade materials.
EPA's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for Organic Chemicals, Plastics and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category. EPA's final rule on National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS, including PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, HFPO-DA, PFHxS and PFBS. UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, including provisions related to chemical management reform initiatives. H.R. 6566, Recycling Technology Innovation Act, including provisions related to amendments to Section 129 of the Clean Air Act and classification of advanced recycling.
H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including provisions related to clean energy tax credits and corporate tax modifications for US subsidiaries subject to foreign extraterritorial tax regimes. Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Guidance to Apply Interim Safe Harbors for Purposes of Determining a Taxpayers Material Assistance from a Prohibited Foreign Entity; Other Prohibited Foreign Entity Guidance (IRS Notice 2026-15) (Feb. 12, 2026), including provisions related to Critical Mineral and Battery Component Value Calculations, guidance on Foreign Entities of Concern prohibitions for Section 45X. Department of Treasury's final regulations for the Section 30D New Clean Vehicle Credit (IRS-2023-0019) (Mar. 31, 2023), including provisions related to Critical Mineral and Battery Component Value Calculations, guidance on Foreign Entities of Concern prohibitions, and Department of Energy's final regulations on interpretation of Foreign Entity of Concern (DOE-2023-26513). Department of Treasury's final regulations for the Energy Security Tax Credits under Sections 48C and 45X (IRS-2022-0047) (Nov. 4, 2022), including provisions related to Critical Mineral and Battery Component Value Calculations, and guidance on Foreign Entities of Concern prohibitions. H.R. 591, Defending American Jobs and Investment Act, including provisions related to Undertaxed Profits Rule (UTPR), OECD Pillars I and II, and international tax provisions. H.R. 640, The Chemical Tax Repeal Act, including provisions related to repealing 2021 Superfund excise taxes.
S. 4585, CHIPS EQUIP Act, including provisions related to prohibiting covered entities that receive federal assistance relating to semiconductors from purchasing certain equipment from FEOCs. H.R.7037, Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies (DOMINANCE) Act, including provisions related to directing diplomatic efforts with partners to coordinate mining, processing, manufacturing, environmental and labor standards, and supply commitments. H.R. 7126, Secure Minerals Act, including provisions related to establishing a critical mineral reserve and supporting domestic mining, processing, recycling and repurposing critical minerals. Potential House and Senate legislation that would expand the applicability of tariffs and anti-dumping rates on entities subject to FEOC control.
Pub. L. 71-361, Tariff Act of 1930, including provisions related to the enforcement of forced labor regulations by Customs and Border Protection. H.R. 4470 and S. 2178, legislation to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
S. 3122, Better FDA Act of 2025, including provisions related to modifications to FDA's oversight of the "Generally Recognized as Safe" framework. Make America Healthy Again Commission report, dated Sep. 9, 2025, under Executive Order 14212 titled "Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission," including provisions related to guidance on water contaminants and the generally recognized as safe (GRAS) process. Proposed rule from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Substances Generally Recognized as Safe.