H.R. 2670, S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft. H.R. 8070, S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft.
Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 Departments of Transportation and Energy Appropriations, including funding for DOT crashworthiness studies, DOE Vehicle Technologies Office, DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office and Plastics Innovation Challenge that impact development of lightweight automotive components.
H.R. 2670, S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft. H.R. 8070, S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, including provisions related to the procurement of aircraft. Potential appropriations for civil, space and defense aerospace platforms and associated materials supply chain.
Potential House and Senate legislation related to the renewal of Miscellaneous Tariff Bill and Generalized System of Preferences.
H. Con. Res 14 - Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.
H.R. 2670, S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. H.R. 8070, S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, including provisions related to the regulation of PFAS and CERCLA liability waivers. H.R. 1267, Water Systems PFAS Liability Protection Act, including provisions related to CERCLA exemptions for PFAS liability. 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 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, 890 Fed. Reg. 4,738 (Jan. 16, 2025).
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. H.R. 2670, S. 2226, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, including provisions related to the support for the defense industrial base, reporting on uses of PFAS that are critical to national security. H.R. 8070, S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, including provisions related to the support for the defense industrial base, reporting on uses of PFAS that are critical to national security. H.R. 8774, S. 4921, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025, 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. U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission investigation into unfairly priced imports of vanillin. USTR's Request for Comments to Assist in Reviewing and Identifying Unfair Trade Practices and Initiating All Necessary Actions to Investigate Harm From Non-Reciprocal Trade Arrangements, USTR-2025-0001. White House Executive Order 14154 Unleashing American Energy, including provisions related to the necessity of unleashing American energy and securing supply chains. White House Executive Order No. 14156 Declaring a National Energy Emergency, including provisions related to the immediate risk of the current precariously inadequate and intermittent energy supply, and an increasingly unreliable grid.
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. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize Act, including provisions related to state Right to Work laws and union dues.
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. 541, Eliminating Lavish Incentives to Electric Vehicles Act, including provisions related to the repeal of tax credits for clean vehicles.
H.R. 4346, The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, including provisions related to the federal funding of semiconductor manufacturing. 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.
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.
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.
Potential House legislation to support farmer education and adoption of tank adjuvants.