Environmental policies and regulations affecting paints, coatings, and related products including: Plastics, microplastics, biocides, climate, BPA, and PCBTF/VOCs; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) including fee review; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); EPAs DRAFT Risk Assessments of antimicrobial pesticide active ingredients related to preservation; Government Procurement Programs; Environmental permitting process; Superfund cleanup; Financial assurance requirements under CERCLA; CERCLA cleanups and settlements; Premanufacture Notices (PMNs); Fluoropolymers; Paint recycling and sustainability; USDA Biobased / BioPreferred program funding.
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. Extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). 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 Sec. 232 tariffs on tinplate steel imports.
Monitoring general labor and workforce issues; H.R.5408/S.844, Faster Labor Contracts Act.
Discussions related to transportation and infrastructure funding. 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; H.R.8870, BUILD America 250 Act. Aviation privacy issues; S.2503/H.R.6222, ROTOR Act; H.R.7613, ALERT Act. Discussions related to Water Resources Development Act reauthorization (H.R.9497).
Issues related to anti-fouling coatings in the FY27 appropriations and authorization process; FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.8800/S.4784). Discussions related to the National Defense Industrial Strategy. Issues related to corrosion.
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; H.R.3074, Common Cents Act.