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Articles and editorials

Trump Picks Top Koch Recipient for Secretary of State, S2443 [25AP]

Well-Heeled Investors Reap the Republican Tax Cut Bonanza, H1330 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions

Bankruptcy: modify venue requirements relative to bankruptcy proceedings (see S. 2282), S67 [8JA]

Business and industry: clarify that acquisitions that tend to create a monopsony violate certain antitrust laws (see H.R. 5630), H3705 [26AP]

——— prohibit consideration of spurious economic efficiencies to justify anticompetitive mergers (see H.R. 5642), H3706 [26AP]

——— require certain companies to disclose measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within the company’s supply chains (see H.R. 7089), H9443 [23OC]

Economy: require businesses to balance responsibilities to employees and shareholders by requiring Federal charters and election of board members, restricting sales of company shares, and limiting political expenditures (see S. 3348), S5618 [15AU] (see H.R. 7294), H10209 [13DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 136), H5816 [27JN]

——— prohibit establishment of a corporation to conceal election contributions and donations by foreign nationals (see S. 2939), S2877 [23MY]

Employment: prohibit agreements between employers that directly restrict the current or future employment of any employee (see H.R. 5632), H3705 [26AP]

——— prohibit employers from requiring workers to enter into non-compete covenants and require employers to notify potential employees of illegality of such covenants (see H.R. 5631), H3705 [26AP]

Federal employees: provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 3244), S5107 [19JY] (see H.R. 6452), H6588 [19JY]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ through improved regulation and breaking up large banks and financial service companies in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 3542), S6495 [3OC] (see H.R. 7006), H9406 [28SE] (see H.R. 7383), H10510 [20DE]

GSA: prohibit from awarding contracts to certain insured depository institutions that avoid doing business with certain companies that are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on social policy (see S. 3539), S6438 [2OC]

House Rules: prohibit, with limited exceptions, participation of any Member, officer, or employee of the House on the board of any publicly held or publicly regulated corporation, financial institution, or business entity (see H. Res. 1043), H7758 [21AU]

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board: increase transparency (see H.R. 5614), H3574 [25AP]

Olympic Games: discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely affect the ability of Team USA to attract sponsorships (see S. Res. 395), S704 [7FE]

Political campaigns: ban contributions by foreign-controlled corporations and foreign-affiliated nonprofit organizations, prohibit foreign involvement in election activities, and reform Foreign Agents Registration Act (see H.R. 6249), H5815 [27JN]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 3150), S4512 [27JN] (see H.R. 6239), H5814 [27JN]

——— require donor disclosure for certain organizations accepting donations from foreign nationals (see S. 2966), S2924 [24MY]

Privacy: encourage companies to apply privacy protections included in European Union General Data Protection Regulation to U.S. citizens (see S. Res. 523), S2924 [24MY]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: increase transparency (see H.R. 5614), H3574 [25AP]

SEC: issue regulations to require public corporations to disclose political expenditures (see H.R. 5670), H3746 [1MY]

——— require proxy advisory firms registration as investment advisers (see S. 3614), S6924 [13NO]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose to investors information on cybersecurity risks and presence of cybersecurity experts on the board of trustees (see H.R. 6638), H7732 [27JY]

——— study rule 10b5-1 trading plans relative to the definition of insider trading (see H.R. 6320), H6040 [10JY]

Securities: prohibit large employers from buying back stock unless employees are paid above a certain amount and allowed to earn paid sick leave, and no executive earns more than 150 times median employee pay (see S. 3640), S7050 [15NO] (see H.R. 7145), H9567 [16NO]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: repeal and use funds to cancel student loan debt and increase Pell grants (see H.R. 5928), H4692 [23MY]

Taxation: eliminate tax breaks, deductions, and credits for corporations that lock out workers during a labor dispute and prohibit deductions and credits for wages and benefits paid to temporary workers during labor lockouts (see S. 3544), S6495 [3OC]

——— eliminate tax preferences for foreign profits by repealing reduced rate of tax on foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income (see H.R. 5145), H1340 [1MR]

——— ensure workers and communities that are responsible for record corporate profits benefit from the wealth that those workers and communities help to create (see S. 2505), S1378 [6MR]

——— impose a tax on large employers whose employees receive certain Federal benefits because the employees’ income is below a living wage (see S. 3410), S6038 [5SE]

——— increase tax on certain global intangible income by requiring taxes to be paid based on the country in which the profits are earned and not averaged (see H.R. 6015), H4848 [6JN]

——— modify global intangible low-taxed income by repealing tax-free deemed return on investments and determining net controlled foreign corporation tested income on a per-country basis (see S. 3674), S7190 [28NO]

——— prohibit deduction for prescription drug advertising and promotional expenses (see S. 2478), S1316 [1MR]

——— provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (see S. 2459), S1243 [27FE] (see H.R. 5108), H1332 [27FE]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (see S. 2368), S612 [5FE] (see H.R. 4926), H783 [5FE]

——— reestablish 15 percent corporate rate bracket (see H.R. 7176), H9667 [27NO]

Trump, President: require annual reports on Federal expenditures made to personal business holdings and regulatory actions that financially benefit the President, his businesses, and those of his close family members (see H.R. 5182), H1441 [6MR]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (see H.R. 5609), H3574 [25AP]

Factsheets

Tax Relief Pays American Workers: Senator Inhofe, S129 [10JA]

Letters

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Feeding America (organization), H9105 [27SE]

Lists

Companies increasing compensation as result of H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, S129 [10JA]

Remarks in House

Business and industry: eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (H.R. 1670), H7816 [4SE]

Capital One Financial Corp.: tribute to grant to fund Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota Project Learn, H3841 [9MY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures by corporations and other business organizations intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 136), E938 [27JN]

Employment: prohibit agreements between employers that directly restrict the current or future employment of any employee (H.R. 5632), H3870 [9MY]

General Motors Co.: impact of announced closures of auto plants, H9658 [27NO], H9670 [28NO], H9731 [29NO], H9753 [30NO]

Georgia (country): reaffirm strategic partnership with the U.S., and address alleged mistreatment and harassment of U.S. companies doing business in Georgia, E906 [25JN]

——— reaffirm strategic partnership with the U.S., and promote U.S. companies doing business in Georgia, H6274 [17JY]

NAFTA: renegotiation of certain provisions, H5756 [27JN], H7091 [24JY], H9531 [15NO], E924 [26JN]

Political campaigns: ban contributions by foreign-controlled corporations and foreign-affiliated nonprofit organizations, prohibit foreign involvement in election activities, and reform Foreign Agents Registration Act (H.R. 6249), H5759 [27JN], E936 [27JN]

——— impact of Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. FEC relative to the influence of money and corporations in elections, H6055 [11JY]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 6239), H6060, H6061 [11JY]

SEC: study rule 10b5-1 trading plans relative to the definition of insider trading, H6307 [17JY]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, H8 [8JA], H22, H29, H72–H75 [9JA], H85, H91, H93, H94, H128, H129 [10JA], H177, H399–H401 [16JA], H422, H455 [17JA], H489, H539 [18JA], H573 [19JA], H585 [20JA], H656, H671 [29JA], H684, H688 [30JA], H829 [6FE], H979 [8FE], H1173 [14FE], H1201 [15FE], H1257–H1262 [26FE], H1272, H1329 [27FE], H1422, H1425–H1431 [6MR], H1702 [20MR], H3085–H3089 [10AP], H3104, H3108 [11AP], H3307 [13AP], H3382, H3393 [17AP], H3404, H3405 [18AP], H3456, H3457, H3460 [24AP], H3773, H3774 [7MY], H5083–H5088 [12JN], H5642–H5646 [25JN], H6047 [11JY], H6245 [16JY], H6585 [19JY], H7171, H7648, H7649 [25JY], E231 [27FE]

——— impact on women, H65 [9JA]

——— repeal and use funds to cancel student loan debt and increase Pell grants (H.R. 5928), H4592 [23MY]

Taxation: provide current year inclusion of net controlled foreign corporation tested income by ending tax breaks for exporting jobs and profits (H.R. 5108), H7816 [4SE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), conference report, H30 [9JA], H86, H93 [10JA]

Water: establish a trust fund to be funded by ending the deferral on income taxes on offshore corporate profits in order to provide adequate funding for water and sewer infrastructure (H.R. 5609), H5754 [27JN]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: allocation of funds, S2659 [15MY]

Business and industry: modify standards for unlawful acquisitions (S. 1812), S2856 [23MY]

——— promote merger enforcement and protect competition through adjusting premerger filing fees, increasing antitrust enforcement resources, and improving information provided to antitrust enforcers (S. 1811), S2855 [23MY]

——— tribute to efforts of companies to expand use of renewable energy and combat climate change, S1832 [20MR], S6210 [18SE], S6707 [9OC]

Climate: American Petroleum Institute actions to oppose efforts to address climate change and support fossil fuel industry, S1234–S1236 [27FE]

——— efforts of fossil fuel industry to deny and discredit science behind climate change, S1234 [27FE], S1430 [7MR], S1680 [13MR], S2030–S2032 [10AP], S2356–S2358 [23AP], S2378 [24AP], S2426 [25AP], S2462 [26AP], S2839–S2841 [22MY], S2988 [5JN], S4031 [19JN], S4904–S4906 [11JY], S5261 [24JY], S5481–S5483 [31JY], S5823 [22AU], S6129 [12SE], S6211 [18SE], S6375–S6378 [28SE], S7305–S7308 [5DE]

——— National Association of Manufacturers actions to oppose efforts to address climate change and support fossil fuel industry, S899 [13FE]

——— U.S. Chamber of Commerce actions to oppose efforts to address climate change and support fossil fuel industry, S800 [8FE], S1234 [27FE]

Climate Leadership Council: release of ‘‘Exceeding Paris—How the Baker-Schultz Carbon Dividends Plan Would Significantly Exceed the U.S. Paris Commitment’’ report, S6211 [18SE]

Crime: require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (S. 1454), S1270 [28FE]

——— require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (S. 1717), S1270 [28FE]

Economy: impact of employee layoffs on profits and stock prices, S1830 [20MR]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S3004 [6JN]

——— require businesses to balance responsibilities to employees and shareholders by requiring Federal charters and election of board members, restricting sales of company shares, and limiting political expenditures (S. 3348), S5887 [23AU]

——— status, S5745 [21AU], S6794–S6798 [11OC]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts, S1706 [14MR]

General Motors Co.: impact of announced closures of auto plants, S7107, S7125 [27NO]

——— layoff of employees at Lordstown, OH, plant and relocation of jobs to Mexico, S4376 [25JN]

Koch, Charles: impact of contributions on efforts to discredit scientific research behind climate change, S2354–S2358 [23AP], S2374, S2376–S2379 [24AP]

Koch, David H.: impact of contributions on efforts to discredit scientific research behind climate change, S2354–S2358 [23AP], S2374, S2376–S2379 [24AP]

NAFTA: renegotiation of certain provisions, S2782 [21MY], S6406 [1OC], S6421, S6432 [2OC], S6490 [3OC]

Political campaigns: impact and influence of money and corporations in elections, S2354–S2358 [23AP], S2374–S2379 [24AP], S2424–S2428, S2443, S2444 [25AP], S2461–S2463 [26AP]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (S. 1585), S2376 [24AP], S3748 [12JN], S4031 [19JN], S7309 [5DE], S7390 [11DE]

SEC: require proxy advisory firms registration as investment advisers (S. 3614), S6927 [13NO]

Supreme Court: impact of decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech relative to bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S7347 [6DE]

——— impact of decisions on corporate interests, S6610 [5OC]

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: impact, S10 [3JA], S81, S84, S100 [9JA], S113, S122–S124, S128 [10JA], S143, S157–S159 [11JA], S173 [16JA], S213, S227, S230, S234, S236 [17JA], S265, S281 [18JA], S448 [23JA], S544 [29JA], S596 [5FE], S618, S630 [6FE], S930, S932, S945 [14FE], S1132 [15FE], S1211 [26FE], S1224, S1229 [27FE], S1261, S1262, S1267, S1271 [28FE], S1295, S1298 [1MR], S1328–S1330 [5MR], S1344, S1346, S1349, S1400 [6MR], S1530–S1533 [8MR], S1618 [12MR], S1645, S1655 [13MR], S1696, S1716, S1717 [14MR], S1742 [15MR], S1773 [19MR], S2048 [11AP], S2087 [12AP], S2505, S2507 [7MY], S2533 [8MY], S2560, S2587 [9MY], S2736 [17MY], S2823 [22MY], S2890, S2919 [24MY], S3877 [13JN], S4381 [26JN]

Taxation: provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (S. 1778), S7125 [27NO]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (S. 1639), S899 [13FE]

——— provide for greenhouse gas emission fees, reduce corporate income tax, provide tax credits to workers, and deliver additional benefits to the retired and disabled (S. 2368), S5482 [31JY], S6211 [18SE], S7419 [11DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), S837 [8FE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to reform the Federal tax code (H.R. 1), conference report, S16 [3JA], S31, S36 [4JA], S49, S75 [8JA], S342 [19JA], S374 [20JA], S6966 [14NO]

Tobacco industry: past and current efforts to oppose regulation of tobacco products, S2354–S2356 [23AP]

Trump, President: take certain actions relative to personal business holdings to ensure compliance with emoluments clause of the Constitution while serving as President (S. Con. Res. 4), S3271 [7JN]

Reports filed

Promoting Transparent Standards for Corporate Insiders Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6320) (H. Rept. 115–891), H7742 [3AU]

Texts of

S. 2282, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act, S68 [8JA]

S. Res. 395, discourage ambush marketing by entities that adversely affect the ability of Olympic Team USA to attract sponsorships, S706 [7FE]

S. Res. 523, encourage companies to apply privacy protections included in European Union General Data Protection Regulation to U.S. citizens, S2937 [24MY]