CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

LBR · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

H.R. 4366 - Save Local Business Act -Correspondence with the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in support of the legislation, which would amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to clarify that an entity only qualifies as a joint employer if it directly and immediately exercises meaningful control over workers' essential terms and conditions of employment; research relating thereto. -------- H.R. 5267 - American Franchise Act -Correspondence with the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the American Franchise Act to clarify the Joint Employer Standard for franchise businesses; research relating thereto.

Literal federal measure citations: H.R. 4366, H.R. 5267

HCR · Health Issues

S. 2973 - Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Accountability (MEPA) Act S. 3430 - Mental Health, Lower-Cost Drug and Extenders Package Correspondence with U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in support of the legislation to help ensure that patients realize cost savings on their prescription drugs; research relating thereto.

Literal federal measure citations: S. 2973, S. 3430

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Correspondence with the Office of the President of the United States urging continued opposition to demands calling for the extension of temporary COVID tax credits as a condition for avoiding a federal government shutdown; research relating thereto. ----- Correspondence with the United States Department of Commerce in opposition to any proposal to impose a tax on successful patents; research relating thereto.

FIN · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Correspondence with U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives expressing general opposition to any legislative effort to increase the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) deposit insurance limit for non-interest-bearing transaction accounts; research relating thereto.

CPT · Copyright/Patent/Trademark

S. 2276 - Eliminating Thickets to Increase Competition Act - Correspondence the U.S. Senate expressing opposition to the legislation, which would destabilize patent rights and set a dangerous precedent for innovation across the U.S. economy by barring companies from asserting more than one patent from a defined group in litigation; research relating thereto. ----- - Correspondence with the U.S. Senate urging caution against the imposition of a blanket exemption from copyright law in training commercial AI models on copyrighted works; research related thereto.

Literal federal measure citations: S. 2276

COM · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Correspondence with the FCC in support of agency efforts to reduce unnecessary government regulations and urging it to avoid intervening, either directly or indirectly, in the free-market negotiations between broadcast networks and broadcast affiliates; research relating thereto.

MAN · Manufacturing

Correspondence with U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives urging general opposition to any legislation or policies that create governmental price controls or overregulation that interferes with free-market principles, involve government interference or control of corporate structures, size or scale, or would disrupt Americas ability to compete globally or unnecessarily increase costs on American consumers; research relating thereto.