NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

HOM · Homeland Security

H R 5079 Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government (WIMWIG) Act; S 1337 (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act).

Literal federal measure citations: H R 5079, S 1337

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

2026 Energy and Water Appropriations provisions affecting distribution transformers, solid‑state lighting, and grid equipment; Appropriations matters with an emphasis on Energy and Environment issues, including securing appropriate funding levels for DOE and EPA programs.

ENG · Energy/Nuclear

HR 4776 (SPEED ACT); Grid Executive Order focusing on Grid-Enhancing Technologies, Distributed Energy Resources, and grid equipment; S 1568 (LIT ACT); HR 4626 (Don't Mess with My Home Appliances Act); Permitting, AI, Data Centers, and Grid; and Energy Efficiency and Grid Legislation on a variety of energy issues including Energy Policy and Conservation Act reform, critical minerals programs, domestic and international supply chains as related to energy topics, transformers production and supply chain issues, DOE energy efficiency programs (including building efficiency programs and legislation), permitting reform, and contracting improvement related to energy efficiency legislation and overall national energy strategy.

Literal federal measure citations: HR 4776, S 1568, HR 4626

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

S. 448/H.R. 4128 (CIRCUIT Act), and H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill), focusing on expansion of the 45X tax credit, creation of a credit for disaster‑mitigation technologies, and securing clear implementation guidance under H.R. 1; S. 1323, the Facilitating Increased Resilience, Environmental Weatherization and Lowered Liability (FIREWALL) Act.

Literal federal measure citations: S. 448, H.R. 4128, H.R. 1, H.R. 1, S. 1323

TOR · Torts

HR 4194 (Limiting Liability for Critical Infrastructure Manufacturers Act)

Literal federal measure citations: HR 4194

MAN · Manufacturing

Advanced priorities related to permitting reform, including streamlining federal project approvals; Surface Transportation Reauthorization with emphasis on effective implementation of Build America, Buy America (BABA); Variety of federal manufacturing policy issues, particularly those intersecting with energy and tax policy.

TRD · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Section 232 tariffs, including measures affecting steel, aluminum, semiconductors, and critical minerals, as well as actions related to reciprocal tariffs; advanced NEMA's tariff incentive proposal to accelerate energy and domestic manufacturing priorities.

ROD · Roads/Highway

Federal Surface Transportation Reauthorization to include a reference to NEMA's Make It America Program.

VET · Veterans

HR 4105 (Veterans Energy Transition ("VET") Act)

Literal federal measure citations: HR 4105

HCR · Health Issues

Average Sales Price (ASP) reimbursement policies for Medicare outpatient services and oversight considerations related to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) inspections under FDA Part 212; Pharmaceutical tariff issues, focusing on the implications of tariff structures for manufacturing, supply chains, and cost impacts relevant to NEMA member interests.

IMM · Immigration

H1-B Proposed rule; USCIS-2025-0040-0001: Weighted Selection Process for Registrants and Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions; engaged on issues arising from the Presidential Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers.