On July 11, 2024, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced the Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED Act)....more
1. Following up on a December 2023 hearing on algorithmic price-fixing and self-preferencing, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced a...more
Congress — Big Agenda & Little Time -
With the holidays behind us, Congress returned this week for the second half of the 118th Congress with a long list of items to address and, as the 2024 campaign season ramps up, limited...more
1/12/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
China ,
DEA ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FCC ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Highway Administration ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FERC ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Healthcare ,
Labor Shortage ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NHTSA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Popular ,
Primary Elections ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Research and Development ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Incentives ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
11/2/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Executive Orders ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Technology Sector
The bills listed reflect a relatively active cybersecurity agenda for the 117th Congress. As reflected in the proposed legislation, many Members are interested in focusing federal policy on matters such as supply chain...more
5/7/2021
/ China ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Foreign Relations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Personal Information ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Supply Chain
With the presidential transition underway, we now look forward to what the Biden administration will seek to accomplish, particularly in the realm of health care policy. President-elect Biden has been clear that he wants to...more
11/24/2020
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Biden Administration ,
California v Texas ,
Drug Pricing ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Lame Duck Session ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rutledge v Pharmaceutical Care Management Association ,
Trump Administration
Although – barring an incredible, unforeseen reversal in the courts – we now know the outcome of the presidential election, we will have to wait until January to learn whether Republicans or Democrats control the Senate...more
11/11/2020
/ Biden Administration ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Joe Biden ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Presidential Elections ,
State and Local Government ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Representatives ,
Trump Administration
As we begin a new year and the second session of the 116th Congress, ML Strategies is pleased to share some highlights of where we see action this year on Capitol Hill. Although the impending impeachment trial of President...more
1/23/2020
/ Appropriations Bill ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Budget ,
Federal Funding ,
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Privacy Laws ,
Tax Extenders ,
Trump Administration
This week, Congressional appropriators are hoping to finalize a continuing resolution (CR) that would extend funding for the government through the middle of November. The House Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday to...more
As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more
8/12/2019
/ Cybersecurity ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Federal Contractors ,
GAO ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NCCIC ,
NDAA ,
NIST ,
OIG ,
OMB
This week, all is quiet in the Senate as stakeholders await the release of the highly anticipated cost-containment package that is being developed by the HELP and Finance committees. While the details are not yet public – a...more
This week, the full House is poised to take its first action on drug pricing, voting on a pair of bills that would improve access to drug patents. The first bill is H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act of 2019, which...more
5/9/2019
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Congressional Budget Office ,
Drug Pricing ,
HELP ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare Part D ,
Orange Book ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Preexisting Conditions ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Purple Book
Following last month’s letter from the attorneys general of all 50 states, Congress has continued to push forward on robocall legislation. On April 3, the Senate Commerce Committee held a markup, which featured the Telephone...more
This week, Congress is keeping its eye on drug pricing with a reported hearing in the House Ways & Means Committee. This comes on the heels of the full E&C Committee advancing six pieces of bipartisan legislation for full...more
A provision to extend the current EB-5 Program until September 30, 2018 is contained in the proposed Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (“Omnibus”). If passed by the Congress and signed into law by the President this week,...more
Lawmakers are again considering changes to the EB-5 Program. In fact, before the end of this month, we may see provisions from the “Immigrant Investor Visa and Regional Center Program Comprehensive Reform Act” or “EB-5 Reform...more
We are pleased to present our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue covers the latest Commission releases as well as what’s new on Capitol...more
We are pleased to present the latest edition of our Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This month’s issue features updates on the latest regulatory...more
The EB-5 program has been operating under temporary reauthorizations since late 2015, but could be on the agenda for the post-election lame duck session of Congress. At a minimum we anticipate that there will be another...more
Congressional Hearings on the TCPA -
Both the House Energy & Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce Committee have shown interest in updating the TCPA by holding hearings on the law. On September 22nd, the House Energy...more
The next six weeks are shaping up to be the final work period before the summer recess, with both chambers scheduled to leave DC by July 15th for party conventions followed by the August recess. The National Defense...more
Last month, the House Energy and Commerce Committee (E&C) advanced eleven opioid-related pieces of legislation. While the House version of the Senate-passed Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (CARA) has yet to...more
The next work period basically runs from April 4 to May 27, with both chambers adjourning for a week long recess the week of May 2. Following this work period, there will be five weeks left on the legislative calendar before...more
4/5/2016
/ 21st Century Cures Initiative ,
Congressional Committees ,
Drug Pricing ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Home Healthcare Workers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mental Health ,
NDAA ,
Water ,
Zika
Senate HELP Committee Set for Second Mark Up on Cures Effort -
This week, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold its second legislative mark-up on its counterpart to the...more
3/8/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
EHR ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
GMO ,
HELP ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
SCOTUS
Congress Expected to Vote on Opioid Legislation -
This week, Congress will consider the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). CARA would be the first step the Senate has taken in 2016 to address the opioid...more