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Letters to the Congress

Format: 2013-10-02
Format: 2013-10-02
Date(s) Subject Signed By Addressee(s) Congress
03/20/2012 Transfer of Administration of Ocean Research Advisory Panel [ORAP] from the Department of the Navy to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Cameron Kerry, General Counsel Chairman Jay Rockefeller, and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Chairman Doc Hasting, and Ranking Member Edward Markey, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Ralph Hall, and Ranking Member Eddie Johnson, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology 112th Congress
01/18/2012 Application of Countervailing Duty Law to Subsidized Imports from Non-Market Economies
John Bryson, Secretary of Commerce
Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative
 Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch, Senate Finance Committee and Chairman Dave Camp and Ranking Member Sander Levin, House Ways and Means Committee 112th Congress
12/09/2011 Commerce Draft bill: "Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2011" Cameron Kerry, General Counsel Congressional Leadership, Chairman Rockefeller and Ranking Hutchison, Senate Commerce; Chairman Kerry and Ranking Lugar, Senate Foreign Relations; Chairman Hastings and Ranking Markey, House Natural Resources; Chairman Mica and Ranking Rahall, House Transportation and Infrastructure; and Chair Ros-Lehtinen and Ranking Berman, House Foreign Affairs 112th Congress
11/18/2011 S. 485, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve Boundary Modification Act April Boyd, Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs Senator Carl Levin 112th Congress
05/31/2011 H.R. 1249, America Invents Act Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Chairman Lamar Smith and Ranking John Conyers, Jr., House Judiciary Committee 112th Congress
03/17/2011 H.R. 672, a Bill to Terminate the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and to Transfer EAC's Duties to NIST Cameron Kerry, General Counsel Robert Brady, Ranking Member, House Committee on House Administration 112th Congress
12/13/2010 S. 3167, the Census Oversight Efficiency and Management Reform Act of 2010 Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Steny Hoyer House Majority Leader; John Boehner, House Republican Leader; Chairman Edolphus Towns and Ranking Member Darrell Issa of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; and Chairman Wm. Lacy Clay and Ranking Member Patrick McHenry of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 111th Congress
10/25/2010 S. 2856 and H.R. 4369, the International Fisheries Agreement Clarification Act Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Chairman Nick J. Rahall II and Ranking Member Doc Hastings, House Committee on Natural Resources, Senator Olympia Snowe and Congressman Barney Frank 111th Congress
09/08/2010 H.R. 5897, the Economic Revitalization and Innovation Act of 2010 Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel, Department of Commerce Chairman James Oberstar and Ranking Member John Mica, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 111th Congress
05/17/2010 Agreement for the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)
Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel, Department of Commerce
Thomas Strickland, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior
 Chairman Barbara Boxer and Ranking Member James Inhofe, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Chairman John D. Rockefeller and Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 111th Congress
04/23/2010 Commerce Draft bill: "Public Works and Economic Development Improvements Act of 2010 Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel Congressional Leadership, Chairman Oberstar and Ranking Mica, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Chair Norton and Ranking Diaz-Balart, House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management of the Committee on Transportation and Infrascture; Chairwoman Boxer and Ranking Inhofe, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; and Chairman Baucus and Ranking Voinovich Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the Committee on Environment and Public Works 111th Congress
04/20/2010 S. 515, the "Patent Reform Act of 2010" Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee 111th Congress
04/01/2010 S. 379, the "Performance Rights Act" Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee 111th Congress
03/08/2010 H.R. 3125, the "Radio Spectrum Inventory Act" Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking Member, Joe Barton, House Energy and Commerce and Chair Rick Boucher and Ranking Clifford Stearns, House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, Committee on Energy and Commerce 111th Congress
02/25/2010 Tax Relief for Federal Employees Serving in Combat Zones Cameron F. Kerry, General Counse Senators Jack Reed, Jeanne Shaheen, Ted Kaufman, Tom Udall and Mark Begich 111th Congress
01/26/2010 Export Control Reform
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce
 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner 111th Congress
01/21/2010 Commerce Draft bill: United States Patent and Trademark Office Technical Adjustments Act of 2010 Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel Congressional Leadership, Chairman Leahy and Ranking Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee, and Chairman Conyers and Ranking Lamar Smith, House Judiciary Committee 111th Congress
12/11/2009 Miscellaneous Tariff Bills Cameron F. Kerry, General Counsel Chairman Rangel and Ranking Camp of the House Ways and Means Committee 111th Congress
10/05/2009 S. 515, the "Patent Reform Act of 2009" Gary Locke, Secretary Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Member Jefferson Sessions, Senate Judiciary Committee 111th Congress
10/02/2009 S. 251, the "Safe Prisons Communications Act of 2009" Cameron F. Kerry, General Counse Chairman John D. Rockefeller, IV and Ranking Kay Hutchison, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and Chairman John Kerry and Ranking John Ensign, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology 111th Congress