NRF Letters, Comments and Testimony

Congress

October 2024

• CORCA Sign on Letter for NRF Fight Retail Crime Day – October 24, 2024

July 2024

• Coalition letter to Senate HELP Committee on Chair McFerran’s renomination to the NLRB – July 25, 2024
• Joint Association letter on the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act – July 16, 2024

June 2024

• Letter to Senate HELP Committee on reforms to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act – June 12, 2024

• Joint Association Letter to Congress on keeping employer-provided health care coverage tax free – June 11, 2024

• Key Vote Letter to Congress opposing the Warehouse Worker Protection Act – June 3, 2024

May 2024

• Joint Association Letter to Congress opposing the Warehouse Worker Protection Act – May 2, 2024

April 2024

• NRF Letter on Trade Bills Markup – April 17, 2024
• NRF Support Letter of Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 (CORCA) – April 15, 2024

March 2024

• NRF Support Letter for Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act – March 19, 2024
• NRF Letter regarding FY2024 Appropriations Bill for SNAP – March 5, 2024

January 2024

• NRF Key Vote Letter in Support of H.R. 7024 Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act – January 31, 2024
• NRF Written Testimony for House TI CGMT Subcommittee Hearing on Red Sea Shipping Issues – January 30, 2024
• NRF Letter on ILA and USMX port negotiations – January 9, 2024

December 2023

• NRF Written Statement for ORC Hearing on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence – December 12, 2023

October 2023

• Joint Company Letter on the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act – October 26, 2023

September 2023

• Letter to House Education and Workforce Committee on OHSA Priorities –September 27, 2023

July 2023

• Key Vote Letter to the House & Senate on the Credit Card Competition Act – July 12, 2023
• Joint Association Letter on the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement (HOPE) and the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Acts – July 10, 2023

June 2023

• NRF Statement for House Judiciary Subcommittee Organized Retail Crime Hearing – June 13, 2023
• Key Vote Letter to Senate in Support of the Fiscal Responsibility Act – June 1, 2023

May 2023

• Key Vote Letter to House in Support of the Fiscal Responsibility Act – May 30, 2023
• Letter to House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Supply Chain Legislation – May 22, 2023
• Letter to Senate Environment & Public Works Committee on the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act – May 5, 2023
• Joint Association Letter on House Immigration Package – May 1, 2023

March 2023

• Letter to Senate HELP Committee on Authorization for Investigation of Violations of Federal Labor Law – March 3, 2023

February 2023

• Letter in support of the Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023 – February 22, 2023
• Key Vote Letter to House & Senate on the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act – February 14, 2023
• Letter in support of the Dream Act of 2023 – February 10, 2023

November 2022

• Key Vote Letter to Congress on the Resolution to Adopt the Rail Labor Tentative Agreement – November 30, 2022
• Letter to House Ed & Labor Subcommittee Hearing on Workplace Protections for Warehouse Workers – November 17, 2022

October 2022

• Letter to Senate HELP Committee and House Education & Labor Committee on Employer Speech – October 31, 2022
• Letter to Congress in Support of the Combatting Organized Retail Crime Act – October 20, 2022

September 2022

• Letter to Congress on the INFORM Consumers Act – September 14, 2022
• Letter to Congress on Rail Labor Negotiations – September 8, 2022

August 2022

• House Letter on the Porch Pirates Act – August 1, 2022

July 2022

• Main Street Privacy Coalition Letter on the American Data Privacy and Protection Act – July 19, 2022

June 2022

• Letter to Senate Finance Committee on Post-Wayfair Hearing – June 13
• House Letter on Supporting the INFORM Consumers Act – June 2, 2022

May 2022

• Letter to Sen. Braun on the Ensuring Workers Get PAID Act (S. 3074) – May 23, 2022
• House Key Vote Letter – Consumer Fuel Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 7688) – May 18, 2022
• Letter to House Judiciary Committee for Antitrust Hearing – May 17, 2022
• Letter to Senate Judiciary Comments for Payments Competition Hearing – May 3, 2022

April 2022

• Coalition Letter on Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) Conference – Apr. 20, 2022
• Letter to Congress on Removing COOL Online Act from China Competition Bill – Apr. 1, 2022
• Letter to Senate HELP and House Ed & Labor Committees on NLRB Activity – Apr. 1, 2022

March 2022

• Business Community Letter on the Employee Rights Act – Mar. 21, 2022
• House Key Vote Letter – FAIR Act of 2022 (H.R. 963) – Mar. 15, 2022
• Letter to Sen. Warnock on the Relief for Families Act – Mar. 14, 2022

February 2022

• Letter to Congress on COMPETES-USICA Conference – Feb. 9, 2022
• Letter to House Energy & Commerce Committee for Price Gouging Hearing – Feb. 1, 2022

December 2021

• House Key Vote Letter - Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 (HR 4996) – Dec. 7, 2021

• Key Vote Letter to Senate re OSHA - ETS – Dec. 6, 2021

November 2021

• Letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Durbin and Ranking Member Grassley – INFORM Act – Nov. 1, 2021

October 2021

• Letter to U.S. House of Representatives in Support of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – Oct. 28, 2021

• Letter to  U.S. House of Representatives in support of H.R. 3110, the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act  Oct. 12, 2021

September 2021

• Letter to House Judiciary Committee expressing concern with the SHOP SAFE Act – Sept. 29, 2021

• Letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on consumer privacy hearing – Sept. 28, 2021

• Coalition letter to Representatives Dusty Johnson and John Garamendi endorsing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act – Sept. 13, 2021
• Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin on DACA and other immigration reform – Sept. 13, 2021
• Letter to House Ways and Means Committee opposing corporate income tax rate increase – Sept. 13, 2021

• Letter to Senate Finance Committee on International Tax Reform Framework discussion draft – Sept. 3, 2021

August 2021

• Key vote letter to House opposing the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution – Aug. 24, 2021

• Key vote letter to Senate opposing the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution – Aug. 10, 2021

• Key vote letter to Senate supporting the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – Aug. 7, 2021

June 2021

• Letter to House sponsors in favor of the SUPPORT Act – June 23, 2021

• Letter to House Judiciary Committee in support of the Dream and Promise Act – June 15, 2021

May 2021

• Letter to House and Senate leadership urging “proactive steps to open our economy” – May 25, 2021

• Joint association letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee asking the committee to remove the Country of Origin Labeling Online Act from the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act – May 21, 2021

• Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on “leveraging the tax code for infrastructure investment” – May 20, 2021
• Joint association letter to Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee to share a new “Imports Work for American Workers” study – May 20, 2021

• Letter to Senate Finance Committee on efforts to identify funding for infrastructure improvements – May 17, 2021

• Letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee opposing the Country of Origin Labeling Online Act amendment offered as part of the Endless Frontier Act – May 12, 2021

• Key vote letter to Senate opposing the Paycheck Fairness Act – May 8, 2021

April 2021

• Letter to House Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee expressing concern that U.S. Postal Service delays are threatening shipments of live baby chicks – Apr. 21, 2021

• Key vote letter to House opposing the Paycheck Fairness Act – Apr. 13, 2021
• Joint association letter to House opposing the Paycheck Fairness Act – Apr. 13, 2021

• Joint association letter to House and Senate opposing use of the Congressional Review Act to block an EEOC update of procedures allowing claims filed with the commission to be settled by negotiation – Apr. 12, 2021

March 2021

• Letter to Senate Budget Committee regarding hearing on CEO pay ratio and the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act – Mar. 25, 2021

• Key vote letter to House supporting the Dream and Promise Act – Mar. 16, 2021
• Letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on infrastructure priorities – Mar. 16, 2021

• Letter to House Education and Labor Committee opposing a “one-size-fits-all” OSHA emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 – Mar. 11, 2021

• Letter to Representative Suzan DelBene in support of the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act federal privacy legislation – Mar. 10, 2021

• Key vote letter to House opposing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) – Mar. 9, 2021

• Letter to House and Senate opposing the For the People Act – Mar. 3, 2021

February 2021

• Letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on infrastructure priorities – Feb. 25, 2021
• Letter to Senate Finance Committee supporting confirmation of Katherine Tai as U.S. Trade Representative – Feb. 25, 2021

• Key vote letter to House and Senate opposing the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) – Feb. 5, 2021

January 2021

• Welcome letter to 117th Congress – Jan. 21, 2021

Other

February 5, 2024

• Testimony to Federal Maritime Commission on Red Sea Shipping Issues

January 9, 2024

• Letter to International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd. on Resumption of Port Labor Negotiations

August 31, 2021

• Paper on international data transfers submitted to the European Commission by NRF and EuroCommerce

June 8, 2021

• Letter to National Governors Association asking that states adopt uniform policies regarding COVID-19