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Legislative News from Lobbyit - Keith Nelson

Keep current on NCISS legislative activity at www.nciss.org/important-nciss-news

Current Activity
Lobbyit's recent activity on behalf of NCISS consisted significantly of preparation for
NCISS's 2018 "Hit the Hill" Congressional fly-in, including updating legislative advocacy
materials, touching base with target offices, securing a meeting space, and arranging
meetings for the NCISS board with key congressional officials.

NCISS members will recall previous dispatches on this legislation, noting that it was
sponsored by Senator Wyden in the Senate (D-Or), and Congressman Chaffetz (R-Ut) in
the House. As such, it had sponsors from very different ends of the political spectrum.

Upon Congressman Chaffetz's retirement in late 2017, we hoped the bill would die a quiet
Keith Nelson - death in the House. While prospects for passage are still somewhat remote -- in either
Chamber -- this legislation received a new lease on life in the house with its re-introduction
Lobbyit by Congressman Blake Farenthold (R-Tx). Like Cong. Chaffetz, Farenthold is considered
a more doctrinaire conservative, and the renewed introduction of the legislation gave cause for concern.

Lobbyit will arrange these meetings, but we encourage you to go and see your Members of Congress, as well!

Previous Activity
Lobbyit tracked developments at the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) regarding "Net Neutrality"
regulations, met with the Senate Commerce regarding the same, and continued tracking developments in funding for
fiscal year 2018 (FY18).

-- Net Neutrality - prior to the hearing overturning this rule, Lobbyit filed a comment, with the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC). The FCC did vote to end the Net Neutrality regulation.

Federal Legislation Watch:
- S. 395 - GPS Act
- H.R. 387 - Email Privacy Act
- H.R. 923 - To Repeal the Cybersecurity Act of 2015
- H.R. 957 F.A.I.R. Surveillance Act of 2017
- S. 631 Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act
- H.R. 1526 - Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2017

State Legislative Awareness Monitoring (SLAM)
Lobbyit has set up NCISS's "state-level" tracking and continues to identify hundreds of bills in currently active states.
Members may view bills impacting private investigators, private patrol operators or security guards in your state, by
going to the Advocacy Hub and State Legislation at www.nciss.org/legislation .

Members can search alphabetically by state or click on a specific state on the United States map provided at the top of
the page.

If you know of a bill in your state that we need to become aware of, suggestions for legislative and regulatory keywords
to track activities at the state and federal levels, please contact any NCISS Officer or Director
- www.nciss.org/officers-directors.