The document summarizes the agenda for the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association Legislative Summit taking place from February 29 to March 1, 2012 in Washington D.C. The summit includes keynote speeches on upcoming elections, tax reform, highway funding, and labor issues. It also provides an overview of legislative briefings, congressional visits, and a reception where industry awards will be given. The document outlines MEMA's policy priorities and positions on issues like transportation reauthorization, vehicle safety, tax incentives, energy policy, and trade issues.

1. M OTOR & E QUIPMENT
M ANUFACTURERS A SSOCIATION
F E B RUA RY 2 9 – M A RC H 1 , 2 0 1 2
FA I R FA X H O T E L , WA S H I N G T O N , D . C .
WA S H I N G T O N , D C

2. MEMA
Gratefully
Acknowledges
our
Sponsors

3. MEMA
Gratefully
Acknowledges
our
Exhibitors

4. Keynote Address:
How Close
Will the
November
Elections Be?
Stu Rothenberg
Editor and
Publisher, Rothenber
g Political Report
Sponsored by:

5. Tax Reform:
When Will it
Happen and
How to
Prepare
The Honorable Phil
English
Senior Government
Affairs Advisor, Arent
Fox, and Former
Member of
Congress, Pennsylvania’
s Third District

6. Highway
Funding:
What to
Expect in 2012
Gregory M. Cohen
President, American
Highway Users
Alliance

7. National Labor
Relations
Board: What
Suppliers Need
to Know
Geoff Burr
Chairman, Coalition
for a Democratic
Workplace

8. Legislative Issue Briefing
ANN WILSON
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
G O V E R N M E N T A F FA I R S
MEMA

9. Thank You!
Our Sponsors –
Arent Fox
Dykema
Clark Hill
2012 Congressional Reception & Supplier Fair Exhibitors
All of Our Participants
MEMA Staff

10. What is a Legislative Summit?
 Face of Industry
 Visit congressional leaders on their home turf
 Lobby on issues important to industry
 All Participants in Groups
 Group leaders
 Schedule
 Policy papers
 Congressional Reception
 Industry Champion Awards

11.  Legislative Briefing/Break into Groups
 At 5:30 p.m.
What’s Leave for Congressional Reception and Supplier Fair
Next  6-8 p.m. Rayburn Cafeteria,
Today … Rayburn House Office Building
 Remember to Exit One Floor Up

12.  7:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet at Fairfax
Reminder:  7:45 a.m.
Tomorrow’s  Breakfast Address
Schedule  Jay Timmons, President and CEO, NAM
 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Congressional Visits
 Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Industry Champion Award
 The Honorable Todd Rokita, Ind.- 4th
 At The Reserve Officers Association
(directly across from Capitol Bldg)

13.  Legislative Summit Materials
Practical  Schedule of all events/contact info
Information  Copies of all policy papers
 Congressional Directory
 Congressional Meeting Schedules
 Bio and Vote/Support Record
 Group Leaders
 Materials for visits plus leave-behinds
 Additional Policy Papers Available
 Use Cabs; Staff Cell Phone #s Listed

14. What to do on Capitol Hill
 Range of Meetings
 All Things Are Local!
 Stay Patient
 Look at Maps
 You Might Meet with Staff
 Building relationships
 Educate on industry
 Ask what they are working on
 Follow-up after the Meeting

15. Mood on Capitol Hill
 Partisan Divide
 Issues Pushed to Lame Duck and Beyond
 Elections All Important
 Support Missing from Past Champions
 Everything Is up for Debate
 Keep Discussions Positive
 Focus on importance of program for jobs
 Focus on importance of technology for industry
 Advocate for Your Industry – Others Are Doing Likewise!
 Agree to Disagree if Necessary with D’s and R’s

16. MEMA Policy Papers
 Transportation  Energy
Reauthorization  NLRB
 Motor Vehicle &  R&D
Highway Safety  In Addition –
Improvement Act
 China Auto Parts
 Commercial Motor  Remanufacturing
Vehicle Advanced Safety
Technology Tax Act

17. Transportation Reauthorization
 Need Transportation Bills (H.R. 7 & S. 1813) for
Manufacturing
 Should Not Favor Rail/Mass Transit
 MEMA Supports –
 Long-term comprehensive bill
 Incentives for heavy-duty vehicle safety technology
 National safety inspection program administered by
states

18. Motor Vehicle & Highway Safety
Improvement Act
 Senate Debate (S. 1449)
 Support the MEMA GOP/Dems Compromise
 Doesn’t duplicate existing authority to prevent defective
products from coming into the U.S. market
 Minimizes unnecessary delays at ports for part inspection
 Reduces new requirements that would have needlessly
increased the cost of doing business for responsible
manufacturers without providing concurrent safety benefits
in the marketplace

19. Commercial Vehicle Advanced
Safety Technology Tax Act
 Targeted Tax Incentive for the Purchase of Heavy
Vehicles with Specified Technologies
 Heavy vehicle only
 Growing support
 Waiting for Highway Bills
 Bottom Line
 Has been re-introduced
 Should have moved with highway bills
 SEEK OTHER WAYS TO ADDRESS

20. Advanced Energy-Efficient, Clean Vehicles
 Needs to be Addressed in Comprehensive Energy Policy
 Authorize research, development, deployment, and commercial
application activities for more fuel efficient advanced
technology components
 Provide assistance to allow small manufacturers to retool facilities
 Extend and increase the tax credit for the purchase of medium-
and heavy-duty hybrid vehicles
 Provide incentives for the installation of anti-idling technologies
on diesel-powered on-highway vehicles
 Improve and expand the Advanced Technology Vehicle
Manufacturing Loan Program at the Department of Energy
 Strengthen and make permanent the R&D tax credit
 Must Continue to Urge for Energy Policy

21. NLRB
 MEMA Supports Senate Passage of the Workforce Democracy and
Fairness Act (H.R. 3094)
 Passed House last year
 Legislation would block implementation of the Specialty Healthcare decision
 Specifically calls for campaign period of at least 35 days prior to union election
 MEMA supports congressional efforts under the Congressional
Review Act (H.J. Res. 103 & S.J. Res. 63) to reign in the NLRB’s
unnecessary activity with passage of a Joint Resolution of Disproval
that would challenge the NLRB’s proposed ambush election rule
 MEMA also encourages Congress to continue to examine the
authority of the National Labor Relations Board and the
Department of Labor in the issuance of the rules, proposed
rules, and decisions mentioned here

22. R&D
 Tax Extenders Will Need to Be Addressed
 MEMA supports extension of the R&D tax credit and a
robust discussion of ways to improve the credit’s use
 Making the credit simpler to use and increasing the
benefits will do much to advance innovation in the motor
vehicle parts industry and allow manufacturers to better
compete in the global market

23. Remanufacturing
 MERA Members
 Introduce remanufacturing
 Focus on job and energy benefits
 Report on ITC Hearing and GSA Letter

24. China Auto Parts
 Sens. Brown (Ohio), Casey (Pa.), and Stabenow (Mich.)
and Rep. Levin (Mich.) championed study by U.S.
steelworkers
 Examines rise in export of motor vehicle parts from China
 Pushes for trade action (undefined) by Administration
 Opportunity to educate
 Are you in China?
 OE/Aftermarket
 Experience with subsidies
 Impact tariffs would have on your company

25. Also Out There . . .
 H.R.3889 - The Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and
Sales (PARTS) Act,
 Places a two-and-a-half year cap on the period of exclusivity for U.S.
design patents on auto parts
 TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)
 Multi-lateral trade negotiations with Australia, Brunei
Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and
Vietnam
 Japan seeking to be included
 Japan’s inclusion opposed by Ford, GM, and Chrysler
 MEMA focus on reduction of NTB’s

26. Questions?
T H A N K YO U FO R YO U R AT T E N T I O N !

27. Working
toward
Meaningful
Energy Reform
Karen Harbert
President and
CEO, U.S. Chamber of
Commerce’s Institute
for 21st Century
Energy