NRF advocacy communications
Whether in person, by telephone, email or in virtual forums, NRF communicates with policymakers on behalf of the retail industry every day. Below are letters, comments, testimony and other written communications from NRF to Congress, the White House, federal agencies and other organizations. All communications are from NRF unless noted as joint with other organizations.
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White House
February 7, 2023
October 27, 2022
July 6, 2022
July 1, 2022
May 18, 2022
November 8, 2021
November 5, 2021
June 14, 2021
April 12, 2021
Congress
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
- Key Vote Letter to Senate re OSHA - ETS – Dec. 6, 2021
November 2021
October 2021
- Letter to U.S. House of Representatives in Support of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – Oct. 28, 2021
September 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
June 2021
- Letter to House sponsors in favor of the SUPPORT Act – June 23, 2021
May 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
April 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
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
- 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
Agencies
April 22, 2024
December 21, 2023
October 16, 2023
August 11, 2023
June 20, 2023
April 24, 2023
April 19, 2023
January 9, 2023
December 7, 2022
August 1, 2022
August 1, 2022
June 30, 2022
May 17, 2022
April 20, 2022
April 15, 2022
March 30, 2022
February 28, 2022
February 4, 2022
January 27, 2022
- NRF FHWA EV Comments to Dept. of Transportation
- NRF-RILA Comment Letter to Dept. of Energy on Lighting Efficiency
January 25, 2022
January 19, 2022
November 23, 2021
November 8, 2021
September 27, 2021
June 21, 2021
May 25, 2021
May 17, 2021
April 30, 2021
- Letter to OMB opposing OSHA emergency temporary standard for COVID-19
- Comments filed with USTR on Section 301 investigation regarding digital services taxes
April 15, 2021
March 22, 2021
February 22, 2021
February 12, 2021
February 1, 2021
January 7, 2021
January 6, 2021
July 29, 2019
Other
February 5, 2024
January 9, 2024
August 31, 2021
June 8, 2021