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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 305 4TH STREET, NE |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 35068-12
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6. House ID# 328820000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Stanley E. Kolbe, Jr. |
Date | 10/08/2013 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Extending and preserving Davis - Bacon Act on all federal and federally assisted construction.
Oppose King Amendment to Military Construction Appropriations Bill (Davis Bacon repeal) - H.R. 2016
Job Creation
Fiscal Year 2014 Funding for DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Energy Information Administration
Small Business participation in public contracting matters
High-Performance Federal Buildings Act
Extend in 2012 tax provisions that expired in 2011
Support investments in industrial energy efficiencey, including combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery (WHR)
Support The Commercial Building Modernization Act
Support construction of net-zero energy schools
Support reform for Multiemployer Pension Plans
Support Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013 - S. 394 and H.R. 867
Support for Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS)
Support for comprehensive energy efficiency legislation - S. 761 and H.R. 1616
Support for "Race to the Top" Initiative - S. 1218
Oppose efforts to weaken, eliminate energy efficiency performance standards for federal buildings.
Oppose amendment to Fair Labor Standards Act - H.R. 1406
Support Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act - S. 761
Oppose anti-Davis-Bacon/anti-PLA Amendments - H.R. 2216
Oppose Perry Amendment banning use of PLAs on Federal construction - H.R. 2217
Support "Tenant Star" program of Better Buildings Act - H.R. 2126 and S. 1191
Support Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 - H.R. 1659
Support The Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 - H.R. 2128
Support The Construction Quality Assurance Act - H.R. 1942
Support expansion of retrofit loan programs, reforms to IRS Section 179D
Support GSA's Green Building Program to House, Senate Congressional Appropriations Committees
Oppose Senate Amendment No. 493 (McConnell Amendment) to repeal Davis-Bacon Act coverage from federal projects
Support Federal Cost Redution Act of 2013 - H.R. 472
Support laws making it harder for employers to engage in misclassification of workers as independent contractors
Support Investment Tax Credit (ITC) reform legislation
Support procurement reforms and procedures impacting small buisnesses
Support funding for U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and U.S. Energy Information Administration
Submitted statement to House Education and Workforce Committee Subcommittee for hearings on Multi Employer Pension Plans address issues related to the Pension Protection Act
Support Smart Energy Act - H.R. 142
Oppose Working Family Flexibility Act - H.R. 1406
Support action on tax, program efforts to increase natual industrial effieciency
Support Energy Efficient Schools
Support commercial building energy moderniazation deduction
Support Dept. of Energy's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey research and industry reporting
Support Administration's Better Buildings Initiative, endorse legislation reform - IRS Section 179D
Co-sponsored Congressional High Performing Builiding Caucus briefing, reception
Support high-efficiency built environment
Support high-efficiency industrial/manufacturing facilities
Support legislation to increase national energy efficiency in commercial buildings
Support Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 - H.R. 1945
Support Federal Government use of green building programs, particularly LEED green building rating system and the Enterprise Green Communities standard
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Amend the Internal Revenue Service Code to reduce the depreciation period for energy efficient mechanical equipment for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) to twenty years from the current thirty-nine year depreciation period
1099 reporting enacted in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Expanding to 25 magawatts the size of combined heat and power systems allowed to take advantage of Sec. 48(C) tax credits as provided in Sec. 114 of the Advanced Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2010
The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act S. 761
Extension of Tax Provisions (expiring in 2013-14)
High-Performance Federal Buildings Act
Extend in 2013 tax provisions that expired in 2013-14, especially energy efficiency incentives
Support investments in industrial energy efficiencey, including combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery (WHR)
Support The Commercial Building Modernization Act
Support Administration's Better Buildings Initiative, endorse legislation reform - IRS Section 179D
Support addition of commercial building energy modernization deduction as part of tax reform efforts in Congress
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E., Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Green Schools Construction H.R. 2187
Green Schools Grant H.R. 58
Support construction of net-zero energy schools
Support Streamlining Energy Effieicincy for Schools Act of 2013 - S. 1084
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Extension of Treasury Grants Program for Manufacturing Energy Efficiency/Combined Heat and Power (CHP)/Industrial/Retrofit Efficiency
Support investments in industrial energy efficiency, including combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery (WHR)
Support for Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS)
Oppose efforts to weaken, eliminate energy efficiency performance standards for federal buildings.
Support Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act - S. 761
Support "Tenant Star" program of Better Buildings Act - H.R. 2126 and S. 1191
Support Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 - H.R. 1659
Support Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2013 - H.R. 472
Support Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 - H.R. 1616
Support Smart Energy Act - H.R. 142
Support action on tax and program efforts to increase national industrial efficiency
Support Streamlining Energy Effieicincy for Schools Act of 2013 - S. 1084
Support Federal Government use of green building programs, particularly LEED green building rating system and the Enterprise Green Communities standard
Support "best practices" approach to align building owners and their tenants to reduce energy demands - S. Amdt. 1847
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Construction Bidding Reform H.R. 1942
Amend the Internal Revenue Service Code to reduce the depreciation period for energy efficient mechanical equipment for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) to twenty years from the current thirty-nine year depreciation period
Oppose anti-Davis-Bacon/anti-PLA Amendments - H.R. 2216
Oppose Perry Amendment banning use of PLAs on Federal construction - H.R. 2217
Support accuracy and accountability of Davis-Bacon Act
Support Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 - H.R. 1659
Extension of Tax Provisions (expiring in 2013-14)
Support GSA's Green Building Program to House, Senate Congressional Appropriations Committees
Co-sponsored Congressional High Performing Builiding Caucus briefing, reception
Support Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2013 - H.R. 472
Smart Energy Bill (support) - H.R. 4017
Extend in 2012 tax provisions that expired in 2011, especially energy efficiency incentives
Support adoption of energy efficiency retrofits and renovations in existing buildings in U.S.
Support appropriate use of PLAs on public construction projects; oppose Bartlett amendment to H.R. 4310
Support Grimm amendment to the Military Construction and Veterans Affaris and related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2013 (support PLAs)
Support investments in industrial energy efficiencey, including combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery (WHR)
Support The Commercial Building Modernization Act - S. 3591
Support construction of net-zero energy schools
Support incentivizing grid reliability and building resiliency for critical operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support Partnership for Multiemployer Retirement Security
Submitted statement to House Education and Workforce Committee Subcommittee for hearings on Multi Employer Pension Plans address issues related to the Pension Protection Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Amend the Internal Revenue Service Code to reduce the depreciation period for energy efficient mechanical equipment for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) to twenty years from the current thirty-nine year depreciation period
Extending and preserving Davis - Bacon Act on all federal and federally assisted construction
Support for "Race to the Top" Initiative, Combined Heat & Power (CHP), Waste Heat to Power (WHP)
Oppose efforts to weaken, eliminate energy efficiency performance standards for federal buildings.
Support Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act - S. 761
Support "Tenant Star" program of Better Buildings Act - H.R. 2126 and S. 1191
Support Federal Buildings energy Savings Act of 2013 - H.R. 1659
Support Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 - H.R. 2128
Support Administration's Better Buildings Initiative, endorse legislation reforming IRS Section 179D
Support high-efficiency industrial/manufacturing facilities
Suppor GSA's Green Building Program to House, Senate Congressional Appropriations Committees
Support Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2013 - H.R. 472
Support Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 - H.R. 1616
Support funding for U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and U.S. Energy Information Administration
Co-hosted briefing with Congressional High Performing Building Caucus on Energy Efficient Schools
Support Dept. of Energy's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey research and industry reporting program
Sponsored Congressional High Performing Builiding Caucus's efforts to promote state and local facility efficiency initiatives
Support Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013 - S. 1084
Support Federal Government use of green building programs, particularly LEED green building rating system and the Enterprise Green Communities standard
Support "best practices" approach to align building owners and their tenants to reduce energy demands - S. Amdt. 1847
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Extending and preserving Davis - Bacon Act on all federal and federally assisted construction
Support incentivizing grid reliability and building resiliency for critical operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
Support Partnership for Multiemployer Retirement Security
Support Metal Theft Prevention Act of 2013 - S. 394
Support for "Race to the Top" Initiative, Combined Heat & Power (CHP), Waste Heat to Power (WHP)
Oppose amendment to Fair Labor Standards Act - H.R. 1406
Oppose anti-Davis-Bacon/anti-PLA Amendments - H.R. 2216
Oppose Perry Amendment banning use of PLAs on Federal construction - H.R. 2217
Support Construction Quality Assurance Act - H.R. 1942
Support laws making it harder for employers to engage in misclassification of workers as independent contractors
Filed a statment for the hearing record: "Construction Contracting: Barriers to Small Business Participation", focusing on procurement reforms, procedures impacting small businesses
Led a coalition to help develop and present pension reform solutions to Congress
Support Smart Energy Act - H.R. 142
Oppose Working Family Flexibility Act - H.R. 1406
Support Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 - H.R. 1945
Support construction of net-zero energy schools
Support incentivizing grid reliability and building resiliency for critical operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Stanley E. Jr. |
Kolbe |
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N/A |
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Dana M. |
Thompson |
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N/A |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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