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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1750 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 19720-12
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6. House ID# 306620000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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 |
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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: Ross Templeton |
Date | 7/20/2021 1:19:44 PM |
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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1915 - Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021 - a bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain water pollution control programs (entire bill).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal year 2022 - a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year; seeking to include a provision in Title VIII, Subtitle F, section 865 of the NDAA that clarifies that all energy extraction is subject to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (no bill introduced).
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 - a bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, for defense activities of the Department of Energy, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year; seeking to amend definition of qualified apprentice in NDAA FY2020 (no bill introduced).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
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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
S.864 - Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2021 - a bill to extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs (entire bill).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
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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
H.R. 1512 - Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act of 2021 - to build a clean and prosperous future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health and welfare of all Americans, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050, (entire bill)
Clean Energy Future through Innovation Act of 2021 - a bill to advance clean power technology development and use through innovation and clean energy standards, and for other purposes (bill number not yet assigned)
Energy Infrastructure Act of 2021 - a bill to invest in the energy and outdoor infrastructure of the United States to deploy new and innovative technologies, update existing infrastructure to be reliable and resilient, and secure energy infrastructure against physical and cyber threats, and for other purposes (no bill introduced).
Climate Resilience Corp. - General education regarding the Climate Resilience Corp, a federal program to assist communities in deploying climate resiliency infrastructure (no bill introduced).
General education regarding the supply chain and training for electric vehicle infrastructure.
General education regarding solar workforce training and labor standards in the renewable energy industry.
General education regarding loan programs and demonstration project funding for nuclear, carbon capture, and renewable energy projects.
General education regarding labor standards on Bureau of Ocean Energy Management offshore wind leases.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Energy - Dept of, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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 |
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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
H.Res.332 - Recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal. - a resolution recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal (entire bill).
General education regarding workforce issues in a potential federal Civilian Climate Corps.
General education regarding labor standards on federally-supported water infrastructure projects.
General education regarding the impact of changes to air quality standards to industry.
General education regarding domestic manufacturing requirements on federally-supported water infrastructure projects
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 |
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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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.306 - Safe Environment from Countries Under Repression and in Emergency (SECURE) Act of 2021 - a bill to provide a process for granting lawful permanent resident status to aliens from certain countries who meet specified eligibility requirements, and for other purposes. (Entire bill)
Seeking introduction of the "U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021," a comprehensive bill that improves paths to citizenship, family-based immigration, and employment-based immigration (no bill introduced).
Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022 - Seeking an H-2B visa exemption for construction and industries with high unemployment and requiring prevailing wage (no bill introduced).
General education regarding workforce impacts from an increase to the cap on H2-B visas.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 |
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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 IND
16. Specific lobbying issues
National Ironworkers Training Program for American Indians - General education regarding the National Ironworkers Training Program for American Indians, an apprenticeship readiness program to prepare and place Native American and Alaska Natives in Iron Workers registered apprenticeships that is funded with a mix of grants from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Federal Highway Administration (no bill introduced).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3145 - Freedom to Work Act of 2021 - a bill to require Executive agency review of occupational licensing requirements, (entire bill).
General education regarding whistleblower protections for victims of independent contractor misclassification.
General education regarding utilization of apprentices on federally supported transportation infrastructure projects.
Recommended candidate for appointment to the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships.
S.1078 - Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills (BUILDS) Act of 2021 - a bill to require the Secretary of Labor to award grants for promoting industry or sector partnerships to encourage industry growth and competitiveness and to improve worker training, retention, and advancement as part of an infrastructure investment (entire bill).
H.R.3445 - Jobs, On-the-Job Earn While You Learn Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act of 2021 - a bill to amend the National Apprenticeship Act in order to increase and expand the national apprenticeship system to include the immediate recruitment, employment, and on-the-job earn-as-you-learn training of young African Americans, and to promote the development of equitable hiring standards necessary to safeguard the diversity of apprentices, and for other purposes (entire bill).
Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2022 - seeking report language supporting clean energy apprenticeships; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill of 2021. (no bill introduced)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 - a bill to establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; Division A "CHIPS and O-RAN 5G Emergency Appropriations"; and Amendment number 1858 "to modify the semiconductor incentives program of the Department of Commerce".
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
H.R. 2549 - Tax Fairness for Workers Act - a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow workers an above-the-line deduction for union dues and expenses and to allow a miscellaneous itemized deduction for workers for all unreimbursed expenses incurred in the trade or business of being an employee (entire bill).
Seeking specific labor standards be applied on the base of a clean energy tax credit or deduction. (no bill introduced)
S.1298 - Clean Energy for America Act - a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for increased investment in clean energy (entire bill).
H.R. 848 - Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act of 2021 - a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes (entire bill).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3684 - Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act of 2021 - a bill to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes (entire bill).
MAGLEV project - Workforce issues related to the MAGLEV train project.
General education on actions the department could take to incentivize local hire preference on transportation infrastructure projects.
General education concerning the need to include funds for bridge repair and construction in any infrastructure legislation that advances in Congress
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.732 - BuyAmerican.gov Act of 2021 - a bill to strengthen Buy American requirements, (entire bill).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General education regarding employment effects from waiving intellectual property protection for COVID-19 vaccines.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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 |
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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 MAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
General education regarding domestic manufacturing requirements and domestic supply chain for federally-assisted energy projects.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Energy - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 MAR
16. Specific lobbying issues
General education regarding interpretations of the Jones Act affecting the offshore wind industry.
General education regarding the availability of Jones Act compliant vessels in the offshore wind industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Energy - Dept of, Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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 |
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1884, The Save Oak Flat Act, a bill to repeal the requirement for the Department of Agriculture to convey the 2,422 acres of Forest System land located in Tonto National Forest in Pinal County, Arizona, known as Oak Flat, to Resolution Copper Mining, LLC, in exchange for various parcels of land owned by Resolution Copper.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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