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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1015 15TH STREET, NW, 8th Floor |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20005 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 2046-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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
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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: Steve Hall, Vice President of Government Affairs |
Date | 04/21/2014 |
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 AVI
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2610/S 1243, FY'14 appropriations, provisions related to Airport Improvement Program funding.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
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 |
Vivian |
Moeglein |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Matt |
Reiffer |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
HConRes 25 (FY'14 budget) and SConRes 8, provisions related to infrastructure funding; encouraging the use of US firms for infrastructure design and construction activities funded by US taxpayers in developing countries; provisions related to funding for DOE Environmental Management program; HR 2610/S 1243/HR 3547, provisions related to transportation, USACE; HR 152, emergency disaster relief, including funding for infrastructure rebuilding and resiliency; reform of entitlement programs. S 1371,
Financial Services & General Government, provisions related to insourcing and compensation caps.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), State - Dept of (DOS), Treasury - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)
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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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Vivian |
Moeglein |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Mark |
Steiner |
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Matt |
Reiffer |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Keith |
Pemrick |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Legislation to reauthorize and expand the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water SRF programs, provisions to apply QBS to SRF-funded projects, Buy American; HR 4237, legislation lifting volume caps on private activity bonds for water projects; S. 601, Water Resources Development Act, including contracting out, levee liability and WIFIA pilot program; Hydro fracturing processes related to natural gas; infrastructure resiliency in extreme weather events.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Steiner |
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Keith |
Pemrick |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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
Fundng for student loan forgiveness program authorized in P.L. 110-315 for people employed in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professions; comments to the Department of Education during rulemaking process to implement loan forgiveness program authorized under P.L. 110-315; S 1084, provisions related to consolidating available assistance mechanisms; S 899, support for the Science Laureates of the US program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Education - Dept of
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 |
Katharine |
Mottley |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Steiner |
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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
Support for legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline; support for legislation to extend the production and investment tax credits for renewable energy projects; reuse of DOW facilities and infrastructure; S 761/HR 1616, provisions related to energy modeling and codes consolidation; S 795/HR 2696, to include energy issues as a qualified source for energy investment portfolios; HR 1587, to give the Department of the Interior authority to issue right of ways.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Energy - Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), State - Dept of (DOS)
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 |
Keith |
Pemrick |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Mark |
Steiner |
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Katharine |
Mottley |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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
Issues related to the audit on engineering firm overhead performed by the Office of the Inspector General at USDOT; issues related to oversight of engineering services and contracting in the federal highway program, including FHWA rulemaking on consultant services and FHWA "safe harbor" pilot program for indirect cost rate; federal procurement issues, including definitions of inherently governmental and critical functions; Defense Authorization Act, contracting changes; small business set asides/contracting;
HR 746, small business compliance issues; small business size standards related to engineering services; issues related to agency performance of infrastructure work without engineering oversight/involvement; limiting "in-sourcing" by federal agencies and competition for third party work; FY'14 Defense Authorization (HR 1960/S 1197), issues related to small business programs, A-76 process and employee compensation; HR 2232, provisions related to small business subcontracting; HR 1942, procurement reforms; HR 436/S 109, related to removing prject labor agreements from federal projects; S 1192/HR 2444, provisions related to compensation limits; S 6, requirements on veterans workforce within contracting firms; S 196, provisions related to small firm contracting; HR 2232/HR 2441/S 1190, provisions related to small firm contracting; HR 2751, provisions related to reverse auctions and other procurement actions; HR 1622, related to the qualifications for publicly traded small firms in government contracting; HR 505, related to compensation caps; HR 1109, related to selection factors for government contracting; HR 2750, design-build reforms; HR 3370, related to flood insurance changes; HR 4228, related to changes in DHS acquisition procedures.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), State - Dept of (DOS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), General Services Administration (GSA), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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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Steiner |
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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- Staff |
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Vivian |
Moeglein |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Matt |
Reiffer |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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
P.L. 111-148 (health care reform), provisions related to employer mandates, financing provisions, public plan option, medical malpractice liability reform, and association-based health insurance options; implementation of provisions related to the grandfathering of existing health plans; HR 903/S 399, repeal of the employer mandates penalties; HR 763/S 603, repeal of health insurance tax; HR 2667, one-year delay of employer mandate.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Katharine |
Mottley |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Steve |
Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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
Pending legislative proposals to expand the number of available H-1B visas each year, green cards and to exempt STEM graduate degree recipients from visa caps, including S 169; S 744, immigration reform, including funding for STEM education; HR 2131, the SKILLS Visa Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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 |
Katharine |
Mottley |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Steve |
Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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 ROD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Highway program funding; MAP-21 implementation; QBS procedures for engineering services on federal projects; funding options to restore solvency to the Highway Trust Fund; HR 2610/S 1243/HR 3547, FY'14 appropriations bill, funding for transportation, and HR 152, emergency disaster relief, including funding for transportation reconstruction; HR 2084/S 1957, infrastructure financing; S 1250, new bonding authority for states (TRIP Bonds); S 1716, infrastructure finance; HR 3630, VMT pilots.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Treasury - Dept of
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 |
Vivian |
Moeglein |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Steve |
Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Matt |
Reiffer |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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
Defend cash accounting rules for engineering firms; Section 199 of the tax code; tax treatment of S Corps; tax rates for corporations and individuals; legislation to make the R&D tax credit permanent; funding options to restore solvency to the Highway Trust Fund; review of Administration's Green Book; impact of tax reform on pass-through entities; legislation related to the use of private activity bonds for water projects; SConRes 8, tax treatment of municipal bonds; HR 3636.
Legislation to exclude water and sewer bonds from the state volume cap for private activity bonds; extension of bonus depreciation and small business expensing; infrastructure financing, including modifications to highway user fees; comments to Treasury Department on changes to the tax treatment of trial lawyer fees; promote extension of Production Tax Credit for renewable energy; Section 179D (energy efficient buildings); legislation to promote employee stock option plans (ESOPs); HR 2084/S 1957, related to the repatriation of overseas earnings into an infrastructure finance fund; S 1250, authorizing additional bonding authority and tax credits for state transportation projects.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of
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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Hall |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Katharine |
Mottley |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Vivian |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Reiffer |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Steiner |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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 TOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
liability protection for engineering firms engaged in levee certifications; addressing the increased costs of infrastructure due to liability issues and the need for protection in high consequence events; draft legislation to provide liability protections to emergency responders.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
HConRes 25/SConRes 8, provisions related to infrastructure funding; HR 1243/S 2610/HR 3547, funding for transportation programs; HR 152, funding for transportation projects; Highway Trust Fund solvency; application of QBS procedures on federal-aid projects; surface transportation program implementation under MAP-21; comments on FHWA NPRM on consultant services; FHWA Every Day Counts implementation issues; HR 3636, gas tax; HR 3630,VMT pilots; S 1716, infrastructure finance.
HR 2084/S 1957, related to the repatriation of overseas earnings into an infrastructure finance fund; S 1250, authorizing additional bonding authority and tax credits for state transportation projects.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Treasury - Dept of
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 |
Vivian |
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US House of Representatives -- staff |
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Reiffer |
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) rules on revenue recognition from contracts, as well as leases; SEC rule on implementation of the municipal advisor registration requirement in the Dodd-Frank financial services reform law; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, pending rules on the proposed fiduciary duty of municipal advisors, and limitations on political contributions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Use of US engineering firms in aid programs administered by US AID and the Millennium Challenge Corportation; raising the importance of infrastructure investment in US foreign aid programs, more emphasis on cross planning in implementing aid programs, use of qualified design professionals and use of US engineering firms; oversight of multilateral development banks and projects using US funds; Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act (HR 2638/S 1271), related to infrastructure project oversight;
HR 1793, Global Partnerships Act, reforms to foreign aid programs; the Economic Growth and Development Act (no bill number yet), reforms to foreign aid programs and agency administration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Treasury - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2346 and HR 2347, pertaining to the imposition of "card check" and micro-union rules before the NLRB; application of Davis-Bacon to surveyors; proposed changes to FLSA overtime rules.
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
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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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Internet Address: All ACEC state oganizations are listed on the ACEC website -- www.acec.org
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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