Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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. 5376, Build Back Better Act, budget reconciliation package, the administrations framework comprising almost $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years for providing investments for transportation, broadband, energy, and drinking water. The bill also includes funding for schools and child-care facilities, affordable housing, workforce development and manufacturing. Provisions related to high-speed rail, energy tax credits, labor standards, tax deductions for union dues, and investments in labor agencies like NLRB, Wage and Hour Division at USDOL, etc.
-- RAISE grants to fund infrastructure improvements at USDOT and labor standards.
-- Gas tax holiday. Proposals to suspend the federal gas tax through the end of the year and transfer general fund dollars to plug the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.

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), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

-- Build Back Better Act, reconciliation package consisting of $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years; provisions related to repairing lead pipes in drinking water systems.
--S. 4231, STREAM Act, legislation to authorize Western water projects, including desalination, water storage, dam safety, drinking water, and a grant program for water recycling. Provisions related to the application of prevailing wages to federally-assisted construction.
-- S. 914, Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, legislation authorizing more than $35 billion for drinking water and wastewater projects focused on upgrading aging infrastructure, addressing the threat of climate change, investing in new technologies, and providing assistance to marginalized communities. Including programs under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to provide for water pollution control activities. Including provisions related to bipartisan reauthorization of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and the Clean Water State Revolving Funds.
-- H.R. 1915, Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2021, legislation to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain water pollution control programs. Authorizes $40 billion for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund $1 billion for municipal grants aimed at treating PFAS and other emerging contaminants, and $2.5 billion for tribal wastewater infrastructure. The bill also includes provisions aimed at addressing affordability challenges, including a provision to require that at least 20 percent of each state's SRF funds be distributed as grants, and at addressing water utilities' cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Provisions related to the use of WIOA reporting metrics in the workforce development title.
-- H.R. 3291, Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act of 2021, legislation to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) to provide assistance for States, territories, areas affected by natural disasters, and water systems and schools affected by PFAS or lead, and to require the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations for PFAS contaminates. Provides $52.94 billion for the reauthorization of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and alters the requirements for EPA to set new Safe Drinking Water Act standards. Authorizes $4.5 billion to replace lead service lines and establishes new grant program under the SDWA for treatment of PFAS contaminants.
--S. 4136 and H.R. 7776, Water Resources Development Act of 2022, legislation to authorize Army Corps projects, deauthorize projects, conduct feasibility studies, a study of dredging capacity, and invest in waterways, ports, and harbors.
-- H.R. 1848, LIFT America Act, legislation modernizing energy infrastructure and authorizing construction programs, including natural gas pipelines, drinking water, renewable energy, the energy grid, and energy-efficiency investments; provisions related to labor standards for construction.
-- Issues related to infrastructure investment and rollout of water and wastewater funding at EPA; implementation of Buy American provisions.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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. 5376, Build Back Better Act, budget reconciliation package, the administrations framework comprising almost $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years for providing investments for transportation, broadband, energy, and drinking water. The bill also includes funding for schools and child-care facilities, affordable housing, workforce development and manufacturing. Provisions related to high-speed rail, energy tax credits, labor standards, tax deductions for union dues, and investments in labor agencies like NLRB, Wage and Hour Division at USDOL, etc.-- Legislative and Executive action relating to federal investment in the deployment of clean energy technologies through the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee program.
-- S. 1298, Clean Energy for America Act of 2021, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Requirements for federal financing of infrastructure projects to promote domestic job creation in the clean energy industry. Providing tax credits for qualifying advanced energy projects, provisions related to labor standards and workforce development requirements for the clean energy industry including Section 45, Section 48, Section 30C, Section 45Q, Section 48C, and Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code. Creates a new hydrogen production credit with labor and workforce requirements and adds a new category of exempt facility bonds for carbon capture and storage and direct air capture projects.
-- H.R. 848, GREEN Act, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend incentives for renewable energy, carbon capture projects, electric vehicles and energy efficiency upgrades. Provisions related to labor standards and workforce development requirements for the clean energy industry including Section 45, Section 48,
Section 30C, Section 45Q, Section 48C, and Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code.
-- H.R. 1848, LIFT America Act, legislation to rebuild and modernizing energy infrastructure and authorizing construction programs, including broadband, natural gas pipelines, drinking water, renewable energy, the energy grid, and energy-efficiency investments; provisions related to labor standards for construction.
-- S. 1260, Endless Frontier Act or the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, legislation 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. Provisions relating to the application of Davis-Bacon local prevailing wage requirements for projects funded by the bills semiconductor manufacturing fund.
-- H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act, legislation to authorize appropriations for the National Science Foundation for critical research infrastructure programs. Provisions related to application of Davis-Bacon local prevailing wage requirements for projects funded under the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction account authorized in the bill.
-- S.1025, Toxic Exposure Safety Act of 2021, legislation to establish a presumption of occupational disease for certain employees at the Department of Energy, to refine the definition of compensable illnesses, to establish a research program, and for other purposes. To expand covered employees and covered illnesses under Part E, Section 3671 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) to specifically include employees exposed to toxic substances at cleanup sites.
-- Energy Infrastructure Act, Senate proposal of comprehensive energy legislation to authorize energy priorities that would extend a lifeline to struggling nuclear reactors, fund new demonstration projects and invest billions in the nations electricity grid. Authorizes funding for demonstration projects from bipartisan energy legislation, adopted at the end of last Congress. The proposal includes $6 billion for nuclear facilities, $84 million for geothermal, $100 million for wind and $80 million for solar technologies, creates a $5 billion program to plug orphaned oil and gas wells, and funding for ecosystem restoration and Western water programs. The proposal also includes provisions for $11.3 billion for the Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation fund provisions for solar and clean energy projects on former mine sites. Provisions related to compliance of Davis-Bacon local prevailing wage requirements for projects funded or financed through the legislation.
-- Legislative and Executive action relating to the treatment of workers under the Jones Act for Offshore Wind projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf.
--Legislative and executive advocacy regarding circumvention trade case at the Department of Commerce related to the importation of solar technology imported from four countries.

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), Energy - Dept of

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

-- Legislative and executive action relating to federal investment in the deployment of clean energy technologies through the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee program.
-- Provisions related to access of apprenticeship program to federal excess property.
--Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act of 2023, policy to advance $3.5 billion in high-speed rail funding.
--Labor-Housing and Human Services Appropriations Act of 2023, funding related Occupational Safety and Health Administration, DOLs Wage and Hour Division, and the National Labor Relations Board.
--H.R. 6833, Continuing appropriations to fund the federal government into December, provisions related to possible inclusion of permitting reforms, including changes to the 401 Clean Water Act certifications and the national environmental policy act.

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)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

-- Build Back Better, the administrations framework comprising $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years, including tax provisions related to renewable energy and tax deduction for union dues.
-- S. 1298, Clean Energy for America Act of 2021, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. Requirements for federal financing of infrastructure projects to promote domestic job creation in the clean energy industry; private activity and tax credit bonds for infrastructure financing; and provisions related to taxation of union dues.
--H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act, legislation that raises revenue, invests in the energy sector, and regulates prescription drug pricing, especially insulin.
-- H.R. 848, GREEN Act, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend incentives for renewable energy, carbon capture projects, electric vehicles and energy efficiency upgrades. Provisions related to labor standards and workforce development requirements for the clean energy industry including Section 45, Section 48, Section 30C, Section 45Q, Section 48C, and Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code.
-- H.R. 1396, Public Building Renewal Act of 2021, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings.
-- S. 1403, MOVE America Act of 2021, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for Move America bonds and Move America tax credits to state governments to undertake infrastructure projects of all kinds, including transportation.
-- H.R. 451, Building United States Infrastructure and Leveraging Development Act, legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the national limitation amount for qualified highway or surface freight transfer facility bonds.; to raise the volume cap on Private Activity Bonds for surface transportation.
-- Gas tax holiday. Proposals to suspend the federal gas tax through the end of the year and transfer general fund dollars to plug the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund.

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), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Energy - Dept of

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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. 963, FAIR Act, legislation to prohibit binding arbitration, including in the workplace; provisions related to the exemption for collective bargaining agreements.
--H.R. 842 and S. 420, Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021, legislation to reform labor law. It codifies the joint employer standard, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), would increase penalties on employers for violations of labor law, eliminate striker replacement, and prohibit state laws that restrict union-security clauses.
--Policy issues related to crane safety and the existing regulatory structure regarding tag lines and load-stabilization technology.
-- H.R. 447, National Apprenticeship Act of 2021, Legislation reauthorizing the National Apprenticeship Act providing $20 billion to expand apprenticeship programs. The bill codifies standards for registered apprenticeship, youth apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programs and creates a dedicated funding stream for states, and precludes funding for administration of the Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Program.
-- S. 1298, the Clean Energy for America Act, and H.R. 848, GREEN Act, Senate and House legislation regarding the federal financing of infrastructure projects to promote domestic job creation in the clean energy industry. Providing tax credits for qualifying advanced energy projects, provisions related to labor standards and workforce development requirements for the clean energy industry including Section 45, Section 48, Section 30C, Section 45Q, Section 48C, and Section 179D of the Internal Revenue Code.
-- Build Back Better Act, budget reconciliation package that includes $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years, including spending on key labor agencies. The bill also dramatically increases penalties on employers for violations of labor law.
--Nomination of Jessica Looman as Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor.
-- Executive action relating to related to the use of project labor agreements and local hire requirements within the transportation workforce for recipients of grants received from the Secretary of Transportation under title 23 and title 49.
-- Legislative and Executive action relating to the treatment of workers under the Jones Act for Offshore Wind projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf.
--Davis-Bacon regulations update. Comprehensive modernization of the rules implementing the nations prevailing wage law at the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor.
-- H.R. 4006, Fair Repair Act, legislation to require original equipment manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to make available certain documentation, diagnostic, and repair information to independent repair providers. Authorizes enforcement of equipment repair provisions by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Energy - Dept of

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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

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?
No Yes