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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 | 501 THIRD STREET, NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 10217-12
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6. House ID# 302210000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2018 |
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: Shane Larson |
Date | 7/26/2018 12:24:02 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 TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 515/H.R. 1300, US Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act: legislation to help save US call center jobs.
Concerns with Sinclair-Tribune merger
Concerns with T-Mobile and Sprint Merger
Net Neutrality CRA
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Shane |
Larson |
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Daniel |
Mauer |
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Elena |
Lopez |
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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. 399/S. 82, Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act: legislation to close the CEO Bonus loophole
H.R. 1144/S. 805, Inclusive Prosperity Financial Transaction Tax: legislation to impose a financial transactions tax on Wall Street trading
H.R. 2306: Putting Main Street FIRST: Finishing Irresponsible Reckless Speculative Trading Act: legislation to impose a financial transactions tax on Wall Street trading
H.R. 2295/S. 1020, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2017: legislation to close the carried interest loophole
H.R. 5108/S. 2459, No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act: legislation to end tax incentives for companies to move money and jobs offshore and encourage creation of jobs in America
H.R. 6096/S. 2605, Reward Work Act: legislation that would reverse the 1982 SEC ruling and would ban companies from buying back their stock on the open market.
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 |
Shane |
Larson |
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Daniel |
Mauer |
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Elena |
Lopez |
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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
S. 63/H.R.986, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017: legislation that would deny hundreds of thousands of US workers their NLRA rights
S.140, A bill to amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund: legislation that would deny hundreds of thousands of US workers their NLRA rights
AT&T mobility contract negotiations
American Airline subsides, Envoy and Piedmont contract negotiations
Issues around GDIT regarding wage theft and classification of workers
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Shane |
Larson |
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Daniel |
Mauer |
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Stephen |
Schembs |
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Elena |
Lopez |
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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
NAFTA renegotiations, labor advisory committee
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), 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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Larson |
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Mauer |
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Legislative Director, Rep. George Miller |
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Schembs |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2150, Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act: legislation that ensures that permits issued by the Secretary of Transportation to foreign air carriers under the United States-European Union Air Transport Agreement of April 2007 do not undermine labor rights or standards
H.R. 3735, No Knives on Planes Act of 2017: legislation aimed to prohibit the implementation of a policy change to permit small, non-locking knives on aircraft
Aircraft cabin security vulnerabilities
Secondary cockpit barriers
H.R. 911/S. 911 - Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017 - legislation to direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order with respect to secondary cockpit barriers
Assessment of Mobile Broadband Wireless Systems on Commercial Airplanes
Prohibition of voice calls on planes
TSA Crew Member Self Defense Training
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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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Schembs |
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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 AVI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization (FAA)
H.R. 2997, 21st Century AIRR Act: legislation that reauthorizes and modifies FAA programs
S. 1405, Saracini Aviation Safety Act of 2017 - legislation that reauthorizes and modifies FAA programs
H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018: legislation to reauthorize the FAA
Contaminated aircraft air
S. 1626, Cabin Air Safety Act of 2017: legislation to improve the safety of the air supply on commercial aircraft, and for other purposes.
Stopping Sexual Assault on Aircraft
S. 1605, Stopping Assault while Flying Enforcement Act of 2017: legislation to improve the response to sexual assault and sexual harassment on board aircraft operated in passenger air transportation
H.R. 5857, Stop Sexual Assault and Harassment in Transportation Act: legislation to protect transportation personnel and passengers from sexual assault and harassment
Transportation of pets, service animals and emotional support animals on planes
H.R. 5315, PETS Act: legislation to enact regulations to prohibit the storage of live animals in overhead compartments of airplanes.
S. 2556, Welfare Of Our Furry Friends (WOOFF) Act: enact regulations to prohibit the storage of live animals in overhead compartments of airplane
S. 2738, A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier passengers with service animals to adhere to a standard of service animal behavior training.
Ancillary fees to aviation passengers
Aircraft cabin configuration and evacuation studies
S. 1418, Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights: legislation to establish protections for passengers in air transportation
S. 596, SEAT Act of 2017: legislation to prescribe regulations establishing minimum standards for space for passengers on passenger aircraft
H.R. 2235, SAFE SEAT Act: legislation to improve air travel for passengers
S. 2935, Transportation Workforce Recovery and Retention Act: legislation to support the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) program for flight crewmembers and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) for flight attendant
10 hour rest for flight attendants and FRMP Flight Attendant Fatigue
Passenger Service Agent Assault
Toxic Chemicals in Flight Attendant Uniforms
Safe transportation of lithium batteries
Use of commercial aviation to transport immigrant children from families
Ambient noise in aircraft cabins
Mechanical disinsection
Mom nursing areas in airports
Prohibition of voice calls on planes
Enforcement of open skies agreements/cabotage
Adding labor protections to air service agreements
Middle east carrier subsidies
Middle East Open Skies violations
TSA Crew Member Self Defense Training,
Promoting women in Aviation
Trade agreements TTIP, NAFTA
Temperature Standards on Planes
Essential Air Service
DCA perimeter rule
Banning electronic cigarette smoking on planes
Stop Human Trafficking
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), 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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Schembs |
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Shane |
Larson |
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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 BAN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues around Santander bank and treatment of employees
Issues around Bank Call Center Offshoring
Issues around bank deregulation:
H.R. 4061, Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2017: To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to improve the transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, to improve the SIFI designation process
H.R. 4293, Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017: to reform the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review process, the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test process
H.R. 4790, to amend the Volcker rule to give the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System sole rulemaking authority, to exclude community banks from the requirements of the Volcker rule
S.2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act: legislation that would remove Dodd-Frank Wall Street regulations
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Shane |
Larson |
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Daniel |
Mauer |
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Elena |
Lopez |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.J. Res. 2, Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
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
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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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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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