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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 | 1125 17TH STREET, NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 20106-12
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6. House ID# 306580000
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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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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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: Matthew McGuire |
Date | 10/19/2018 10:01:10 AM |
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. 1664, Penny for Progress Act, legislation to raise nearly $500 billion by indexing the motor fuels tax, bonding for its proceeds, and depositing the resources in the Highway Trust Fund.
Senate Democrats Infrastructure Blueprint, conceptual framework and policy paper leading to legislation to invest in transportation, water, school, airport, and other infrastructure.
S. 846, Safe Bridges Act of 2017, a new program to authorize $2.75 billion annually into bridge projects around the country.
S. 195, Transportation Investment Recalibration Equality Act (TIRE Act), legislation that eliminates the application of the prevailing-wage law to highway construction projects.
H.R. 2997, 21st Century Air Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act, legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, provisions related to construction, including the Airport Improvement Program and its associated labor standards
S. 2279, Bridge Investment Act, legislation that authorizes an additional $75 billion investment over ten years in bridges.
H.R. 4, Federal Aviation Authorization Act, provisions related to funding level of Airport Improvement Program.
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 |
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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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.1647, Water Infrastructure Fund Trust Act, legislation to create a dedicated revenue stream and segregated fund designed to support water infrastructure investments.
H.R. 3387, Drinking Water System Improvement Act, legislation to reauthorize the Safe Drinking Water-State Revolving Fund program, provisions related to labor standards and funding levels.
H.R. 4902 and S. 2364, Securing Required Funding for Water Infrastructure Now (SRF-WIN Act), legislation that authorizes $200 m annually into federal financial assistance to owners of water and wastewater projects.
H.R. 3017, Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and Reauthorization Act, and providing for consideration of the bill
S. 2800, Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which includes Water Resources legislation for ports and harbors, provisions related to SRF-WIN Acts inclusion (S.2364).
H.R. 1731, RECLAIM Act, legislation designed to expedite investments from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation fund to cleanup coal mines and assist community development.
S. 3021 (115), Americas Water Infrastructure Act, provisions related to new financing tool in the SRF-WIN Act, Safe Drinking Water Reauthorization and its provision related to labor standards for construction, and the WRDA bill, particularly the provisions related to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and labor standards for construction.
S. 3303 and H.R. 6889, Water Quality Certification Improvement Act, legislation related to 401 water quality certifications by states under the Clean Water Act, which have blocked the construction of pipelines and other major projects. Provisions related to the scope of the 401 review
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 |
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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. 2883, Promoting Cross-Border Infrastructure Act, legislation to transfer permitting responsibility from the State Department to FERC and eliminate the Presidential Permit process
H.R. 2910, Promoting Inter-agency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act, legislation to require reporting and accountability from other agencies to FERC in permitting natural gas pipelines.
H.R. 3905, Minnesotas Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act
H.R. 3115, Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017, legislation to swap national forest land with land owned by a mining company in Minnesota. The land swap results in more wetlands, timber lands, shoreline access, national forest lands, and revenue to the federal treasury.
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
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1625, Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018, provision related to registered apprenticeships access to the federal excess property program through DOL in the Labor-HHS portion of the bill. Surface transportation investments in TIGER Grant, and the Capital Improvement Grants, and water investments like the State Revolving Funds in the Interior Appropriations 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 |
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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. 2050, Excise tax on high-premium health care plans, Cadillac Tax legislation, legislation to eliminate the forty-percent excise tax on high-cost healthcare plans under the Affordable Care Act.
H.R. 1846, legislation to fund the Highway Trust Fund by raising the gas tax and indexing it to inflation if there are no other options identified by commissions created in the bill to find other funding options.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, 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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Crane certification draft regulation and process at the OSHA at DOL.
S. 140, H.R. 986 and S. 63, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, legislation that would exempt the National Labor Relations Act from tribal operations on tribal lands.
H.R. 1552, Fair and Open Competition Act, legislation to prohibit the use of Project Labor Agreements in construction procurement.
S. 244 and H.R. 743, Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, legislation would eliminate the 1931 procurement law requiring the payment of prevailing wages on federally-assisted construction.
H.R. 1042, Responsibility in Federal Contracting Act, legislation to change the survey method used by the Department of Labor to calculate prevailing wages for purposes of the Davis-Bacon Act.
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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 2987 and H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization, amendment related to land swap for Superior National Forest in Minnesota (H.R. 3115).
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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act, provisions related to the so-called Cadillac tax, the tax on high-cost health insurance premiums. The legislation delayed the taxs implementation.
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
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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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