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

Build Back Better Act, budget reconciliation package, the administrations framework comprising $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years for providing investments for transportation, broadband, energy, and drinking water, it also includes funding for schools and child-care facilities, affordable housing, workforce development and manufacturing. Infrastructure provisions include $115 billion dedicated to the nations roads and bridges, $85 billion to modernize public transit, $80 billion for passenger and freight rail systems, $17 billion for ports and waterways, $100 billion for high-speed broadband, $300 billion for strengthening manufacturing in the United States and creating new manufacturing jobs.
-- H.R. 3684, INVEST in America Act, legislation to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs. Includes the reauthorization of the State Revolving Funds for water infrastructure. Invests $547 Billion over 5-years in highways ($343 b); transit ($109b); and rail ($95b). Invests $117 billion to address drinking water infrastructure and funding for Clean Water State Revolving Fund. Provisions related to the utilization of apprentices on USDOT projects. Provisions related to labor standards on federally funded, financed, or assisted construction projects under title 23 and title 49. Provisions related to Buy American requirements for construction materials.-- S. 2016, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, legislation to authorize funds for programs under the Department of Transportation. Invests $36 billion on rail, $28 billion on multimodal and freight and $13 billion on safety initiatives. Provisions related to local hire requirements within the transportation workforce for recipients of grants received from the Secretary under title 23 and title 49.
-- S. 1931, the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act, legislation to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Authorizes $311 billion out of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), $3 for a new Bridge Investment Program, $2 billion for a new competitive grant program for rural surface transportation projects, and $2.5 billion for a new competitive grant program for construction of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and alternative fuel corridors along the National Highway System. Provisions related to the expansion of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) for airport improvement projects.

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 for providing investments for transportation, broadband, energy, and drinking water, Infrastructure provisions include $111 billion for safer drinking water infrastructure and lead-pipe replacement.
-- 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.
-- H.R. 3684, INVEST in America Act, legislation authorizing $715 billion for surface transportation reauthorization and water infrastructure. Provides funding for water supply infrastructure including advance wastewater treatment. Authorizes $117 billion to address drinking water infrastructure and $51 billion for waste water infrastructure including funding for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). Establishes new grant program under the Safe Drinking Water Act for treatment of PFAS as well as a new grant program to replace lead service lines. Provisions related to WIOA reporting metrics in the workforce development titles.
-- 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.
-- P.N. 444, Legislative action regarding the nomination and confirmation of Radhika Fox to serve as Assistant Administrator for Water at the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

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

-- American Jobs Plan, the administrations framework comprising $2 trillion of federal spending over the next eight years for providing investments for transportation, broadband, energy, and drinking water, it also includes funding for schools and child-care facilities, affordable housing, workforce development and manufacturing. Infrastructure provisions include $100 billion to upgrade the U.S. transmission power grid infrastructure, $180 billion for research and development in new infrastructure technologies, $16 billion for mine reclamation and orphan wells, and $5 billion for Brownfield and Superfund sites.
-- 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.

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, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)

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

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.
-- 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. 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.

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. 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.
-- 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.
-- H.R. 3684, INVEST in America Act, legislation providing for the reauthorization of the surface transportation law, FAST Act, which expires in October 2021. Provisions relating to apprenticeship utilization requirements for large federally assisted construction projects. Provisions related to compliance of Davis-Bacon Related Acts on federally funded, financed, or assisted construction projects under title 23 and title 49. Provisions related to Buy American requirements for construction materials.
-- 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.
-- 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.
-- 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.

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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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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

-- 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.

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

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.

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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

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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Internet Address:

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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

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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