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 LBR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Department of Labor proposed rule regarding "Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act" (85 Fed. Reg. 60600, September 25, 2020). Wage and Hour Division opinion letter FLSA2020-16 addressing the compensability of employee travel time of construction workers under the Fair Labor Standards in various situations involving construction sites located away from an employers principal place of business. Wage and Hour Division All Agency Memoranda (AAM) 233 (December 14, 2020) clarifying AAM 213 of March 22, 2013 to direct that when a wage determination contains fewer than three classifications in the relevant skilled craft or power equipment operator category, contracting officers shall evaluate whether a proposed new classification bears a reasonable relationship to both the existing skilled craft and power equipment operator classifications that are in the wage determination; AAM 234 (December 14, 2020) requesting comments on the planned schedule for Davis-Bacon wage surveys for fiscal year 2022; AAM 235 (December 14, 2020) rescinding AAM 212 of March 22, 2013 setting forth standards for the application of Davis-Bacon to construction survey crews; AAM 236 (December 14, 2020) raising from $1 million to $2.5 million the threshold for determining if more than one wage determination applies to a construction project because there is substantial construction in a category of construction that is different from the overall project but does not exceed 20% of the project's overall cost. H.R. 8294, the "National Apprenticeship Act of 2020," legislation to: (1) provide $3.5 billion over 5 years for grant programs to create or support registered apprenticeship programs; (2) codify and streamline standards for registered youth apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs; (3) codify the Office of Apprenticeship at the Department of Labor; and (4) establish the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships; Amendment 16 (Stefanik), striking the requirement that the Secretary must also approve an alternative time-based model that reflects industry standards and hazards of the occupation, leaving such approval at the discretion of the state registration agency; Amendment 20 (Scott Managers Amendment), making a series of technical and conforming changes, ensuring the definition of a State includes outlying areas, including employment and training activities in the Departments of Commerce, Energy and Transportation, and the Small Business Administration, in the Related Federal Programs definition, ensuring costs related to assessments and licenses are allowable, clarifying that the 2,000 hours on-the-job learning requirement for time-based apprenticeship programs is cumulative, and that the exception to this requirement should be made only for nontraditional apprenticeship industries or occupations, allowing sponsors with five or fewer apprentices, pre-apprentices or youth apprentices to report data annually rather than quarterly, ensuring pre-apprenticeship programs are developed in consultation with an apprenticeship program sponsor; Amendment 28 (Smith/Langevin), allowing pre-apprenticeship programs that receive grant funds under Title II to use funds to provide stipends to pre-apprentices for costs incurred during the pre-apprenticeship program such as housing, transportation, childcare, and other out-of-pocket expenses; Amendment 29 (Levin), providing that any eligible entity applying for a Title II grant should be partnering with a labor or joint labor-management organization, to the extent practicable. H.R. 8375, the "Worker Flexibility and Small Business Protection Act of 2020," legislation to provide a right to flexibility and to broaden and increase employee protections at work, to protect small businesses through shared responsibility for workers' rights, and to provide public transparency on workers' rights violations; entire bill. S. 4738, the "Worker Flexibility and Small Business Protection Act," legislation to provide a right to flexibility and to broaden and increase employee protections at work, to protect small businesses through shared responsibility for workers' rights, and to provide public transparency on workers' rights violations; entire bill.

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. SENATE

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 RET

16. Specific lobbying issues

Department of Labor proposed rule regarding "Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments" (85 Fed. Reg. 39113, June 30, 2020). Department of Labor final rule regarding "Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments" interpreting section 404(a)(1)(A) of ERISA concerning requirements that plan fiduciaries act for the exclusive purpose of: (i) providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries; and (ii) defraying reasonable expenses of administering the plan" (85 Fed. Reg. 72846, November 13, 2020). H.R. 7370, the "Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2020," legislation modifying the ability of workers to make claims related to their retirement benefits during Chapter 11 bankruptcy; entire bill. H.R. 8406, the "Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act," legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021; Division G ("Retirement Provisions"), Title I ("Relief for Multiemployer Pension Plans") and Division H ("Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act"). Legislative proposals to authorize composite multiemployer pension plans as a means to provide a secure, sustainable retirement for workers while ensuring the viability of sponsoring employers (no bill introduced). General education concerning proposals for comprehensive reform of the defined benefit, multiemployer pension system and the importance of authorizing new plan designs as part of any such comprehensive reform. General education concerning the need to include composite plans in any future COVID-19 relief bill.

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Treasury - 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 FIN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed temporary rule to amend the SECs Rule 701 by adding a provision that, for five years and subject to percentage limits (no more than 15% of annual compensation), dollar limits (no more than $75,000 in three years), and other conditions, would permit an issuer to provide equity compensation to certain platform workers who provide services available through the issuers technology-based marketplace platform (85 Fed. Reg. 79936, December 11, 2020). Advocating inclusion in coronavirus relief package or omnibus funding bill a legislative proposal entitled "Delivering Immediate Relief to Americas Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act" regarding COVID-19 relief; provisions concerning COVID-19 liability protections for small businesses, schools, and healthcare providers, an additional $157 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and a revision to the PPP making 501(c)(6) organizations eligible subject to restrictions related to lobbying; seeking to have composite plan legislation and funding for COBRA premiums included in the draft bill (no bill introduced). Advocating inclusion in coronavirus relief package of S. 4321, the "Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act," legislation to allow second draw loans of up to $2 million under the Paycheck Protection Program; entire bill. Senate Appropriations Committee explanatory text released for its FY 2021 Financial Services-General Government Appropriations Act: (1) addressing the need for the IRS to prevent misclassification of workers; (2) providing that the Committee believes that the IRS SS-8 Program is critical to ensuring that workers are classified correctly; (3) identifying leads for employment tax exams and criminal investigations; (4) combating the underreporting of employment taxes that contributes significantly to the tax gap; (5) advocating that the IRS maintain sufficient staffing at all SS-8 processing locations; and (6) directing the IRS to notify the House Appropriations Committee, the Senate Appropriations Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the Senate Finance Committee prior to making any staffing reductions or reallocations within the SS-8 processing program.

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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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

General education concerning the need for COBRA funding in any COVID-19 relief package considered by the Senate.

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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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 SMB

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 133, the "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021," legislation making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes; Division N ("Additional Coronavirus Response and Relief"), Title III ("Continuing the Paycheck Protection Program and Other Small Business Support"). H.R. 8406, the "Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act," legislation making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021; Division E ("Small Business Provisions"). Advocating that any coronavirus relief bill include provisions: (1) authorizing a second round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that are targeted to small businesses that have continued to experience significant revenue declines; (2) allowing PPP borrowers to deduct business expenses paid for with a forgiven PPP loan; (3) making 501(c)(6) nonprofit business associations eligible for PPP loans; and (4) providing streamlined loan forgiveness for the smallest PPP loan recipients.

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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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

S. 178, the "Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response Act of 2019," legislation to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslins in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China; S. Amdt. 2652, the Delivering Immediate Relief to America's Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act, Title II, Coronavirus Liability Relief. Fifth legislative proposal to respond to the coronavirus pandemic; legislative proposal regarding employer liability protections (no proposal introduced). Advocating inclusion in any coronavirus relief package of S. 4317, the "Safeguarding Americas Frontline Employees To Offer Work Opportunities Required to Kickstart the Economy (SAFE to WORK) Act," legislation to lessen the burdens on interstate commerce by discouraging insubstantial lawsuits relating to COVID-19 while preserving the ability of individuals and businesses that have suffered real injury to obtain complete relief (entire bill). General education concerning the need to safeguard from liability for COVID exposure employers who comply with state and local mandates and union agreements to protect their 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

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

S. 3612, the "Small Business Expense Protection Act of 2020," legislation to clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses; entire bill. Advocating inclusion in any coronavirus relief package of S. 3612, the "Small Business Expense Protection Act," legislation to clarify for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that receipt of coronavirus assistance does not affect the tax treatment of ordinary business expenses; entire bill.

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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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. 5912, the "Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2020," legislation authorizing incentive payments for expedited completion of certain federally-funded airport improvement projects; entire bill.

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

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 GOV

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 6395, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," legislation to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; Subtitle E ("Other Matters"), Section 841 ("Modifications to Supervision and Award of Certain Contracts"). S. 4049, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021," legislation to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; proposed amendment to improve congressional oversight and public transparency of military construction contract awards (no amendment introduced). H.R. 6764, the "Put Our Neighbors to Work Act of 2020," legislation to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve congressional oversight and public transparency of military construction contract awards; entire bill.

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.

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