1st Quarter - Report

INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION for INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$130,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Homeland Security HOM

Lobbied in opposition to US Customs and Border Patrol's initiative to consolidate NY/NJ Centralized Examination Stations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
INGOLF ESDERS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Short Sea Shipping Act (HR 1533) - Lobbied in support of and co-sponsored legislation to eliminate the double taxation of cargo/freight shipped within domestic waterways Restore America's Maritime Promise Act (HR 104) - Lobbied in support of and co-sponsored legislation that would require revenues collected under the Harbor Maintenance Act to be used for their intended purpose. Harbor Maintenance Tax Act (S. 412) - Lobbied in support of and co-sponsored legislation that would require the total budget from the harbor maintence programs to equal the annual level of receipts plus interest credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for the fiscal year. Commercial Vessel Discharge Reform Act (HR 2828) - Lobbied in support of legislation to establish a uniform standard for vessel ballast water discharge. Lobbied in support of federal funds for the Delaware River Deepening Project Lobbied in support of increased funding for the US Corps of Engineers Federal Navigation channel operations and maintenance dredging projects.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN MICHAEL BOWERS —
INGOLF ESDERS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 104 (112th), S. 412 (112th), H.R. 2828 (112th), H.R. 1533 (112th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.