3rd Quarter - Report

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Income
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Expenses
$40,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Monitoring implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) with particular emphasis on elimination or amelioration of taxation of employee health care benefits resulting in a middle class tax increase.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representative

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Transportation TRA

Monitoring legislation affecting the operation and administration of food and beverage service aboard AMTRAK trains.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislatine Representative

Contacted: SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Gaming/Gambling/Casino GAM

Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representative

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Immigration IMM

Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B regulations.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representive

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

OSHA reform, specifically addressing ergonomic risks faced by hotel housekeepers.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representative

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Homeland Security HOM

Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in-flight catering

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representative

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

The proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement with particular focus on the inclusion of Brunei in the agreement and the "yarn forward" rule of origin.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representative

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Lobbying on issues and legislation relating to Indian Gaming, specifically NLRA jurisdictional issues and legislation granting the Secretary of the Interior Department the authority to take land into trust for tribes recognized after 1934.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES Legislative Representative

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

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.