1st Quarter - Report — CHAMBERS, CONLON & HARTWELL, LLC for OMNITRAX INC (2017)

Firm

CHAMBERS, CONLON & HARTWELL, LLC

Client

OMNITRAX INC

Income

$40,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Railroads RRR

Support for grants for short line rail infrastructure and for Positive Train Control implementation (no bill number); issues related to the implementation of the Positive Train Control (PTC) mandate; Pursuit of reimbursement of funds owned by the Department of Transportation to OmniTRAX following the repayment of two Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loans. Support for federal infrastructure loans from Federal Railraod Administration.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT GINSBERG	—
ADAM NORDSTROM	—

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Railroad Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act (BRACE Act) H.R. 721 and S. 407 Support and solicit cosponsors for bills to extend and make permanent the Section 45G railroad track maintenance credit (26 USC 45G).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM NORDSTROM	—

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Railroad Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 721 (115th), S. 407 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

No Bill Number. Request support from Members for applications submitted by state department of transportation partner seeking US DOT discretionary grants for rail rehabilitation. Support for rail grants, infrastructure funding, and safety-focused research and development funding in FY17 (H.R.5394; S.2844; 114th Cong., carryover through CR) and FY18 (no bill number) appropriations bills.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM NORDSTROM	—

Contacted: Federal Railroad Administration; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 5394 (115th), S. 2844 (115th)

Homeland Security HOM

No bill number: outreach in support of efficient railroad border crossings of the US-Canadian border.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM NORDSTROM	—

Contacted: Federal Railroad Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

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.