1st Quarter - Report

AFL-CIO for AFL-CIO

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$740,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Manufacturing MAN

-CHIPS Implementation (Funding regulations) -Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Legislation)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT GIBSON —
WILLIAM SAMUEL —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

- 2024 Biden Budget (ALL) - Appropriations-No bill number yet (All) - H.R. 2617 - Consolidated Appropriations Act (NLRB Appropriations)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREG JEFFERSON —
WILLIAM SAMUEL —
BART SHEARD —
CHARITY WILSON —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2617 (118th)

Health Issues HCR

-S. 1113 - Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act (minimum staffing ratios) -HR 485 - Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act (Limitations on use of cost effectiveness measures) -S. 1139 - Lower Drug Costs for Families Act (inflation penalties for certain prescription drug price increases) -nursing home reform (transparency, minimum staffing standards, Medicaid funding) -Medicare (inflation rebates, drug negotiations) -H.R. 382 - Pandemic is Over Act (All) -H.R. 139 - Show Up Act (All)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RAYMOND TOM LEIBFRIED —
WILLIAM SAMUEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1139 (118th), S. 1113 (118th), H.R. 382 (118th), H.R. 139 (118th), H.R. 485 (118th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

-Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (All) -Taiwan Trade Issues (Labor, Manufacturing) -China Trade (Labor, Manufacturing) -Customs Reauthorization (Reauthorization) -Digital Trade (Rules) -Trade Adjustment Assistance (Program Renewal) -Outbound Investment (All)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT GIBSON —
WILLIAM SAMUEL —

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

-H.R. 20/S. 567 - PRO Act (Communicated with the staff of congressional members in person, on the phone, by letter, and by email. Supported those communications by researching to prepare for conversations and written communications to the staff of congressional members, drafted background memos, and planned meetings. Attended and organized meetings, and participated in conference calls with affiliates and other organizations to organize meetings with congressional members to cosponsor the bill.) -Freedom to Vote Act (Attended and organized meetings, and participated in conference calls with affiliates and other organizations to organize meetings with congressional members to cosponsor the bill. Communicated with the staff of congressional members by letter.) (Voting rights) -H.R. 20/S.567 - PRO Act (co-sponsorships) -Child Labor in US -H.R. 694/S. 210 - Job Protection on Act (Introduction) -H.R. 17/S.728 - Paycheck Fairness Act (Introduction) -Healthy Families Act (Assistance with language) -H.R. 1163 - Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Insurance Fraud Act (Education, letter in opposition) -Care Economy (child care, paid leave, equity for care workers) -FMLA (20 year anniversary) -S. 388 - Child Care For Every Community (Research, coalition meetings) -President's FY 2024 Budget (Child Care, Paid Leave, Child Tax Credit) -H.R. 856/S. 274 Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act (Assistance in drafting, advocacy) -Child labor (potential bills, oversight letters); workplace safety, child labor -Protecting America's Workers Act (no bill #, not yet introduced) to reform OSHA (Getting it reintroduced); workplace safety and health -Workplace violence (no bill # yet, not yet introduced)(Getting it introduced); workplace safety and health -Appropriations(Funding for agencies); workplace safety and health -Data reporting and transparency (Advocacy to change policy, improve reporting on workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths) -Implementation of Toxic Substances Control Act(worker protection from chemicals); worker safety and health -East Palestine train derailment (Get worker health exposures assessed); worker safety and health -Workplace violence (Strategy for bill introduction and statistics) -Budget(Analyzing current numbers & needed numbers for staffing levels) -Risk Management Protections (Speaking to rule improvements on worker training) -BLS fatality data (Limitations of public data due to new policies) -Protecting America's Workers Act (Strategy for introduction & penalty structure) -Iowa HF 647 (child labor law revisions) - Analysis of bill with current federal child labor protections -Arkansas HB 1410: Youth Hiring Act of 2023 (Analysis of bill) -Toxic Substance Control Act (Implementation discussion) -East Palestine train derailment (Efforts to get exposure assessments for workers) -H.R. 20/S. 567 - Protecting the Right to Organize Act (All)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHNIE ENDER PALMER New —
BRETT GIBSON —
WILLIAM SAMUEL —
BART SHEARD —
CHARITY WILSON —

Contacted: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 388 (118th), H.R. 1163 (118th), H.R. 20 (118th), H.R. 694 (118th), H.R. 856 (118th), S. 728 (118th), H.R. 17 (118th), S. 274 (118th), S. 210 (118th), S. 567 (118th)

Immigration IMM

-Immigration protections in auto manufacturing (health and safety background of auto industry, temp labor and child labor) -H-2B - Discussion of reintroduction of the Seasonal Worker Solidarity Act and new possible compromise bill -HR 1828: To protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from removal during Department of Homeland Security enforcement actions, and for other purposes. (Reintroduction) -Dream and Promise Act (Status of reintroduction)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM SAMUEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1828 (118th)

Retirement RET

-ESG (congressional review act resolution of disapproval) -Biden Budget (Provisions related to retirement income) -Social Security (WEP/GPO) -Pension De-Risking

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LAUREN ROTHFARB —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

-H.R 25/S. 4 - Equal Rights Amendment (Introduction and education)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHARITY WILSON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 25 (118th), S. 4 (118th)

Government Issues GOV

-Judicial Nominations for Nancy G Abudu, Casey Pitts and Todd Edelman (judicial nominations) -Judicial Nominations (Research and contact with WH regarding potential nominees) -Nomination of Todd Edelman to the District Court of D.C. (All); Judicial nomination -Nomination of Casey Pitts to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of CA Court of Appeals(All); Judicial nomination

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREG JEFFERSON —
WILLIAM SAMUEL —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

-H.R. 30/S. 8 - Congressional Review Act (All); Financial Institutions/Investments/SEC (FIN)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM SAMUEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 8 (118th), H.R. 30 (118th)

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.