1st Quarter - Amendment — UNITE HERE! for UNITE HERE! (2015)

Firm

UNITE HERE!

Client

UNITE HERE!

Income

—

Expenses

$45,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 13, 2015	$37,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment (this page)	Apr 27, 2015	$45,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

Gaming/Gambling/Casino GAM

Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

Immigration IMM

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

Homeland Security HOM

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

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

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.