What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Legislative issues surrounding REIT conversions in the gaming industry. Specifically, the anti-trust implications of such conversions.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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.
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Lobbying Congress, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to not grant any waivers that will enable any financial institution to continue to manage retirement accounts (401ks, public and private pensions) after having been found guilty of criminal conduct.
Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of
-Monitoring legislation affecting the operation and administration of food and beverage on AMTRAK trains. -Monitoring transportation development that funds development of AMTRAK stations across the country. -Supporting legislation that increases the federal government's cap on the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC).
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE
Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B regulations and the reauthorization of the EB-5 program.
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering.
Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Lobbying Congress to ensure that soft-drink companies commit to the the responsible marketing and promoting standards with respect to young customers that the soft-drink companies enacted in response to Congressional inquiries.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
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 and S. 248 and HR 511 which seeks to strip workers of collective bargaining rights at tribal-owned enterprises.
Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Bills named:
H.R. 511 (114th), S. 248 (114th)
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.