What was lobbied
12 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
-Monitoring the potential renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Treasury, Dept of
-Monitoring legislative attempts to end or curtail the employer exclusion for health benefits.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Lobbying Congress, the Department of Labor, and the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to not grant any waivers that will enable any financial institution to continue to manage retirement accounts (401s, public and private pensions) after having been found guilty of criminal conduct.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
-Monitoring legislation and regulatory issues surrounding the short-term rental market and its impact on the affordable housing stock in cities across the country.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of
-Lobbying against the American Health Care Act as written by the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees -Lobbying in support of S.58/H.R. 173 the Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017
Contacted: SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Bills named:
H.R. 173 (115th), S. 58 (115th)
Lobbying Congress to ensure energy drink companies commit to responsible marketing standards.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
-Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B and J-1 visa regulations and the reauthorization of the EB-5 program. -Lobbying in support S.128/H.R.496 BRIDGE Act.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Bills named:
S. 128 (115th), H.R. 496 (115th)
-Monitoring regulations and legislation dealing with cyber-security implications of foreign-owned corporations purchasing hotels that are frequent hosts to government officials.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
-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 (S.63/H.R. 986 and H.R. 130). -Monitoring H.R. 597, the Lyttton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017
Contacted: White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Treasury, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Bills named:
S. 63 (115th), H.R. 986 (115th), H.R. 130 (115th), H.R. 597 (115th)
-Monitoring transportation funding for AMTRAK facilities across the country.
Contacted: White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation
Supporting legislation which seeks to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to revise requirements permitting multiemployer plans to adopt alternative rules for computing the payment of an employer's withdrawal liability.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation
Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the
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