3rd Quarter - Report

THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for MCWANE, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Treatment of ductile iron pipe in potential trade agreements and actions under consideration by the Trump Administration

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE

Manufacturing MAN

National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base; Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for water infrastructure programs including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act in bills including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (PL 115-141), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (PL 116-6), Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (PL 115-270), and FY 2020 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills, including HR 3052, and Omnibus Appropriations bills, including HR 3055; Implementation of Executive Order 13788 (Buy American and Hire American), and other potential presidential actions related to procurement; Treatment of ductile iron utility poles in disaster and mitigation legislation, including the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (PL 115-254), and the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (PL 116-20); Issues and legislation relating to the use of innovative materials in infrastructure projects, including the IMAGINE Act (HR 1159/S. 3403); Legislative efforts to promote the rebuilding and expansion of infrastructure and promoting the use of domestically produced materials, including America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 (S. 2302)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER REED ECKHOLD —
CHRISTOPHER TRACI —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3052 (116th), S. 2302 (116th), H.R. 1159 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th), S. 3403 (116th)

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.