1st Quarter - Report

RISING TIDE ASSOCIATES for BATES FOOTWEAR

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

Issues related to warfighter equipage, footwear contracting, Berry-amendment compliant athletic footwear. Contracting issues for the defense industrial base in the FY18NDAA, Foreign Military Sales

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID COSTELLO —
DANIEL SADOWSKI —

Contacted: Defense Logistics Agency; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Concerns regarding Border Adjustment Tax issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID COSTELLO —
DANIEL SADOWSKI —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Logistics Agency

Small Business SMB

SBA Size Standards Methodology for US manufacturing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DAVID COSTELLO —
DANIEL SADOWSKI —

Contacted: Defense Logistics Agency; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.