What was lobbied
12 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
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; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Legislative and regulatory issues surrounding REIT conversions and private letter rulings from Treasury. -Monitoring H.R. 3868 "Small Business Credibility Act" and its treatment of Business Development Corporations (BDCs) under the tax code.
Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of
Bills named:
H.R. 3868 (114th)
-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: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Monitoring and supporting H.R. 458 which amends 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 to include a plan in critical status whose plan sponsor determines it cannot be expected to emerge from that status by the end of the rehabilitation period.
Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 458 (114th)
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; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
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.
Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)
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. -Monitoring H.R. 1296 and H.R. 2538.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE
Bills named:
S. 248 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), H.R. 1296 (114th), H.R. 2538 (114th)
-Monitoring Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering. -Monitoring national and cyber security implications of foreign-owned corporations purchasing hotels that are frequent hosts to government officials.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Monitoring implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) with particular emphasis on elimination of taxation of employee health care benefits resulting in a middle class tax increase.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; White House Office; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Monitoring legislation and regulatory issues surrounding the so-called "sharing economy" and its impact on the affordable housing stock in cities across the country.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)
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