1st Quarter - Report — CHAMBERS, CONLON & HARTWELL, LLC for NATIONAL RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAIN… (2019)

Firm

CHAMBERS, CONLON & HARTWELL, LLC

Client

NATIONAL RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION

Income

$30,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Infrastructure tax credit provisions impacting railroad contractors, suppliers, and operators contained in short line railroad tax credit bills (BRACE Act, H.R.510 and S.203).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHUCK BAKER	—
MATT BELL	—

Contacted: Federal Railroad Administration; Federal Transit Administration (FTA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 203 (116th), H.R. 510 (116th)

Railroads RRR

Regulations affecting rail contractors including Part 243 Minimum Training Standards and Part 219 Drug & Alcohol Testing in implementation of Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-432); Issues affecting rail contractors, rail construction, and general rail regulation in RAILS Act (S.1451); Issues affecting rail construction and investment in implementation of the surface transportation bill (FAST Act P.L. 114-94); Issues affecting freight and passenger rail operations and economic regulation in implementation of STB reauthorization bill (Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization Act of 2015 P.L 114-10); Provisions impacting freight rail, passenger rail, rail transit, and rail contracting issues in FY2019 THUD Appropriations (H.R.6072, S.3023); Issues affecting rail construction and investment in potential new infrastructure package.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CHUCK BAKER	—
MATT BELL New	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Railroad Administration; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Bills named: S. 1451 (116th), H.R. 6072 (116th), S. 3023 (116th)

Transportation TRA

Support extension of 45G Short Line Tax Credit/The BRACE Act (H.R. 510/S. 203). Against Surface Transportation Board (STB) Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) seeking revised reciprocal switching regulations (Docket No. EP 711). Against efforts to create a state pilot program allowing greater than 80,000 lb GVWs. Against efforts to increase truck size or weight through the Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations process. Support appropriations for transportation grant programs including the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) and the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MATT BELL	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Railroad Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Bills named: H.R. 510 (116th), S. 203 (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.