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 Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement negotiations; US-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations - treatment of iron ductile pipe; Treatment of iron ductile pipe in Environmental Goods Agreement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN KOPLAN —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Manufacturing MAN

Treatment of ductile iron pipe by agencies under the jurisdiction of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (PL 113-76); Funding mechanisms for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (PL 113-121); National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base; Issues surrounding Buy America applications and the drought in California; 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 FY2016 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills HR2822/S1645), the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (PL 113-235), and the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (PL 113-121); Support for Department of Energy programs for the assistance and promotion of energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER TRACI —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Bills named: H.R. 2822 (114th)

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.