4th Quarter - Report

CHAMBERS, CONLON & HARTWELL, LLC for AMERICAN SHORT LINE & REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
$100,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Support for funding in FY2020 THUD Appropriations (H.R.3163, S.2520, H.R. 1865) for rail safety, research, development and training, National Infrastructure Investment grants, CRISI grants, RRIF appropriations. Opposition to the inclusion of increased truck size and weights in appropriations legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARA STARK-ALCALA —

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Railroad Administration; Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1865 (116th), S. 2520 (116th), H.R. 3163 (116th)

Railroads RRR

Post-enactment implementation and rulemaking following the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act (PL 114-94, FAST) including: railroad funding, regulation, and safety provisions; authorizations for national transportation grants, freight rail grants. Support for funding in FY2020 THUD Appropriations (H.R.3163; S. 2520) for rail safety, research, development and training, National Infrastructure Investment grants, CRISI grants, RRIF appropriations. Opposition to the inclusion of increased truck size and weights in legislation. Support for the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act H.R. 510 and S. 203. Congressional outreach and education on issues pending before the Surface Transportation Board. Support for regulatory streamlining and improvement legislation. Provisions impacting freight rail and infrastructure financing programs in potential new infrastructure package. Oppose minimum Train Crew Size legislation (H.R. 1748, S. 1979)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACOB CARTER —
CHANNON HANNA —
ED MCKECHNIE —
MARA STARK-ALCALA —

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Surface Transportation Board (STB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Railroad Administration; SENATE

Bills named: S. 203 (116th), H.R. 1748 (116th), S. 2520 (116th), S. 1979 (116th), H.R. 3163 (116th), H.R. 510 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Support for H.R. 510 and S. 203 - Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act. Support for inclusion of extension of tax credit provisions in must-pass budget legislation (H.R. 1865)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACOB CARTER —
CHANNON HANNA —
ED MCKECHNIE —
MARA STARK-ALCALA —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Railroad Administration; Surface Transportation Board (STB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 510 (116th), S. 203 (116th), H.R. 1865 (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.