2nd Quarter - Amendment — UNITE HERE! for UNITE HERE! (2017)

Firm

UNITE HERE!

Client

UNITE HERE!

Income

$70,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

S.1405 - Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.2997 - 21st Century AIRR Act Advocating for the 20,000 UNITE HERE members in the in-flight catering industry. Lobbying against efforts to end Amtrak Long Distance Service

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: S. 1405 (115th), H.R. 2997 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1620-American Health Care Act Better Care Reconciliation Act S.58-Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 H.R. 173-Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2017 -Lobbying against any effort to end the employer exclusion for health care provided to employees.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 173 (115th), H.R. 1620 (115th), S. 58 (115th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

H.R. 986-Tribal Sovereignty Act of 2017 S.63-Tribal Sovereignty Act of 2017 Opposed to above legislation as well as any other efforts by Congress to take away rights of American citizens rights on the job.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 986 (115th), S. 63 (115th)

Pharmacy PHA

H.R.1245 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act S.469 - Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act H.R.1776 - Improving Access To Affordable Prescription Drugs Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1776 (115th), S. 469 (115th), H.R. 1245 (115th)

Housing HOU

Monitoring legislation and regulations dealing with short-term rentals impacting the country's affordable housing stock.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Immigration IMM

S.232 - A bill to terminate the EB-5 Visa Program and to reallocate the employment creation visas to the other employment-based visa classifications. S.792 - Save Our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act of 2017 S.128 - BRIDGE Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 232 (115th), S. 128 (115th), S. 792 (115th)

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.