4th Quarter - Report — AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION (2015)

Firm

AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$60,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

Provisions relating to surface transportation reauthorization; transportation appropriations. - S. 1647/H.R. 22 DRIVE Act; and FAST Act; S. 1732 Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act 2015 - provisions concerning highway and motor carrier operations, in terms of reauthorizing federal programs. Also, HR 2577, T-HUD appropriations bill; Senate Appropriations (S.Rept 114-75), provisions concerning passenger motor carrier requirements.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF	—
SUZANNE M ROHDE New	Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: S. 1647 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 1732 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S.487 Driver Fatigue Prevention Act, all provisions. 29 U.S. CODE 201 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, provisions relating to motorbus carriers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF	—
SUZANNE M ROHDE New	Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: S. 487 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

Intercity Bus Security Grant Program - Homeland Security appropriations, S. 1619; H.R. 3128

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF	—
SUZANNE M ROHDE New	Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: S. 1619 (114th), H.R. 3128 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform, in the context of financing federal transportation programs; tax extender provisions; PATH Act S. 185

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF	—
SUZANNE M ROHDE New	Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Bills named: S. 185 (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.