1st Quarter - Report

AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA) for AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$960,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

H.R. 386, Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2011; H.R. 658, FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011; H.R. 1079, Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011; H.R. 71, FAMS Augmentation Act of 2011; Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011; Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2011; Airport and Airway Trust Fund Financing Reauthorization Act of 2011; H.R. 1373, To direct the FAA to issue an order re secondary cokpit barriers; Airport and Airway Trust Fund Reauthorization Act of 2011; Section 16, continued from page 2 FY 2012 Homeland Security Appropriations Act; FY 2012 Transportation, HUD Appropriations Act. Regulatory and non-legislative issues: Airline service quality and consumer protection Airport and air traffic control infrastructure, service, cost and capacity (including air traffic control modernization) Air transportation data reporting Aviation insurance (including U.S. government-issued war-risk insurance) Aviation safety (including the carriage of hazardous materials) Aviation security Commercial aircraft engineering, flight operations, maintenance and occupational safety Commodity futures trading Department of Defense Civil Reserve Air Fleet Energy policies (including development of alternative fuels) Envitronmental (domestic and international, including climate change) Export Financing Federal income and excise taxes, and service fees International air service rights and operations (including U.S. government aviation negotiations) International entry and departure facilitation (passenger and cargo) Public health U.S. Postal Service mail carriage

Foreign entity interest: Air Canada and Air Jamaica, which are associate members of the Air Transport Association, are intested in airline service quality and consumer protection; airport and air traffic control infrastructure, service, cost and capacity; air transportation data reporting; aviation safety; commercial aircraft engineering, flight operations, maintenance and occupational safety; entry and export facilitation (passenger and cargo); environmental; federal excise taxes and service fees; and public health issues.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER C BROWN New Ass't Admin.FAA; H.R. T&I Committee
SHARON PINKERTON Rep John Mica; FAA; H.R. Govt Reform and T&I
RYAN STROSCHEIN Sen. Tom Daschle; Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandin

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Transportation Statistics; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Research & Special Programs Administration; U.S. Postal Service (USPS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 386 (112th), H.R. 1079 (112th), H.R. 1373 (112th), H.R. 658 (112th), H.R. 71 (112th)

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.