2nd Quarter - Report

COVINO SMITH & SIMON (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.) for PIERCE TRANSIT

Firm
Client
Income
$9,821
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Appropriations request for bill language to direct the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to prioritize Small Starts funding available through the Capital Investment Grant Program (Section 5309) for projects located within Census tracts federally designated as Opportunity Zones by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury Support for the inclusion of the alternative fuels tax credit in a tax extenders package

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SILVANA CALDERA —
JENNIFER COVINO President
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN New —
LEONARD S SIMON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Opposition to amendments to be offered by U.S. Representatives Woodall and Perry that would adversely impact funding for transit programs on Division E (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) of the second Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriations minibus, H.R. 3055 Appropriations request for bill language to direct the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to prioritize Small Starts funding available through the Capital Investment Grant Program (Section 5309) for projects located within Census tracts federally designated as Opportunity Zones by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SILVANA CALDERA —
JENNIFER COVINO President
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN New —
LEONARD S SIMON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3055 (116th)

Transportation TRA

Support for the Pacific Avenue/State Route (SR) 7 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor in the Small Starts Project Development (SSPD) phase of the FTA Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program; Support for Pierce Transit's application for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Grants for Bus and Bus Facilities Program seeking federal assistance for the Bus Wash and Fuel Facility Project Support for Pierce Transit's application for the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Low or No Emissions Vehicle Grant Program Opposition to amendments to be offered by U.S. Representatives Woodall and Perry that would adversely impact funding for transit programs on Division E (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) of the second Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriations minibus, H.R. 3055 Appropriations request for bill language to direct the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation to prioritize Small Starts funding available through the Capital Investment Grant Program (Section 5309) for projects located within Census tracts federally designated as Opportunity Zones by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury Support for the inclusion of the alternative fuels tax credit in a tax extenders package

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SILVANA CALDERA —
JENNIFER COVINO President
DAVID SIMON GELLMAN New —
LEONARD S SIMON —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3055 (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.