4th Quarter - Report — VIKING NAVIGATION LLC for OMNITRAX, INC. (2017)

Firm

VIKING NAVIGATION LLC

Client

OMNITRAX, INC.

Income

$70,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 721/S.407 - Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act - extend and make permanent the Section 45G railroad track maintenance credit; H.R. 1 (same as H.R. 721, etc, plus amendments to clarify tax implications of credit expiration)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM EDWARD NORDSTROM New	—

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Railroad Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: H.R. 721 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th), S. 407 (115th)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Support for fair and equitable treatment of U.S. investors in Canadian rail transportation infrastructure such as the Hudson Bay Railway Company.

Foreign entity interest: The Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) Company is a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of OmniTRAX, Inc. Management of the HBR is not involved in directing or planning lobbying activities on this issue.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM EDWARD NORDSTROM	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Federal Railroad Administration; State, Dept of (DOS)

Railroads RRR

H.R. 721/S.407 - Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act - extend and make permanent the Section 45G railroad track maintenance credit. Issues related to the implementation of the Positive Train Control mandate found at 49 USC 20157, etc. Support for federal infrastructure financing under 45 USC 821, etc. Support for and implementation of FY2017 and FY2018 U.S. DOT TIGER and INFRA grant opportunities in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska, and Colorado. No bill number - Support for Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing project optimization within U.S. DOT

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM EDWARD NORDSTROM New	—

Contacted: White House Office; Federal Railroad Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 407 (115th), H.R. 721 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

No bill number - Administrative issues related to the implementation of the Positive Train Control mandate found at 49 USC 20157, etc. Support for federal infrastructure financing under 45 USC 821, etc. Support for and implementation of FY2017 and FY2018 U.S. DOT TIGER and INFRA grant opportunities in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska, and Colorado. Opposition to increased truck size and weight in FY2018 appropriations bills.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ADAM EDWARD NORDSTROM New	—

Contacted: White House Office; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Railroad Administration; SENATE

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.