1st Quarter - Report — UNITE HERE! for UNITE HERE! (2020)

Firm

UNITE HERE!

Client

UNITE HERE!

Income

$84,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.1869 - Restoring Investment in Improvements Act S.803 - Restoring Investment in Improvements Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Mediation Board; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1869 (116th), S. 803 (116th)

Retirement RET

-Lobbying in support of legislation that seeks to solve the Multi-Employer Pension Crisis.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Mediation Board; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Transportation TRA

-Advocating for the 20,000 UNITE HERE members in the in-flight catering industry. -Lobbying against efforts to end Amtrak Long Distance Service and the elimination of middle-class jobs within the Amtrak system.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Mediation Board; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE

Pharmacy PHA

Lobbying is support of: H.R.1046 - Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019 S.377 - Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act of 2019

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Mediation Board; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 377 (116th), H.R. 1046 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

Lobbying in support of all legislation that aims to end surprise medical billing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Natl Mediation Board; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S.226- Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019 H.R.779- Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2019 -Opposed to both bills above as well as any effort to take away the rights of working people on the job.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Mediation Board; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 226 (116th), H.R. 779 (116th)

Immigration IMM

-Opposed to the expansion and/or existence of the EB-5, H2-B, and J1 visa programs that continue to allow Immigration Reform for the 1%

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Mediation Board; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

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.