1st Quarter - Report

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS for INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$120,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

S. 601, Water Resources Development Act Reauthorization, Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, capital plan for deep draft navigation, Olmsted Dam, and innovative financing for water projects.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: S. 601 (113th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

H.R. 3 and S. 582, Northern Route Approval Act, legislation to expedite permitting of the Keystone XL Pipeline. H.R. 787, Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act of 2011, legislation to promote domestic energy production and invest in American infrastructure, provision related to extension of immigration laws to the Outer Continental Shelf,and provisions related to labor standards for federally-assisted construction. Outer Continental Shelf oil leases and royalty revenue sharing

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3 (113th), H.R. 787 (113th), S. 582 (113th)

Immigration IMM

Comprehensive Immigration Reform, with special attention to guest worker programs and provisions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Education EDU

H.R. 803, SKILLS Act, Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act, provisions of governance of state and local workforce investment boards, Job Corps, etc.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 803 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Issues related to the wage survey process and administration of the Davis-Bacon Act. H.R. 1120, Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act, legislation nullifying decisions of the National Labor Relations Board as of January 2012.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1120 (113th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act, the legislation would establish a dedicated fund, Clean Water Trust Fund, to make water and wastewater infrastructure investments and reauthorizes the Clean Water Act-State Revolving Funds.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Legislation to lift the volume cap on Private Activity Bonds for water-infrastructure projects.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 152, Making Supplemental Appropriations for FY 2013, funding related to Hurricane Sandy relief. H. Concurrent Resolution 25, Establishing a budget for the United States for FY 2014, provisions related to transportation funding. S. Concurrent Resolution 8, Establishing a budget for FY 2014, provisions related to transportation and infrastructure an amendment to support Keystone XL pipeline, and an amendment to repeal labor standards for federal construction.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY P JAMES —
JEFFREY R SOTH —

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 152 (113th)

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.