What was lobbied
10 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering.
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.
Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
The proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement with particular focus on the inclusion of Brunei in the agreement and the "yarn forward" rule of origin.
Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL)
-Monitoring legislation affecting the operation and administration of food and beverage on AMTRAK trains. -Monitoring transportation development that funds development of AMTRAK stations across the country. -Supporting legislation that increases the federal government's cap on the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC).
Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Lobbying on issues and legislation relating to Indian Gaming, specifically NLRA jurisdictional issues and legislation granting the Secretary of the Interior Department the authority to take land into trust for tribes recognized after 1934 and S. 248 and HR 511 which seeks to strip workers of collective bargaining rights at tribal-owned enterprises.
Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Bills named:
H.R. 511 (114th), S. 248 (114th)
Legislative issues surrounding REIT conversions in the gaming industry. Specifically, the anti-trust implications of such conversions.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Lobbying Congress, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to not grant any waivers that will enable any financial institution to continue to manage retirement accounts (401ks, public and private pensions) after having been found guilty of criminal conduct.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office
Lobbying Congress to ensure that soft-drink companies commit to the the responsible marketing and promoting standards with respect to young customers that the soft-drink companies enacted in response to Congressional inquiries.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office
Monitoring implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) with particular emphasis on elimination or amelioration of taxation of employee health care benefits resulting in a middle class tax increase.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B regulations and the reauthorization of the EB-5 program.
Contacted: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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.