What was lobbied
11 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
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: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
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: Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
-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: Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; 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; White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B and J-1 visa regulations and the reauthorization of the EB-5 program.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
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: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
-Monitoring Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering. -Monitoring national and cyber security implications of foreign-owned corporations purchasing hotels that are frequent hosts to government officials.
Contacted: SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); 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. -Monitoring H.R. 1296 and H.R. 2538.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation
Bills named:
H.R. 2538 (114th), S. 248 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), H.R. 1296 (114th)
Monitoring and supporting H.R. 458
Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Bills named:
H.R. 458 (114th)
Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Legislative and regulatory issues surrounding REIT conversions and private letter rulings from Treasury. -Monitoring H.R. 3868 "Small Business Credibility Act" and its treatment of Business Development Corporations (BDCs) under the tax code.
Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Bills named:
H.R. 3868 (114th)
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