2nd Quarter - Report — SIGNAL GROUP CONSULTING, LLC for UNITED STATES TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION (2019)

Firm

SIGNAL GROUP CONSULTING, LLC

Client

UNITED STATES TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION

Income

$20,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Future impacts of sequestration. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations regarding national parks funding. Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3052).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN	—
CHARLES COOPER	CoS, Rep. Adam Putnam; Policy Director, House Rep. Conference; Staff Director, Rep Policy Committee; LD, Rep. Mario Diaz Balart; LA, Rep. Felix Grucci; LC, Senator John Kyl; Staff Asst., Senator Connie Mack
SARAH HAMLETT	Legislative Director, Rep. Drake; Legislative Asst., Rep. Schrock
JULIE HRDLICKA	—
MAX ROSEN	Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SAMUEL WHITEHORN	—

Contacted: SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); Natl Park Service (NPS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3052 (116th)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

National Parks Funding Issues; National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751; H.R. 2584). Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act (H.R. 1225); Restore Our Parks Act (S. 500); Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act (H.R. 1026).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN	—
CHARLES COOPER	CoS, Rep. Adam Putnam; Policy Director, House Rep. Conference; Staff Director, Rep Policy Committee; LD, Rep. Mario Diaz Balart; LA, Rep. Felix Grucci; LC, Senator John Kyl; Staff Asst., Senator Connie Mack
SARAH HAMLETT	Legislative Director, Rep. Drake; Legislative Asst., Rep. Schrock
JULIE HRDLICKA	Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US DOT; Dem. Staff Assistant, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Senator Mark Dayton
JEFF MARKEY	—
MAX ROSEN	Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SAMUEL WHITEHORN	—

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Park Service (NPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 500 (116th), H.R. 2584 (116th), S. 751 (116th), H.R. 1026 (116th), H.R. 1225 (116th)

Transportation TRA

Funding for National Park Service, FAA Reauthorization, airport modernization and surface transportation funding. Implementation of the FAST Act (P.L. 114-94).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN	—
CHARLES COOPER	CoS, Rep Adam Putnam; Policy Director, House Republican Conference; Staff Director, Republican Policy Committee; LD, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart; LA, Rep. Felix Grucci; LC, Senator John Kyl; Staff Asst., Senator Connie Mack
SARAH HAMLETT	Legislative Director, Rep. Drake; Legislative Asst., Rep. Schrock
JULIE HRDLICKA	—
JEFF MARKEY	—
MAX ROSEN	Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SAMUEL WHITEHORN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Reforms to hotel and tourism targeted taxes, including hotel booking taxes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN	—
CHARLES COOPER	CoS, Rep. Adam Putnam; Policy Director, House Rep. Conference; Staff Director, Rep Policy Committee; LD, Rep. Mario Diaz Balart; LA, Rep. Felix Grucci; LC, Senator John Kyl; Staff Asst., Senator Connie Mack
SARAH HAMLETT	Legislative Director, Rep. Drake; Legislative Asst., Rep. Schrock
JULIE HRDLICKA	—
JEFF MARKEY	—
MAX ROSEN	Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SAMUEL WHITEHORN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS); Small Business Administration (SBA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Visa Waiver Program expansion. (CBP) staffing at airports. Monitored Visa Waiver Program Improvement Act of 2015.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN	—
CHARLES COOPER	CoS, Rep. Adam Putnam; Policy Director, House Rep. Conference; Staff Director, Rep Policy Committee; LD, Rep. Mario Diaz Balart; LA, Rep. Felix Grucci; LC, Senator John Kyl; Staff Asst., Senator Connie Mack
SARAH HAMLETT	Legislative Director, Rep. Drake; Legislative Asst., Rep. Schrock
JULIE HRDLICKA	—
JEFF MARKEY	—
MAX ROSEN	Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SAMUEL WHITEHORN	—

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Park Service (NPS)

Travel/Tourism TOU

People to people to travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa WaiverVisa Waiver Program reform Jobs Originating Through Luanch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion, Brand USA Reauthorization (S. 2134).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN	—
JULIE HRDLICKA	—
JEFF MARKEY	—
MAX ROSEN	Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
SAMUEL WHITEHORN	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; Natl Park Service (NPS)

Bills named: H.R. 2187 (116th), S. 428 (116th), H.R. 2404 (116th), S. 2134 (116th)

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.