3rd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION

Period 3rd Quarter 2015 Filed Oct 13, 2015 Signed by Peter J. Pantuso

Official filing
Firm
AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION
Client
AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION
Income
—
Expenses
$60,000
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S.487 Driver Fatigue Prevention Act, all provisions. 29 U.S. CODE 201 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, provisions relating to motorbus carriers.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF —
SUZANNE M ROHDE New Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 487 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

Intercity Bus Security Grant Program - Homeland Security appropriations, S. 1619; H.R. 3128

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF —
SUZANNE M ROHDE New Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3128 (114th), S. 1619 (114th)

Transportation TRA

Provisions relating to surface transportation reauthorization; transportation appropriations. - S. 1647/H.R. 22 DRIVE Act; S. 1732 Comprehensive Transportation and Consumer Protection Act 2015 - provisions concerning highway and motor carrier operations, in terms of reauthorizing federal programs. Also, HR 2577, T-HUD appropriations bill; Senate Appropriations (S.Rept 114-75), provisions concerning passenger motor carrier requirements.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF —
SUZANNE M ROHDE New Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1647 (114th), H.R. 22 (114th), S. 1732 (114th), H.R. 2577 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax reform, in the context of financing federal transportation programs.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DANIEL HOFF —
SUZANNE M ROHDE New Counsel, US House of Rep, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Associate Administrator, Research & Special Programs Administration, USDOT; Policy Assis. to the Secretary, USDOT; Chief Counsel, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin., USDOT

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

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.