ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA for ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA
What was lobbied
15 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD
USMCA; H.R.5430- USMCA Implementation Act; Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
Banking BAN
H.R.2513/S.1978, the Corporate Transparency Act; S.2563- ILLICIT Cash Act; Beneficial Ownership legislation, H.R. 748- the CARES Act, Emergency business lending facilities
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
Overseas Buildings Operations; Embassy construction
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
Homeland Security HOM
Essential critical infrastructure sectors and workforces
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MURPHIE BARRETT | Former Republican Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
Immigration IMM
Immigration issues-comprehensive immigration reform, H2B visa reform efforts; Employment verification legislation; Temporary Protective Status; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program; Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act, H.R. 1740;
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
Representation Election Procedures, Efforts to mandate employment verification system for employers; Definition of independent contractor; Multi-employer Pension Reform, Working Families Flexibility Act; Implementation of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; EEOC Transparency and Accountability, HR 1858/S.907- Fair and Open Competition Act; H.R. 1858, S. 907, Paid Leave, Joint Employer, Career and Technical Education, Apprenticeship Executive Order; Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC); Worker centers; Apprenticeships in construction; Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 7/ S.270, Family Leave, S.839/H.R.3497, the JOBS Act, USA Workforce Tax credit; Secure Act; H.R. 397- Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pension Act; S.1306/H.R.2474- the Protecting the Right to Organize Act; S.2557- Student Aid Improvement Act; H.R.4674- the College Affordability Act; H.R. 6201- Families First Coronavirus Response Act; Paid Leave Mandate; Family Medical Leave Act Expansion
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Health Issues HCR
Employer Mandate Repeal;Commonsense Reporting, HR 1.R. 748/ S.684, Tax Exclusion; Association Health Plans; Surprise Billing, Drug Pricing, S.1510/H.R.2782- Employee Flexibility Act of 2019; S.1895- the Lower Health Care Costs Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Roads/Highway ROD
Monitor implementation Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act; Highway Trust Fund solvency; surface transportation funding and financing; Legislative proposals to provide additional funding for federal highway & transit programs; FY 2020 THUD appropriations; Private Activity Bonds (PABs); H.R.2541/S. 352 BUILD Act, S. 353/H.R.2475- the RAPID Act; Hours of Service regulations; S.2303- America's Transportation Infrastructure Act; Reauthorization of Federal Surface Transportation programs; COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery legislation and administrative efforts;HR 748- Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MURPHIE BARRETT | Former Republican Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| BRIAN DEERY | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
Transportation TRA
Monitor implementation of the FAST Act; Highway Trust Fund solvency; Surface Transpiration funding, FY 2020 Department of Transportation Appropriations; Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program; Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; Inland Waterways Trust Fund; Increase passenger facility charge; Hours of Service; BUILD Act (S.352/H.R.2541); RAPID Act (S.353/H.R.2475); S. 146/ H.R. 1508 Move America Act; Infrastructure Package; Reauthorization of federal surface transportation programs; H.R.5430- USMCA Implementation Act; S.2302- America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019; H.R.2440- Full Utilization of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act; HR 5912- Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2020; COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery legislation and administrative efforts; HR 748- Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MURPHIE BARRETT | Former Republican Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| BRIAN DEERY | — |
| ALLEN S. GRAY | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| STEPHEN E SANDHERR | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Highway Trust Fund Solvency; Financial Accounting Standards Board issues; Repeal of health insurance tax; POC method accounting; Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (179D);Sustainable Water Infrastructure Act; Private Activity Bond CAP Increase for Qualified Highway and Freight Facilities; Lookback Accounting; Estate Tax; Pass-through business taxation; Implementation of 199A; Cash accounting; State and Local Tax Deduction (SALT); Net operating losses (NOLs); Municipal bonds depreciation; Advance Refunding of Municipal Bonds; Limitation on net interest expense, 163(j); Main Street Tax Certainty Act, (H.R. 216/S.1149); Treasury/IRS Regulation on Qualified Business Income Deduction; Opportunity Zones; Death Tax Repeal Act (H.R. 218/ S.215); Move America Act (S. 146/ H.R. 1508); Public Building Renewal Act (H.R. 1251/ S. 932); Build Act (S. 352/H.R.2541); Rapid Act (S. 353/H.R.2475; Infrastructure Package; Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act; Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC); H.R.3301- the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019; New Market Tax Credits (NMTC); H.R.1869- Qualified Improvement Property technical correction; Infrastructure funding and financing; H.R. 6201- Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 748- the CARES Act; Section 461(l) loss limitation; Mandatory paid leave refundable tax credits; Payroll tax deferral; Delay in tax filing deadline
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MURPHIE BARRETT | Former Republican Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| BRIAN DEERY | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| STEPHEN E SANDHERR | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Small Business SMB
Reverse Auctions; Bid Listing; Bid Shopping; Design-Build Construction; HR 2344/S.2853- Small Business Payment for Performance Act; H.R.226- Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2019; H.R. 748 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act; Economic Injury Disaster Loan Advance; Paycheck Protection Program; SBA Affiliation Rules; HR 5247 SUBS Act; S.1434/H.R. 5644-Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
FY 2021 appropriations for federal construction programs to provide for economic activity for Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works; DOD Military Construction/VA; Labor Appropriations - Agency Budget Requests; GSA Federal Building Fund (FBF) FY 2020; FY 2021 Energy & Water Appropriations; Transportation & HUD Appropriations; FY 2020 Interior and Environment Appropriations - SRF Funding; DERA Funding; FY 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services; National Defense Authorization Act for FY2021; H.R.1865- Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020; H.R.1158- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020; H.R. 6201- Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 6074-Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act; Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748); H.R. 6379- Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act; Add HR 5687 - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MURPHIE BARRETT | Former Republican Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| BRIAN DEERY | — |
| ALLEN S. GRAY | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| MATTHEW TURKSTRA | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Environment/Superfund ENV
Water Infrastructure funding; Grants and Loans; Provisions relating to transportation planning and environmental review; Rule relating to federal jurisdiction over "Waters of the United States" for the purpose of Clean Water Act permits; Monitor implementation of the Water Resources Development and Reform Act of 2014, 2016, and 2018; Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) funding and re-authorization H.R. 1768, S. 747; H.R. 1497 Water Quality Protection + Job Creation Act; Water Resources Development Act of 2020; H.R.3702- the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act; H.R.4634- Terrorism Risk Insurance Act; National Environmental Policy Act; H.R.535- PFAS Action Act of 2019; Endangered Species Act Modernization; Migratory Bird Treaty Act; COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery legislation and administrative efforts; HR 748- Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MURPHIE BARRETT | Former Republican Staff Director, House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit |
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| BRIAN DEERY | — |
| ALLEN S. GRAY | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
Fair and Open Competition Act, H.R. 1858/S. 907; Susan Harwood Training Grants; Opioid Crisis; H.R. 3668- Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2019
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
Government Issues GOV
TRAC Act; Bid Shopping; Bid Listing; Buy American Reform; Protecting the attendance of federal employees at non-federal conferences; Plans for mandating verification systems/policies for employers; S.1434/H.R.5644- Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act; H.R.2344/S.2853- Small Business Payment act for Performance Act of 2019; H.R.5247 SUBS Act
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES CHRISTIANSON | — |
| ALLEN S. GRAY | — |
| JORDAN HOWARD | — |
| JAMES YOUNG | — |
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