4th Quarter - Report — INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHT… for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHT… (2017)

Firm

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS

Client

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS

Income

—

Expenses

$130,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax incentives for fire fighters State and local tax deduction

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
BEN TIMMINS	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Health Issues HCR

The excise tax on high cost health plans. Emergency medical services. Controlled substances. Medicare premiums. Fire fighter cancer registry.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—
BEN TIMMINS	—

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Maintaining funding for programs that benefit fire departments, including FY'18 Homeland Security Appropriations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Transportation TRA

Emergency response to rail incidents

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Retirement RET

Efforts to undermine public pensions Social Security offsets Federal fire fighter pension calculation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—
BEN TIMMINS	—

Contacted: SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

OSHA Fire Brigade Standards Right to work Collective bargaining

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
BEN TIMMINS	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Government Issues GOV

Permitting "Trade Time" and "Official Time" Federal workers generally

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Homeland Security HOM

Reauthorization of AFG and SAFER grants

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DAVID EUGENE LANG New	—
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Public Safety Officer Benefits amendments

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Natural Resources NAT

Wildland Fire Fighting

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SHANNON MEISSNER	—
GREGORY RUSSELL	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

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.