1st Quarter - Report

THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for MCWANE, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Treatment of ductile iron pipe in Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement negotiations; US-EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations - treatment of iron ductile pipe; Treatment of iron ductile pipe in Environmental Goods Agreement

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN KOPLAN —
CHRISTOPHER TRACI —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Energy, Dept of

Manufacturing MAN

Treatment of ductile iron pipe by agencies under the jurisdiction of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (PL 113-76); Buy America policies in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and other domestic sourcing policies; Funding mechanisms for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (PL 113-121); National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Issues surrounding the development of critical infrastructure manufacturing base; Issues surrounding Buy America applications and the drought in California; Reauthorization of the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund; Buy America policies included in Section 936 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (PL 113-76) including implementation of this provision, as well as section 424 of Title IV of Division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (PL 113-235); Support for Department of Energy programs for the assistance and promotion of energy-intensive, trade-exposed industries

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHEN KOPLAN —
CHRISTOPHER TRACI —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Energy, Dept of

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.