U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION for U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

NLRB and Joint Employer Standards, Entrepreneurship Act (Patent Act) and the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act.

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY18 Appropriations, Brand USA

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Roads/Highway ROD

FY18 THUD Appropriations on issues related to surface transportation funding;DOT discretionary grant programs; and government travel issues. H.R. 1664, the Investing in America: Penny for Progress Act. Highway Trust Fund solvency. The National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure on issues related to surface transportation funding, federal, state and local transportation planning; and high priority transportation projects for travel and tourism facilitation. Lobbied in favor of infrastructure legislation to boost public and private investment and streamline federal regulations.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1664 (115th)

Transportation TRA

FY18 THUD Appropriations on issues related to surface transportation funding;DOT discretionary grant programs; and government travel issues. H.R. 1664, the Investing in America: Penny for Progress Act. Highway Trust Fund solvency. The National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure on issues related to surface transportation funding, federal, state and local transportation planning; and high priority transportation projects for travel and tourism facilitation. Lobbied in favor of infrastructure legislation to boost public and private investment and streamline federal regulations. Travel Executive Order,international travel, airport financing.

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1664 (115th)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

FY18 THUD Appropriations on the passenger facility charge; air traffic control funding; Open Skies agreements; flags of convenience; air service development and government travel issues. H.R. 2997, the 21st Century AIRR Act and S. 1405, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 on provisions related to airport financing, Passenger Facility Charges, NextGen air traffic control system; the airport improvement program; air traffic control reform; Open Skies agreements; DOT full fare advertising rules; DOT air service development programs. H.R. 2150, the Flags of Convenience Don't Fly Here Act on provisions related to the DOT process to grant foreign air carrier permits. .H.R. 1265, the Investing in America: Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act on issues related to the passenger facility charge and the airport improvement program The National Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure on issues related airport funding, air service development, federal, state and local transportation planning; and air traffic control reform. U.S. Open Skies agreements with Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and the European Union. Airline competition; international airline alliance; anti-trust immunity; and air service development issues. Lobbied in opposition to provisions contained in the House and Senate versions of H.R.1, an Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, to remove language that deemed foreign carriers from more than 10 countries ineligible for a reciprocal tax exemption on revenue earned in the U.S. Lobbied in support of draft legislation to change the limitation on foreign investment in U.S. passenger carriers. Air carrier provisions of Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Open Skies interagency review with UAE and Qatar, air service modernization, increasing the passenger facility charge.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 2997 (115th), S. 1405 (115th), H.R. 1265 (115th), H.R. 2150 (115th), H.R. 1 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Lobbied Congress, the White House, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, on issues related to the June 21, 2017 Executive Order amending Executive Order 13597 on visa processing. Lobbied the same entities on the visa waiver program including inclusion of Poland in the Visa Waiver Program as well as general expansion. Lobbied same entities on expansion of Global Entry, pre-clearance, and the plan to deploy biometric exit at ports of entry. Lobbied Congress, the White House, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security on general international in-bound travel issues and promotion, security policies and the intersection of those policies with travel, in-bound facilitation messaging, and other efforts to promote in-bound international travel to the United States. Lobbied on draft Homeland Security legislation to authorize CBP to hire new officers and additional funding. FY18 Appropriations, J-1 visas, visa security, visa waiver policies, White House Visa security executive orders, CBP air ports of entry manpower investments, extreme vetting, State Department supp questions for visa applicants.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Travel/Tourism TOU

FY18 Appropriations, Brand USA and the implementation of the Travel Promotion Act, FY18 Commerce, Justice, Science and Appropriations bill on issues related to the Department of Commerce survey of international travelers and Brand USA funding, Travel Executive Orders, Visas, CBP Issues

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Defense DEF

National Defense Authorization Act, Joint Travel Regulations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NLRB and Joint Employer Standards, Entrepreneurship Act (Patent Act) and the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS)

Homeland Security HOM

Puerto Rico, Harvey disaster funding, TSA electronic ban, Visa Waiver Program, Visa security, Border security, CBP air investment at Ports of Entry, travel executive orders on visa processing, extreme vetting rule, Brand USA. H.R. 2825, the Department of Homeland Security Reauthorization Act of 2017; H.R. 2514, the Faster Act; S. 763, Surface and Maritime Security Act; TSA Precheck Program; CBP Airport Operations and Staffing; H.R. 1249, DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017; H.R. 1309, the TSA Administrator Modernization Act; H.R. 1353, Transparency in Technological Acquisitions Act; FY17 DHS Appropriations; Global Entry; Automated Passport Control; Mobile Passport Control; Biometric Exit; The Visa Waiver Program; H.R. 158, The Cory Jones Act; HR1309, TSA Administrator Modernization Act of 2017; S.1872, TSA Modernization Act. Lobbied Congress, the White House, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, on issues related to the June 21, 2017 Executive Order amending Executive Order 13597 on visa processing. Lobbied the same entities on the visa waiver program including inclusion of Poland in the Visa Waiver Program as well as general expansion. Lobbied same entities on expansion of Global Entry, pre-clearance, and the plan to deploy biometric exit at ports of entry. Lobbied Congress, the White House, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security on general international in-bound travel issues and promotion, security policies and the intersection of those policies with travel, in-bound facilitation messaging, and other efforts to promote in-bound international travel to the United States. Lobbied additionally on promotion and reauthorization of Brand USA and the Presidents FY2018 budget request. Lobbied on laptop restrictions for in-bound travelers including the recent proposal by DHS to limit technology on airplanes, as well as general lobbying cybersecurity and data breach rules for businesses and corporations, lobbied on Presidents executive order and similar initiatives on travel to the United States by international visitors, as well as education on the intersections between travel and terror threats.

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2514 (115th), H.R. 1249 (115th), S. 1872 (115th), H.R. 1309 (115th), H.R. 2825 (115th), H.R. 1353 (115th), S. 763 (115th), H.R. 158 (115th)