3rd Quarter - Report

THE WESSEL GROUP INCORPORATED for ALLIANCE FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

Firm
Client
Income
$70,000
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

Trade law provisions and enforcement; Trade issues relating to surge in importation of steel products into the United States; Currency manipulation; Implications of State-owned Enterprise Investments in the US on domestic manufacturing and employment; Section 232 investigations of the impact of steel and aluminum imports on national security, implementation of relief measures and potential legislative efforts to curtail Presidential authority; Support for Section 301 investigation and relief measures on Chinese intellectual property rights violations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER REED ECKHOLD —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

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

Manufacturing MAN

Treatment of iron, steel and manufactured products under Buy America provisions; Economic programs to support revitalization of domestic manufacturing; National and homeland security implications of declining manufacturing base; Buy America policies and implementation of such policies, and funding levels, for water infrastructure programs including the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act in bills including the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (PL 115-141), Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (PL 116-6), Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (PL 115-270), and FY 2020 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bills, including HR 3052, and Omnibus Appropriations bills, including HR 3055; Promotion of expanding investments in domestic infrastructure and coverage of domestic procurement requirements; Implementation of Executive Order 13788 (Buy American and Hire American), Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of American Pipelines, and other potential presidential actions related to procurement; Potential impact of National Defense Authorization Act on domestic procurement; Implementation of melted and poured standard for steel under Buy America; Legislative efforts to promote the rebuilding and expansion of infrastructure and promoting the use of domestically produced materials, including Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 (S. 2302); Limiting U.S. federal funds from being used to acquire transportation products from foreign state-owned or affiliated owned entities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTOPHER REED ECKHOLD —
CHRISTOPHER TRACI —
MICHAEL WESSEL —

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

Bills named: H.R. 3052 (116th), S. 2302 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th)

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.