What was lobbied
12 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Lobbying Congress to ensure that soft-drink companies commit to the the responsible marketing and promoting standards with respect to young customers that the soft-drink companies enacted in response to Congressional inquiries.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
The proposed Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement with particular focus on the inclusion of Brunei in the agreement and the "yarn forward" rule of origin.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
-Monitoring legislation affecting the operation and administration of food and beverage on AMTRAK trains. -Monitoring transportation development that funds development of AMTRAK stations across the country. -Supporting legislation that increases the federal government's cap on the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC).
Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Legislative and regulatory issues surrounding REIT conversions and private letter rulings from Treasury. -Monitoring H.R. 3868 "Small Business Credibility Act" and its treatment of Business Development Corporations (BDCs) under the tax code.
Contacted: White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Bills named:
H.R. 3868 (114th)
Monitoring and supporting H.R. 458 which amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to revise requirements permitting multiemployer plans to adopt alternative rules for computing the payment of an employer's withdrawal liability to include a plan in critical status whose plan sponsor determines it cannot be expected to emerge from that status by the end of the rehabilitation period.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Bills named:
H.R. 458 (114th)
Monitoring implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) with particular emphasis on elimination or amelioration of taxation of employee health care benefits resulting in a middle class tax increase.
Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Interior, Dept of (DOI)
Monitoring legislation and regulatory issues surrounding the so-called "sharing economy" and its impact on the affordable housing stock in cities across the country.
Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; White House Office
-Monitoring Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering. -Monitoring national and cyber security implications of foreign-owned corporations purchasing hotels that are frequent hosts to government officials.
Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Lobbying on issues and legislation relating to Indian Gaming, specifically NLRA jurisdictional issues and legislation granting the Secretary of the Interior Department the authority to take land into trust for tribes recognized after 1934 and S. 248 and HR 511 which seeks to strip workers of collective bargaining rights at tribal-owned enterprises. -Monitoring H.R. 1296 and H.R. 2538.
Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
Bills named:
H.R. 1296 (114th), S. 248 (114th), H.R. 511 (114th), H.R. 2538 (114th)
Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.
Contacted: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Lobbying Congress, the Department of Labor (DOL), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to not grant any waivers that will enable any financial institution to continue to manage retirement accounts (401ks, public and private pensions) after having been found guilty of criminal conduct.
Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Treasury, Dept of
Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B and J-1 visa regulations and the reauthorization of the EB-5 program.
Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); White House Office; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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