1st Quarter - Report

VIERRA ASSOCIATES, INC. for MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

Firm
Client
Income
$20,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Transportation TRA

FY 14 full-year omnibus appropriations (H.R. 3547) client advocacy of surface transportation programs at MAP-21 authorized levels; efforts to mark-up and pass tax extenders bill to include APTA transit priorities; FY 15 Obama Administration budget proposal for transportation programs, including the 4-year authorization proposal; disposition of APTA priorities in Chairman Camp's "tax reform draft" plus draft's provision for revenue for Highway Trust Fund; FY 15 budget hearings by Congressional committees relatingtransportation and homeland security programs; hearings by Congressional appropriating committees in preparation for marking up FY 15 DOT and Homeland Security appropriations bills; draft tax extender bill posted by Senate Finance Committee (the "Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act" - which includes APTA's four transit priorities); monitoring Congressional hearings and Obama Administration statements regarding solvency of Highway Trust Fund; ongoing support for bills to create "infrastructure banks".

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
DENNIS C VIERRA —

Contacted: Federal Railroad Administration; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Highway Administration (FHA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Bills named: H.R. 3547 (113th)

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.