1st Quarter - Report

CHAMBERS, CONLON & HARTWELL, LLC for AMERICAN SHORT LINE & REGIONAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

Firm
Client
Income
$100,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Support for H.R. 510 and S. 203 - Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act. Support for inclusion of extension of tax credit provisions in H.J. Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHUCK BAKER —
ED MCKECHNIE —
MARA STARK-ALCALA —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Railroad Administration

Bills named: H.R. 510 (116th), H.J.Res. 31 (116th), S. 203 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Support for funding in FY2019 THUD Appropriations (H.R.6072, S.3023) and FY2020 THUD Appropriations for rail safety, research, development and training, National Infrastructure Investment grants, CRISI grants, RRIF appropriations. Opposition to the inclusion of increased truck size and weights in appropriations legislation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHUCK BAKER —
MARA STARK-ALCALA —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Railroad Administration; Surface Transportation Board (STB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 3023 (116th), H.R. 6072 (116th)

Railroads RRR

Post-enactment implementation and rulemaking following the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation Act (PL 114-94, FAST) including: railroad funding, regulation, and safety provisions; authorizations for national transportation grants, freight rail grants. Support for funding in FY2019 THUD Appropriations (H.R.6072, H.Rept. 115-750, H.R.6147, House Committee Print 115-81, S.3023, S.Rept 115-268) for rail safety, research, development and training, National Infrastructure Investment grants, CRISI grants, RRIF appropriations. Opposition to the inclusion of increased truck size and weights in legislation. Support for the Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act H.R. 510 and S. 203. Congressional outreach and education on issues pending before the Surface Transportation Board. Support for regulatory streamlining and improvement legislation. Provisions impacting freight rail and infrastructure financing programs in potential new infrastructure package.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHUCK BAKER —
ED MCKECHNIE —
WILL RESCH New —
MARA STARK-ALCALA —

Contacted: Federal Railroad Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Surface Transportation Board (STB)

Bills named: S. 203 (116th), H.R. 6147 (116th), S. 3023 (116th), H.R. 510 (116th), H.R. 6072 (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.