1st Quarter - Report

AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA for AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA

Period 1st Quarter 2015 Filed Apr 20, 2015 Signed by CHARLES MCCRUDDEN

Official filing
Firm
AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA
Client
AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA
Income
—
Expenses
$12,500
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Commercial and Residential Energy Improvement Incentives: Rebates, tax credits and deductions for homeowners, building owners, and tenants who make energy efficient improvements or install higher efficiency HVACR equipment. Bills include S. 128, S. 535, S. 720, H.R. 1273, H.R. 873. Section 179 expensing: Support for H.R. 636, America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015, to permanently extend the expanded section 179 expensing allowances and remove the exclusion for commercial HVACR equipment. Like-kind exchanges: Retain the current law regarding like-kind exchanges under section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Small business tax relief: support for modification to the treatment of small businesses organized as pass-through entities.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH HAZELBAKER Manager, State Energy Outreach
CHARLES MCCRUDDEN Sr. VP of Government Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Bills named: S. 535 (114th), H.R. 1273 (114th), S. 128 (114th), H.R. 636 (114th), H.R. 873 (114th), S. 720 (114th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Enforcement of regional standard for residential central air conditioners (Docket: EERE-2011-BT-CE-0077); Energy efficiency standards for residential natural gas furnaces (Docket: EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031); energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment (Docket: EERE-2010-BT-STD-0003); energy efficiency standards for Walk-In Coolers and Freezers (Docket: EERE-2009-BT-STD-0010); test procedures for residential hot water heater (Docket: EERE-2011-TP-0042)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH HAZELBAKER Manager, State Energy Outreach
CHARLES MCCRUDDEN Sr. VP of Government Relations

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

S. J. Res 8, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation case procedures.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH HAZELBAKER Manager, State Energy Outreach
CHARLES MCCRUDDEN Sr. VP of Government Relations

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.J.Res. 8 (114th)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Refrigerant management: reform of Section 608 of the Clean Air Act and Expansion of the Significant New Alternatives Program (Docket: EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0748)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHRISTINE ELIZABETH HAZELBAKER Manager, State Energy Outreach
CHARLES MCCRUDDEN Sr. VP of Government Relations

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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.