1st Quarter - Report — UNITE HERE! for UNITE HERE! (2015)

A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.

Firm

UNITE HERE!

Client

UNITE HERE!

Income

—

Expenses

$37,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
1st Quarter - Report (this page)	Apr 13, 2015	$37,000	Replaced
1st Quarter - Amendment	Apr 27, 2015	$45,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Treasury, Dept of; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE

Homeland Security HOM

Transportation Security Administration's regulations concerning security protocol for in- flight catering.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Gaming/Gambling/Casino GAM

Monitoring various Internet gaming legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); SENATE

Transportation TRA

Monitoring legislation affecting the operation and administration of food and beverage service aboard AMTRAK trains.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Health Issues HCR

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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)

Immigration IMM

Lobbying in support of any legislation that seeks comprehensive immigration reform. Monitoring legislation affecting implementation of H2-B regulations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

OSHA reform, specifically addressing ergonomic risks faced by hotel housekeepers.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
TIMOTHY BARNES	Legislative Representative

Contacted: Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB); Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

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.