U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION for U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION

Health Issues HCR

Zika, Ebola

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

NLRB and Joint Employer Standards

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Roads/Highway ROD

Worked with the Department of Transportation staff on issues related to the Federal Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure. Lobbied Congress in support of H.R. 1664, the "Investing in America: A Penny for Progress Act.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1664 (115th)

Transportation TRA

FY17 and FY18 THUD Appropriations- transportation funding and government travel issues. Worked with the Department of Transportation staff on issues related to the Federal Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure. Lobbied Congress in support of H.R. 1664, the "Investing in America: A penny for Progress Act." Open Skies, H.R. 1265 Passenger Facility Charge, Airport Financing.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills named: H.R. 1664 (115th), H.R. 1265 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Entrepreneurship Act (Patent Act) and the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters (TROL) Act

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

FY17 and FY18 THUD Appropriations Lobbied DOT, Department of State and Congress on issues related to the inter agency review of our open skies agreements with United Arab Emirates and Qatar; general lobbying aimed at education on airline competition and connectivity issues; general lobbying aimed at education on the passenger facility charge. Lobbied congress on aviation and FAA re authorization issues (including airport financing, Passenger Facility Charges, Next Gen air traffic control system; air traffic control reform/funding; Open Skies Agreements; air service development programs, commercial airline taxes) Lobbied Congress in support of H.R. 1265, the "Investing in America: Rebuilding America's Airport Infrastructure Act." Lobbied on FY17 AND FY18 Congressional budget resolution on provisions related to airport financing.

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1265 (115th)

Homeland Security HOM

TSA Precheck Program, CBP Airport Operations and Staffing, H.R. 1249, DHS Multiyear Acquisition Strategy Act of 2017, H.R. 1309, the TSA Administrator Modernization Act, H.R. 1353, Transparency in Technology Acquisitions Act, FY17 DHS Appropriations; Global Entry, Automated Passport Control, Mobile Passport Control, Biometric Exit; The Visa Waiver Program, H.R. 158 Travel Executive Order, Pre-clearance, Baggage Screening, Travel Screening. Issues related to domestic terrorism and improving our response capabilities to attacks on soft targets, issues related to data breach protection and the need for a nationwide law, Lobbying related to reservation of the visa waiver program, lobbying related to visa policies, lobbying related to to President's Executive Order on border security, lobbying related generally to border security functions of the United States, lobbying related to CBP modernization, lobbying related to improving the entry and exit experience at U.S. airports, lobbying related policies to market the US to international travelers.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); State, Dept of (DOS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: H.R. 1309 (115th), H.R. 1249 (115th), H.R. 158 (115th), H.R. 1353 (115th)

Immigration IMM

Lobbying related to preservation of the visa waiver program, lobbying related to visa policies, lobbying related to the President's Executive Order on terrorist travel, lobbying related to the President's Executive Order on border security, lobbying related to general border security functions of the United States, lobbying related to CBP modernization, lobbying related to improving the entry and exit experience at U.S. airports, lobbying related policies to market the United States to international travelers.

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY18 DHS Appropriations Bill, FY18 State Department Appropriations Bill.

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Travel/Tourism TOU

Travel Executive Order, Visa Waiver Program, Preclearance, Baggage Screening, Travel Screening, Open Skies, Passenger Facility Charge. Worked with Department of Transportation staff on issues related to the Federal Advisory Committee on Travel and Tourism Infrastructure.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Government Issues GOV

Government travel issues including, government meetings, conferences and per diems.

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)