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Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017
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Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 This bill requires each executive or military department or independent establishment to obtain all goods and services necessary for or beneficial to the accomplishment of its authorized functions by procurement from private sources, except if: (1) such goods or services are required by law to be produced or performed by such agency; or (2) the agency determines and certifies that federal production, manufacture, or provision of a good or service is necessary for the national defense or homeland security, that a good or service is so critical to the agency's mission or so inherently governmental in nature that it is in the public interest to require production or performance by government employees, or that there is no private source capable of providing the good or service. This bill requires such private sector provision of goods and services to be performed through: (1) the divestiture of federal involvement, (2) the award of a contract using competitive procedures, or (3) conducting a public-private competitive sourcing analysis in accordance with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures and determining that using the private sector is in the best interest of the United States and provides the best value to the taxpayer. The bill authorizes an agency to utilize federal employees to provide goods or services previously provided by a private sector entity upon completion of a public-private competitive sourcing analysis and after determining that provision by federal employees provides the best value. The OMB must carry out a study to evaluate the activities carried out in each agency.
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Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
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2018 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 25 - The Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports H.R. 33 - Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act This bill modifies the rulemaking requirements and procedures of federal agencies (excluding Congress, U.S. courts, U.S. territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia) under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA). NSBA supports. H.R. 76 - Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. NSBA supports. H.R. 88 -- Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 and Taxpayer First Act of 2018 H.R. 88 would make a variety of changes to the tax code. Division A of the bill would extend many tax provisions that expired at the end of 2017 and provide tax relief for victims of disasters. The bill would also modify the requirements for tax-favored savings accounts and employer-provided retirement plans, change the deduction for start-up and organizational expenditures, make technical corrections to Public Law 115-97, and eliminate the increase in unrelated business taxable income related to certain transportation fringe benefits. Division B of the bill would make numerous changes to rules governing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). NSBA supports. H.R. 198 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. NSBA supports. H.R. 561 - Small Business Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance for their employees, to mean an employer with at least 100 full-time employees (currently, 50). NSBA supports. H.R. 631 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. H.R. 1105 - Stop WOTUS Act To repeal the rule entitled "Clean Water Rule: Definition of 'Waters of the United States. NSBA supports H.R. 1314 - Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act The bill would remove the renewable fuel standard. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 1339 - Freedom from Government Competition Act Legislation that would require federal agencies to rely on the private sector when providing goods and services that are readily available. NSBA supports. H.R. 1773 - The Clarity for Americas Small Contractors Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to improve reporting on small business goals, achieve uniformity in procurement terminology, clarify the role of small business advocates, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 1774 - The Developing the Next Generation of Small Business Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers, the women's business center program, the SCORE program, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 3170 - Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. NSBA supports. H.R. 3717 - the Small Business Owners Tax Simplification Act H.R 3717 introduces a number of provisions to benefit small businesses, such as aligning estimated payment deadlines and tax filing thresholds, as well as tackling inconsistencies in reporting requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 3798 -- Save American Workers Act It delays the ACAs employer mandate, further postpones the so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost health plans and changes the definition of a full-time worker to someone employed 40 hours a week, up from 30 hours. In a win for the sun-tanning lobby, it would repeal ACAs 10 percent tax on indoor tanning salons. NSBA supports. H.R. 4111 - Spurring Business in Communities Act This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: require the Small Business Administration (SBA), in reviewing and processing a small business investment company's (SBIC's) application, to give first priority to an SBIC applicant located in an underlicensed state (i.e., a state in which the number of licensees per capita is less than the median number of licensees per capita for all states) with below median financing; and exempt applicants in underlicensed states from certain SBA capital requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 4616 - Employer Relief Act of 2018 It provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate until Jan. 1, 2019 and delay for one year- until after Dec. 31, 2020-the implementation of the Cadillac Tax. NSBA supports. H.R. 4754 - Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act Amend the Small Business Act to provide prospective construction contractors with information about an agency's policies on the administration of change orders to allow such contractors to make informed business decisions regarding the pricing of bids or proposals, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 4886 - Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act This bill makes permanent the provisions of subtitle A (Individual Tax Reform) and subtitle B (Alternative Minimum Tax) of P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that are currently scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2025. NSBA supports. H.R. 5236 - Main Street Employee Ownership Act Expands opportunities available to employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 5340 - Support Technology & Research for Our Nations Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act The STRONGER Patents Act would restore patents as property rights, make standards of protections in courts uniform, and protect start-ups from being out-resourced by technology incumbents. NSBA supports. H.R. 5660 - The Small Business Credit Card Act The measure provides small-business owners the same consumer protections as individual credit card holders, by protecting small-business owners credit cards from unfair and deceptive practices of credit card companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 5728 - The Workplace Democracy Act The bill narrows who can lawfully be classified an independent contractor, nullify state right-to-work laws, and allow workers to vote in a union campaign through the informal method of card check instead of a secret-ballot vote. NSBA opposes. H.R. 6199 -- Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2018 This bill repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, health flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs). The bill also allows the accounts to be used for menstrual care products. NSBA supports. H.R. 6264 - Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act Bill offers various reforms and other improvements to the current U.S. patent system and helps to reverse prior bills discouraging innovation in the U.S. by weakening patents. NSBA supports. H.R. 6301 - Promoting High-Value Health Care through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018 It expands access and enhances the utility of HSAs by offering health plans a certain amount of flexibility in their plan design while still maintaining eligibility for HSA contributions. This flexibility will allow insurers to offer coverage for high-value, low-cost services like telehealth, chronic disease management (e.g. diabetic testing strips), or primary care visits below the deductible. NSBA supports. H.R. 6305 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018 The bill would allow eligible individuals to make HSA contributions if a spouse has a flexible spending account and permit flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement account terminations or conversions to fund HSAs. NSBA supports. H.R. 6306 - Health Care Security Act of 2018 It expands access and enhances the utility of HSAs by: (1) increasing the contributions limits for HSAs; (2) permitting spousal catch-up contributions into the same account; and (3) creating a grace period for medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA. NSBA supports. H.R. 6311 - The Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act The bill expands access and use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and lowers premiums on health care plans. NSBA supports. H.R. 6314 - Health Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 6314 expands eligibility and access to HSAs by allowing plans categorized as catastrophic and bronze in the individual and small group markets to qualify for HSA contributions. NSBA supports. H.R. 6316 - Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2018 H.R. 6316 allows the SBA Office of Advocacy to examine the role of small business in international economies and to represent small business views before foreign governments and international entities. NSBA supports. H.R. 6321 - Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act The legislation directs the SEC to consider alternative methods for businesses or organizations to qualify as a small business or small organization for the purposes of assessing the regulatory impact on investment advisors. NSBA supports. H.R. 6330 - Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 H.R. 6330 modifies SBAs size calculation to provide small businesses with more time to be considered small for the purposes of SBAs small business programs. NSBA supports. H.R. 6347 - 7 (a) Real Estate Harmonization Act H.R. 6347 updates SBAs 7(a) Loan Programs commercial real estate appraisal threshold. NSBA supports. H.R. 6348 - Small Business Access to Capital and Efficiency (ACE) Act H.R. 6348 reduces burdens and conflicting regulations for small businesses by updating the Small Business Administrations 504/Certified Development Company Loan Programs commercial real estate appraisal threshold. NSBA supports. H.R. 6367 - Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting H.R. 6367 allows large prime contractors to take credit for subcontracting to small businesses at lower tiers, provided that prime contractors keep records substantiating subcontracting credit claimed at lower tiers, and creates a new dispute process for small subcontractors to bring nonpayment issues to the agencys small business advocate (Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization). NSBA supports. H.R. 6368 - Encouraging Small Business Innovators Act H.R. 6368 makes a series of changes to the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, making them easier for small firms to use. NSBA supports. H.R. 6369 - Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2018 H.R. 6369 increases the size of sole source contract awards for women owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, and implements a new eligibility determination process to ensure sole source awards are made to eligible firms. NSBA supports. H.R. 6382 -Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2018 H.R. 6382 requires the SBA to report federal spending made through designated best-in-class vehicles, and to report on the dollars spent through these vehicles awarded to small businesses. NSBA supports. H.R. 6446 - White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2018 It reauthorizes, and amends, the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act from the early 1990s, which is Public Law 101-409. The bill requires the state conferences, regional conferences and the National Conference to occur no earlier than December 31, 2018 and no later than December 1, 2019. NSBA supports. H.R. 6695 -The Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2018 The bill clarifies that licensing trademarks, and controlling or exercising those trademarks, do not create an employment relationship. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 6757 - The Family Savings Act of 2018 It includes a variety of provisions aimed at making it easier for smaller businesses to offer tax-qualified retirement savings plans to their employees, encouraging individuals to participate in retirement plans, and promoting savings for nonretirement expenses. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 6756 - The American Innovation Act of 2018 It includes two provisions intended to boost innovation by allowing new businesses to write off larger amounts of their costs up front as well as allowing a corporation that buys a start-up to retain some of the acquired entitys net operating losses or other tax attributes, like research and development tax credits. NSBA supports. H.R. 6760 - the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 Bill would make permanent provisions from the 2017 tax law such as the lower individual income tax rates, the higher standard deduction, the increased and modified child tax credit, the increased exemption and phase-out threshold for the individual alternative minimum tax, the increased estate and gift tax exemption, and the 20 percent deduction for certain pass-through income, all of which are currently set to expire after 2025. NSBA supports. S. 18 - the Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports S. 21 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act The REINS Act seeks to restore authority to Congress by allowing lawmakers to have final say on regulations with an estimated economic impact of more than $100 million. NSBA supports. S. 34 - Midnight Rule Relief Act The bill would prevent agencies from proposing or finalizing regulations from the day after elections to the day of the next presidential inauguration. NSBA supports S. 205 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill also provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. S. 584 - The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act To require federal agencies to analyze the full impact of a proposed regulation on small businesses during the rulemaking process. NSBA supports. S.791 - Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 951 - the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) This bill codifies and revises notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures to require federal agencies to consider: (1) whether a rulemaking is required by statute or is within the discretion of the agency, (2) whether existing federal laws or rules could be amended or rescinded to address the problem, and (3) reasonable alternatives for a new rule. NSBA supports. S.1390 - STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 The STRONGER Patents Act takes critical steps to improve the patent system. It treats patents like any other property, permitting injunctions to protect patent owners against infringement during and after court cases. It ensures fairness in Patent Office administrative proceedings, limiting repetitive and harassing challenges against inventors and it ends the diversion of patent application fees to other government spending, ensuring the Patent Office has the funding needed to grant high-quality patents without harmful delay. NSBA supports. S.2108 - The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 Trims the duties on more than 1,800 imports deemed to not pose a competitive threat to U.S. producers. NSBA supports. S.2283 - The Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 Amends the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S.2708 - Choose Medicare Act Bill creates a Medicare health plan for all ages that would be offered in state and federal health exchanges, as well as the employer-sponsored market. NSBA is monitoring. S. 2800 - Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 A bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 2810 - The Workplace Democracy Act The bill narrows who can lawfully be classified an independent contractor, nullify state right-to-work laws, and allow workers to vote in a union campaign through the informal method of card check instead of a secret-ballot vote. NSBA opposes. S. 3345 - Economic Security for New Parents Act Bill allows those who choose to withdraw from their Social Security benefits early will be able to get at least two months of leave after the arrival of a child by birth or adoption. NSBA is monitoring.
Client expense: $27,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Audit, overhead and procurement issues with USDOT and FHWA; small business size standards; design-build reform and reverse auctions; small business contracting; project labor agreements; regulatory reform; HR 1339, government contracting for commercially available services; funding for the 2020 Census; anti-trust protections for state licensure boards.
Client expense: $953,051 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Audit, overhead and procurement issues with USDOT and FHWA; small business size standards; design-build reform and reverse auctions; small business contracting; project labor agreements; regulatory reform; HR 1339, government contracting for commercially available services; funding for the 2020 Census; anti-trust protections for state licensure boards (HR 6515/S 3598).
Client expense: $891,120 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments to the FY18/FY19 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R.679) Prior Approval Reform Act (H.R.2101) Campaign Finance related issues FY18/FY19 House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Defense
H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 H.R. 3364, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017) H.R. 5515/S. 2987, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 Various issues relating to defense acquisition reform; acquisition 360 surveys; inapplicability to commercial items; performance-based payments; blacklisting of government contractors due to alleged Occupational Safety and Health Act (P.L. 91-596) violations; reforms to Foreign Assistance Act (P.L. 87-195); U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy
Client expense: $15,950,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Draft - Death Gratuity Equity Act Draft - Expanded Personnel Flexibility Act of 2017 Draft - Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act Draft - Private/Public Sector Exchange Program Act of 2017 H. Res. 794, to express the sense of the House of Representatives that national parks, etc., can be further improved by public-private partnerships H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization of 2018 H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 10, Wrong Choice Act H.R. 88, Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018 H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the Tax Accountability Act H.R. 559, MERIT Act of 2018 S. 3200, MERIT Act of 2018 H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2018 S. 506, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2017 H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, Prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment H.R. 2131, Fixing Internal Response to Misconduct Act H.R. 2142, the INTERDICT Act S. 708, International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act H.R. 2171, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2195, OSC Access Act H.R. 2196, To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Whistleblowers to Disclose Information to Certain Recipients H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act H.R. 2283, DHS Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act H.R. 2583, to Establish a NPS Legacy Restoration Fund H.R. 2584, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 S. 751, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 H.R. 2623, to Provide a Method by which the Economic Cost of Significant Regulatory Actions may be offset by the Repeal of other Regulatory Actions H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 2825, DHS Authorization Act H.R. 2831, Maritime Security Coordination Act H.R. 2846, Federal Agency Customer Experience H.R. 2954 HMDA Adjustment Act H.R. 3020, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 H.R. 3026, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 3097, to Amend Title 2 of the Social Security Act to Prohibit Credit for Service of a Federal Annuity to Employees of the SSA for Certain Violations H.R. 3167, to Provide that, in the Event that the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates that the Debt Ceiling will be Reached, the Secretary can Issue GDP-linked Bonds, and for other Purposes H.R. 3200, Taxpayer-funded Pension Disclosure Act H.R. 3220, Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act H.R. 3244, to Provide for Annual Surveys of Federal Employees H.R. 3257, to Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act H.R. 3269, the Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act H.R. 3303, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act H.R. 3403, the Cyber VICTIM Act H.R. 3428, to Establish a Website for Federal Government Apps H.R. 3436, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 H.R. 3474, Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 3500, Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2018 H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3631, to Provide Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education H.R. 3737, to Provide for a Study on the Use of Social Media in Security Clearance Investigations H.R. 3879, the taxpayers DIME Act H.R. 4152, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 S. 2019, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 4171, a Bill to Extend the Authority to Conduct Telework Travel Expenses Test Programs H.R. 4182, EQUALS Act of 2017 H.R. 4499, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill S. 2171, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill H.R. 4504, Transparency in Government Act of 2017 H.R. 4703, Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 4729, Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act H.R. 4775, the FAIR Act S. 2295, the FAIR Act H.R. 4806, the federal employee short-term disability insurance act of 2018 H.R. 4827, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4852, Pay our Protectors, not our Politicians H.R. 4917, IG Subpoena Authority H.R. 4940, Border and Port Security Act S. 2314, Border and Port Security Act H.R. 4961, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4981, the SCRAP act H.R. 5210, National Park Restoration Act S. 2509, National Park Restoration Act H.R. 5282, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 S. 2526, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 5290, Federal Employee Bonus Disclosure Act H.R. 5355, to amend Chapter 77 of Title 5, to clarify certain due process rights of federal employees in sensitive positions H.R. 5362, to modernize and improve the management of IRS information technology H.R. 5370, to eliminate the IRS Oversight Board H.R. 5389, Federal Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 5391, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 5402, a bill to require the establishment of Federal customer service standards, to improve the service and customer experience provided by Federal agencies, and for other purposes H.R. 5445, 21st Century IRS Act H.R. 5788, STOP Act of 2018 S. 3057, STOP Act of 2018 H.R. 6076, Postal Reform Act S. 2629, Postal Reform Act H.R. 6098, Family Medical Leave Modernization Act H.R. 6275, Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act H.R. 6388, Federal Employee Retirement Accountability Act H.R. 6391, Merit Systems Protection Board Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6400, U.S. Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act H.R. 6452, Federal Employee Sustainable Investment Act S. 3244, Federal Employee Sustainable Investment Act H.R. 6510, Restore our Parks and Public Lands Act H.R. 6551, Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act H.R. 6599, To Modify the Application of Temporary Limited Appointment Regulations to NPS S. 3399, To Modify the Application of Temporary Limited Appointment Regulations to NPS H.R. 6756, American Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 6757, Family Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 6760, Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 H.R. 6777, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2018 H.R. 6787, Reforming Government Act of 2018 S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018 H.R. 6938, to Reduce the Size of the Federal Workforce through Attrition, and for other Purposes H.R. 7028, DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018 S. 3538 DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018 H.R. 7140, Anti-corruption and Public Integrity Act S. 3357, Anti-corruption and Public Integrity Act H.R. 7165, Equal COLA Act H.R. 7167, Restoring the Public Trust Act H.R. 7227, Taxpayer First Act of 2018 H.R. 7254, Keeping the Promise to American Public Servants Act of 2018 H.R. 7299, Annuity Safety and Security Under Reasonable Enforcement Act of 2018 H.R. 7345, National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 7349, Savings Account for Every American Act of 2018 H.R. 7368, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act S. Con. Res. 33, A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195 S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 760, to Expand the Government's Use and Administration of Data S. 842, to Prohibit Federal Agencies and Federal Contractors from Requesting Criminal History Record Information before Offering Employment S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act S. 1088, Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 S. 1218, to Promote Federal Employment for Veterans S. 1305, CBP Hire Act S. 1757, the Building America's Trust Act S. 1830, a Bill to Strengthen Cost Savings Suggestions Programs S. 1846 and H.R. 3693, a Bill to Repeal the Debt Ceiling S. 1880 and H.R. 3848, to Reform our Government, Reduce the Grip of Special Interests and Return Democracy to the American People S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017 S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017 S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017 S. 2155, Dodd-Frank Revisions bill S. 2262, Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 S. 2274, a Bill to Provide for the Compensation of Federal Employees Affected by Lapses in Appropriations S. 2395, the Explore America Act of 2018 S. 2425, to Repeal the IRS Private Tax Collection Program S. 2620, a bill to establish a Federal cyber joint duty program for cyber employees of federal agencies S. 2832, "Department of Homeland Security Accountability and Transparency Act" or the "DATA Act" S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018 S. 3172, Restore our Parks Act S. 3236, Relocation Expense Parity Act S. 3478, FAMILIES Act of 2018 S. 3706, United States Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act S. 3724, Modernizing the Trusted Workforce for the 21st Century Act of 2018
2018 · fourth_quarter · Constitution
CIRT supports "Freedom from Government Competition Act" type bills such as HR 1339. CIRT supports passage of "Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017". CIRT supports regulatory reform re: Streamlining Regulations & Permitting (Doc. 2017-0001-0001).
Client expense: $79,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
General Issues Regarding Regulatory Reform. H.R. 5: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017. Public Law 79-404: Administrative Procedure Act. H.R. 960/S. 326: The Public Buildings Renewal Act. Public Private Partnerships, generally. Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda - February 24, 2017. Executive Order 13502: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects - February 6, 2009. H.R. 1339: the Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) of 2017. H.R. 2101: the Prior Approval Reform Act. U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Policy Development, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 2, "Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 302, "FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018," All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2113, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4905, "Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevations, and Structures Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4395, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2128, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 5559, "Scientific Flood Mapping Act," All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 7018, "Protecting Lands Against Narcotics Trafficking Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors.
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R.295, REDUCE Act. H.R.599, MERIT Act. H.R.757, FAIR Act. H.R.998, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act. H.R.1001, Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017. H.R.1293, To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. H.R.1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017. H.R.1364, The Official Time Reform Act of 2017. H.R.1594, The Wage Grade Employee Parity Act. H.R.1643, The 2017 Federal Employees Accountability Act. H.R.5300, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018. H.R.5389. Federal Retirement Fairness Act. S.696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act.
Client expense: $118,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments to the FY18/FY19 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R.679) Prior Approval Reform Act (H.R.2101) Campaign Finance related issues FY18 House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2018 · third_quarter · Small Business
H.R.5 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 To reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations, to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 8 - Water Resources Development Act of 2018 H.R. 8 authorizes Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) civil works activities and builds on previous reform efforts to ensure improvements are made to the Nations ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure. NSBA supports. H.R. 10 - The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 Bill repeals provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, aims to eliminate red tape to increase access to capital and credit and create opportunities for investors, consumers and entrepreneurs. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 25 - The Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports H.R. 33 - Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act This bill modifies the rulemaking requirements and procedures of federal agencies (excluding Congress, U.S. courts, U.S. territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia) under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA). NSBA supports. H.R.76 - Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. NSBA supports. H.R. 79 - Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act The legislation will make it easier for businesses to notify potential investors of their offerings as well as provide a statutory definition for angel investor group. Additionally, it would require the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise the Regulation D rules regarding general solicitation. NSBA supports. H.R. 184 -- Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. NSBA supports. H.R. 198 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. NSBA supports. H.R. 477 - Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales & Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 The bill alleviates costs to small-business owners by simplifying the securities registration system for mergers and acquisition brokers who help transfer the ownership of small, privately held companies. It also disqualifies bad actors from utilizing the simplified process and does not allow transactions involving shell companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 561 - Small Business Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance for their employees, to mean an employer with at least 100 full-time employees (currently, 50). NSBA supports. H.R. 631 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. H.R. 1105 - Stop WOTUS Act To repeal the rule entitled "Clean Water Rule: Definition of 'Waters of the United States. NSBA supports H.R.1180 - Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of not less than 1 1/2 hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. NSBA supports. H.R. 1314 - Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act The bill would remove the renewable fuel standard. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 1339 - Freedom from Government Competition Act Legislation that would require federal agencies to rely on the private sector when providing goods and services that are readily available. NSBA supports. H.R. 1585 - Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act It modernizes the definition of accredited investor so those who do not have a high income or high net worth but do have the education and job experience to evaluate investment risks and merits can participate in the growth of promising companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 1680 - Womens Business Centers Improvements Act The bill revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership and declares it is the Office's mission to assist women entrepreneurs to start, grow, and compete in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, and counseling. NSBA supports. H.R. 1702 - Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that assist smaller enterprises. NSBA supports. H.R. 1773 - The Clarity for Americas Small Contractors Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to improve reporting on small business goals, achieve uniformity in procurement terminology, clarify the role of small business advocates, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 1774 - The Developing the Next Generation of Small Business Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers, the women's business center program, the SCORE program, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 2364 - The Investing in Main Street Act H.R. 2364 increases the amount of capital and surplus that a financial institution and federal savings association can invest in a SBIC from 5 percent to 15 percent in order to assist small businesses in obtaining venture capital and private equity. NSBA supports. H.R. 3170 - Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. NSBA supports. H.R. 3717 - the Small Business Owners Tax Simplification Act H.R 3717 introduces a number of provisions to benefit small businesses, such as aligning estimated payment deadlines and tax filing thresholds, as well as tackling inconsistencies in reporting requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 3972 - Family Office Technical Correction Act The bill clarifies that family offices and family clients, as defined in section 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, are accredited investors under Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Commission. NSBA supports. H.R. 3798 -- Save American Workers Act It delays the ACAs employer mandate, further postpones the so-called Cadillac tax on high-cost health plans and changes the definition of a full-time worker to someone employed 40 hours a week, up from 30 hours. In a win for the sun-tanning lobby, it would repeal ACAs 10 percent tax on indoor tanning salons. NSBA supports. H.R. 4111 - Spurring Business in Communities Act This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: require the Small Business Administration (SBA), in reviewing and processing a small business investment company's (SBIC's) application, to give first priority to an SBIC applicant located in an underlicensed state (i.e., a state in which the number of licensees per capita is less than the median number of licensees per capita for all states) with below median financing; and exempt applicants in underlicensed states from certain SBA capital requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 4616 - Employer Relief Act of 2018 It provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate until Jan. 1, 2019 and delay for one year- until after Dec. 31, 2020-the implementation of the Cadillac Tax. NSBA supports. H.R. 4754 - Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act Amend the Small Business Act to provide prospective construction contractors with information about an agency's policies on the administration of change orders to allow such contractors to make informed business decisions regarding the pricing of bids or proposals, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 4886 - Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act This bill makes permanent the provisions of subtitle A (Individual Tax Reform) and subtitle B (Alternative Minimum Tax) of P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that are currently scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2025. NSBA supports. H.R. 5236 - Main Street Employee Ownership Act Expands opportunities available to employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 5340 - Support Technology & Research for Our Nations Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act The STRONGER Patents Act would restore patents as property rights, make standards of protections in courts uniform, and protect start-ups from being out-resourced by technology incumbents. NSBA supports. H.R. 5515 -John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 The bill authorizes FY2019 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. NSBA supports the small business contracting provisions. H.R. 5660 - The Small Business Credit Card Act The measure provides small-business owners the same consumer protections as individual credit card holders, by protecting small-business owners credit cards from unfair and deceptive practices of credit card companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 5728 - The Workplace Democracy Act The bill narrows who can lawfully be classified an independent contractor, nullify state right-to-work laws, and allow workers to vote in a union campaign through the informal method of card check instead of a secret-ballot vote. NSBA opposes. H.R. 6199 -- Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2018 This bill repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, health flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs). The bill also allows the accounts to be used for menstrual care products. NSBA supports. H.R. 6264 - Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act Bill offers various reforms and other improvements to the current U.S. patent system and helps to reverse prior bills discouraging innovation in the U.S. by weakening patents. NSBA supports. H.R. 6301 - Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018 It expands access and enhances the utility of HSAs by offering health plans a certain amount of flexibility in their plan design while still maintaining eligibility for HSA contributions. This flexibility will allow insurers to offer coverage for high-value, low-cost services like telehealth, chronic disease management (e.g. diabetic testing strips), or primary care visits below the deductible. NSBA supports. H.R. 6305 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018 The bill would allow eligible individuals to make HSA contributions if a spouse has a flexible spending account and permit flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement account terminations or conversions to fund HSAs. NSBA supports. H.R. 6306 - Health Care Security Act of 2018 It expands access and enhances the utility of HSAs by: (1) increasing the contributions limits for HSAs; (2) permitting spousal catch-up contributions into the same account; and (3) creating a grace period for medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA. NSBA supports. H.R. 6311 - The Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act The bill expands access and use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and lowers premiums on health care plans. NSBA supports. H.R. 6314 - Health Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 6314 expands eligibility and access to HSAs by allowing plans categorized as catastrophic and bronze in the individual and small group markets to qualify for HSA contributions. NSBA supports. H.R. 6316 - Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2018 H.R. 6316 allows the SBA Office of Advocacy to examine the role of small business in international economies and to represent small business views before foreign governments and international entities. NSBA supports. H.R. 6321 - Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act The legislation directs the SEC to consider alternative methods for businesses or organizations to qualify as a small business or small organization for the purposes of assessing the regulatory impact on investment advisors. NSBA supports. H.R. 6330 - Small Business Runway Extension Act of 2018 H.R. 6330 modifies SBAs size calculation to provide small businesses with more time to be considered small for the purposes of SBAs small business programs. NSBA supports. H.R. 6347 - 7 (a) Real Estate Harmonization Act H.R. 6347 updates SBAs 7(a) Loan Programs commercial real estate appraisal threshold. NSBA supports. H.R. 6348 - Small Business Access to Capital and Efficiency (ACE) Act H.R. 6348 reduces burdens and conflicting regulations for small businesses by updating the Small Business Administrations 504/Certified Development Company Loan Programs commercial real estate appraisal threshold. NSBA supports. H.R. 6367 - Incentivizing Fairness in Subcontracting H.R. 6367 allows large prime contractors to take credit for subcontracting to small businesses at lower tiers, provided that prime contractors keep records substantiating subcontracting credit claimed at lower tiers, and creates a new dispute process for small subcontractors to bring nonpayment issues to the agencys small business advocate (Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization). NSBA supports. H.R. 6368 - Encouraging Small Business Innovators Act H.R. 6368 makes a series of changes to the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, making them easier for small firms to use. NSBA supports. H.R. 6369 - Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2018 H.R. 6369 increases the size of sole source contract awards for women owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, and implements a new eligibility determination process to ensure sole source awards are made to eligible firms. NSBA supports. H.R. 6382 -Clarity on Small Business Participation in Category Management Act of 2018 H.R. 6382 requires the SBA to report federal spending made through designated best-in-class vehicles, and to report on the dollars spent through these vehicles awarded to small businesses. NSBA supports. H.R. 6446 - White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2018 It reauthorizes, and amends, the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act from the early 1990s, which is Public Law 101-409. The bill requires the state conferences, regional conferences and the National Conference to occur no earlier than December 31, 2018 and no later than December 1, 2019. NSBA supports. H.R. 6695 -The Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2018 The bill clarifies that licensing trademarks, and controlling or exercising those trademarks, do not create an employment relationship. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 6757 - The Family Savings Act of 2018 It includes a variety of provisions aimed at making it easier for smaller businesses to offer tax-qualified retirement savings plans to their employees, encouraging individuals to participate in retirement plans, and promoting savings for nonretirement expenses. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 6756 - The American Innovation Act of 2018 It includes two provisions intended to boost innovation by allowing new businesses to write off larger amounts of their costs up front as well as allowing a corporation that buys a start-up to retain some of the acquired entitys net operating losses or other tax attributes, like research and development tax credits. NSBA supports. H.R. 6760 - the Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 Bill would make permanent provisions from the 2017 tax law such as the lower individual income tax rates, the higher standard deduction, the increased and modified child tax credit, the increased exemption and phase-out threshold for the individual alternative minimum tax, the increased estate and gift tax exemption, and the 20 percent deduction for certain passthrough income, all of which are currently set to expire after 2025. NSBA supports. S. 18 - the Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports S. 21 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act The REINS Act seeks to restore authority to Congress by allowing lawmakers to have final say on regulations with an estimated economic impact of more than $100 million. NSBA supports. S. 34 - Midnight Rule Relief Act The bill would prevent agencies from proposing or finalizing regulations from the day after elections to the day of the next presidential inauguration. NSBA supports S. 205 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill also provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. S. 584 - The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act To require federal agencies to analyze the full impact of a proposed regulation on small businesses during the rulemaking process. NSBA supports. S.770 - NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S.791 - Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 951 - the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) This bill codifies and revises notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures to require federal agencies to consider: (1) whether a rulemaking is required by statute or is within the discretion of the agency, (2) whether existing federal laws or rules could be amended or rescinded to address the problem, and (3) reasonable alternatives for a new rule. NSBA supports. S.1390 - STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 The STRONGER Patents Act takes critical steps to improve the patent system. It treats patents like any other property, permitting injunctions to protect patent owners against infringement during and after court cases. It ensures fairness in Patent Office administrative proceedings, limiting repetitive and harassing challenges against inventors and it ends the diversion of patent application fees to other government spending, ensuring the Patent Office has the funding needed to grant high-quality patents without harmful delay. NSBA supports. S.2108 - The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 Trims the duties on more than 1,800 imports deemed to not pose a competitive threat to U.S. producers. NSBA supports. S.2283 - The Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 Amends the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S.2708 - Choose Medicare Act Bill creates a Medicare health plan for all ages that would be offered in state and federal health exchanges, as well as the employer-sponsored market. NSBA is monitoring. S. 2800 - Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 A bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 2810 - The Workplace Democracy Act The bill narrows who can lawfully be classified an independent contractor, nullify state right-to-work laws, and allow workers to vote in a union campaign through the informal method of card check instead of a secret-ballot vote. NSBA opposes. S. 3345 - Economic Security for New Parents Act Bill allows those who choose to withdraw from their Social Security benefits early will be able to get at least two months of leave after the arrival of a child by birth or adoption. NSBA is monitoring.
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Audit, overhead and procurement issues with USDOT and FHWA; small business size standards; design-build reform and reverse auctions; small business contracting; project labor agreements; regulatory reform; HR 1339, government contracting for commercially available services; funding for the 2020 Census; anti-trust protections for state licensure boards (HR 6515/S 3598).
Client expense: $776,776 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
General Issues Regarding Regulatory Reform. H.R. 5: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017. Public Law 79-404: Administrative Procedure Act. H.R. 960/S. 326: The Public Buildings Renewal Act. Public Private Partnerships, generally. Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda - February 24, 2017. Executive Order 13502: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects - February 6, 2009. H.R. 1339: the Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) of 2017. H.R. 2101: the Prior Approval Reform Act. Preservation of language that would defund the enforcement of prior approval in the 2019 appropriations bill.
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Draft - Death Gratuity Equity Act Draft - Expanded Personnel Flexibility Act of 2017 Draft - Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act Draft - Private/Public Sector Exchange Program Act of 2017 H. Res. 794, to express the sense of the House of Representatives that national parks, etc., can be further improved by public-private partnerships H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 4, FAA Reauthorization of 2018 H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act H.R. 10, Wrong Choice Act H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the Tax Accountability Act H.R. 559, MERIT Act of 2018 S. 3200, MERIT Act of 2018 H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2018 S. 506, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2017 H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, Prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment H.R. 2131, Fixing Internal Response to Misconduct Act H.R. 2142, the INTERDICT Act S. 708, International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act H.R. 2171, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2195, OSC Access Act H.R. 2196, To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Whistleblowers to Disclose Information to Certain Recipients H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act H.R. 2229, All Circuit Review Act H.R. 2283, DHS Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act H.R. 2583, to Establish a NPS Legacy Restoration Fund H.R. 2584, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 S. 751, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 H.R. 2623, to Provide a Method by which the Economic Cost of Significant Regulatory Actions may be offset by the Repeal of other Regulatory Actions H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 2825, DHS Authorization Act H.R. 2831, Maritime Security Coordination Act H.R. 2846, Federal Agency Customer Experience H.R. 2954 HMDA Adjustment Act H.R. 3020, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 H.R. 3026, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 3097, to Amend Title 2 of the Social Security Act to Prohibit Credit for Service of a Federal Annuity to Employees of the SSA for Certain Violations H.R. 3167, to Provide that, in the Event that the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates that the Debt Ceiling will be Reached, the Secretary can Issue GDP-linked Bonds, and for other Purposes H.R. 3200, Taxpayer-funded Pension Disclosure Act H.R. 3220, Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act H.R. 3244, to Provide for Annual Surveys of Federal Employees H.R. 3257, to Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act H.R. 3269, the Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act H.R. 3303, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act H.R. 3403, the Cyber VICTIM Act H.R. 3428, to Establish a Website for Federal Government Apps H.R. 3436, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 H.R. 3474, Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 3500, Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2018 H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3631, to Provide Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education H.R. 3737, to Provide for a Study on the Use of Social Media in Security Clearance Investigations H.R. 3879, the taxpayers DIME Act H.R. 4152, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 S. 2019, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 4171, a Bill to Extend the Authority to Conduct Telework Travel Expenses Test Programs H.R. 4182, EQUALS Act of 2017 H.R. 4499, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill S. 2171, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill H.R. 4504, Transparency in Government Act of 2017 H.R. 4703, Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 4729, Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act H.R. 4775, the FAIR Act S. 2295, the FAIR Act H.R. 4806, the federal employee short-term disability insurance act of 2018 H.R. 4827, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4852, Pay our Protectors, not our Politicians H.R. 4917, IG Subpoena Authority H.R. 4940, Border and Port Security Act S. 2314, Border and Port Security Act H.R. 4961, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4981, the SCRAP act H.R. 5210, National Park Restoration Act S. 2509, National Park Restoration Act H.R. 5282, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 S. 2526, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 5290, Federal Employee Bonus Disclosure Act H.R. 5355, to amend Chapter 77 of Title 5, to clarify certain due process rights of federal employees in sensitive positions H.R. 5362, to modernize and improve the management of IRS information technology H.R. 5370, to eliminate the IRS Oversight Board H.R. 5389, Federal Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 5391, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 5402, a bill to require the establishment of Federal customer service standards, to improve the service and customer experience provided by Federal agencies, and for other purposes H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 S. 2987, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 H.R. 5788, STOP Act of 2018 S. 3057, STOP Act of 2018 H.R. 6076, Postal Reform Act S. 2629, Postal Reform Act H.R. 6098, Family Medical Leave Modernization Act H.R. 6275, Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act H.R. 6388, Federal Employee Retirement Accountability Act H.R. 6391, Merit Systems Protection Board Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6400, U.S. Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act H.R. 6452, Federal Employee Sustainable Investment Act S. 3244, Federal Employee Sustainable Investment Act H.R. 6510, Restore our Parks and Public Lands Act H.R. 6551, Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act H.R. 6599, To Modify the Application of Temporary Limited Appointment Regulations to NPS S. 3399, To Modify the Application of Temporary Limited Appointment Regulations to NPS H.R. 6756, American Innovation Act of 2018 H.R. 6757, Family Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 6760, Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018 H.R. 6787, Reforming Government Act of 2018 S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018 H.R. 6938, to Reduce the Size of the Federal Workforce through Attrition, and for other Purposes H.R. 7028, DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018 S. 3538 DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018 S. Con. Res. 33, A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195 S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 760, to Expand the Government's Use and Administration of Data S. 842, to Prohibit Federal Agencies and Federal Contractors from Requesting Criminal History Record Information before Offering Employment S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act S. 1088, Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 S. 1218, to Promote Federal Employment for Veterans S. 1305, CBP Hire Act S. 1757, the Building America's Trust Act S. 1830, a Bill to Strengthen Cost Savings Suggestions Programs S. 1846 and H.R. 3693, a Bill to Repeal the Debt Ceiling S. 1880 and H.R. 3848, to Reform our Government, Reduce the Grip of Special Interests and Return Democracy to the American People S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017 S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017 S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017 S. 2155, Dodd-Frank Revisions bill S. 2262, Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 S. 2274, a Bill to Provide for the Compensation of Federal Employees Affected by Lapses in Appropriations S. 2395, the Explore America Act of 2018 S. 2425, to Repeal the IRS Private Tax Collection Program S. 2620, a bill to establish a Federal cyber joint duty program for cyber employees of federal agencies S. 2832, "Department of Homeland Security Accountability and Transparency Act" or the "DATA Act" S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018 S. 3172, Restore our Parks Act S. 3236, Relocation Expense Parity Act S. 3357, Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act S. 3437, Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2018 S. 3478, FAMILIES Act of 2018
2018 · third_quarter · Defense
H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 H.R. 3364, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act H.R. 4311, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 5515/S. 2987, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 S. 2098, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 Various issues relating to defense acquisition reform; acquisition 360 surveys; inapplicability to commercial items; performance-based payments; blacklisting of government contractors due to alleged Occupational Safety and Health Act (P.L. 91-596) violations; reforms to Foreign Assistance Act (P.L. 87-195); U.S. Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) Policy
Client expense: $17,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R.295, REDUCE Act. H.R.599, MERIT Act. H.R.757, FAIR Act. H.R.998, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act. H.R.1001, Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017. H.R.1293, To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. H.R.1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017. H.R.1364, The Official Time Reform Act of 2017. H.R.1594, The Wage Grade Employee Parity Act. H.R.1643, The 2017 Federal Employees Accountability Act. H.R.5300, Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018. H.R.5389. Federal Retirement Fairness Act. S.696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act.
Client expense: $115,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 2, "Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 302, "FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018," All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2113, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4905, "Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevations, and Structures Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4395, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2128, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 5559, "Scientific Flood Mapping Act," All provisions affecting professional surveyors.
2018 · third_quarter · Constitution
CIRT supports "Freedom from Government Competition Act" type bills such as HR 1339. CIRT supports passage of "Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017". CIRT supports regulatory reform re: Streamlining Regulations & Permitting (Doc. 2017-0001-0001).
Client expense: $37,800 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments to the FY18/FY19 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R.679) Prior Approval Reform Act (H.R.2101) Campaign Finance related issues FY18 House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Small Business
H.R. 1 - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Bill makes widespread changes to the Internal Revenue Code. NSBA supports. H.R.5 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 To reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations, to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 8 - Water Resources Development Act of 2018 H.R. 8 authorizes Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) civil works activities and builds on previous reform efforts to ensure improvements are made to the Nations ports, inland waterways, locks, dams, flood protection, ecosystem restoration, and other water resources infrastructure. NSBA supports. H.R. 10 - The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 Bill repeals provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, aims to eliminate red tape to increase access to capital and credit and create opportunities for investors, consumers and entrepreneurs. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 25 - The Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports H.R. 33 - Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act This bill modifies the rulemaking requirements and procedures of federal agencies (excluding Congress, U.S. courts, U.S. territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia) under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA). NSBA supports. H.R.76 - Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. NSBA supports. H.R. 79 - Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act The legislation will make it easier for businesses to notify potential investors of their offerings as well as provide a statutory definition for angel investor group. Additionally, it would require the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise the Regulation D rules regarding general solicitation. NSBA supports. H.R. 184 -- Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on the sale of a medical device by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. NSBA supports. H.R. 198 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. NSBA supports. H.R. 477 - Small Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales & Brokerage Simplification Act of 2017 The bill alleviates costs to small-business owners by simplifying the securities registration system for mergers and acquisition brokers who help transfer the ownership of small, privately held companies. It also disqualifies bad actors from utilizing the simplified process and does not allow transactions involving shell companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 561 - Small Business Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance for their employees, to mean an employer with at least 100 full-time employees (currently, 50). NSBA supports. H.R. 631 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. H.R. 1105 - Stop WOTUS Act To repeal the rule entitled "Clean Water Rule: Definition of 'Waters of the United States. NSBA supports H.R.1180 - Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of not less than 1 1/2 hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. NSBA supports. H.R. 1314 - Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act The bill would remove the renewable fuel standard. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 1339 - Freedom from Government Competition Act Legislation that would require federal agencies to rely on the private sector when providing goods and services that are readily available. NSBA supports. H.R. 1585 - Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act It modernizes the definition of accredited investor so those who do not have a high income or high net worth but do have the education and job experience to evaluate investment risks and merits can participate in the growth of promising companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 1680 - Womens Business Centers Improvements Act The bill revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership and declares it is the Office's mission to assist women entrepreneurs to start, grow, and compete in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, and counseling. NSBA supports. H.R. 1702 - Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that assist smaller enterprises. NSBA supports. H.R. 1773 - The Clarity for Americas Small Contractors Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to improve reporting on small business goals, achieve uniformity in procurement terminology, clarify the role of small business advocates, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 1774 - The Developing the Next Generation of Small Business Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers, the women's business center program, the SCORE program, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 2333 - The Small Business Investment Opportunity Act Bill will increase the individual leverage limit within the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. NSBA supports. H.R. 2364 - The Investing in Main Street Act H.R. 2364 increases the amount of capital and surplus that a financial institution and federal savings association can invest in a SBIC from 5 percent to 15 percent in order to assist small businesses in obtaining venture capital and private equity. NSBA supports. H.R. 3170 - Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. NSBA supports. H.R. 3717 - the Small Business Owners Tax Simplification Act H.R 3717 introduces a number of provisions to benefit small businesses, such as aligning estimated payment deadlines and tax filing thresholds, as well as tackling inconsistencies in reporting requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 3972 - Family Office Technical Correction Act The bill clarifies that family offices and family clients, as defined in section 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, are accredited investors under Regulation D of the Securities and Exchange Commission. NSBA supports. H.R. 4111 - Spurring Business in Communities Act This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: require the Small Business Administration (SBA), in reviewing and processing a small business investment company's (SBIC's) application, to give first priority to an SBIC applicant located in an underlicensed state (i.e., a state in which the number of licensees per capita is less than the median number of licensees per capita for all states) with below median financing; and exempt applicants in underlicensed states from certain SBA capital requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 4616 -To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate and to provide for a delay in the implementation of the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage It provide for a temporary moratorium on the employer mandate until Jan. 1, 2019 and delay for one year- until after Dec. 31, 2020-the implementation of the Cadillac Tax. NSBA supports. H.R. 4743 - Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight and Reform Act of 2018 Amends the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 4754 - Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act Amend the Small Business Act to provide prospective construction contractors with information about an agency's policies on the administration of change orders to allow such contractors to make informed business decisions regarding the pricing of bids or proposals, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 4886 - Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act This bill makes permanent the provisions of subtitle A (Individual Tax Reform) and subtitle B (Alternative Minimum Tax) of P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that are currently scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2025. NSBA supports. H.R. 5236 - Main Street Employee Ownership Act Expands opportunities available to employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 5340 - Support Technology & Research for Our Nations Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act The STRONGER Patents Act would restore patents as property rights, make standards of protections in courts uniform, and protect start-ups from being out-resourced by technology incumbents. NSBA supports. H.R. 5515 -John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 The bill authorizes FY2019 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. NSBA supports the small business contracting provisions. H.R. 5660 - The Small Business Credit Card Act The measure provides small-business owners the same consumer protections as individual credit card holders, by protecting small-business owners credit cards from unfair and deceptive practices of credit card companies. NSBA supports. H.R. 5728 - The Workplace Democracy Act The bill narrows who can lawfully be classified an independent contractor, nullify state right-to-work laws, and allow workers to vote in a union campaign through the informal method of card check instead of a secret-ballot vote. NSBA opposes. H.R. 6199 -- Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2018 This bill repeals provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, that limit payments for medications from health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, health flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements to only prescription drugs or insulin (thus allowing distributions from such accounts for over-the-counter drugs). The bill also allows the accounts to be used for menstrual care products. NSBA supports. H.R. 6264 - Restoring Americas Leadership in Innovation Act Bill offers various reforms and other improvements to the current U.S. patent system and helps to reverse prior bills discouraging innovation in the U.S. by weakening patents. NSBA supports. H.R. 6301 - Promoting High-Value Health Care Through Flexibility for High Deductible Health Plans Act of 2018 It expands access and enhances the utility of HSAs by offering health plans a certain amount of flexibility in their plan design while still maintaining eligibility for HSA contributions. This flexibility will allow insurers to offer coverage for high-value, low-cost services like telehealth, chronic disease management (e.g. diabetic testing strips), or primary care visits below the deductible. NSBA supports. H.R. 6305 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018 The bill would allow eligible individuals to make HSA contributions if a spouse has a flexible spending account and permit flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement account terminations or conversions to fund HSAs. NSBA supports. H.R. 6306 - Health Care Security Act of 2018 It expands access and enhances the utility of HSAs by: (1) increasing the contributions limits for HSAs; (2) permitting spousal catch-up contributions into the same account; and (3) creating a grace period for medical expenses incurred before the establishment of an HSA. NSBA supports. H.R. 6311 - The Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act The bill expands access and use of Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and lowers premiums on health care plans. NSBA supports. H.R. 6314 - Health Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 6314 expands eligibility and access to HSAs by allowing plans categorized as catastrophic and bronze in the individual and small group markets to qualify for HSA contributions. NSBA supports. H.R. 6321 - Investment Adviser Regulatory Flexibility Improvement Act The legislation directs the SEC to consider alternative methods for businesses or organizations to qualify as a small business or small organization for the purposes of assessing the regulatory impact on investment advisors. NSBA supports. H.R. 6446 - White House Conference on Small Business Act of 2018 It reauthorizes, and amends, the White House Conference on Small Business Authorization Act from the early 1990s, which is Public Law 101-409. The bill requires the state conferences, regional conferences and the National Conference to occur no earlier than December 31, 2018 and no later than December 1, 2019. NSBA supports. S. 18 - the Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports S. 21 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act The REINS Act seeks to restore authority to Congress by allowing lawmakers to have final say on regulations with an estimated economic impact of more than $100 million. NSBA supports. S. 34 - Midnight Rule Relief Act The bill would prevent agencies from proposing or finalizing regulations from the day after elections to the day of the next presidential inauguration. NSBA supports S. 205 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill also provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. S. 584 - The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act To require federal agencies to analyze the full impact of a proposed regulation on small businesses during the rulemaking process. NSBA supports. S.770 - MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S.791 - Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 951 - the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) This bill codifies and revises notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures to require federal agencies to consider: (1) whether a rulemaking is required by statute or is within the discretion of the agency, (2) whether existing federal laws or rules could be amended or rescinded to address the problem, and (3) reasonable alternatives for a new rule. NSBA supports. S.1390 - STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 The STRONGER Patents Act takes critical steps to improve the patent system. It treats patents like any other property, permitting injunctions to protect patent owners against infringement during and after court cases. It ensures fairness in Patent Office administrative proceedings, limiting repetitive and harassing challenges against inventors and it ends the diversion of patent application fees to other government spending, ensuring the Patent Office has the funding needed to grant high-quality patents without harmful delay. NSBA supports. S.2108 - The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 Trims the duties on more than 1,800 imports deemed to not pose a competitive threat to U.S. producers. NSBA supports. S. 2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Bill would scale back key rules from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law to the benefit of the nation's lenders. NSBA is monitoring. S.2283 - The Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 Amends the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S.2708 - Choose Medicare Act Bill creates a Medicare health plan for all ages that would be offered in state and federal health exchanges, as well as the employer-sponsored market. NSBA is monitoring. S. 2800 - Americas Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 A bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 2810 - The Workplace Democracy Act The bill narrows who can lawfully be classified an independent contractor, nullify state right-to-work laws, and allow workers to vote in a union campaign through the informal method of card check instead of a secret-ballot vote. NSBA opposes.
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Audit, overhead and procurement issues with USDOT and FHWA; small business size standards; design-build reform and reverse auctions; small business contracting; project labor agreements; regulatory reform; HR 1339, government contracting for commercially available services; funding for the 2020 Census; anti-trust protections for state licensure boards.
Client expense: $953,051 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Draft - Death Gratuity Equity Act Draft - Expanded Personnel Flexibility Act of 2017 Draft - Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act Draft - Private/Public Sector Exchange Program Act of 2017 H. Res. 794, to express the sense of the House of Representatives that national parks, etc., can be further improved by public-private partnerships H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 10, Wrong Choice Act H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the Tax Accountability Act H.R. 559, MERIT Act H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2018 S. 506, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2017 H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, Prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment H.R. 2131, Fixing Internal Response to Misconduct Act H.R. 2142, the INTERDICT Act S. 708, International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act H.R. 2171, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2195, OSC Access Act H.R. 2196, To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Whistleblowers to Disclose Information to Certain Recipients H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act H.R. 2229, All Circuit Review Act H.R. 2283, DHS Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act H.R. 2583, to Establish a NPS Legacy Restoration Fund H.R. 2584, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 S. 751, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 H.R. 2623, to Provide a Method by which the Economic Cost of Significant Regulatory Actions may be offset by the Repeal of other Regulatory Actions H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 2825, DHS Authorization Act H.R. 2831, Maritime Security Coordination Act H.R. 2846, Federal Agency Customer Experience H.R. 2954 HMDA Adjustment Act H.R. 3020, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 H.R. 3026, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 3097, to Amend Title 2 of the Social Security Act to Prohibit Credit for Service of a Federal Annuity to Employees of the SSA for Certain Violations H.R. 3167, to Provide that, in the Event that the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates that the Debt Ceiling will be Reached, the Secretary can Issue GDP-linked Bonds, and for other Purposes H.R. 3200, Taxpayer-funded Pension Disclosure Act H.R. 3220, Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act H.R. 3244, to Provide for Annual Surveys of Federal Employees H.R. 3257, to Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act H.R. 3269, the Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act H.R. 3303, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act H.R. 3403, the Cyber VICTIM Act H.R. 3428, to Establish a Website for Federal Government Apps H.R. 3436, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 H.R. 3474, Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 3500, Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2018 H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3631, to Provide Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education H.R. 3737, to Provide for a Study on the Use of Social Media in Security Clearance Investigations H.R. 3879, the taxpayers DIME Act H.R. 4152, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 S. 2019, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 4171, a Bill to Extend the Authority to Conduct Telework Travel Expenses Test Programs H.R. 4182, EQUALS Act of 2017 H.R. 4499, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill S. 2171, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill H.R. 4504, Transparency in Government Act of 2017 H.R. 4703, Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 4729, Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act H.R. 4775, the FAIR Act S. 2295, the FAIR Act H.R. 4806, the federal employee short-term disability insurance act of 2018 H.R. 4827, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4852, Pay our Protectors, not our Politicians H.R. 4917, IG Subpoena Authority H.R. 4940, Border and Port Security Act S. 2314, Border and Port Security Act H.R. 4961, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4981, the SCRAP act H.R. 5210, National Park Restoration Act S. 2509, National Park Restoration Act H.R. 5282, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 S. 2526, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 5290, Federal Employee Bonus Disclosure Act H.R. 5355, to amend Chapter 77 of Title 5, to clarify certain due process rights of federal employees in sensitive positions H.R. 5362, to modernize and improve the management of IRS information technology H.R. 5370, to eliminate the IRS Oversight Board H.R. 5389, Federal Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 5391, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 5402, a bill to require the establishment of Federal customer service standards, to improve the service and customer experience provided by Federal agencies, and for other purposes H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 S. 2987, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019 H.R. 5788, STOP Act of 2018 S. 3057, STOP Act of 2018 H.R. 6076, Postal Reform Act S. 2629, Postal Reform Act H.R. 6098, Family Medical Leave Modernization Act H.R. 6275, Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act H.R. 6400, U.S. Ports of Entry Threat and Operational Review Act S. Con. Res. 33, A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195 S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 760, to Expand the Government's Use and Administration of Data S. 842, to Prohibit Federal Agencies and Federal Contractors from Requesting Criminal History Record Information before Offering Employment S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act S. 1088, Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 S. 1218, to Promote Federal Employment for Veterans S. 1305, CBP Hire Act S. 1757, the Building America's Trust Act S. 1830, a Bill to Strengthen Cost Savings Suggestions Programs S. 1846 and H.R. 3693, a Bill to Repeal the Debt Ceiling S. 1869, to Reauthorize and Rename the Position of Whistleblower Ombudsman S. 1880 and H.R. 3848, to Reform our Government, Reduce the Grip of Special Interests and Return Democracy to the American People S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017 S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017 S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017 S. 2155, Dodd-Frank Revisions bill S. 2262, Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 S. 2274, a Bill to Provide for the Compensation of Federal Employees Affected by Lapses in Appropriations S. 2395, the Explore America Act of 2018 S. 2425, to Repeal the IRS Private Tax Collection Program S. 2620, a bill to establish a Federal cyber joint duty program for cyber employees of federal agencies S. 3137, Reforming Government Act of 2018 S. 3172, Restore our Parks Act
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
General Issues Regarding Regulatory Reform. H.R. 5: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017. Public Law 79-404: Administrative Procedure Act. H.R. 960/S. 326: The Public Buildings Renewal Act. Public Private Partnerships, generally. Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda - February 24, 2017. Executive Order 13502: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects - February 6, 2009. H.R. 1339: the Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) of 2017. H.R. 2101: the Prior Approval Reform Act. Preservation of language that would defund the enforcement of prior approval in the 2019 appropriations bill.
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · second_quarter · Defense
H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 S. 2987, John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, including provisions relating to the Corker/Toomey amendment to strengthen Congressional authority over tariffs, reform of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and sanctions related to the government of India Various issues relating to defense acquisition reform; blacklisting of government contractors due to alleged Occupational Safety and Health Act (P.L. 91-596) violations
Client expense: $15,190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R.295, REDUCE Act. H.R.757, FAIR Act. H.R.998, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act. H.R.1001, Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017. H.R.1293, To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. H.R.1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017. H.R.1364, The Official Time Reform Act of 2017. H.R.1594, The Wage Grade Employee Parity Act. H.R.1643, The 2017 Federal Employees Accountability Act. H.R.4694, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. H.R.5389. Federal Retirement Fairness Act. S.696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act. S.1094, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017.
Client expense: $115,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · Constitution
CIRT supports "Freedom from Government Competition Act" type bills such as HR 1339. CIRT supports passage of "Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017". CIRT supports regulatory reform re: Streamlining Regulations & Permitting (Doc. 2017-0001-0001).
Client expense: $37,800 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
General Issues Regarding Regulatory Reform. H.R. 5: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017. Public Law 79-404: Administrative Procedure Act. H.R. 960/S. 326: The Public Buildings Renewal Act. Public Private Partnerships, generally. Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda - February 24, 2017. Executive Order 13502: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects - February 6, 2009. H.R. 1339: the Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) of 2017.
Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Policy Development, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 2, "Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4905, "Improvement of Mapping, Addresses, Geography, Elevations, and Structures Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4395, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2128, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors.
2018 · first_quarter · Small Business
H.R.5 - Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 To reform the process by which Federal agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents, to clarify the nature of judicial review of agency interpretations, to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 10 - The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 Bill repeals provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, aims to eliminate red tape to increase access to capital and credit and create opportunities for investors, consumers and entrepreneurs. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 21 - the Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to consider a joint resolution to disapprove multiple regulations that federal agencies have submitted for congressional review within the last 60 legislative days of a session of Congress during the final year of a President's term. NSBA supports. H.R. 25 - The Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports H.R. 26 - The Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017 This bill states that its purpose is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations. NSBA supports. H.R. 33 - Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act This bill modifies the rulemaking requirements and procedures of federal agencies (excluding Congress, U.S. courts, U.S. territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia) under the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) and the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA). NSBA supports. H.R.76 - Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017 This bill modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. NSBA supports. H.R. 79 - Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act The legislation will make it easier for businesses to notify potential investors of their offerings as well as provide a statutory definition for angel investor group. Additionally, it would require the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise the Regulation D rules regarding general solicitation. NSBA supports. H.R. 198 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill repeals the federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. NSBA supports. H.R. 277 - American Health Care Reform Act of 2017 This bill repeals the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, effective January 1, 2018. The bill restores provisions amended by the repealed provisions. NSBA is monitoring. H.R.561 - Small Business Job Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance for their employees, to mean an employer with at least 100 full-time employees (currently, 50). NSBA supports. H.R. 631 - Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. H.R. 998 -- Searching for and Cutting Regulations That Are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act) Bill would establish a temporary commission of nine people, picked by the president and confirmed by the Senate, to review rules 15 years and older that are outdated, unnecessary or otherwise ripe for repeal. NSBA supports. H.R. 1004 - The Regulatory Integrity Act The Regulatory Integrity Act would require agencies to disclose actions about pending rules along with their public communications about those rules. NSBA supports. HR. 1009 - The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Insight, Reform and Accountability Act Bill seeks to put OIRA, an agency in the White House Office of Management and Budget, under congressional oversight. It would require a report on proposed rules and retrospective reviews to eliminate outdated standards. NSBA supports. H.R. 1101 - Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans sponsored by business associations. NSBA opposes. H.R. 1105 - Stop WOTUS Act To repeal the rule entitled "Clean Water Rule: Definition of 'Waters of the United States. NSBA supports H.R.1180 - Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to authorize employers to provide compensatory time off to private employees at a rate of not less than 1 1/2 hours for each hour of employment for which overtime compensation is required, but only if it is in accordance with an applicable collective bargaining agreement or, in the absence of such an agreement, an agreement between the employer and employee. NSBA supports. H.R. 1314 - Renewable Fuel Standard Repeal Act The bill would remove the renewable fuel standard. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 1339 - Freedom from Government Competition Act Legislation that would require federal agencies to rely on the private sector when providing goods and services that are readily available. NSBA supports. H.R. 1628 - The American Health Care Act of 2017 The AHCA would repeal the parts of the Affordable Care Act within the scope of the federal budget, including provisions contained within the Internal Revenue Code such as the individual and employer mandates and various taxes, and also modifications to the federal Medicaid program. NSBA is monitoring. H.R. 1680 - Womens Business Centers Improvements Act The bill revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership and declares it is the Office's mission to assist women entrepreneurs to start, grow, and compete in global markets by providing quality support with access to capital, access to markets, job creation, growth, and counseling. NSBA supports. H.R. 1702 - Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act This bill amends the Small Business Act with respect to the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use certain SBA programs, including the small business development center (SBDC) program, to provide grants, financial assistance, loans, export assistance, and subcontracting opportunities on federal contracts to specified small businesses, organizations, state governments, universities, companies, and other entities that assist smaller enterprises. NSBA supports. H.R. 1773 - The Clarity for Americas Small Contractors Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to improve reporting on small business goals, achieve uniformity in procurement terminology, clarify the role of small business advocates, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 1774 - The Developing the Next Generation of Small Business Act of 2017 Amends the Small Business Act to provide for improvements to small business development centers, the women's business center program, the SCORE program, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 2056 - The Microloan Modernization Act H.R. 2056 modernizes the Small Business Administrations (SBA) Microloan program, which offers small businesses microloans of $50,000 or less through nonprofit lending intermediaries. In addition to providing lending services, the intermediary is also required to provide technical assistance and training to their borrowers and prospective borrowers. H.R. 2056 raises the total limit on outstanding loans held by microloan intermediaries from $5 million to $6 million. NSBA supports. H.R. 2105 - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Cybersecurity Act of 2017 Bill amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to consider small businesses when it facilitates and supports the development of voluntary, consensus-based, industry-led guidelines and procedures to cost-effectively reduce cyber risks to critical infrastructure. NSBA supports. H.R. 2201 - Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act H.R. 2201 brings clarity to the Securities Act of 1933. By defining what qualifies under the non-public offering exemption, this legislation will provide certainty to small-business owners and entrepreneurs as they work to startup or grow their businesses. This legislation requires three specific criteria to be met simultaneously in order to trigger a safe harbor exemption for a security offering. NSBA supports H.R. 2333 - The Small Business Investment Opportunity Act Bill will increase the individual leverage limit within the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. NSBA supports. H.R. 2364 - The Investing in Main Street Act H.R. 2364 increases the amount of capital and surplus that a financial institution and federal savings association can invest in a SBIC from 5 percent to 15 percent in order to assist small businesses in obtaining venture capital and private equity. NSBA supports. H.R. 2763 - Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017 Bill would siphon off $100 million in small business/university team R&D funding over five years to give to university R&D and commercialization programs. NSBA opposes. H.R. 2810 - The FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) This bill authorizes FY2018 appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD) programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. NSBA supports the small business contracting provisions in the NDAA. H.R. 3170 - Small Business Development Center Cyber Training Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business Administration to establish a program for certifying employees of small business development centers to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small businesses. NSBA supports. H.R. 3717 - the Small Business Owners Tax Simplification Act H.R 3717 introduces a number of provisions to benefit small businesses, such as aligning estimated payment deadlines and tax filing thresholds, as well as tackling inconsistencies in reporting requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 4111 - Spurring Business in Communities Act This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to: require the Small Business Administration (SBA), in reviewing and processing a small business investment company's (SBIC's) application, to give first priority to an SBIC applicant located in an underlicensed state (i.e., a state in which the number of licensees per capita is less than the median number of licensees per capita for all states) with below median financing; and exempt applicants in underlicensed states from certain SBA capital requirements. NSBA supports. H.R. 4318 - The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act Trims the duties on more than 1,800 imports deemed to not pose a competitive threat to U.S. producers. NSBA supports. H.R. 4743 - Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight and Reform Act of 2018 Amends the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 4754 - Change Order Transparency for Federal Contractors Act Amend the Small Business Act to provide prospective construction contractors with information about an agency's policies on the administration of change orders to allow such contractors to make informed business decisions regarding the pricing of bids or proposals, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 4886 - Permanent Tax Cuts for Americans Act This bill makes permanent the provisions of subtitle A (Individual Tax Reform) and subtitle B (Alternative Minimum Tax) of P.L. 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) that are currently scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2025. NSBA supports. H.R. 5236 - Main Street Employee Ownership Act Expands opportunities available to employee-owned business concerns through Small Business Administration loan programs, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. H.R. 5340 - Support Technology & Research for Our Nations Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act The STRONGER Patents Act would restore patents as property rights, make standards of protections in courts uniform, and protect start-ups from being out-resourced by technology incumbents. NSBA supports. H.R. 5660 - The Small Business Credit Card Act The measure provides small-business owners the same consumer protections as individual credit card holders, by protecting small-business owners credit cards from unfair and deceptive practices of credit card companies. NSBA supports. H.R.____ -- the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act Of particular concern to NSBA is section 9 of this bill, titled Transparent Incorporation Practices, which is directed squarely at the smallest businesses - specifically, those firms with 20 or fewer employees would be subject to the rules. NSBA is monitoring. S. 18 - the Fair Tax Act To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the states. NSBA supports S. 21 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act The REINS Act seeks to restore authority to Congress by allowing lawmakers to have final say on regulations with an estimated economic impact of more than $100 million. NSBA supports. S. 34 - Midnight Rule Relief Act The bill would prevent agencies from proposing or finalizing regulations from the day after elections to the day of the next presidential inauguration. NSBA supports S. 205 -- Death Tax Repeal Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and (2) make permanent the maximum 35% gift tax rate and the lifetime gift tax exemption. The bill also provides for an inflation adjustment to such exemption amount. NSBA supports. S. 584 - The Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act To require federal agencies to analyze the full impact of a proposed regulation on small businesses during the rulemaking process. NSBA supports. S.770 - MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017 To require the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to disseminate resources to help reduce small business cybersecurity risks, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S.791 - Small Business Innovation Protection Act of 2017 To amend the Small Business Act to expand intellectual property education and training for small businesses, and for other purposes. NSBA supports. S. 951 - the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA) This bill codifies and revises notice-and-comment rulemaking procedures to require federal agencies to consider: (1) whether a rulemaking is required by statute or is within the discretion of the agency, (2) whether existing federal laws or rules could be amended or rescinded to address the problem, and (3) reasonable alternatives for a new rule. NSBA supports. S.1390 - STRONGER Patents Act of 2017 The STRONGER Patents Act takes critical steps to improve the patent system. It treats patents like any other property, permitting injunctions to protect patent owners against infringement during and after court cases. It ensures fairness in Patent Office administrative proceedings, limiting repetitive and harassing challenges against inventors and it ends the diversion of patent application fees to other government spending, ensuring the Patent Office has the funding needed to grant high-quality patents without harmful delay. NSBA supports. S.2108 - The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act of 2017 Trims the duties on more than 1,800 imports deemed to not pose a competitive threat to U.S. producers. NSBA supports. S. 2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Bill would scale back key rules from the 2010 Dodd-Frank law to the benefit of the nation's lenders. NSBA is monitoring. S.2283 - The Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 Amends the Small Business Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Management within the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. NSBA supports.
2018 · first_quarter · Constitution
CIRT supports "Freedom from Government Competition Act" type bills such as HR 1339. CIRT supports passage of "Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017". CIRT supports regulatory reform re: Streamlining Regulations & Permitting (Doc. 2017-0001-0001).
Client expense: $56,700 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments FY18 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R.679) Prior Approval Reform Act (H.R.2101) Campaign Finance related issues FY18 House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Defense
H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 Various issues relating to defense acquisition reform; blacklisting of government contractors due to alleged Occupational Safety and Health Act (P.L. 91-596) violations
Client expense: $15,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
General Issues Regarding Regulatory Reform. H.R. 5: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017. Public Law 79-404: Administrative Procedure Act. H.R. 960/S. 326: The Public Buildings Renewal Act. Public Private Partnerships, generally. Executive Order 13777, Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda - February 24, 2017. Executive Order 13502: Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects - February 6, 2009. H.R. 1339: the Freedom From Government Competition Act (FFGCA) of 2017.
Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Policy Development, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R.31, Federal Sunset Act of 2017. H.R.69, Thoroughly Investigating Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Act. H.R.71, Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act. H.R.295, REDUCE Act. H.R.559, MERIT Act of 2017. H.R.568, FAIR Act. H.R.757, FAIR Act. H.R.998, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act. H.R.1001, Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017. H.R.1293, To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. H.R.1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017. H.R.1364, The Official Time Reform Act of 2017. H.R.1385, Civil Service Incentives Integrity Act of 2017. H.R.1594, The Wage Grade Employee Parity Act. H.R.1643, The 2017 Federal Employees Accountability Act. H.R.2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. H.R.3031. TSP Modernization Act of 2017. H.R.4243, Veterans Affairs Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2017. H.R.4694, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. S.696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act. S.861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017. S.1094, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017.
Client expense: $114,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Draft - Death Gratuity Equity Act Draft - Expanded Personnel Flexibility Act of 2017 Draft - Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act Draft - Private/Public Sector Exchange Program Act of 2017 H. Res. 794, to express the sense of the House of Representatives that national parks, etc., can be further improved by public-private partnerships H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 10, Wrong Choice Act H.R. 238, CFTC Reauthorization H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the Tax Accountability Act H.R. 559, removal of federal employees for performance and misconduct H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1301, Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act 2018 H.R. 1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2018 S. 506, Freedom from Government Competition Act 2017 H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1694, additional entities covered by FDA H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, Prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment H.R. 2131, Fixing Internal Response to Misconduct Act H.R. 2142, the INTERDICT Act S. 708, International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act H.R. 2171, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2195, OSC Access Act H.R. 2196, To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Whistleblowers to Disclose Information to Certain Recipients H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act H.R. 2229, All Circuit Review Act H.R. 2283, DHS Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act H.R. 2583, to Establish a NPS Legacy Restoration Fund H.R. 2584, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 S. 751, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 H.R. 2623, to Provide a Method by which the Economic Cost of Significant Regulatory Actions may be offset by the Repeal of other Regulatory Actions H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act H.R. 2825, DHS Authorization Act H.R. 2831, Maritime Security Coordination Act H.R. 2846, Federal Agency Customer Experience H.R. 3020, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 H.R. 3026, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 3097, to Amend Title 2 of the Social Security Act to Prohibit Credit for Service of a Federal Annuity to Employees of the SSA for Certain Violations H.R. 3167, to Provide that, in the Event that the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates that the Debt Ceiling will be Reached, the Secretary can Issue GDP-linked Bonds, and for other Purposes H.R. 3200, Taxpayer-funded Pension Disclosure Act H.R. 3220, Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act H.R. 3244, to Provide for Annual Surveys of Federal Employees H.R. 3257, to Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act H.R. 3269, the Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act H.R. 3303, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act H.R. 3403, the Cyber VICTIM Act H.R. 3428, to Establish a Website for Federal Government Apps H.R. 3436, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 H.R. 3474, Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3631, to Provide Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education H.R. 3737, to Provide for a Study on the Use of Social Media in Security Clearance Investigations H.R. 3879, the taxpayers DIME Act H.R. 4152, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 S. 2019, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 4171, a Bill to Extend the Authority to Conduct Telework Travel Expenses Test Programs H.R. 4182, EQUALS Act of 2017 H.R. 4499, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill S. 2171, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill H.R. 4504, Transparency in Government Act of 2017 H.R. 4703, Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 4729, Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 4760, Securing America's Future Act H.R. 4775, the FAIR Act S. 2295, the FAIR Act H.R. 4806, the federal employee short-term disability insurance act of 2018 H.R. 4827, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4852, Pay our Protectors, not our Politicians H.R. 4917, IG Subpoena Authority H.R. 4940, Border and Port Security Act S. 2314, Border and Port Security Act H.R. 4961, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4981, the SCRAP act H.R. 5210, National Park Restoration Act S. 2509, National Park Restoration Act H.R. 5282, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 S. 2526, Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2018 H.R. 5290, Federal Employee Bonus Disclosure Act H.R. 5355, to amend Chapter 77 of Title 5, to clarify certain due process rights of federal employees in sensitive positions H.R. 5362, to modernize and improve the management of IRS information technology H.R. 5370, to eliminate the IRS Oversight Board H.R. 5389, Federal Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 5391, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 5402, a bill to require the establishment of Federal customer service standards, to improve the service and customer experience provided by Federal agencies, and for other purposes S. Con. Res. 33, A concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 195 S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 760, to Expand the Government's Use and Administration of Data S. 842, to Prohibit Federal Agencies and Federal Contractors from Requesting Criminal History Record Information before Offering Employment S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act S. 1088, Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 S. 1218, to Promote Federal Employment for Veterans S. 1305, CBP Hire Act S. 1757, the Building America's Trust Act S. 1830, a Bill to Strengthen Cost Savings Suggestions Programs S. 1846 and H.R. 3693, a Bill to Repeal the Debt Ceiling S. 1869, to Reauthorize and Rename the Position of Whistleblower Ombudsman S. 1880 and H.R. 3848, to Reform our Government, Reduce the Grip of Special Interests and Return Democracy to the American People S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017 S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017 S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017 S. 2155, Dodd-Frank Revisions bill S. 2262, Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 S. 2274, a Bill to Provide for the Compensation of Federal Employees Affected by Lapses in Appropriations S. 2395, the Explore America Act of 2018 S. 2425, to Repeal the IRS Private Tax Collection Program S. 2620, a bill to establish a Federal cyber joint duty program for cyber employees of federal agencies
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 2, "Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4395, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2128, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors.
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
Audit, overhead and procurement issues with USDOT and FHWA; small business size standards; design-build reform and reverse auctions; small business contracting; project labor agreements; regulatory reform; HR 1339, government contracting for commercially available services.
Client expense: $706,876 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2017 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 238, CFTC Reauthorization H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the "Tax Accountability Act" H.R. 559, removal of federal employees for performance and misconduct H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 657, follow the rules act S. 276, follow the rules act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1293, OPM report on official time H.R. 1339, freedom from government competition S. 506, freedom from government competition H.R. 1364, official time reform H.R. 1385, limit recruitment and retention bonuses for those no official time H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1694, additional entities covered by FDA H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 585, provide greater whistleblower protections to federal employees S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, limit the authority to award bonuses S. 708, "International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act" or the "INTERDICT Act" S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Draft - Death Gratuity Equity Act Draft - Expanded Personnel Flexibility Act of 2017 Draft - Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act Draft - Private/Public Sector Exchange Program Act of 2017 H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act S. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 10, Wrong Choice Act H.R. 238, CFTC Reauthorization H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the Tax Accountability Act H.R. 559, removal of federal employees for performance and misconduct H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1339, freedom from government competition S. 506, freedom from government competition H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1694, additional entities covered by FDA H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, Prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment H.R. 2131, Fixing Internal Response to Misconduct Act H.R. 2142, the INTERDICT Act S. 708, International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act H.R. 2171, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2195, OSC Access Act H.R. 2196, To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Whistleblowers to Disclose Information to Certain Recipients H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act H.R. 2229, All Circuit Review Act H.R. 2283, DHS Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act H.R. 2583, to Establish a NPS Legacy Restoration Fund H.R. 2584, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 S. 751, National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017 H.R. 2623, to Provide a Method by which the Economic Cost of Significant Regulatory Actions may be offset by the Repeal of other Regulatory Actions H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act H.R. 2825, DHS Authorization Act H.R. 2831, Maritime Security Coordination Act H.R. 2846, Federal Agency Customer Experience H.R. 3020, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 H.R. 3026, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 3031, TSP Modernization Act S. 873, TSP Modernization Act H.R. 3042, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act S. 585, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act H.R. 3097, to Amend Title 2 of the Social Security Act to Prohibit Credit for Service of a Federal Annuity to Employees of the SSA for Certain Violations H.R. 3167, to Provide that, in the Event that the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates that the Debt Ceiling will be Reached, the Secretary can Issue GDP-linked Bonds, and for other Purposes H.R. 3200, Taxpayer-funded Pension Disclosure Act H.R. 3220, Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act H.R. 3244, to Provide for Annual Surveys of Federal Employees H.R. 3257, to Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act H.R. 3269, the Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act H.R. 3403, the Cyber VICTIM Act H.R. 3428, to Establish a Website for Federal Government Apps H.R. 3436, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 H.R. 3474, Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3631, to Provide Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education H.R. 3737, to Provide for a Study on the Use of Social Media in Security Clearance Investigations H.R. 3879, the taxpayers DIME Act H.R. 4152, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 S. 2019, Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 4171, a Bill to Extend the Authority to Conduct Telework Travel Expenses Test Programs H.R. 4182, EQUALS Act of 2017 H.R. 4499, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill S. 2171, Consumer Protection Pay Cut bill H.R. 4504, Transparency in Government Act of 2017 H.R. 4694, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act H.R. 4703, Department of Labor Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 4729, Ending Secrecy About Workplace Sexual Harassment Act S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 760, to Expand the Government's Use and Administration of Data S. 842, to Prohibit Federal Agencies and Federal Contractors from Requesting Criminal History Record Information before Offering Employment S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act S. 1088, Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 S. 1218, to Promote Federal Employment for Veterans S. 1305, CBP Hire Act S. 1757, the Building America's Trust Act S. 1830, a Bill to Strengthen Cost Savings Suggestions Programs S. 1846 and H.R. 3693, a Bill to Repeal the Debt Ceiling S. 1869, to Reauthorize and Rename the Position of Whistleblower Ombudsman S. 1880 and H.R. 3848, to Reform our Government, Reduce the Grip of Special Interests and Return Democracy to the American People S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017 S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017 S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017 S. 2155, Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act S. 2262, Counterterrorism Advisory Board Act of 2017 S. 2274, a Bill to Provide for the Compensation of Federal Employees Affected by Lapses in Appropriations
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY17 and FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments to the FY17 and FY18 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R.679) Prior Approval Reform Act (H.R.2101) Campaign Finance related issues in the FY17 & FY18 2017 House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R.31, Federal Sunset Act of 2017. H.R.69, Thoroughly Investigating Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Act. H.R.71, Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act. H.R.295, REDUCE Act. H.R.559, MERIT Act of 2017. H.R.568, FAIR Act. H.R.702, Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017. H.R.757, FAIR Act. H.R.998, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act. H.R.1001, Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017. H.R.1022, Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017. H.R.1205, Social Security Fairness Act of 2017. H.R.1251, CPI-E Act of 2017. H.R.1293, To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. H.R.1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017. H.R.1364, The Official Time Reform Act of 2017. H.R.1385, Civil Service Incentives Integrity Act of 2017. H.R.1594, The Wage Grade Employee Parity Act. H.R.1643, The 2017 Federal Employees Accountability Act. H.R.2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. H.R.3031. TSP Modernization Act of 2017. H.R.4243, Veterans Affairs Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2017. H.R.4694, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act. S.696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act. S.861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017. S.1094, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017.
Client expense: $114,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4395, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 2128, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors.
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 4395, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 2128, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms.
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY17 and FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments to the FY17 and FY18 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue) Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017 (H.R.679) Prior Approval Reform Act (H.R.2101) Campaign Finance related issues in the FY17 & FY18 2017 House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors.H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting professional surveyors.
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 221, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 171, "Hydrographic Services Improvement Amendments Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 482, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 103, "Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 4062, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 110, "Digital Coast Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 621 "Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 679, "Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R.879 "Flood Insurance Integrity Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 1062, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 3470, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 395, "Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 1339, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 506, "Freedom From Government Competition Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 1675, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 698, "National Landslide Preparedness Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2199, "Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1460, "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2353, "Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2997, "21st Century AIRR Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1405, "Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 3522, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1253, "Geospatial Data Act;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. H.R. 2810, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms. S. 1519, "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018;" All provisions affecting geospatial firms.
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R.31, Federal Sunset Act of 2017. H.R.69, Thoroughly Investigating Retaliation Against Whistleblowers Act. H.R.71, Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act. H.R.295, REDUCE Act. H.R.396, Tax Accountability Act of 2017. H.R.559, MERIT Act of 2017. H.R.568, FAIR Act. H.R.702, Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017. H.R.757, FAIR Act. H.R.998, Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act. H.R.1001, Veterans Federal Hiring Protection Act of 2017. H.R.1022, Federal Employee Paid Parental Leave Act of 2017. H.R.1205, Social Security Fairness Act of 2017. H.R.1251, CPI-E Act of 2017. H.R.1293, To amend title 5, United States Code, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees. H.R.1339, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017. H.R.1364, The Official Time Reform Act of 2017. H.R.1385, Civil Service Incentives Integrity Act of 2017. H.R.1594, The Wage Grade Employee Parity Act. H.R.1643, The 2017 Federal Employees Accountability Act. H.R.2810, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. S.696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act. S.861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2017. S.1094, Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017.
Client expense: $116,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
Draft - Death Gratuity Equity Act Draft - Expanded Personnel Flexibility Act of 2017 Draft - Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act Draft - Private/Public Sector Exchange Program Act of 2017 H.R. 10, Wrong Choice Act H.R. 238, CFTC Reauthorization H.R. 274, Modernizing Government Travel Act H.R. 378, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act H.R. 396, the Tax Accountability Act H.R. 559, removal of federal employees for performance and misconduct H.R. 653, federal intern protection act H.R. 657, follow the rules act S. 276, follow the rules act H.R. 702, federal employee anti-discrimination act H.R. 757, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act S. 255, Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act H.R. 861, abolish EPA H.R. 914, Promote American Worker's Act H.R. 964, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 424,Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 990, no hiring freeze at DoD depots or centers for industrial and technical excellence H.R. 1001, no hiring freeze for veterans H.R. 1006, A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement S. 349,A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement H.R. 1022, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees S. 362, 6 weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees H.R. 1031, abolish consumer protection H.R. 1057, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 S. 372, Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2017 or the STOP Act of 2017 H.R. 1132, two year prohibition on civil service position for any political employee H.R. 1259, the VA Accountability First Act H.R. 1339, freedom from government competition S. 506, freedom from government competition H.R. 1452, no payments allowed for lodging at Presidential hotels H.R. 1529, prohibit Treasury Secretary from using extraordinary measures to prevent reaching debt limit H.R. 1560, add death of son or daughter to FMLA H.R. 1561, no hiring freeze at NIH or CDC H.R. 1599, no performance awards to IRS employees who owe taxes H.R. 1694, additional entities covered by FDA H.R. 1716, no hiring freeze at EPA H.R. 1878, no hiring freeze at SBA H.R. 1905, prohibiting applicant's disclosure of criminal history for employment H.R. 2171, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2017 H.R. 2195, OSC Access Act H.R. 2196, To Amend Title 5, United States Code, to Allow Whistleblowers to Disclose Information to Certain Recipients H.R. 2213, Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act H.R. 2229, All Circuit Review Act H.R. 2283, DHS Morale, Recognition, Learning and Engagement Act H.R. 2583, to Establish a NPS Legacy Restoration Fund H.R. 2623, to Provide a Method by which the Economic Cost of Significant Regulatory Actions may be offset by the Repeal of other Regulatory Actions H.R. 2626, Strong Visa Integrity Secures America Act H.R. 2810, National Defense Authorization Act S. 1519, National Defense Authorization Act H.R. 2825, DHS Authorization Act H.R. 2831, Maritime Security Coordination Act H.R. 2846, Federal Agency Customer Experience H.R. 3020, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 H.R. 3026, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 3031, TSP Modernization Act S. 873, TSP Modernization Act of 2017 H.R. 3042, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act S. 585, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act H.R. 3097, to Amend Title 2 of the Social Security Act to Prohibit Credit for Service of a Federal Annuity to Employees of the SSA for Certain Violations H.R. 3167, to Provide that, in the Event that the Secretary of the Treasury Estimates that the Debt Ceiling will be Reached, the Secretary can Issue GDP-linked Bonds, and for other Purposes H.R. 3200, Taxpayer-funded Pension Disclosure Act H.R. 3220, Preserving Taxpayers' Rights Act H.R. 3244, to Provide for Annual Surveys of Federal Employees H.R. 3257, to Promote Accountability and Government Efficiency Act H.R. 3269, the Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act H.R. 3403, to Provide for an Interagency Cyber Victim Coordinator H.R. 3428, to Establish a Website for Federal Government Apps H.R. 3436, Southwest Border Security Threat Assessment Act of 2017 H.R. 3474, Border Security and Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 3548, the Border Security for America Act H.R. 3551, C-TPAT Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R. 3631, to Provide Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education H.R. 3737, to Provide for a Study on the Use of Social Media in Security Clearance Investigations H.R. 3879, the taxpayers DIME Act S. Res 51, recognizing the contributions of federal employees S. 105, restructure CFPB S. 320, Abolish Consumer Protection S. 576, extend protection against prohibited personnel practices S. 578, agencies must make decisions based on science S. 582, reauthorizing OSC S. 595, Boots on the Border Act of 2017 S. 634, reductions in direct cost of Federal regulations must equal increase in debt ceiling S. 696, Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act S. 708, International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology Act or the INTERDICT Act H.R. 2142, the INTERDICT Act S. 716, increase in the debt limit must equal spending cuts S. 760, to Expand the Government's Use and Administration of Data S. 842, to Prohibit Federal Agencies and Federal Contractors from Requesting Criminal History Record Information before Offering Employment S. 861, Federal Employee Fair Treatment Act S. 1088, Federal Agency Customer Experience Act of 2017 S. 1218, to Promote Federal Employment for Veterans S. 1305, CBP Hire Act S. 1757, the Building America's Trust Act S. 1830, a Bill to Strengthen Cost Savings Suggestions Programs S. 1846 and H.R. 3693, a Bill to Repeal the Debt Ceiling S. 1869, to Reauthorize and Rename the Position of Whistleblower Ombudsman S. 1880 and H.R. 3848, to Reform our Government, Reduce the Grip of Special Interests and Return Democracy to the American People S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017 S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017 S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017
2017 · second_quarter · Government Issues
Procurement-related amendments to FY17 and FY18 National Defense Authorization Act (also BUD issue) NLRB & DOL-related amendments to the FY17 and FY18 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (also BUD & LBR issue) Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act (H.R.26/S.21) Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017 (H.R.469/S.119) Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act, H.R.998) Other federal procurement process issues impacting the construction industry (reverse auctions, design build, change orders) Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2017 (H.R.1339/S.506) Fair and Open Competition Act (H.R.1552, also LBR issue) Small Business Know-Before-You-Bid Construction Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R.2350) (also SMB issue) Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2017 (H.R.2594) (also SMB issue)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), White House Office
| Republican |
| MN |
| Jeff Duncan | Republican | SC |
| Jim Banks | Republican | IN |
| Jody B. Hice | Republican | GA |
| John R. Moolenaar | Republican | MI |
| Kevin Cramer | Republican | ND |
| Mark Meadows | Republican | NC |
| Mike Coffman | Republican | CO |
| Mo Brooks | Republican | AL |
| Paul A. Gosar | Republican | AZ |
| Paul Mitchell | Independent | MI |
| Pete Sessions | Republican | TX |
| Rick W. Allen | Republican | GA |
| Rod Blum | Republican | IA |
| Scott DesJarlais | Republican | TN |
| Tim Walberg | Republican | MI |
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, President of the U.S., SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: $27,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Policy Development, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Government targets: Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry, Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, President of the U.S., SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: $27,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Policy Development, President of the U.S., SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, President of the U.S., SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: $27,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Federal Reserve System, Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, President of the U.S., SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: $270,676 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, President of the U.S., SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency, President of the U.S., SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Client expense: $228,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection