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Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
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Highlights This bill provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies. The bill includes both discretionary and mandatory funding. The HUD budget is primarily discretionary spending, and most of the DOT budget is mandatory spending, in the form of contract authority from the Highway Trust Fund. Full Summary Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2019 This title provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT). The title provides appropriations for the Office of the Secretary, including Salaries and Expenses; Research and Technology; National Infrastructure Investments (also known as BUILD grants); the National Surface Transportation and Innovative Finance Bureau; Financial Management Capital; Cyber Security Initiatives; the Office of Civil Rights; Transportation Planning, Research, and Development; the Working Capital Fund; the Minority Business Resource Center Program; Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization and Outreach; and Payments to Air Carriers. (Sec. 101) This section prohibits DOT from approving assessments or reimbursable agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the modal administrations in this bill except for activities underway on the date of enactment, unless the reprogramming process has been completed. (Sec. 102) This section requires DOT to (1) post on its website the schedule and agenda for all meetings of the Council on Credit and Finance, and (2) direct the council to record the decisions and actions of each meeting. (Sec. 103) This section permits DOT to use the Working Capital Fund to provide payments in advance and accept subsequent reimbursements from all federal agencies for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to carry out the federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit program. DOT must maintain a reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to government employees. The reserve may not exceed one month of benefits and may be used only for transit benefits. The title provides appropriations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for Operations; Facilities and Equipment; Research, Engineering, and Development; and Grants-In-Aid For Airports. Fund provided by this bill may not be used for new applicants for the second career training program, new unauthorized aviation user fees, or aeronautical charting and cartography activities through the Working Capital Fund. The title prohibits funds from being used to eliminate the Contract Weather Observers program at any airport. The title permits funds received from specified public, private, and foreign sources for expenses incurred in the provision of FAA services to be credited to the FAA Operations appropriations account. (Sec. 110) This section limits technical staff-years under the federally funded research and development center contract between the FAA and the Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development. (Sec. 111) This section prohibits the FAA from requiring airport sponsors to provide the FAA without cost building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in sponsor-owned buildings for air traffic control, air navigation, or weather reporting. The prohibition does not apply to negotiations between the FAA and airport sponsors to achieve agreement on "below-market" rates for these items or to grant assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost to the FAA for air traffic control facilities. (Sec. 112) This section permits the FAA to reimburse amounts made available from certain fees to carry out the Essential Air Service program, which was established to ensure that small communities have a minimum level of air service. (Sec. 113) This section permits amounts collected by the FAA for providing technical assistance to foreign aviation authorities to be credited to the Operations account. (Sec. 114) This section prohibits the FAA from paying Sunday premium pay except if an individual worked on a Sunday. (Sec. 115) This section prohibits the FAA from using funds provided by this bill to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate using a government-issued credit card. (Sec. 116) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for retention bonuses for FAA employees without prior approval of the Assistant Secretary for Administration of DOT. (Sec. 117) This section requires the FAA, upon the request of an owner or operator, to block the display of the owner's or operator's aircraft registration number in the Aircraft Situational Display to Industry program. (Sec. 118) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to pay the salaries and expenses of more than eight political and presidential FAA appointees. (Sec. 119) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to increase fees for navigation products until the FAA provides Congress with a justification for all fees for aeronautical navigation products and explains how the fees are consistent with Executive Order 13642 (Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information). (Sec. 119A) This section requires the FAA to notify Congress prior to closing a regional operations center or reducing the services it provides. (Sec. 119B) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. (Sec. 119C) This section prohibits the FAA from withholding consideration and approval of any new application for participation in the Contract Tower Program, including applications from cost-share program participants, if the tower meets the criteria included in the FAA report titled "Establishment and Discontinuance Criteria for Airport Traffic Control Towers." (Sec. 119D) This section specifies restrictions and requirements for FAA actions to limit the use of an Organization Designation Authorization's (ODA's) delegated functions documented in its procedures manual on a type certification project. (Under the ODA program, the FAA may delegate to a private person a matter related to issuing certificates or the examination, testing, and inspection necessary to issue a certificate on behalf of the FAA.) (Sec. 119E) This section requires the FAA to permit intermittent large cargo air carriers to land in remote areas using a mix of available local meteorological weather reports, in place of National Weather Service forecast reports where they do not provide weather coverage. (Sec. 119F) This section allows the transfer of funds from the Grants-in-Aid for Airports account to reimburse certain airports and providers of general aviation ground support services impacted by temporary flight restrictions for any residence of the President that is designated or identified to be secured by the Secret Service. The funds may not be obligated or distributed until an independent audit is completed. (Sec. 119G) This section requires the FAA to report to Congress on the implementation of NextGen at commercial service airports in the United States. (NextGen is a program to modernize and improve the efficiency of the national airspace system, primarily by migrating to satellite-based navigation and aircraft tracking.) The title provides (1) funding from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for Administrative Expenses and Federal-Aid Highways, and (2) appropriations for Highway Infrastructure Programs. (Most of DOT's budget is mandatory budget authority rather than discretionary budget authority. The mandatory budget authority is primarily in the form of contract authority derived from the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Contract authority is the authority to obligate funds in advance of an appropriation Act. Spending from the HTF is determined both by authorization bill and appropriations bills. Authorization bills provide contract authority for highway programs, and appropriations bills include obligation limitations that determine how much of the contract authority may be used in a given year.) (Sec. 120) This section specifies allocations and requirements for distributing obligation authority from the HTF among federal-aid highway programs. (Sec. 121) This section credits funds received by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products to the Federal-Aid Highways account to reimburse the bureau for expenses. (Sec. 122) This section requires DOT to (1) provide an informal public notice and comment opportunity prior to waiving the Buy America requirement for federal-aid highway projects, and (2) report to Congress annually on waivers. (Sec. 123) This section requires DOT to notify Congress prior to providing credit assistance under the Transportation Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, which provides credit to finance surface transportation projects of national and regional significance. (Sec. 124) This section requires DOT to notify Congress 60 days in advance before making grants for nationally significant freight and highway projects (FASTLANE grants). (Sec. 125) This section permits states to repurpose certain highway project funding to be used within 50 miles of its original designation. The title provides funding from the HTF to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for (1) Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs, and (2) Motor Carrier Safety Grants. (Sec. 130) This section directs the FMCSA to require certain Mexican motor carriers to meet specified safety requirements when applying to operate beyond U.S. municipalities and commercial zones on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Sec. 131) This section requires the FMCSA to send notice of violations of certain safety procedures and regulations that could require expedited safety audits, compliance reviews, or corrective actions using certified mail, registered mail, or another manner of delivery that records the receipt of the notice by the persons responsible for the violation. (Sec. 132) This section requires the FMCSA, to the maximum extent practicable, to ensure the safe and timely completion of the flexible sleeper berth pilot program The title provides appropriations to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for Operations and Research. It also provides funding from the HTF to NHTSA for Operations and Research and Highway Traffic Safety Grants. (Sec. 140) This section provides additional funding to NHTSA for travel and related expenses associated with state management reviews and core competency development training for highway safety staff. (Sec. 141) This section exempts from the current fiscal year's obligation limitation for NHTSA programs any obligation authority that was made available in previous public laws and has not lapsed or been used. (Sec. 142) This section provides additional appropriations for NHTSA to continue, in collaboration with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), a high visibility enforcement paid-media campaign regarding highway-rail grade crossing safety. The title provides appropriations to the FRA for Safety and Operations, Railroad Research and Development, the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program, the Federal-State Partnership for State Of Good Repair, Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements, Restoration and Enhancement, Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), and National Network Grants to Amtrak. (Sec. 150) This section limits overtime for Amtrak employees. It also (1) permits Amtrak to waive the limit for specific employees due to safety or operational efficiency reasons, and (2) requires Amtrak to report to Congress on waivers granted and overtime payments incurred. (Sec. 151) This section expresses the sense of Congress that long-distance passenger rail routes (1) provide much-needed transportation access and are particularly important in rural area, and (2) should be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National Network. The title provides appropriations to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for Administrative Expenses, Transit Infrastructure Grants, Technical Assistance and Training, Capital Investment Grants, and Grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. The title also provides funding from the HTF to the FTA for Transit Formula Grants. (Sec. 160) This section exempts previously made transit obligations from limitations on obligations. (Sec. 161) This section permits funds appropriated before October 1, 2018, that remain available for expenditure to be transferred from older accounts to new accounts with similar current activities. (Sec. 162) This section rescinds specified funds that were provided for the Transit Formula Grants account for FY2005 or prior fiscal years. (Sec. 163) This section prohibits the FTA from using funds provided by this bill to implement or further certain new policies for the Capital Investment Grants program. The title provides appropriations to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation for Operations and Maintenance. The title provides appropriations for the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the Maritime Security Program, Operations and Training, State Maritime Academy Operations, Assistance to Small Shipyards, Ship Disposal, and the Maritime Guaranteed Loan (Title XI) Program Account. (Sec. 170) This section permits MARAD to furnish utilities and services and make repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving government property under the control of MARAD. Rental payments received pursuant to this provision must be credited to the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. The title provides appropriations to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for Operational Expenses, Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline Safety, and Emergency Preparedness Grants. The title provides appropriations to the Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 180) This section permits DOT to use funds for maintenance and operation of aircraft, hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft, insurance for motor vehicles operating in foreign countries, and uniforms. DOT may use funds for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned aircraft systems that advance DOT's, or its operating administrations' missions. Any unmanned aircraft system purchased or procured by DOT prior to the enactment of this bill is deemed to be authorized. (Sec. 181) This section permits DOT to use funds provided by this bill for the employment of temporary or intermittent experts and consultants if the rates do not exceed the rate for an Executive Level IV. (Sec. 182) This section prohibits recipients of funds provided by this bill from releasing certain personal information and photographs from a driver's license or motor vehicle record without the consent of the affected individual. It also prohibits DOT from withholding funds for any grantee if a state is not in compliance with this provision. (Sec. 183) This section prohibits (1) funds provided by this bill from being used for more than 110 DOT presidential and political appointees, and (2) any of the appointees from being assigned on temporary detail outside of DOT. (Sec. 184) This section permits funds received by the FHWA and the FRA from states or other private or public sources for training expenses to be credited to specified agency accounts, subject to an exception for state rail safety inspectors participating in certain training required under current law. (Sec. 185) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for certain loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, or grants unless DOT notifies Congress at least three business days in advance of announcing competitively selected projects. DOT must provide concurrent notification to Congress regarding any ''quick release'' of funds from the FHWA's Emergency Relief Program. (The program provides funding for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways and roads on federal lands which have suffered serious damage as a result of natural disasters or catastrophic failures from an external cause.) DOT must provide a comprehensive list of all loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, and discretionary grants that will be announced with a three-day advance notice to Congress. (Sec. 186) This section permits rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, and other funds received by DOT from travel management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources to be credited to DOT appropriations and allocated to elements of DOT using fair and equitable criteria. (Sec. 187) This section permits DOT to use amounts recovered from improper payments to a third party contractor for expenses incurred in the recovery. (Sec. 188) This section requires reprogramming action notifications to be transmitted to and approved or denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. (Sec. 189) This section permits funds provided by this bill for modal administrations to be obligated to the Office of the Secretary for assessments or reimbursable agreements only if the funds provide a direct benefit to the applicable modal administration. (Sec. 190) This section permits DOT to set uniform standards for developing and supporting agency transit passes and transit benefits. (Sec. 191) This section prohibits the use of funds for any geographic, economic, or other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, unless certain requirements are met related to availability of local labor, displacement of existing employees, and delays in transportation plans. (Sec. 192) This section requires DOT to report to Congress on efforts to engage with local communities, metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transportation commissions on advancing data and intelligent transportation systems technologies and other smart cities solutions. (Sec. 193) This section requires DOT to consult with the Army Corps of Engineers to identify any existing authorities and any additional authorities that may be needed to leverage funds from DOT programs for purposes of inland waterway project costs. (Sec. 194) This section prohibits DOT from using funds to enforce or require the enforcement of certain vehicle weight limitations if specified segments of the William H. Natcher Parkway and the Julian M. Carroll (Purchase) Parkway in Kentucky are designated as routes of the Interstate System. (Sec. 195) This section prohibits DOT from using funds to enforce certain requirements for the use of electronic logging devices with respect to operators of commercial motor vehicles transporting livestock or insects. (Sec. 196) This section prohibits the FTA from using funds to procure rolling stock for use in public transportation if the manufacturer of the rolling stock is incorporated in or has manufacturing facilities in the United States and receives support from the government of a country that is identified as a nonmarket economy country, was identified by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) as a priority foreign country, and is subject to monitoring by the USTR under the Trade Act of 1974. TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 This title provides FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The title provides appropriations for Management and Administration, including for Executive Offices and Administrative Support Offices. The title provides appropriations for Program Office Salaries and Expenses, including Public and Indian Housing, Community Planning and Development, Housing, Policy Development and Research, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. HUD may transfer specified funds provided by this title for salaries and expenses to the Working Capital Fund to fund centralized activities. The title provides appropriations for Public and Indian Housing, including Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, the Housing Certificate Fund, the Public Housing Capital Fund, the Public Housing Operating Fund, the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, Native American Housing Block Grants, the Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Fund Program Account, and the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant. The title provides appropriations for Community Planning and Development, including Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, the Community Development Fund, the Community Development Loan Guarantees Program Account, the Home Investment Partnerships Program, the Self-Help and Assisted Home Ownership Opportunity Program, and Homeless Assistance Grants. The title provides appropriations for Housing Programs, including Project-Based Rental Assistance, Housing for the Elderly, Housing for Persons with Disabilities, Housing Counseling Assistance, Rental Housing Assistance, and Payment to the Manufactured Housing Fees Trust Fund. The title provides appropriations and establishes limits on loan commitments for the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which includes (1) the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Program Account, and (2) the General and Special Risk Program Account. The title provides appropriations and establishes limits on loan commitments for the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae). The title provides appropriations to HUD for Policy Development and Research, Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes, the Information Technology Fund, and the Office of Inspector General. (Sec. 201) This section requires 50% of the funds that are recaptured from the refinancing of state or locally financed projects under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 to be rescinded or, in the case of cash, remitted to the Treasury. Funds that are not rescinded or returned to the Treasury must be used by state housing finance agencies or local governments for certain projects approved by HUD. HUD may award up to 15% of the funds that are recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to refinance projects at lower interest rates. (Sec. 202) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise lawful activities, including the filing or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action to achieve or prevent action by a government entity or a court. (Sec. 203) This section requires any grant, cooperative agreement, or other assistance made pursuant to this title to be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with provisions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 regarding HUD accountability. (Sec. 204) This section permits specified funds to be used, without regard to limitations on administrative expenses, for (1) legal services; and (2) payment for services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Ginnie Mae, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks, Federal Home Loan banks, and any bank insured under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act. (Sec. 205) This section prohibits HUD appropriations from being used for any program, project, or activity in excess of amounts included in the budget estimates submitted to Congress, unless otherwise provided by this bill or through reprogramming. (Sec. 206) This section permits HUD corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act to utilize funds and make contracts and commitments, without regard to fiscal year limitations and subject to specified restrictions, to implement the FY2019 budget. (Sec. 207) This section requires HUD to provide quarterly reports to Congress regarding uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured, and excess funds for each program and activity. (Sec. 208) This section requires the President's budget request and HUD's congressional budget justifications to use the same account and sub-account structure included in this bill. (Sec. 209) This section exempts Ginnie Mae from certain requirements of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. (Sec. 210) This section permits HUD to authorize the transfer of project-based assistance, debt, and low-income and very low-income use restrictions associated with a multifamily housing project from obsolete or economically nonviable housing to a viable project if no additional costs are incurred and other specified conditions are met. (Sec. 211) This section sets forth eligibility requirements for section 8 housing assistance vouchers. (Sec. 212) This section requires Native American Housing Block Grant funds to be distributed to the same Native Alaskans that received funds in FY2005. (Sec. 213) This section sets forth requirements for HUD regarding the managing and disposing of any multifamily housing property that is held or owned by HUD. The section also specifies requirements for maintaining any rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. (Sec. 214) This section permits Community Development Loan Guarantee funds to be used to guarantee notes or other obligations issued by any state on behalf of its non-entitlement communities. (Sec. 215) This section permits certain public housing agencies (PHAs) that own and operate 400 or fewer public housing units to elect to be exempt from asset management requirements imposed by HUD in connection with the operating fund rule. (Sec. 216) This section prohibits HUD from using public housing funds to impose any requirement or guideline relating to asset management that restricts or limits the use of capital funds for central office costs, up to the limits established in the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998. (Sec. 217) This section prohibits the designation of a HUD official or employee as an allotment holder unless the Chief Financial Officer has determined that the employee has (1) implemented an adequate system of funds control, and (2) received training in funds control procedures and directives. The Chief Financial Officer must ensure that there is a trained allotment holder for each HUD appropriations under specified accounts. (Sec. 218) This section requires HUD to publish on the Internet all competitively awarded Notices of Funding Availability for FY2019. (Sec. 219) This section sets forth limitations and reporting requirements for the payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation. (Sec. 220) This section sets forth requirements for transferring and reprogramming funds within specified HUD Administrative Support Office and Program Office Salaries and Expenses accounts. (Sec. 221) This section requires HUD to take specified actions against owners who are receiving rental subsidies and do not maintain safe properties. (Sec. 222) This section limits compensation for PHA officials and employees. (Sec. 223) This section requires HUD to notify Congress at least three business days before announcing the recipients of grant awards. (Sec. 224) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to require or enforce the Physical Needs Assessment (PNA). (Sec. 225) This section prohibits the FHA, Ginnie Mae, or HUD from using funds provided by this bill to finance mortgages for properties that have been subject to eminent domain condemnation or seizure by a state, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state. (Sec. 226) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a metropolitan city with respect to community development grants under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. (Sec. 227) This section permits funds that are provided to the HUD Office of Policy Development and Research for research, evaluation, and statistical purposes and that are unexpended at the completion of a contract, grant or cooperative agreement to be used for additional research, subject to reprogramming requirements. (Sec. 228) This section prohibits funds from being used for awards, including performance, special act, or spot, for HUD employees who have been subject to administrative discipline in FY2018 or FY2019, including suspension from work. (Sec. 229) This section permits HUD to use funds provided for Homeless Assistance Grants to participate in the multiagency Performance Partnerships Pilots program on a limited basis. (Sec. 230) This section permits costs paid by the program income of grant recipients to count toward the recipient's matching requirements for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 Continuum of Care funds. (The program awards project sponsors or unified funding agencies competitive grants focused on addressing the long-term housing and services needs of homeless individuals and families.) (Sec. 231) This section permits HUD to use funds provided by this bill for Homeless Assistance Grants to award one-year grants to transition from one Continuum of Care program component to another. (The program awards project sponsors or unified funding agencies competitive grants focused on addressing the long-term housing and services needs of homeless individuals and families.) No more than 50% of each transition grant may be used for the costs of eligible activities of the program component originally funded. (Sec. 232) This section prohibits HUD from using funds provided by this bill to direct a grantee to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying out the final rule titled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" or the notice entitled "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool." (Sec. 233) This section prohibits provisions of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act regarding the expiration of the right to draw funds from applying to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 under current law. (Sec. 234) This section maintains existing Promise Zone designations and agreements. (Sec. 235) This section requires HUD to review public housing and tenant-based rental assistance regulations, related notices, and other guidance documents to identify opportunities to streamline the administration of the programs while also ensuring compliance with financial and internal control requirements. It also requires HUD to establish a regulatory advisory committee to advise HUD on specific policy proposals to reduce the administrative burden. (Sec. 236) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to establish and apply a ranking factor in the selection and award of any funds made available and requiring competitive selection under this bill, including preference, bonus points, or other incentives for participation in or coordination with EnVision Centers. (Sec. 237) This section requires HUD to continue to engage in, and report to Congress on, efforts authorized by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 to ensure that survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault are not unlawfully evicted or denied housing by certain landlords based on their experience as survivors. (Sec. 238) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to provide housing assistance benefits to any individual who is convicted of aggravated sexual abuse, murder, or any other federal or state offense involving child pornography or severe forms of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking. TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES This title provides FY2019 appropriations to the Access Board, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Amtrak Office of Inspector General, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, the Surface Transportation Board, and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT (Sec. 401) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to compensate or pay the expenses of non-federal parties intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings funded in this bill. (Sec. 402) This section prohibits transfers of funds to other appropriations or obligations beyond the current fiscal year, unless expressly permitted in this bill. (Sec. 403) This section limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts where the expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, unless otherwise provided by law or an executive order. (Sec. 404) This section prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for employee training not specifically related to the performance of official duties. (Sec. 405) This section specifies procedures, restrictions, and reporting requirements for the reprogramming of funds provided by this bill. (Sec. 406) This section permits up to 50% of unobligated balances remaining at the end of FY2019 from appropriations for salaries and expenses to remain available through FY2020, subject to congressional approval and reprogramming guidelines. (Sec. 407) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for any project that seeks to use eminent domain unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use. (Sec. 408) This section prohibits the transfer of funds provided by this bill to a department, agency, or instrumentality of the U.S. government unless the transfer is pursuant to an appropriations Act. (Sec. 409) This section prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to permanently replace an employee intent on returning to his or her previous occupation after completing military service. (Sec. 410) This section requires expenditures of funds provided by this bill to comply with the Buy American Act. (Sec. 411) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being made available to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act. (Sec. 412) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to purchase first class or premium airline travel in violation of specified federal travel regulations. (Sec. 413) This section prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to approve a new foreign air carrier permit or exemption application if the approval would contravene U.S. law or specified provisions of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement. (Sec. 414) This section restricts the number of employees that agencies funded in this bill may send to international conferences. (Sec. 415) This section limits Surface Transportation Board fees for the filing of rate or practice complaints. (Sec. 416) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to purchase new light-duty vehicles, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum- Federal Fleet Performance, which establishes requirements for purchasing alternative fueled vehicles. (Sec. 417) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for a computer network unless pornography is blocked, with an exception for law enforcement, prosecution, or adjudication activities. (Sec. 418) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to deny an Inspector General (IG) timely access to any records, documents, or other materials available to the department or agency over which that IG has responsibilities, or to prevent or impede that IG's access. Each IG must comply with (1) specified statutory limitations on disclosure of the information provided, and (2) reporting requirements regarding violations of this section. (Sec. 419) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to pay award or incentive fees for contractors whose performance is below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of a contract unless specified requirements are met. (Sec. 420) This section prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to acquire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-impact or moderate-impact information system unless the agency acquiring the system meets certain requirements for reviews, assessments, reports, and mitigation strategies for risks. (Sec. 421) This section specifies that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding division D (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019) of H.R. 21 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019) has the same effect, with respect to this bill, as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a conference committee. (Sec. 422) This section compensates federal employees furloughed as a result of a lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018, and ended upon the enactment of this bill. It also ratifies and approves certain obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations made and the authority granted by this bill. (Sec. 423) This section reimburses or compensates certain states, federal grantees, and furloughed state employees for any period in FY2019 in which a lapse in appropriations occurs.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 244 - 180 (Roll no. 23). (text: CR H398-420)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 244 - 180 (Roll no. 23).(text: CR H398-420)
HouseOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 228 (Roll no. 22).
HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H437-438)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Diaz-Balart motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Diaz-Balart demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
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2020 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 748 CARES Act H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act **Issues lobbied without specific bill number: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021
Client expense: $1,710,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 748 CARES Act H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act **Issues lobbied without specific bill number: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 7617 Appropriations Package H.R. 8319 Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions H.R. 8337 Continuing Appropriations Act H.R. 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 6395 Military Activity Appropriations H.R. 8900 Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions
Client expense: $1,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 748 CARES Act H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act **Issues lobbied without specific bill number: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 7617 Appropriations Package H.R. 8319 Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions H.R. 8337 Continuing Appropriations Act
Client expense: $1,570,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · second_quarter · Chemicals/Chemical Industry
H.R. 267, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019; H.R. 535, PFAS Action Act of 2019; H.R. 748, CARES Act; H.R. 1152, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1159 IMAGINE Act; H.R. 1567, Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019; H.R. 1603, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019; H.R. 1863, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; H.R. 1976, PFAS Detection Act of 2019; H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019; H.R. 2102, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which they were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other per; and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for those veterans and members of the reserve components, and for other purposes; H.R. 2195, PFAS Registry Act of 2019; H.R. 2377, Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act; H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020; H.R. 2533, A bill to assist community water systems affected by PFAS contamination, and for other purposes; H.R. 2566, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other purposes; H.R. 2570, PFAS User Fee Act; H.R. 2577, PFAS Right-To-Know Act; H.R. 2591, A bill to prohibit the waste incineration of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; H.R. 2596, protecting communities from New PFAS Act; H.R. 2600, Toxic PFAS Control Act; H.R. 2605, Prevent Release of Toxics Emissions, Contamination, and Transfer Act of 2019; H.R. 2608, PFAS Testing Act; H.R. 2626, PFAS Accountability Act; H.R. 2638, A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS, and for other purposes; H.R. 2647, SOFFA; H.R. 2740, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 2800, PFAS Monitoring Act; H.R. 2827, Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act; H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 3616, Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2019; H.R. 4088, Superfund Reinvestment Act; H.R. 4295, Protect Our Military Children Act; H.R. 4636, Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for International Cleaner Seas Act; H.R. 4687, SMART Infrastructure Act; H.R. 5115, RECOVER Act; H.R. 5544, American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019; H.R. 5845, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020; H.R. 5906, Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2020; H.R. 6160, To extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act; H.R. 6395, William M. Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021; H.R. 7228; Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Act; H.R. 7528; To limit the civil liability of persons for the spread or possible transmission of SARS-COV-2 caused by an act or omission while acting in good faith during the COVID-19 emergency period, and for other purposes; S. 403, IMAGINE Act; S. 458, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; S. 483, Pesticide Registration Improvement Act; S. 638, PFAS Action Act of 2019; S. 675, Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019; S. 717, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019; S. 766, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019; S. 858, Protecting Military Firefighters from PFAS Act; S. 950, PFAS Detection Act of 2019; S. 999, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019; S. 1023, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which they were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other per; and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for those veterans and members of the reserve components, and for other purposes; S. 1038, A bill to strengthen highway funding in the near term, to offer States additional financing tools, and for other purposes; S. 1105, PFAS Registry Act of 2019; S. 1215, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020; S. 1251, Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019; S. 1341, SOFFA; S. 1372, PFAS Accountability Act; S. 1473, Protect drinking water from PFAS Act of 2019; S. 1507, PFAS Release Disclosure Act; S. 1534, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of quantum computing technology to address problems associated with exposure to PFAS, and for other purposes; S. 1790, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020; S. 2353, Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act of 2019; S. 2754, American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019; S. 2941, Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2020; S. 3263, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020; S. 3480, PFAS Testing and Treatment Act of 2020; S. 3415, Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal Family Care Act; S. 3475, COVID-19 Health CARE Worker Protection Act of 2020; S. 3499, Free COVID-19 Testing Act; S. 3506, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act of 2020; S. 3548, CARES Act; S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021; FY2021 House Interior Appropriations bill; FY2021 Appropriations of House efforts to address congressional plastics use, bans, alternatives and advanced recycling efforts; Unintroduced recycling infrastructure legislation; Unintroduced Plastics Ban Bill; Alternative Fuel Tax Assessment; Antimicrobials; Bisphenol-A; Building and Construction water infrastructure; Chemical Assessment; Chemical Deselection Policies; Chemical Industry as critical infrastructure; Chemical Safety Board; Chemistry Caucus; Chlorinated Paraffins; Chlorine; Corona virus agency response; Covid-19 Stimulus; CPSC, including Phthalates, Flame Retardants, Nominations, and CHAP; Design for the Environment; Energy Recovery; Enforcement guidance during COVID-19; EPA Nominations; FDA product registrations during COVID-19; Flame Retardants; Fluorotechnology including PFOA/PFOS/PFAS; Formaldehyde; Hexavalent Chromium; Infrastructure Procurement Policy and Innovative Materials; Integrated Risk Information System; International Agency for Research of Cancer, including Report on Carcinogens; Labeling and Packaging, including GMOs; Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act Implementation (LCSA) and regulations; Mass balance certification; Microbeads; Microplastics; Nanotechnology; National Environmental Policy Act; NIOSH studies; OSHA (Chemical Concentrations, Process Safety); Permitting Reform, PFAS, including EPA Action Plan; Phthalates; Plastics, including Plastics Recycling; Portland Cement Associations NHSM Petition; Risk Assessment Improvements; Science Advisory Board; Sustainability including report on innovation and Research and Development; Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure Act; Styrene; T-TIP, MTB and Trade Promotion Authority; Titanium Dioxide
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Diaz-Balart motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to increase the Public and Indian Housing Tenant-Based Rental Assistance account by $71 million and to decrease the Information Technology Fund account by a similar amount.
Mr. Diaz-Balart moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H438)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 267.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 264, H.R. 265, H.R. 266 and H.R. 267. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rule provides one hour of debate, orders the previous question, and allows one motion to commit on each bill. The rule waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of January 15, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 28. (consideration: CR H398-429)
Rule H. Res. 28 passed House.
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 28 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 264, H.R. 265, H.R. 266 and H.R. 267. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rule provides one hour of debate, orders the previous question, and allows one motion to commit on each bill. The rule waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of January 15, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| HJRES 31 |
116th |
| Related bill |
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Railroads
Issues related to FAST Act reauthorization; Issues related to truck size and weight; Issues related to modal equity, transportation funding, and user fees; Issues related to safety technology - including positive train control, air brake testing, continuous rail testing, and safety pilot programs; Issues related to rail operations and service; Issues related to rail crossings and Section 130 funding; Issues related to automation; Issues related to passenger rail service and high speed rail; Issues related to rail labor; Issues related to hours of service requirements for railroad response vehicles; Issues related to hours of service for maintenance of way employees; H.R. 1748 Safe Freight Act; H.R. 267 THUD Appropriations; S. 713 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act; RAILS Act; S1979 Safe Freight Act; S2520 THUD Appropriations; Issues related to demurrage and accessorial fees; issues related to rail economic regulation. HR1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act. H.R. 6074 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Act H.R. 6021 Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748/S. 3548 CARES Act / 3.5 Stimulus Issues related to railroad unemployment benefits, Railroad Retirement Board HR2 - Invest Act / Moving America Forward - Rail title, section 130 grade crossing funding Legislation to transfer NPS land for second commuter rail Long Bridge project, Issues Related to railroad right of way in regards to the deployment of Broadband. H.R. 3896 Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations with Mexico Act S. 2922 Rail Passenger Fairness Act H.R. 6223 to address blocked crossings H.R. 6224 Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act H.R. 6225 Every Person Deserves Peace and Quiet Act S. 3463 Warren Cowles Grade Crossing Safety Act H.R. 2449 Railroad Yardmaster Protection Act H.R. 6066 Passenger Train Safety Act H.R. 5908 Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act S. 2302 Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act H.R. 7302, The Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act.
Client expense: $478,868 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2020 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 748 CARES Act H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act **Issues lobbied without specific bill number: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021
Client expense: $2,090,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 265: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs House H.R. 648: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 748: CARES Act - Provisions related to Part B, Part D, vaccines, transparency, and transportation H.R. 1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 1865: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 2401: American Cures Act - Provisions related to biomedical research funding H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2745: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - VA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3055: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Medicare funding H.R. 6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to biomedical research and prescription drug pricing provisions related to vaccine reimbursement H.R. 6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Provisions related to Medicare funding H.R. 6373: To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic, and for other purposes - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act and medical devices H.R. 6379: Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act - Provisions related to supplemental appropriations and federal health programs H. Res. 28: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 264) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 265) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 266) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. H. Res. 293: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020 H. Res. 436: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes H. Res. 4455: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019 S. 1215: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 1250: American Cures Act - Provisions related to biomedical research funding S. 2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs S. 3161: National Biomedical Research Act - Provisions related to federal biomedical research funding S. 3370: Coronavirus Vaccine Act - Provisions related to NIH funding S. 3548: CARES Act - Provisions related to supplemental appropriations and federal health programs S. ___: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 748 CARES Act H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act **Issues lobbied without specific bill number: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021
Client expense: $1,600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 748 CARES Act H.R. 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act **Issues lobbied without specific bill number: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021
Client expense: $1,600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Chemicals/Chemical Industry
H.R. 267, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019; H.R. 535, PFAS Action Act of 2019; H.R. 748, CARES Act; H.R. 1152, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1159 IMAGINE Act; H.R. 1567, Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019; H.R. 1603, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019; H.R. 1863, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; H.R. 1976, PFAS Detection Act of 2019; H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019; H.R. 2102, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which they were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other per; and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for those veterans and members of the reserve components, and for other purposes; H.R. 2195, PFAS Registry Act of 2019; H.R. 2377, Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act; H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020; H.R. 2533, A bill to assist community water systems affected by PFAS contamination, and for other purposes; H.R. 2566, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other purposes; H.R. 2570, PFAS User Fee Act; H.R. 2577, PFAS Right-To-Know Act; H.R. 2591, A bill to prohibit the waste incineration of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; H.R. 2596, protecting communities from New PFAS Act; H.R. 2600, Toxic PFAS Control Act; H.R. 2605, Prevent Release of Toxics Emissions, Contamination, and Transfer Act of 2019; H.R. 2608, PFAS Testing Act; H.R. 2626, PFAS Accountability Act; H.R. 2638, A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS, and for other purposes; H.R. 2647, SOFFA H.R. 2740, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 2800, PFAS Monitoring Act; H.R. 2827, Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act; H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 3616, Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2019; H.R. 4088, Superfund Reinvestment Act; H.R. 4295, Protect Our Military Children Act; H.R. 4636, Partnering and Leveraging Assistance to Stop Trash for International Cleaner Seas Act; H.R. 4687, SMART Infrastructure Act; H.R. 5115, RECOVER Act; H.R. 5544, American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019; H.R. 5845, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020; H.R. 5906, Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2020; H.R. 6160, To extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 6201, Families Fist Coronavirus Response Act; S. 403, IMAGINE Act; S. 458, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; S. 483, Pesticide Registration Improvement Act; S. 638, PFAS Action Act of 2019; S. 675, Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019; S. 717, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019; S. 766, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019; S. 858, Protecting Military Firefighters from PFAS Act; S. 950, PFAS Detection Act of 2019; S. 999, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019; S. 1023, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which they were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other per; and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for those veterans and members of the reserve components, and for other purposes; S. 1038, A bill to strengthen highway funding in the near term, to offer States additional financing tools, and for other purposes; S. 1105, PFAS Registry Act of 2019; S. 1215, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020; S. 1251, Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019; S. 1341, SOFFA; S. 1372, PFAS Accountability Act; S. 1473, Protect drinking water from PFAS Act of 2019; S. 1507, PFAS Release Disclosure Act; S. 1534, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of quantum computing technology to address problems associated with exposure to PFAS, and for other purposes; S. 1790, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020; S. 2353, Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act of 2019; S. 2754, American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2019; S. 2941, Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education (RECYCLE) Act of 2020; S. 3263, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020; S. 3480, PFAS Testing and Treatment Act of 2020; S. 3415, Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal Family Care Act; S. 3475, COVID-19 Health CARE Worker Protection Act of 2020; S. 3499, Free COVID-19 Testing Act; S. 3506, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act of 2020; S. 3548, CARES Act; FY2019 Appropriations of Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies; FY2019 Appropriations of Department of Labor, Health and Human Services; FY2021 Appropriations of House efforts to address congressional plastics use, bans, alternatives and advanced recycling efforts; Unintroduced recycling infrastructure legislation; Unintroduced Plastics Ban Bill; Alternative Fuel Tax Assessment; Antimicrobials; Bisphenol-A; Building and Construction water infrastructure; Chemical Assessment; Chemical Deselection Policies; Chemical Industry as critical infrastructure; Chemical Safety Board; Chemistry Caucus; Chlorinated Paraffins; Chlorine; Corona virus agency response; CPSC, including Phthalates, Flame Retardants, Nominations, and CHAP; Design for the Environment; Energy Recovery; EPA Nominations; Flame Retardants; Fluorotechnology including PFOA/PFOS/PFAS; Formaldehyde; Hexavalent Chromium; Infrastructure Procurement Policy and Innovative Materials; Integrated Risk Information System; International Agency for Research of Cancer, including Report on Carcinogens; Labeling and Packaging, including GMOs; Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act Implementation (LCSA) and regulations; Microbeads; Microplastics; Nanotechnology; National Environmental Policy Act; NIOSH studies; OSHA (Chemical Concentrations, Process Safety); Permitting Reform, PFAS, including EPA Action Plan; Phthalates; Plastics, including Plastics Recycling; Portland Cement Associations NHSM Petition; Risk Assessment Improvements; Science Advisory Board; Sustainability including report on innovation and Research and Development; Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure Act; Styrene; T-TIP, MTB and Trade Promotion Authority; Titanium Dioxide
Client expense: $2,310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 265: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 648: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 748: CARES Act - Provisions related to Part B, Part D, vaccines, transparency, and transportation H.R. 1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 1865: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 2401: American Cures Act - Provisions related to biomedical research funding H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2745: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - VA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2922: Respond NOW Act - Provisions related to funding to address opioid crisis H.R. 2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3055: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Medicare funding H.R. 6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to biomedical research and prescription drug pricing H.R. 6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act - Provisions related to Medicare funding H.R. 6373: To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic, and for other purposes - Provisions related to the Defense Production Act and medical devices H.R. 6379: Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act - Provisions related to supplemental appropriations and federal health programs H. Res. 28: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 264) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 265) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 266) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. H. Res. 293: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020 H. Res. 436: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes H. Res. 4455: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019 S. 1215: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 1250: American Cures Act - Provisions related to biomedical research funding S. 2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs S. 3161: National Biomedical Research Act - Provisions related to federal biomedical research funding S. 3370: Coronavirus Vaccine Act - Provisions related to NIH funding S. 3548: CARES Act - Provisions related to supplemental appropriations and federal health programs S. ___: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
Client expense: $9,020,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · first_quarter · Railroads
Issues related to FAST Act reauthorization; Issues related to truck size and weight; Issues related to modal equity, transportation funding, and user fees; Issues related to safety technology - including positive train control, air brake testing, continuous rail testing, and safety pilot programs; Issues related to rail operations and service; Issues related to rail crossings and Section 130 funding; Issues related to automation; Issues related to passenger rail service and high speed rail; Issues related to rail labor; Issues related to hours of service requirements for railroad response vehicles; Issues related to hours of service for maintenance of way employees; H.R. 1748 Safe Freight Act; H.R. 267 THUD Appropriations; S. 713 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act; RAILS Act; S1979 Safe Freight Act; S2520 THUD Appropriations; Issues related to demurrage and accessorial fees; issues related to rail economic regulation. HR1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act. H.R. 6074 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Act H.R. 6021 Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748/S. 3548 CARES Act H.R. 3896 Protection of American Jobs in Cross-Border Rail Operations with Mexico Act S. 2922 Rail Passenger Fairness Act H.R. 6223 to address blocked crossings H.R. 6224 Building Much Needed Rail Grade Separations Act H.R. 6225 Every Person Deserves Peace and Quiet Act S. 3463 Warren Cowles Grade Crossing Safety Act H.R. 2449 Railroad Yardmaster Protection Act H.R. 6066 Passenger Train Safety Act H.R. 5908 Freight Infrastructure Reinvestment Act S. 2302 Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act
Client expense: $620,153 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.J.Res. 1 - Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. H.J.Res. 27 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.J.Res. 28 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 21 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 264 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 265 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 266 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 268 - Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 648 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 HR ___ - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 HR___ - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 HR___ - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 Pub.L. 116-6/H.J.Res. 31 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 S ___ - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 S ___ - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 S ___ - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 S. 572 - Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief, 2019 S. 811 - A bill to provide for additional supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, for border security and disaster relief.
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2020 Budget Resolution--lobbied against the President's FY 2020 budget. Lobbied in Senate and House to oppose any cuts to federal employee pay and benefits to offset increased defense spending. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring employees pay additional salary towards retirement,privatizing of airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on-the-job injuries. FY 2020 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied for additional funding of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, lobbied for retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in CIS related to investigating and adjudicating immigration rights benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer (TSO) full time equivalents (FTEs) and other personnel issues. FY 2020 Defense Appropriations--lobbied to clarify section 8012 carried over from FY 2019 Defense Appropriation. Section 8012 currently only prohibits managing the DoD civilian workforce to an End Strength. Clarification would return to prior language in earlier Defense Appropriations that prohibited managing the civilian workforce to arbitrary Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Caps. Clarification also returns to earlier Defense Appropriation language that would require the DoD civilian workforce to be solely managed based on workload, available funding and the total force management policies of section 129a of title 10. Clarification also would prohibit the sue of appropriated funds in reducing the civilian workforce absent an analysis of impacts on workload, fully burdened costs of the total force of military, civilian employee and contractor, and impacts on military force structure, readiness and stress on the All Volunteer Military. Clarification also would bar the sue of appropriated funds for inappropriate use of term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions. Lobbied to add a new policy enforcement provision that would restrict the use of appropriated funds unless the following statutory requirements were complied with: the contractor inventory statute in section 2330a of title 10; the contract services budget statute in section 235 of title 10, as well as the successor statute in section 2329 of title 10 for improved planning, programming and budgeting of contract services; as well as compliance with the requirement for standard total force management guidelines or checklists that comprehensively contain the full statutory definitions and restrictions against contracting inherently governmental functions, closely associated with inherently governmental functions, personal services lacking statutory authority, guards and firefighter positions in CONUS, publicity experts, interrogators, critical functions, including core logistics, and compliance with the moratorium against public-private competitions. This provision would be an enforcement mechanism against illegal direct conversions of government employee work to contract. FY 2020 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations--Lobbied for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements. FY 2020 Interior and Environmental Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs and proposed EPA spending cuts. Lobbied in support of HR 3582, the Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriation act for any fiscal year. FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural health care services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied against Administration proposal to close and transfer Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers. Lobbied for increased Social Security Administration funding and status of collective bargaining. FY 2020 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--lobbied to continue the government-wide moratorium against public-private competitions and to clarify that the moratorium also applies to any conversion of federal government employee jobs to contract performance, including through privatization o facilities and infrastructure, and is not just limited to prohibiting public-private competitions pursuant to OMB Circular A-76. FY 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees. FY 2020 Agriculture Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Lobbied against Administration's proposal to relocate and reorganize the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Lobbied against Administrations proposal to implement the New Swine Inspection System FY 2020 Energy and Water Appropriations--lobbied against any cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration. Lobbied against any limitation or elimination of official time to all appropriations bills. Lobbied for prohibition of realigning the Army Civilian Works program from Corps of engineers to Department of transportation and Department of Interior. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3351, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, to provide FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including Treasury, Executive office of the President, the Judiciary, DC, and several independent agencies. Lobbied in H.R. 3351 to prohibit the merger of OPM and GSA. Lobbied in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which provides FY 2019 appropriations to agencies responsible for regulating the financial, telecommunications, and consumer products industries; collecting taxes and assisting taxpayers; managing federal buildings and the federal workforce; and operating the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, and the District of Columbia. Lobbied in support of H.R. 265, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service, which is included in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The bill also provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Farm Credit Administration. Lobbied in support of H.R. 266, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY 2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. The bill provides annual appropriations for most of the Department of the Interior Lobbied in support of H.R. 267, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY 2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies. Lobbied in support of H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, providing FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY 2020 appropriations bills Lobbied in support of H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, providing FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 5 of the 12 regular FY 2020 appropriations bills
Client expense: $487,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2020 Budget Resolution--lobbied against the President's FY 2020 budget. Lobbied in Senate and House to oppose any cuts to federal employee pay and benefits to offset increased defense spending. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring employees pay additional salary towards retirement,privatizing of airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on-the-job injuries. FY 2020 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied for additional funding of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, lobbied for retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in CIS related to investigating and adjudicating immigration rights benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer (TSO) full time equivalents (FTEs) and other personnel issues. FY 2020 Defense Appropriations--lobbied to clarify section 8012 carried over from FY 2019 Defense Appropriation. Section 8012 currently only prohibits managing the DoD civilian workforce to an End Strength. Clarification would return to prior language in earlier Defense Appropriations that prohibited managing the civilian workforce to arbitrary Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Caps. Clarification also returns to earlier Defense Appropriation language that would require the DoD civilian workforce to be solely managed based on workload, available funding and the total force management policies of section 129a of title 10. Clarification also would prohibit the sue of appropriated funds in reducing the civilian workforce absent an analysis of impacts on workload, fully burdened costs of the total force of military, civilian employee and contractor, and impacts on military force structure, readiness and stress on the All Volunteer Military. Clarification also would bar the sue of appropriated funds for inappropriate use of term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions. Lobbied to add a new policy enforcement provision that would restrict the use of appropriated funds unless the following statutory requirements were complied with: the contractor inventory statute in section 2330a of title 10; the contract services budget statute in section 235 of title 10, as well as the successor statute in section 2329 of title 10 for improved planning, programming and budgeting of contract services; as well as compliance with the requirement for standard total force management guidelines or checklists that comprehensively contain the full statutory definitions and restrictions against contracting inherently governmental functions, closely associated with inherently governmental functions, personal services lacking statutory authority, guards and firefighter positions in CONUS, publicity experts, interrogators, critical functions, including core logistics, and compliance with the moratorium against public-private competitions. This provision would be an enforcement mechanism against illegal direct conversions of government employee work to contract. FY 2020 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations--Lobbied for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements. FY 2020 Interior and Environmental Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs and proposed EPA spending cuts. Lobbied in support of HR 3582, the Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriation act for any fiscal year. FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural health care services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied against Administration proposal to close and transfer Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers. Lobbied for increased Social Security Administration funding and status of collective bargaining. FY 2020 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--lobbied to continue the government-wide moratorium against public-private competitions and to clarify that the moratorium also applies to any conversion of federal government employee jobs to contract performance, including through privatization o facilities and infrastructure, and is not just limited to prohibiting public-private competitions pursuant to OMB Circular A-76. FY 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees. FY 2020 Agriculture Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Lobbied against Administration's proposal to relocate and reorganize the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Lobbied against Administrations proposal to implement the New Swine Inspection System FY 2020 Energy and Water Appropriations--lobbied against any cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration. Lobbied against any limitation or elimination of official time to all appropriations bills. Lobbied for prohibition of realigning the Army Civilian Works program from Corps of engineers to Department of transportation and Department of Interior. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3351, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, to provide FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including Treasury, Executive office of the President, the Judiciary, DC, and several independent agencies. Lobbied in H.R. 3351 to prohibit the merger of OPM and GSA. Lobbied in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which provides FY 2019 appropriations to agencies responsible for regulating the financial, telecommunications, and consumer products industries; collecting taxes and assisting taxpayers; managing federal buildings and the federal workforce; and operating the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, and the District of Columbia. Lobbied in support of H.R. 265, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service, which is included in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The bill also provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Farm Credit Administration. Lobbied in support of H.R. 266, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY 2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. The bill provides annual appropriations for most of the Department of the Interior Lobbied in support of H.R. 267, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY 2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies. Lobbied in support of H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, providing FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY 2020 appropriations bills Lobbied in support of H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, providing FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 5 of the 12 regular FY 2020 appropriations bills
Client expense: $487,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.582, the Raise the Wage Act, related to providing for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.873 / S.260, the Transformation to Competitive Employment Act, related to assisting employers providing employment under special certificates issued under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to transform their business and program models, to support individuals with disabilities to transition to competitive integrated employment, to phase out the use of such special certificates, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 989, the Promoting Apprenticeships through Regional Training Networks for Employers Required Skills (PARTNERS) Act of 2019, related to promoting registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors, through the establishment and support of industry or sector partnerships, all provisions; H.R.1058 / S.427, the Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act, related to amending the Public Health Service Act to enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance programs relating to autism, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R.1226 / S.317, the Advancing Care for Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act, related to amending title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide States with the option of providing coordinated care for children with complex medical conditions through a health home, all provisions; H.R. 1342 / S.548, the Ensuring Medicaid Provides Opportunities for Widespread Equity, Resources, and Care (EMPOWER Care) Act, related to reauthorizing the Money Follows the Person Demonstration Program, all provisions; H.R.1434 / S.634, the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act, related to amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 1662, the Cultivating Learning Assistance for Student Success Act, related to directing the Secretary of Education to establish a pilot program to provide grants to secondary schools for assistive technology devices and assistive technology services and to create programs to benefit students with autism or apraxia, and for other purposes, all provisions; H.R. 21 / H.R. 264 / H.R.265 / H.R.266 / H.R.267 / H.R. 648, related to appropriations; A bill not yet introduced to amend the Small Business Act (P.L. 85-536) A bill not yet introduced to amend portions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P.L. 89-10) A bill not yet introduced to amend the Social Security Amendments of 1965 (P.L. 89-97); A bill not yet introduced to amend the Higher Education Act (P.L. 89-329); A bill not yet introduced to reauthorize the Education Sciences Reform Act (P.L. 107-279); A bill not yet introduced to prohibit and prevent the use of seclusion and reduce of the use of physical restraint in schools, and for other purposes; Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (P.L. 89-10); Implementation of the Social Security Amendments of 1965 (P.L. 89-97); Implementation of the National Apprenticeship Act (P.L. 89-554); Implementation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112); Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (P.L. 113-128); and Implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P.L. 114-95).
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; all provisions H.R. 429 - Supplemental Border Appropriations; all provisions H.R. 2740 - Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020; all provisions H.R. 2839 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; Title I, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, and United States Institute of Peace; Title III, provisions related to Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations. H.R.2960 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3052 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; all provisions H.R. 3055 - Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020; amendments related to offshore drilling, the social cost of carbon, the Clean Power Plan, methane regulations, and the EPAs endangerment finding, sections containing FIRST STEP Act funds, and provisions related to the Executive Office for Immigration Review. H.R. 3401 - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3877 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019; all provisions S. 2474 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020, border wall construction provisions S. 2520 - FY2020 appropriations for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies S. 2582 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020; all provisions S. 2583 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; Title I, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, and United States Institute of Peace; Title III, provisions related to Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations; additional provisions outside of those mentioned S. 2584 - Senate Commerce, Justice Science and related agencies. Sections containing FIRST STEP Act funds. Unnamed Senate bill - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and related agencies, 2020, border wall construction provisions Unnamed draft bill in Senate relating to FY2020 appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
HR 267 House Fiscal 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2020 - bill in its entirety HJ Res 1 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2019 - bill in its entirety
Client expense: $1,122,824 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
H.R.267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. H.R.3055 - Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R.3163 - Transportation Housing Urban Development And Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R.4374 - Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Disclosure Act 2019. H.R.5119 - Safe Aircraft Maintenance Standards Act H.R.5118 - Promoting Service in Transportation Act S.762 - A bill to provide for funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for all Federal Aviation Administration activities in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. S.2730 - Drone Advisory Committee for the 21st Century Act S.2703 - Aviation Automation and Human Factors Safety Act of 2019 FAAs Designees Programs. FAA Funding. FAA Staffing and Training.
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 265: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs House H.R. 648: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 1865: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2745: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - VA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3055: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Medicare funding H. Res. 28: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 264) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 265) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 266) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. H. Res. 293: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020 House/Senate Omnibus H. Res. 436: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes H. Res. 4455: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019 S. 1215: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs S. ___: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 2157 Supplemental Appropriations H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations H.J.Res. 31 Consolidated Appropriations FY2020 H.R. 648 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2019 H.R. 1158 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act
Client expense: $1,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 265: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 648: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 1158: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 1865: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Provisions related to prescription drugs, Medicare funding, and other provisions H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2745: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - VA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3055: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Medicare funding H. Res. 28: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 264) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 265) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 266) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules H. Res. 293: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020 H. Res. 436: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes H. Res. 4455: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019 S. 1215: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs S. ___: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
Client expense: $6,450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Legislation and policies relating to: Authorization and appropriations of Title VIII funding for nurse education and nurse workforce development programs in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for antimicrobial research programs FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for the Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for the FDA Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program Impact of sequestration on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and other discretionary Department of Health and Human Services spending Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J. Res. 28) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J. Res. 31) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 21) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 264) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 265) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 266) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 267) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 268) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 648) Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865) Investing for the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 2021) Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (H.R. 2157) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740) Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (H.R. 3055) Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (H.R. 3877) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (H.R. 4378) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2020 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 (S. Con. Res. 12) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 (S. 1900) Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act (S. 2765)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $24,000
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Railroads
Issues related to FAST Act reauthorization; Issues related to truck size and weight; Issues related to modal equity, transportation funding, and user fees; Issues related to safety technology - including positive train control, air brake testing, continuous rail testing, and safety pilot programs; Issues related to rail operations and service; Issues related to rail crossings and Section 130 funding; Issues related to automation; Issues related to passenger rail service and high speed rail; Issues related to rail labor; Issues related to hours of service requirements for railroad response vehicles; Issues related to hours of service for maintenance of way employees; H.R. 1748 Safe Freight Act; H.R. 267 THUD Appropriations; S. 713 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act; RAILS Act; S1979 Safe Freight Act; S2520 THUD Appropriations; Issues related to demurrage and accessorial fees; issues related to rail economic regulation. HR1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Client expense: $391,397 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Chemicals/Chemical Industry
H.R. 267, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019; H.R. 535, PFAS Action Act of 2019; H.R. 1152, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1159 IMAGINE Act; H.R. 1567, Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019; H.R. 1603, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019; H.R. 1863, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; H.R. 1976, PFAS Detection Act of 2019; H.R. 2051, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019; H.R. 2102, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which they were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other per; and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for those veterans and members of the reserve components, and for other purposes; H.R. 2195, PFAS Registry Act of 2019; H.R. 2377, Protect Drinking Water from PFAS Act; H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020; H.R. 2533, A bill to assist community water systems affected by PFAS contamination, and for other purposes; H.R. 2566, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise the Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice Standard to provide for a Safer Choice label for pots, pans, and cooking utensils that do not contain PFAS, and for other purposes; H.R. 2570, PFAS User Fee Act; H.R. 2577, PFAS Right-To-Know Act; H.R. 2591, A bill to prohibit the waste incineration of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and for other purposes; H.R. 2596, protecting communities from New PFAS Act; H.R. 2600, Toxic PFAS Control Act; H.R. 2605, Prevent Release of Toxics Emissions, Contamination, and Transfer Act of 2019; H.R. 2608, PFAS Testing Act; H.R. 2626, PFAS Accountability Act; H.R. 2638, A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS, and for other purposes; H.R. 2647, SOFFA H.R. 2740, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 2800, PFAS Monitoring Act; H.R. 2827, Keep Food Containers Safe from PFAS Act; H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020; H.R. 3616, Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2019; H.R. 4088, Superfund Reinvestment Act; H.R. 4295, Protect Our Military Children Act; H.R. 4687, SMART Infrastructure Act; H.R. 5115, Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Value of Expanding Recycling Act; S. 403, IMAGINE Act; S. 458, A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes; S. 483, Pesticide Registration Improvement Act; S. 638, PFAS Action Act of 2019; S. 675, Prompt and Fast Action to Stop Damages Act of 2019; S. 717, Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2019; S. 766, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act of 2019; S. 858, Protecting Military Firefighters from PFAS Act; S. 950, PFAS Detection Act of 2019; S. 999, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019; S. 1023, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital care and medical services to veterans, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and dependents who were stationed at military installations at which they were exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid or other per; and polyfluoroalkyl substances, to provide for a presumption of service connection for those veterans and members of the reserve components, and for other purposes; S. 1038, A bill to strengthen highway funding in the near term, to offer States additional financing tools, and for other purposes; S. 1105, PFAS Registry Act of 2019; S. 1215, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020; S. 1251, Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019; S. 1341, SOFFA; S. 1372, PFAS Accountability Act; S. 1473, Protect drinking water from PFAS Act of 2019; S. 1507, PFAS Release Disclosure Act; S. 1534, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of quantum computing technology to address problems associated with exposure to PFAS, and for other purposes; S. 1790, National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020; S. 2353, Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act of 2019; S. 2941, Recycling Enhancements to Collection and Yield through Consumer Learning and Education Act of 2019; FY2019 Appropriations of Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies; FY2019 Appropriations of Department of Labor, Health and Human Services; Unintroduced recycling infrastructure legislation; Unintroduced Plastics Ban Bill; Alternative Fuel Tax Assessment; Antimicrobials; Bisphenol-A; Building and Construction water infrastructure; Chemical Assessment; Chemical Deselection Policies; Chemical Safety Board; Chemistry Caucus; Chlorinated Paraffins; Chlorine; CPSC, including Phthalates, Flame Retardants, Nominations, and CHAP; Design for the Environment; Energy Recovery; EPA Nominations; Flame Retardants; Fluorotechnology including PFOA/PFOS/PFAS; Formaldehyde; Hexavalent Chromium; Infrastructure Procurement Policy and Innovative Materials; Integrated Risk Information System; International Agency for Research of Cancer, including Report on Carcinogens; Labeling and Packaging, including GMOs; Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act Implementation (LCSA) and regulations; Microbeads; Microplastics; Nanotechnology; National Environmental Policy Act; NIOSH studies; OSHA (Chemical Concentrations, Process Safety); Permitting Reform, Phthalates; Plastics, including Plastics Recycling; Portland Cement Associations NHSM Petition; Risk Assessment Improvements; Science Advisory Board; Sustainability including report on innovation and Research and Development; Sustainable Municipal Access to Resilient Technology in Infrastructure Act; Styrene; T-TIP, MTB and Trade Promotion Authority; Titanium Dioxide
Client expense: $2,170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Surface Transportation Board (STB), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY2020 Appropriations (Interior & Environment; Energy & Water Development; Homeland Security) H.R.267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.J.Res.31 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 FY2020 Appropriations Requests for the U.S. Department of Transportation H.R. 3163 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R.3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 S.2520 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
Client expense: $243,262 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
H.R 267, House Fiscal 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety; H.R. 3055, Fiscal 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, Transportation-HUD Appropriations Minibus - Amendment 233; H.R. 3163, Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety; H.R. 2740, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - Title IV; H.R. 3409, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019 - issues related to bridges; H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 - Sec.2 Div H; S. 713, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 - bill in its entirety; S. 2303, Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 - Sections 1108 and 1408; S. 2520, Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety; S. 2979, Preventing Opioid and Drug Impairment in Transporation Act - bill in its entirety; Issues relate to railroad vehicle operator hours of service; Issues related to infrastructure and FAST Act Reauthorization; Issues related to the reauthorization of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-141); Issues related to federal truck size and weight limits.
Client expense: $1,118,951 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Air Traffic Controller staffing, federal civilian workers, ATC technology and modernization, funding for new ATC facilities. Realignment of Air Traffic Control facilities and airspace redesign. FERS Pension Reform, Terminal Automation and Replacement. Sequestration and impact of FAA furloughs. Federal Back Pay Act. Contract Towers. FAA Budget. Budget Control Act. Impact of government shutdown. FAA funding, FAA reauthorization and reform. Mandatory payments - Appropriations. FAA employees stationed in Guam - accessibility to DOD base privileges. Congressional letter requesting full funding for FAA. Presidents FY 2020 Budget Proposal. H.R.1108 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. S.762 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.J.Res.28 - Continuing Resolution FY 19 Appropriations. H.J.Res.31- FY 19 THUD Appropriations. S.24 - Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019. S.262 - Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019. H.R.267 - FY 2019 THUD Appropriations. 1.9% federal employee pay increase. S.Amdt.5 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with full FY19 funding for nine departments. S.Amdt.6 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with two-week Continuing Resolution. S.1148 - ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019. H.R.2968 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R. 3931: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R.2779 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R.3163 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. S.2520 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R.1865 - Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (12/20/2019 Mini Bus). H.R.1158 - Fiscal 2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act. H.R.1865 - Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (11/21/2019 CR).
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
Improve aviation safety and capacity, stable funding for the national aviation system. Designee Program, Contract Towers. Sequestration, and impact of FAA furloughs. Federal Back Pay Act. Air Traffic Controller hiring, staffing, and training. Veterans Preference for Controller Hiring. ATC certification reform. Budget Control Act. Impact of government shutdown. FAA staffing. FAA funding, FAA reauthorization, FAA extension, FAA reform. FAA Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan. TSA Airport Security. ATC Fatigue. Air Traffic Controller Federal Employees Retirement System Supplemental Retirement. OMB Government Reorganization Plan. Congressional letter requesting full funding for FAA. H.R.1108 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. S.762 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.J.Res.28 - Continuing Resolution FY 19 Appropriations. H.J.Res.31- FY 19 THUD Appropriations. H.R.267 - FY 2019 THUD Appropriations. S.Amdt.5 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with full FY19 funding for nine departments. S.Amdt.6 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with two-week Continuing Resolution. H.R.5297 - House Companion too S.2898.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
Air Traffic Control retirement, technology and modernization, safety and efficiency, capacity and delays, staffing, hiring, training, FAA staffing and budget, FAA reform & ATC certification reform. Sequestration. Impact of FAA Furlough and contract towers. Federal Back Pay Act. Budget Control Act. Impact of governmental shutdown. NextGen, FAA funding, FAA reauthorization. FAA Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan. Veterans Preference for Controller Hiring. TSA airport security. FAA employees stationed in Guam - accessibility to DOD base privileges. Remote towers, Flight attendant and controller fatigue. ATC facility consolidation process section 804. ATC staffing crisis. Air Traffic Controller Federal Employees Retirement System Supplemental Retirement. OMB Government Reorganization Plan. Congressional letter requesting full funding for FAA. H.R.1108 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. S.762 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.J.Res.28 - Continuing Resolution FY 19 Appropriations. H.J.Res.31- FY 19 THUD Appropriations. H.R.267 - FY 2019 THUD Appropriations. S.Amdt.5 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with full FY19 funding for nine departments. S.Amdt.6 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with two-week Continuing Resolution. S. 1322, the Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019. H.R. 4166, the Safe Landings Act. FY 2020 Defense Authorization legislation and ATC hiring language. S.2898 - Continuity for Operators with Necessary Training Required for ATC Contract Towers Act of 2019. S.1148 - ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
Supporting initiation of and appropriations for new aviation workforce grant programs created by Sec. 625 of 2018 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization law. Funding contained in Transportation-Housing Urban Development Appropriations bill (H.R. 267, H.R. 3163, H.R. 3055, H.R. 1865). Supporting improvements to 14 C.F.R. parts 11 and 13 to improve transparency and accountability in FAA rulemaking and enforcement proceedings. (S. 2918) Supporting ending FAA's inconsistent enforcement of maintenance manual rules (14 CFR 145.109(d) and 14 CFR 21.50(b)). (S. 2918) Supporting legislation to insulate FAA from future government shutdowns (H.R. 1108). . Opposing restrictions on the use of foreign repair stations by U.S. air carriers and opposing unreasonable passenger notification requirements about use of contract maintenance by air carriers. (H.R. 4374). Opposing legislation that would disrupt the relationship between air carriers and their maintenance contractors, impose new and unnecessarily burdensome reporting requirements on air carriers, undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace sector and subject the small business-dominated U.S. aviation maintenance industry to potential retaliation by foreign aviation authorities. (H.R. 5119). Supporting legislation to authorize $5 million in annual appropriations to support public service announcement campaigns regarding careers in aviation (H.R. 5118). Supporting improvements to FAA's certification and oversight activities (no bill number). Supporting legislation to update aviation maintenance technician school requirements established by 14 CFR part 147 (S. 3043 and H.R. 5427).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
Advocacy to initiate and secure appropriations for new aviation workforce grant programs created by Sec. 625 of 2018 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization law. Funding contained in Transportation-Housing Urban Development Appropriations bill (H.R. 267 and H.R. 3163). Improvements to 14 C.F.R. parts 11 and 13 to improve transparency and accountability in FAA rulemaking and enforcement proceedings. (S. 2918) Ending FAA's inconsistent enforcement of maintenance manual rules (14 CFR 145.109(d) and 14 CFR 21.50(b)). (S. 2918) Supporting legislation to insulate FAA from future government shutdowns (H.R. 1108). . Opposing restrictions on the use of foreign repair stations by U.S. air carriers and opposing unreasonable passenger notification requirements about use of contract maintenance by air carriers. (H.R. 4374). Opposing legislation that would disrupt the relationship between air carriers and their maintenance contractors, impose new and unnecessarily burdensome reporting requirements on air carriers, undermine the global competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace sector and subject the small business-dominated U.S. aviation maintenance industry to potential retaliation by foreign aviation authorities. (H.R. 5119). Supporting legislation to authorize $5 million in annual appropriations to support public service announcement campaigns regarding careers in aviation (H.R. 5118). Supporting improvements to FAA's certification and oversight activities (no bill number).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Transportation
H.R.267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. H.R.3055 - Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R.3163 - Transportation Housing Urban Development And Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. H.R.4374 - Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Disclosure Act 2019. S.762 - A bill to provide for funding from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund for all Federal Aviation Administration activities in the event of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. FAAs Designees Programs. FAA Funding. FAA Staffing and Training.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Transportation
H.R 267, House Fiscal 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety; H.R. 3055, Fiscal 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, Transportation-HUD Appropriations Minibus - Amendment 233; H.R. 3163, Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety; H.R. 2740, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - Title IV; H.R. 3409, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019 - issues related to bridges; S. 713, Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act of 2019 - bill in its entirety; S. 2303, Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019 - Sections 1108 and 1408; S. 2520, Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety; Issues relate to railroad vehicle operator hours of service; Issues related to infrastructure and FAST Act Reauthorization; Issues related to the reauthorization of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112-141); Issues related to federal truck size and weight limits.
Client expense: $1,244,712 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
___ H.R. 21: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 265: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs House ___ H.R. 648: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 2745: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - VA Provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 3055: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs ___ H.R. 3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs _H.R. 3877 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 ___ H.R. 4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Medicare funding ___ H. Res. 28: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 264) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 265) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 266) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules. ___ H. Res. 293: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020 ___ H. Res. 436: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes ___ H. Res. 4455: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019 ___ S. 1215: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs ___ S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs ___ S. 2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs ___ S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs ___ S. ___: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
Client expense: $1,360,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Legislation and policies relating to: Authorization and appropriations of Title VIII funding for nurse education and nurse workforce development programs in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for antimicrobial research programs FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for the Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for the FDA Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program Impact of sequestration on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and other discretionary Department of Health and Human Services spending Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J. Res. 28) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J. Res. 31) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 21) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 264) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 265) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 266) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 267) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 268) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 648) Investing for the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 2021) Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (H.R. 2157) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740) Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 3055) Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (H.R. 3877) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (H.R. 4378) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2020 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 (S. Con. Res. 12) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 (S. 1900)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $24,000
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 265: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 648: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2740: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 - HHS provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2745: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - VA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3055: Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 3164: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs H.R. 4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 - Provisions related to Medicare funding H. Res. 28: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 264) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 265) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 266) making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 267) making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules H. Res. 293: Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020 H. Res. 436: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes H. Res. 4455: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3055) making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; relating to consideration of the bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from June 28, 2019, through July 8, 2019 S. 1215: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 - DoD provisions related to prescription drugs S. 2522: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 - FDA provisions related to prescription drugs S. ___: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
Client expense: $6,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), President of the U.S., SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · third_quarter · Transportation
Improve aviation safety and capacity, stable funding for the national aviation system. Designee Program, Contract Towers. Sequestration, and impact of FAA furloughs. Federal Back Pay Act. Air Traffic Controller hiring, staffing, and training. Veterans Preference for Controller Hiring. ATC certification reform. Budget Control Act. Impact of government shutdown. FAA staffing. FAA funding, FAA reauthorization, FAA extension, FAA reform. FAA Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan. TSA Airport Security. ATC Fatigue. Air Traffic Controller Federal Employees Retirement System Supplemental Retirement. OMB Government Reorganization Plan. Congressional letter requesting full funding for FAA. H.R.1108 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. S.762 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.J.Res.28 - Continuing Resolution FY 19 Appropriations. H.J.Res.31- FY 19 THUD Appropriations. H.R.267 - FY 2019 THUD Appropriations. S.Amdt.5 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with full FY19 funding for nine departments. S.Amdt.6 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with two-week Continuing Resolution.
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
Air Traffic Control retirement, technology and modernization, safety and efficiency, capacity and delays, staffing, hiring, training, FAA staffing and budget, FAA reform & ATC certification reform. Sequestration. Impact of FAA Furlough and contract towers. Federal Back Pay Act. Budget Control Act. Impact of governmental shutdown. NextGen, FAA funding, FAA reauthorization. FAA Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan. Veterans Preference for Controller Hiring. TSA airport security. FAA employees stationed in Guam - accessibility to DOD base privileges. Remote towers, Flight attendant and controller fatigue. ATC facility consolidation process section 804. ATC staffing crisis. Air Traffic Controller Federal Employees Retirement System Supplemental Retirement. OMB Government Reorganization Plan. Congressional letter requesting full funding for FAA. H.R.1108 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. S.762 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.J.Res.28 - Continuing Resolution FY 19 Appropriations. H.J.Res.31- FY 19 THUD Appropriations. H.R.267 - FY 2019 THUD Appropriations. S.Amdt.5 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with full FY19 funding for nine departments. S.Amdt.6 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with two-week Continuing Resolution. S. 1322, the Air Traffic Control Safe Operation and Readiness Act of 2019. H.R. 4166, the Safe Landings Act. FY 2020 Defense Authorization legislation and ATC hiring language.
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Air Traffic Controller staffing, federal civilian workers, ATC technology and modernization, funding for new ATC facilities. Realignment of Air Traffic Control facilities and airspace redesign. FERS Pension Reform, Terminal Automation and Replacement. Sequestration and impact of FAA furloughs. Federal Back Pay Act. Contract Towers. FAA Budget. Budget Control Act. Impact of government shutdown. FAA funding, FAA reauthorization and reform. Mandatory payments - Appropriations. FAA employees stationed in Guam - accessibility to DOD base privileges. Congressional letter requesting full funding for FAA. Presidents FY 2020 Budget Proposal. H.R.1108 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. S.762 - Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019. H.J.Res.28 - Continuing Resolution FY 19 Appropriations. H.J.Res.31- FY 19 THUD Appropriations. S.24 - Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019. S.262 - Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019. H.R.267 - FY 2019 THUD Appropriations. 1.9% federal employee pay increase. S.Amdt.5 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with full FY19 funding for nine departments. S.Amdt.6 to H.R.268 - 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act - to reopen the government with two-week Continuing Resolution. S.1148 - ATC Hiring Reform Act of 2019. H.R.2968 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R. 3931: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R.2779 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020. H.R. 3351, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020.
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Railroads
Issues related to FAST Act reauthorization; Issues related to truck size and weight; Issues related to modal equity, transportation funding, and user fees; Issues related to safety technology - including positive train control, air brake testing, continuous rail testing, and safety pilot programs; Issues related to rail operations and service; Issues related to rail crossings and Section 130 funding; Issues related to automation; Issues related to passenger rail service and high speed rail; Issues related to rail labor; Issues related to hours of service requirements for railroad response vehicles; Issues related to hours of service for maintenance of way employees; H.R. 1748 Safe Freight Act; H.R. 267 THUD Appropriations; S. 713 Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Act; RAILS Act; s1979 Safe Freight Act; s2520 THUD Appropriations; Issues related to demurrage and accessorial fees; issues related to rail economic regulation.
Client expense: $514,515 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 21 2019 Appropriations H.R. 264 Financial Services and Government Appropriations Act H.R. 266 Department of the Interior Environment Appropriations H.R. 267 Transportation Housing and Urban Development H.R. 268 2019 Supplemental Appropriations S. 63 Budget and Appropriations Process Reform H.R. 4378 Continuing Appropriations Act and Health Extenders Act S. 2520 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development S. 2524 Financial Service and General Government Appropriations
Client expense: $1,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY2020 Appropriations (Interior & Environment; Energy & Water Development; Homeland Security) H.R.267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 H.J.Res.31 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 FY2020 Appropriations Requests for the U.S. Department of Transportation H.R. 3163 Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R.3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 S.2520, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Client expense: $504,252 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
2019 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2020 Budget Resolution--lobbied against the President's FY 2020 budget and House FY 2020 Budget Resolution. Lobbied in Senate and House to oppose any cuts to federal employee pay and benefits to offset increased defense spending. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring employees pay additional salary towards retirement,privatizing of airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on-the-job injuries. FY 2020 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied for additional funding of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, lobbied for retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in CIS related to investigating and adjudicating immigration rights benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer (TSO) full time equivalents (FTEs) and other personnel issues. FY 2020 Defense Appropriations--lobbied to clarify section 8012 carried over from FY2019 Defense Appropriation. Section 8012 currently only prohibits managing the DoD civilian workforce to an End Strength. Clarification would return to prior language in earlier Defense Appropriations that prohibited managing the civilian workforce to arbitrary Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Caps. Clarification also returns to earlier Defense Appropriation language that would require the DoD civilian workforce to be solely managed based on workload, available funding and the total force management policies of section 129a of title 10. Clarification also would prohibit the sue of appropriated funds in reducing the civilian workforce absent an analysis of impacts on workload, fully burdened costs of the total force of military, civilian employee and contractor, and impacts on military force structure, readiness and stress on the All Volunteer Military. Clarification also would bar the sue of appropriated funds for inappropriate use of term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions. Lobbied to add a new policy enforcement provision that would restrict the use of appropriated funds unless the following statutory requirements were complied with: the contractor inventory statute in section 2330a of title 10; the contract services budget statute in section 235 of title 10, as well as the successor statute in section 2329 of title 10 for improved planning, programming and budgeting of contract services; as well as compliance with the requirement for standard total force management guidelines or checklists that comprehensively contain the full statutory definitions and restrictions against contracting inherently governmental functions, closely associated with inherently governmental functions, personal services lacking statutory authority, guards and firefighter positions in CONUS, publicity experts, interrogators, critical functions, including core logistics, and compliance with the moratorium against public-private competitions. This provision would be an enforcement mechanism against illegal direct conversions of government employee work to contract. FY 2020 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations--Lobbied for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements. FY 2020 Interior and Environmental Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs and proposed EPA spending cuts. Lobbied in support of HR 3582, the Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriation act for any fiscal year. FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural health care services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied against Administration proposal to close and transfer Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers FY 2020 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--lobbied to continue the government-wide moratorium against public-private competitions and to clarify that the moratorium also applies to any conversion of federal government employee jobs to contract performance, including through privatization o facilities and infrastructure, and is not just limited to prohibiting public-private competitions pursuant to OMB Circular A-76. FY 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees. FY 2020 Agriculture Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Lobbied against Administration's proposal to relocate and reorganize the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Lobbied against Administrations proposal to implement the New Swine Inspection System FY 2020 Energy and Water Appropriations--lobbied against any cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration. Lobbied against any limitation or elimination of official time to all appropriations bills. Lobbied for prohibition of realigning the Army Civilian Works program from Corps of engineers to Department of transportation and Department of Interior. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3351, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, to provide FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including Treasury, Executive office of the President, the Judiciary, DC, and Several independent agencies Lobbied in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which provides FY2019 appropriations to agencies responsible for regulating the financial, telecommunications, and consumer products industries; collecting taxes and assisting taxpayers; managing federal buildings and the federal workforce; and operating the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, and the District of Columbia. Lobbied in support of H.R. 265, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service, which is included in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The bill also provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Farm Credit Administration. Lobbied in support of H.R. 266, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. The bill provides annual appropriations for most of the Department of the Interior Lobbied in support of H.R. 267, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies. Lobbied in support of H.R. 268, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, providing $12.1 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. Lobbied in support of H.J. Res. 28 - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, providing continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through the earlier of February 15, 2019, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and ends the partial government shutdown that began after the existing CR expired on December 21, 2018, because seven of the remaining FY2019 appropriations bills have not been enacted. Lobbied in support of H.R. 648, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills Lobbied in support of H.R. 2157, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, providing $17.2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. Lobbied in support of H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, providing FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills Lobbied in support of H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, providing FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 5 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2020 Budget Resolution--lobbied against the President's FY 2020 budget. Lobbied in Senate and House to oppose any cuts to federal employee pay and benefits to offset increased defense spending. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring employees pay additional salary towards retirement,privatizing of airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on-the-job injuries. FY 2020 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied for additional funding of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, lobbied for retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in CIS related to investigating and adjudicating immigration rights benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer (TSO) full time equivalents (FTEs) and other personnel issues. FY 2020 Defense Appropriations--lobbied to clarify section 8012 carried over from FY 2019 Defense Appropriation. Section 8012 currently only prohibits managing the DoD civilian workforce to an End Strength. Clarification would return to prior language in earlier Defense Appropriations that prohibited managing the civilian workforce to arbitrary Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Caps. Clarification also returns to earlier Defense Appropriation language that would require the DoD civilian workforce to be solely managed based on workload, available funding and the total force management policies of section 129a of title 10. Clarification also would prohibit the sue of appropriated funds in reducing the civilian workforce absent an analysis of impacts on workload, fully burdened costs of the total force of military, civilian employee and contractor, and impacts on military force structure, readiness and stress on the All Volunteer Military. Clarification also would bar the sue of appropriated funds for inappropriate use of term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions. Lobbied to add a new policy enforcement provision that would restrict the use of appropriated funds unless the following statutory requirements were complied with: the contractor inventory statute in section 2330a of title 10; the contract services budget statute in section 235 of title 10, as well as the successor statute in section 2329 of title 10 for improved planning, programming and budgeting of contract services; as well as compliance with the requirement for standard total force management guidelines or checklists that comprehensively contain the full statutory definitions and restrictions against contracting inherently governmental functions, closely associated with inherently governmental functions, personal services lacking statutory authority, guards and firefighter positions in CONUS, publicity experts, interrogators, critical functions, including core logistics, and compliance with the moratorium against public-private competitions. This provision would be an enforcement mechanism against illegal direct conversions of government employee work to contract. FY 2020 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations--Lobbied for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements. FY 2020 Interior and Environmental Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs and proposed EPA spending cuts. Lobbied in support of HR 3582, the Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriation act for any fiscal year. FY 2020 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural health care services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied against Administration proposal to close and transfer Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers. Lobbied for increased Social Security Administration funding and status of collective bargaining. FY 2020 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--lobbied to continue the government-wide moratorium against public-private competitions and to clarify that the moratorium also applies to any conversion of federal government employee jobs to contract performance, including through privatization o facilities and infrastructure, and is not just limited to prohibiting public-private competitions pursuant to OMB Circular A-76. FY 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees. FY 2020 Agriculture Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Lobbied against Administration's proposal to relocate and reorganize the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Lobbied against Administrations proposal to implement the New Swine Inspection System FY 2020 Energy and Water Appropriations--lobbied against any cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration. Lobbied against any limitation or elimination of official time to all appropriations bills. Lobbied for prohibition of realigning the Army Civilian Works program from Corps of engineers to Department of transportation and Department of Interior. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3351, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, to provide FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including Treasury, Executive office of the President, the Judiciary, DC, and several independent agencies. Lobbied in H.R. 3351 to prohibit the merger of OPM and GSA. Lobbied in support of H.R. 264, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, which provides FY 2019 appropriations to agencies responsible for regulating the financial, telecommunications, and consumer products industries; collecting taxes and assisting taxpayers; managing federal buildings and the federal workforce; and operating the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, and the District of Columbia. Lobbied in support of H.R. 265, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY2019 appropriations for the Department of Agriculture (USDA), except for the Forest Service, which is included in the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. The bill also provides appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Farm Credit Administration. Lobbied in support of H.R. 266, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY 2019 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies. The bill provides annual appropriations for most of the Department of the Interior Lobbied in support of H.R. 267, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, providing FY 2019 appropriations for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and several related agencies. Lobbied in support of H.R. 2740, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, providing FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY 2020 appropriations bills Lobbied in support of H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, providing FY 2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 5 of the 12 regular FY 2020 appropriations bills
Client expense: $467,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 267 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; all provisions H.R. 429 - Supplemental Border Appropriations; all provisions H.R. 2740 - Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020; all provisions H.R. 2839 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; Title I, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, and United States Institute of Peace; Title III, provisions related to Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations. H.R.2960 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3052 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; all provisions H.R. 3055 - Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020; amendments related to offshore drilling, the social cost of carbon, the Clean Power Plan, methane regulations, and the EPAs endangerment finding, sections containing FIRST STEP Act funds, and provisions related to the Executive Office for Immigration Review. H.R. 3401 - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3877 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019; all provisions S. 2474 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020, border wall construction provisions S. 2520 - FY2020 appropriations for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies S. 2582 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020; all provisions S. 2583 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020; Title I, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, and United States Institute of Peace; Title III, provisions related to Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations; additional provisions outside of those mentioned S. 2584 - Senate Commerce, Justice Science and related agencies. Sections containing FIRST STEP Act funds. Unnamed Senate bill - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and related agencies, 2020, border wall construction provisions Unnamed draft bill in Senate relating to FY2020 appropriations for Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
HR 267 House Fiscal 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety HR 3055 - Fiscal 2020 Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, Transportation-HUD Appropriations Minibus - Amendment 233 HR 3163 - Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development - bill in its entirety HR 2740 - Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act 2020 - Title IV Fiscal 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - bill in its entirety Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2020 - bill in its entirety HJ Res 1 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act 2019 - bill in its entirety
Client expense: $1,062,243 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2019 · third_quarter · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
Advocacy to initiate and secure appropriations for new aviation workforce grant programs created by Sec. 625 of 2018 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization law. Funding contained in Transportation-Housing Urban Development Appropriations bill (H.R. 267 and H.R. 3163). Improvements to 14 C.F.R. parts 11 and 13 to improve transparency and accountability in FAA rulemaking and enforcement proceedings. (S. 2918) Ending FAA's inconsistent enforcement of maintenance manual rules (14 CFR 145.109(d) and 14 CFR 21.50(b)). (S. 2918) Aviation Stability Funding Act (H.R. 1108). Support insulating FAA from future government shutdowns. Opposing restrictions on the use of foreign repair stations by U.S. air carriers and opposing unreasonable passenger notification requirements about use of contract maintenance by air carriers. (H.R. 4374).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Legislation and policies relating to: Authorization and appropriations of Title VIII funding for nurse education and nurse workforce development programs in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for antimicrobial research programs FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for the Childrens Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program FY 2019 and 2020 appropriations for the FDA Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program Impact of sequestration on the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and other discretionary Department of Health and Human Services spending Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J. Res. 28) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.J. Res. 31) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 21) Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 264) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 265) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 266) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 267) Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 268) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 648) Investing for the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 2021) Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (H.R. 2157) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740) Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 3055) An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2020 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 (S. Con. Res. 12) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 (S. 1900)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $24,000
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)