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Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Specific issues are shown only where the LDA source assigned them to this lobbyist. Targets apply to the associated filing.
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · second_quarter · 2A
Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; clarification of preemption of local regulations; infrastructure
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Source: Senate LDA
| HOME INSTEAD, INC. |
| 2 |
| 2018 |
| IPC | 2 | 2018 |
| KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY | 2 | 2017–2018 |
| NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS | 2 | 2017 |
| ACADEMY OF DOCTORS OF AUDIOLOGY | 1 | 2018 |
| CITY OF MEMPHIS | 1 | 2019 |
| CUSTOMIZED LOGISTICS & DELIVERY ASSN. (FORMERLY MESSENGER COURIER ASSOCIATION) | 1 | 2017 |
| PEW CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | 2017 |
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Stop for School Buses Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818: S 1254
Stop for School Buses Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
SECURES Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
SECURES Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818: S 1254
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818: S 1254
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
Improving National Safety by Updating the Required Amount of Insurance Needed by Commercial Motor Vehicles per Event (INSURANCE) Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
School Bus Safety Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
Stop for School Buses Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
Stop for School Buses Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818: S 1254
SECURES Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
SECURES Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818: S 1254
School Bus Safety Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
Building Blocks of STEM Act
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Building Blocks of STEM Act
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Building Blocks of STEM Act
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act
Client: UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry S2537; HR 4719, infrastructure package; private sector transit provisions; regulatory reform
Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act
Client: UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; ELD mandate rescission; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry; HR 4719 infrastructure package
BUS Act of 2017
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
BUS Act of 2017
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2017
Client: ACADEMY OF DOCTORS OF AUDIOLOGY · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Medicare reform; HR2276; S.2575; audiology patient choice act
To amend title 49, United States Code, to address delays in commercial driver's license skills testing and retesting, and for other purposes.
Client: UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; ELD mandate rescission; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry; HR 4719 infrastructure package
To amend title 49, United States Code, to address delays in commercial driver's license skills testing and retesting, and for other purposes.
Client: UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry S2537; HR 4719, infrastructure package; private sector transit provisions; regulatory reform
To amend title 49, United States Code, to address delays in commercial driver's license skills testing and retesting, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
To amend title 49, United States Code, to address delays in commercial driver's license skills testing and retesting, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
SECURES Act of 2018
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
SECURES Act of 2018
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Healthcare reform; HSA Bill HR 6813
Healthcare reform; HSA Bill HR 6813
Sunshine Protection Act of 2018
Client: UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry S2537; HR 4719, infrastructure package; private sector transit provisions; regulatory reform
Sunshine Protection Act of 2018
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Sunshine Protection Act of 2018
Client: NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2018
Client: ACADEMY OF DOCTORS OF AUDIOLOGY · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
Medicare reform; HR2276; S.2575; audiology patient choice act
Buses United for Safety, Regulatory Reform, and Enhanced Growth for the 21st Century Act
Client: UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 2120, safety fitness determination
Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018
Client: NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS · Firm: PRIME POLICY GROUP
HR 3053; nuclear storage; storing nuclear materials in Great Lakes
Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; clarification of preemption of local regulations; FAST Act reauthorization; insurance reg reform
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Middle Market
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · third_quarter · Q3
Insurance; Employer notification; seat belts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; FAST Act re-authorization; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818; S 1254; HR 3959; S 2278; HR 3781; HR 3383
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; clarification of preemption of local regulations; infrastructure
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Middle Market
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · second_quarter · Q2
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption; H.R. 2793; H.R. 2792; H.R. 2218; S 1818: S 1254
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; clarification of preemption of local regulations; infrastructure
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Middle Market
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
DERA funding and reauthorization H.R. 1768, S 737
Infrastructure; seatbelts; illegal passing; fuel tax exemption
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CITY OF MEMPHIS via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2019 · first_quarter · Q1
Housing Issues
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · second_quarter · 2A
FY 19 DOT Appropriations
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Pupil transportation costs
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · 2A
General manufacturing issues
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
ROARING FORK TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · second_quarter · 2A
Transit funding; infrastructure package funding; TIGER Grants
FY 2018 DOT Appropriations
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Middle Market
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
HOME INSTEAD, INC. via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · fourth_quarter · 4T
Healthcare reform; HSA Bill HR 6813
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Q3
Middle Market
Filing targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
HOME INSTEAD, INC. via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · third_quarter · Q3
Healthcare reform; HSA Bill HR 6813
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
FY 19 DOT Appropriations
HR 2120; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry S2537; HR 4719, infrastructure package; private sector transit provisions; regulatory reform
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
ROARING FORK TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
FY 2019 DOT Appropriations
Transit funding; infrastructure package funding; Low-no and BUILD Grants
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
Pupil transportation costs
FY 19 DOT Appropriations
HR 2120; Infrastructure package; S2537, HR 4719, HR 2160, HR 5984; seatbelts
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
General manufacturing issues
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
ACADEMY OF DOCTORS OF AUDIOLOGY via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · second_quarter · Q2
Medicare reform; HR2276; S.2575; audiology patient choice act
Filing targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · first_quarter · Q1
HR 2120; ELD mandate rescission; Preservation of federal motorcoach fuel tax exemption; Regulatory parity between transit and motorcoach industry; HR 4719 infrastructure package
Filing targets: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
ROARING FORK TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · first_quarter · Q1
Transit funding; infrastructure package funding; TIGER Grants
FY 2018 DOT Appropriations
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2018 · first_quarter · Q1
Infrastructure Package; TIGER Grant; Project Max; Transit funding
FY 2018 Budget; DOT Appropriations
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
DESTILERIA SERRALLES, INC. via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · fourth_quarter · 4A
Tax reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
DESTILERIA SERRALLES, INC. via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · fourth_quarter · 4A
Tax reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
HEAVEN HILL BRANDS via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · fourth_quarter · 4A
Tax reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · first_quarter · 1A
Seat belts; illegal passing; safety fitness determination; FAST Act implementation
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
HEAVEN HILL BRANDS via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Tax reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
DESTILERIA SERRALLES, INC. via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Tax reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CUSTOMIZED LOGISTICS & DELIVERY ASSN. (FORMERLY MESSENGER COURIER ASSOCIATION) via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · fourth_quarter · Q4
Labor, FAAA
Tax reform
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
PEW CHARITABLE TRUST via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · second_quarter · RR
Antiquities Act/National Monument review; deferred maintenance backlog in National Park Service
Antiquities Act/National Monument review; deferred maintenance backlog in National Park Service
NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · second_quarter · 2A
HR 3053; nuclear storage; storing nuclear materials in Great Lakes
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
UNITED MOTORCOACH ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · second_quarter · Q2
HR 2120, safety fitness determination
FY 17 and FY 18 Safety Fitness determination
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
NATIONAL SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · first_quarter · Q1
Seat belts; illegal passing; safety fitness determination; FAST Act implementation
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
KANSAS CITY AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · first_quarter · Q1
FAST Act
FY 2017 and FY 2018 Appropriations, transit funding
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS via PRIME POLICY GROUP
2017 · first_quarter · RR
Nuclear waste storage.