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HELPER Act of 2025
Client: MADISON WI · Firm: COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act of 2025 (H.R. 2094/S. 978); Budget and appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant;
Gas Tax Relief Act
Client: CARMEL IN · Firm: COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
Specific issues are shown only where the LDA source assigned them to this lobbyist. Targets apply to the associated filing.
TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
U.S. Department of Education School-Based Mental Health Grant (SBMG) program award;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TACOMA WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Source: Senate LDA
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| SALT LAKE CITY UT | 3 | 2025 |
| SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCIES POLICY COUNCIL | 3 | 2025 |
| TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS | 3 | 2025 |
| TACOMA WASHINGTON | 3 | 2025 |
| ALAMEDA CO TRANSP COMMISSION(FORMELY ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT | 2 | 2025 |
| CARMEL IN | 2 | 2025 |
| NEWARK CA | 2 | 2025 |
| PARKS TACOMA (FKA METRO PARKS TACOMA) | 2 | 2025 |
| PIERCE TRANSIT | 2 | 2025 |
| SAN LEANDRO CA | 2 | 2025 |
| STANISLAUS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT | 2 | 2025 |
| WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION | 2 | 2025 |
| BEN FRANKLIN TRANSIT | 1 | 2025 |
| CITRUS HEIGHTS WATER DISTRICT | 1 | 2025 |
| FRESNO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS (FORMERLY COUNCIL OF FRESNO COUNTY GOVERNMENTS) | 1 | 2025 |
| SACRAMENTO HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SHRA) | 1 | 2025 |
Reintroduction of bill previously numbered as H.R. 8753 in the 118th Session of Congress to help local communities in addressing Postal Service issues with zip codes;
HELPER Act of 2025
Client: MADISON WI · Firm: COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act of 2025 (H.R. 2094/S. 978); Budget and appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant;
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act included in the Finance Committee title of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21), specifically the enhancements of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program;
Filing targets: SENATE
Revocation of State of California Clean Air Act waivers and impact on local metropolitan planning organizations and their ability to demonstrate transportation conformity; Policy priorities for the surface transportation reauthorization; Support for various grant applications submitted in support of transportation projects of significance to the region;
Revocation of State of California Clean Air Act waivers and impact on local metropolitan planning organizations and their ability to demonstrate transportation conformity;
Support for Congressionally Directed Spending or Community Project Funding requests in support of transportation projects of significance to the region;
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
SALT LAKE CITY UT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
FEMA FY 2021 BRIC grant award for the City Creek Water Treatment Plant Project;
Public comment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards (Docket Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194);
Federal public lands provisions included in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources title of the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21) and impacts on local watershed;
Federal public lands provisions included in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources title of the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21) and impacts on local watershed; Public comment responding to the Notice of Intent (NOI) published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) entitled Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands sharing local concerns;
Letter of support maintaining enacted levels of funding for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME Investment Partnerships Program in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) spending bill as the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process moves forward;
Public comment responding to the Notice of Intent (NOI) published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service (USFS) entitled Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands sharing local concerns;
Filing targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
CARMEL IN via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Support for the Citys Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant Program applications submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
RANCHO CORDOVA CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Support for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (T-HUD) appropriations bill;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CITY OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Support for the Citys Community Project Funding request for the Meeker Street Project;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MADISON WI via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Support for the Citys grant application to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) seeking funding through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Low or No Emission Grant Program and Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program;
Public comment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concerns with the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards (Docket Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0194);
Support for maintaining enacted levels of funding for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies spending bill as Congress moves forward with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process;
CITY OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Support for maintaining enacted levels of funding for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME Investment Partnerships Program in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) spending bill as the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process moves forward to fully leverage the Finance Committee title of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21), specifically the enhancements of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
FRESNO, CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Letters of Support for the Citys grant applications submitted to the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) seeking federal assistance for the Perimeter Security Project and Sound Mitigation Acoustical Remedy Treatment (SMART) Program; Engagement with the Department of Defense Department of the Air Force on the timeline for the arrival of F-15EX aircraft at the Fresno Air National Guard Base 144th Fighter Wing to beddown F-15C/D aircraft;
Letters of Support for the Citys grant applications submitted to the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP) seeking federal assistance for the Perimeter Security Project and Sound Mitigation Acoustical Remedy Treatment (SMART) Program; Engagement with the Department of Defense Department of the Air Force on the timeline for the arrival of F-15EX aircraft at the Fresno Air National Guard Base 144th Fighter Wing to beddown F-15C/D aircraft;
CITY OF BOISE, IDAHO via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Support for programmatic appropriations administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the HOME Investments Partnerships Program, and the implementation of provisions included in the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21), including the expansion of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program and Opportunity Zones;
Federal public lands provisions included in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources title of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21);
ACCESS SERVICES INCORPORATED via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · third_quarter · Q3
Policy recommendations for the surface transportation reauthorization measure under development in the 119th Session of Congress;
Filing targets: Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
SAN LEANDRO CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations requests and support for the Citys Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for its Shoreline Development Project, the Alternative 911 Emergency Response Project, and the MacArthur Roundabout Project
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations requests and support for the Citys Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for its Shoreline Development Project, the Alternative 911 Emergency Response Project, and the MacArthur Roundabout Project
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Support for federal programs and funding administered by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Filing targets: SENATE
TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Concerns regarding the termination of School Based Mental Health Services Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Education
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TACOMA WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and submission of the Citys Community Project Funding (CPF) or Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING AGENCIES POLICY COUNCIL via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations requests
Policy priorities for the surface transportation reauthorization
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
STANISLAUS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for the SR 132 Gates to Dakota Project
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for the SR 132 Gates to Dakota Project; Policy priorities for the surface transportation reauthorization;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
SALT LAKE CITY UT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
COPS Hiring Program (CHP) grants and other funding sources to support local law enforcement and public safety initiatives
Concerns regarding a budget reconciliation provision focused on the proposed mandatory disposal of federal public lands overseen by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management and the potential impacts to local water resources
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process
RANCHO CORDOVA CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Budget and appropriations requests in support of key tax incentives in the tax code as well as programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address homelessness, construct affordable housing, and provide services and supports to local residents
Budget and appropriations requests in support of key tax incentives in the tax code as well as programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address homelessness, construct affordable housing, and provide services and supports to local residents
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
PIERCE TRANSIT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) or Congressionally Directed Spending requests for local projects;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CITY OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for the Citys Meeker Street Project and Designated Crisis Responder Program
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NEWARK CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PARKS TACOMA (FKA METRO PARKS TACOMA) via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request for the Titlow Lagoon Restoration Project
Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request for the Titlow Lagoon Restoration Project
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
MADISON WI via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act of 2025 (H.R. 2094/S. 978); Budget and appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant;
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests; Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests; Budget and appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant;
CITY OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests;
Appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the Community Development Block Grant, the Emergency Solutions Grant Program, and the Continuum of Care Program
Concerns regarding the potential impacts of proposed tariffs on local manufacturing and the economy;
Regional transportation and infrastructure projects and policy principles for the surface transportation reauthorization
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
FRESNO, CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests; Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests;
Engagement with the Department of the Air Force regarding the California Air National Guard 144th Fighter Wing and preparations for the arrival of the F-15EX aircraft;
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CITY OF BOISE, IDAHO via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Tax policy priorities for the budget reconciliation measure known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, including maintaining the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and the alternative minimum tax; appropriations requests for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the Community Development Block Grant, the Emergency Solutions Grant Program, and the Continuum of Care Program
BEN FRANKLIN TRANSIT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Local transportation projects and policy principles for the surface transportation reauthorization
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Regional transportation projects and policy principles
Filing targets: Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
ACCESS SERVICES INCORPORATED via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · second_quarter · Q2
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests; Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests;
Policy principles for the surface transportation reauthorization, including expansion of direct eligibility for paratransit agencies under the Buses and Bus Facilities Program and Low or No Emission Grant Program;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
CITY OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Public transportation and infrastructure projects
Affordable housing development
CITY OF PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · RR
Federal resources and issues of concern to local government, including transportation and infrastructure, housing, law enforcement, municipal finance, budget and appropriations requests, and other matters.
Federal resources and issues of concern to local government, including transportation and infrastructure, housing, law enforcement, municipal finance, budget and appropriations requests, and other matters.
Federal resources and issues of concern to local government, including transportation and infrastructure, housing, law enforcement, municipal finance, budget and appropriations requests, and other matters.
WASHINGTON STATE TRANSIT ASSOCIATION via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Procurement policy for bus vehicles and equipment
Filing targets: SENATE
TACOMA WASHINGTON via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Support for federal resources for law enforcement, firefighters, and first responders including the Department of Justice Byrne JAG Grant Program and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AGF) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (FEMA) Programs and supporting alternative response models
Support for federal resources for law enforcement, firefighters, and first responders including the Department of Justice Byrne JAG Grant Program and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AGF) and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (FEMA) Programs and supporting alternative response models
TACOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
SAN LEANDRO CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests Concerns about potential spending cuts to Medicaid benefits and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Local transportation projects
Clean water infrastructure investments at the Shoreline Project
PARKS TACOMA (FKA METRO PARKS TACOMA) via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
California High-Speed Rail Project
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
STANISLAUS COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
SALT LAKE CITY UT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and protecting appropriations for key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership Program, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
SACRAMENTO HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SHRA) via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
RANCHO CORDOVA CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
PIERCE TRANSIT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
NEWARK CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
MADISON WI via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and protecting appropriations for key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investments Partnership Program
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
CITY OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FRESNO, CA via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
California High-Speed Rail Project
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
CITRUS HEIGHTS WATER DISTRICT via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
White House Memorandum M-13-25 and Executive Orders instructing federal agencies to pause disbursement or obligation of federal financial assistance
Tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and preferential status of private activity bonds (PABs)
Water infrastructure needs and federal policy priorities
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
CARMEL IN via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Reintroduction of bill previously numbered as H.R. 8753 in the 118th Session of Congress to help local communities in addressing Postal Service issues with zip codes;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CITY OF BOISE, IDAHO via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Clean energy tax credits to support geothermal energy projects
Support for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program as well as key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership Program, and Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
Boise Airport priorities including increasing funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Infrastructure Grant Program and Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program, maintaining appropriations funding for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) programs, and modernization of the Passenger Facility Charge and maintenance of the Alternative Minimum Tax and tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and private activity bonds
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
ACCESS SERVICES INCORPORATED via COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)
2025 · first_quarter · Q1
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Support for programmatic appropriations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and HOME Investments Partnership Program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies spending bill as Congress moves forward with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process to fully leverage the Finance Committee title of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21), specifically the enhancements of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program;
Filing targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Clean energy investment tax credit and production tax credit for direct use geothermal technologies and projects;
Corridor ID Program and the restoration of intercity passenger rail service between Boise and Salt Lake City, Utah;
CHIPS and Science Act investments in support of semiconductor manufacturing;
Filing targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Federal Railroad Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations requests and support for the Citys Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for its Shoreline Development Project, the Alternative 911 Emergency Response Project, and the MacArthur Roundabout Project
Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations requests and support for the Citys Community Project Funding (CPF) and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests for its Shoreline Development Project, the Alternative 911 Emergency Response Project, and the MacArthur Roundabout Project
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
FEMA BRIC grant award made to the City to support construction of its water treatment plant
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
Budget and appropriations requests in support of key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the HOME Investment Partnerships Program and the Community Development Block Grant
Support for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program and the Small Starts Program
Support for maintaining clean energy tax credits authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act and accessible to local governments through direct pay provisions during the budget reconciliation process;
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office
Maintaining and expanding clean energy tax credits supporting geothermal systems, specifically the Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit, authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act
Maintaining and expanding clean energy tax credits supporting geothermal systems, specifically the Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit, authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act
Opposition to budget reconciliation provision focused on the proposed mandatory disposal of federal public lands overseen by the United States Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Alternative response strategies utilized by law enforcement and jail modernization
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Federal resources and issues of concern to local government, including transportation and infrastructure, housing, law enforcement, municipal finance, budget and appropriations requests, and other matters.
Federal resources and issues of concern to local government, including transportation and infrastructure, housing, law enforcement, municipal finance, budget and appropriations requests, and other matters.
Citys U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) RAISE planning grant application for the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge Design Project; Local transportation and infrastructure projects including the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge Design Project and the Portland Avenue Freight Access Improvement Project;
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and protecting appropriations for key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership Program, and Housing Choice Vouchers
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and protecting appropriations for key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investments Partnership Program
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Reinstatement of the Woods Cross Quiet Zone by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Tourism and economic development
Maintaining federal investments for emergency management, resiliency activities, watershed management, and wildfire and hazard mitigation activities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service, Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Support for the reclassification of 911 telecommunications dispatchers as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System;
Maintaining federal investments for emergency management, resiliency activities, watershed management, and wildfire and hazard mitigation activities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service, Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Local transportation projects
Support for federal water infrastructure investments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
White House Memorandum M-13-25 and Executive Orders instructing federal agencies to pause disbursement or obligation of federal financial assistance
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
White House Memorandum M-13-25 and Executive Orders instructing federal agencies to pause disbursement or obligation of federal financial assistance
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
FY 2026 Appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests
Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
Implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act
White House Memorandum M-13-25 and Executive Orders instructing federal agencies to pause disbursement or obligation of federal financial assistance
Filing targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE