Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Tour Association

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Lobbying firm

Signal Group Consulting, LLC

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  • Funding for National Park Service, FAA Reauthorization, airport modernization and surface transportation funding. Implementation of the FAST Act (114-94).
  • National Parks Issues National Park Service Legacy Act (S. 751; HR 2584), Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act (H.R. 1225). Restore Our Parks Act (S.500), Land and National Park Deferred Maintenance Act (H.R. 1026)
  • People to people travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa Waiver Program reform; Jobs Originating Through Launch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion. Brand USA Reauthorization (S.2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203). Travel Promotion , Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851).
  • Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations regarding national parks funding. Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 3052 and S. 2580). FY20 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 3163 and S. 2520).
  • Aviation consumer protection issues. Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254).

Duration: to

General Issues: Transportation, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Travel/Tourism, Budget/Appropriations, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $290,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Natl Park Service (NPS)

Bills mentioned

S.751: National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.2584: National Park Service Legacy Act of 2017

Sponsor: Will Hurd (R-Texas)

S.2257: National Park Service Centennial Act

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.3556: National Park Service Centennial Act

Sponsor: Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

H.R.4680: National Park Service Centennial Act

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

H.R.1401: JOLT Act of 2015

Sponsor: Joe Heck (R-Nev.)

S.2091: JOLT Act of 2015

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.667: Veterans Equal Access Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.299: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

H.R.3687: Cuba Agricultural Exports Act

Sponsor: Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)

H.R.3238: Cuba Trade Act of 2015

Sponsor: Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)

H.R.5485: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: Ander Crenshaw (R-Fla.)

S.3067: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017

Sponsor: John Boozman (R-Ark.)

H.R.22: FAST Act

Sponsor: Rodney Davis (R-Ill.)

S.209: Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act Amendments...

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.751: Journalist Protection Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.2584: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of...

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.1225: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

S.500: Restore Our Parks Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.1026: LAND Act

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.428: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2404: United States-Cuba Relations Normalization Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.2187: JOLT Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

S.2134: Brand USA Extension Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.3052: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

S.2203: Brand USA Extension Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.3851: Brand USA Extension Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.2580: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

H.R.3163: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

S.2520: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Robert Chamberlin Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Asst. Counsel, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Asst. Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (Asst. Counsel, House Transp. & Infrastructure Committee) Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Asst. Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (Asst. Counsel, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee) Cheif Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Asst. Counsel, House Transportation and Infrstructure Committee (Asst. Counsel, HouSe Transportation & Infrastructure Committee) Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee,; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Asst. Counsel, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee (Asst. Counsel, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee)
Samuel Whitehorn Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee
Julie Bertoson Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US DOT; Dem. Staff Assistant, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation; Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Staff Asst., Office of Senator Mark Dayton Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transp.; Staff Asst., Office of Senator Mark Dayton Associate Director, Office of the Asst., Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senator Mark Dayton
Jonathan Black Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.; Summer Law Clerk, SEC; Legal Fellow, SEC Senior Legislative Asst., Rep. Sanford D. Bishop Jr.; Summer Law Clerk, SEC; Legal Fellow, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Senior Legislative Asst., Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.; Summer Law Clerk, SEC; Legal Fellow, Rep. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
George Riccardo Research Assistant, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Staff Assistant, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Research Assistant, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure; Staff Assistant, Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure
Julie Hrdlicka Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Staff Asst., Office of Senator Mark Dayton Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transp.; Staff Asst., Office of Senator Mark Dayton Associate Director, Office of the Asst., Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senator Mark Dayton Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Govt. Affairs, US Department of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation; Staff Asst., Senator Mark Dayton
Max Rosen Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Research Asst. Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Research Asst., Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Julie Hrldicka Associate Director, Office of the Asst. Secretary for Governmental Affairs, DOT; Dem. Staff Asst, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Staff Asst. Senator Mark Dayton

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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