• Generally discussed the critical importance of mandatory surety bonding requirements, such as those of the Miller Act of 1935 (40 U.S.C. Section 3131, August 24, 1935) to protect federal taxpayer funds and to provide payment remedies for firms, in particular small businesses, supplying labor and materials on direct federal construction contracts and on construction contracts in part financed with federal funds.
• Seeking mandatory bonding requirements for the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program, authorized by the Fixing Americas Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, P.L. 114-94 (December 4, 2015), Title II, Section 2001; and to any other infrastructure-related legislative proposals in the 115th Congress to promote public-private partnership arrangements utilizing federal funds or financing for public infrastructure projects.
• Seeking mandatory bonding requirements in S.1320, FLIGHT Act of 2017, Section 4, related to public-partnership arrangements for infrastructure projects such as airports; as well as in H.R.2879, FLIGHT Act of 2017, Section 4, related to public-partnership arrangements for infrastructure projects such as airports; and as well as in S.1405, the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017, Title I, subtitle C, section 1304 concerning the establishment of public-private partnership programs at general aviation airports.
• Seeking mandatory bonding requirements in S.692, Water Infrastructure Flexibility Act; S.451, Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2017; and H.R.1663, Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2017, for infrastructure projects using public-private partnerships. Seeking mandatory bonding requirements in any legislative proposals developed by Congress or the Presidential Administration that modify or otherwise address the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (WIFIA) credit facility authorized by the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-121, June 10, 2014).

Duration: October 6, 2015 to December 31, 2017

General Issues: Insurance, Transportation, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Clean Air & Water (Quality)

Spending: about $90,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)