• Oversight of trusted traveler programs and the use of biometrics, digital travel documents and preclearance airports.House and Senate Homeland Security Appropriations bills HR 4367 and S. 330 to fund the department, requested additional funding for hiring an additional 1000CBP agents in the supplemental Border Security proposal
• Appropriating funds for the newly created Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism. Improved Visa and Passport processing, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S 2321 and House Homeland Appropriations HR 4367 and S.2632 - Visa Processing Improvement Act bill to address the delays in visa processing for international visitors.
• HR 3935 and S400 Reauthorization of the FAA, improved and updated technology for national airspace and accelerated NEXT GEN, integrate Advanced Air Mobility technologies and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) into the NAS. Accessibility: MOBILE Act (S.1459/H.R.3082) Workforce: updated staffing models for Air Traffic Control to account for projected growth in air traffic demand, while also ensuring the agency has enough funding to hire additional air traffic controllers. Provide FAA additional funding for aviation workforce development programs Increasing production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel - S. 1958 Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023 and S.1962 AAERO Act, Advancing Aviation Emissions Reduction Opportunities Act, - Flight Education Access Act (S. 1292), to increase the amount of federal student loan aid available to individuals enrolled in accredited flight education and training programs
• HR 3935 and S400 Reauthorization of the FAA, improved and updated technology for national airspace and accelerated NEXT GEN, integrate Advanced Air Mobility technologies and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) into the NAS. Accessibility: MOBILE Act (S.1459/H.R.3082) Workforce: updated staffing models for Air Traffic Control to account for projected growth in air traffic demand, while also ensuring the agency has enough funding to hire additional air traffic controllers. Provide FAA additional funding for aviation workforce development programs Increasing the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel S. 1958 Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023 and S.1962 AAERO Act Advancing Aviation Emissions Reduction Opportunities Act S.2599 - AIR FAIR Act of 2023 Assessing International Requirements to Fuel Aviations Impact Reduction (AIR FAIR) Act . S.2378 H.R.4760 -Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax Act Flight Education Access Act (S. 1292), to increase the amount of federal student loan aid available to individuals enrolled in accredited flight education and training programs
• Increasing production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel FOR USE IN AIR TRAVEL TO LOWER FLIGHT EMISSIONS - S. 1958 Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023 and S.1962 AAERO Act, Advancing Aviation Emissions Reduction Opportunities Act

Duration: November 1, 2007 to January 1, 2009

General Issues: Homeland Security, Travel/Tourism, Transportation, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Environmental/Superfund, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Budget/Appropriations

Spending: about $3,145,000 (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 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), State - Dept of (DOS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Treasury - Dept of, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. Customs & Border Protection,, Office of Management & Budget (OMB),, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Y Y, Y Y Department of Homeland Security, Y Y Department of Transportation, Y Y State Department Department of Homeland Security

Affiliated organizations: Monument Policy Group