Lobbying Relationship

Client

Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America

Non-Profit Trade Asociation Focused on Global Footwear Trade More records

Lobbying firm

Sorini, Samet, & Associates, LLC

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  • Affordable Footwear Act TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGOA
  • MTBs Footwear (H.R. 5616, H.R. 5617, H.R. 5618, H.R. 5619, H.R. 5423, H.R. 5424, H.R. 5425, H.R. 5426, H.R. 5427, H.R. 5428, H.R. 5429, H.R. 5430, H.R. 5431, H.R. 5432, H.R. 4897, H.R. 4898, H.R. 4899, H.R. 4900, H.R. 4901)

Duration: to

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $360,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Senate,, State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Security Council (NSC), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), House of Representatives,, Intl Trade Administration (ITA),

Bills mentioned

H.R.5616: Urban Agriculture Production Act

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

H.R.5617: Copyright and Marriage Equality Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

H.R.5618: Veterans Health Administration Management Improvement Act

Sponsor: Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.)

H.R.5619: LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Peter T. King (R-N.Y.)

H.R.5423: Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

H.R.5424: Made-in-America Bank Act

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.5425: To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

Sponsor: Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)

H.R.5426: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer...

Sponsor: Alan Grayson (D-Fla.)

H.R.5427: Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act

Sponsor: Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5428: Return of Certain Lands At Fort Wingate to The Original Inhabitants Act

Sponsor: Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)

H.R.5429: Open Internet Act of 2014

Sponsor: Scott Peters (D-Calif.)

H.R.5430: Nineveh Plain Refugee Act of 2014

Sponsor: Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)

H.R.5431: Isolating ISIS Act

Sponsor: Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)

H.R.5432: Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act

Sponsor: Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)

H.R.4897: Transparency in Education Act

Sponsor: Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.)

H.R.4898: Access to Veteran-Centered Community Care Act

Sponsor: Kyrsten Sinema (ID-Ariz.)

H.R.4899: Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014

Sponsor: Doc Hastings (R-Wash.)

H.R.4900: Helping Veterans Save for Health Care Act of 2014

Sponsor: Sam Johnson (R-Texas)

H.R.4901: Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

S.1069: Every Child Deserves a Family Act

Sponsor: Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2697: Airline Pilot Pension Fairness Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.2511: Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

S.1069: Affordable Footwear Act of 2011

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.2697: Affordable Footwear Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

H.R.2511: Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.3523: Innovative Design Protection Act of 2012

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

H.R.4897: To suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear with outer...

Sponsor: Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Ron Sorini Ambassador, Chief Textile Negotiator, USTR
Andrew Samet Legislative Director, Senator Daniel P. Moynihan Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Under Secretary, U.S Department of Labor
Daniel Neumann Policy Analyst, Joint Economic Committee
Ronald Sorini Ambassador, Chief Textile Negotiator, USTR
Keith Jenkins n/a
Daryl Sando n/a
Megan Costello n/a

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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