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American Hotel and Lodging Association

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Mrs. Janine Smith

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  • Online travel booking taxation parity IRC 1031 Like-Kind Exchange
  • MLTS 911 direct dial access in hotels
  • NLRB Joint employer standard H-2B visa program viability 40 hour work week restoration (H.R. 30/S. 30)
  • Deceptive practices in online travel booking
  • Patent troll legislation (H.R. 9)

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Telecommunications, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Travel/Tourism, Insurance, Government Issues, Health Issues, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Immigration

Spending: about $535,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2009: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Senate, House of Representatives, General Services Administration (GSA)

Bills mentioned

H.R.30: Save American Workers Act of 2015

Sponsor: Todd Young (R-Ind.)

S.30: Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2015

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

S.1364: Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.3724: Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.2609: Marketplace and Internet Tax Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1354: JOLT Act of 2013

Sponsor: Joe Heck (R-Nev.)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

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

S.1612: Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.2992: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2013

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

H.R.508: TRIA Reauthorization Act of 2013

Sponsor: Mike Grimm (R-N.Y.)

S.2049: Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.3540: Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

S.866: Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013

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

S.2639: Veterans Affairs Health Workforce Enhancement Act of 2014

Sponsor: Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)

S.1013: Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.845: Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.2766: STOP Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.2024: End Anonymous Patents Act

Sponsor: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)

H.R.283: ACCOUNT Act

Sponsor: Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.)

H.R.313: GSA Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)

H.R.859: Taxpayers' COP Act

Sponsor: Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)

H.R.1880: Protecting Resort Cities from Discrimination Act of 2013

Sponsor: Mark Amodei (R-Nev.)

S.1007: BTU Act of 2013

Sponsor: Angus King (ID-Maine)

S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.743: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.460: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Sponsor: Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)

H.R.1010: Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act

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

S.3199: JOLT Act of 2012

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

S.2233: JOLT Act

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

H.R.5741: JOLT Act of 2012

Sponsor: Joe Heck (R-Nev.)

H.R.1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

S.506: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

S.560: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

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Janine Smith Esq. Leg. Counsel, Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun Leg. Counsel/Office of Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun
Janine Smith n/a

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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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