Lobbying Relationship

Client

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

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Lobbying firm

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

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  • General cruise industry issues with port state Members and Staff (growth of the industry, economic impact in US, environmental initiatives); Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (potential relief for small businesses supported by the cruise industry)
  • Coast Guard Authorization Act; Stop Sexual Assault in Transportation Act
  • Royal Caribbean's response to the CDC No Sail Order; shipboard protocols in response to COVID-19; repatriation of guests and crew; and refund policies.

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General Issues: Travel/Tourism, Transportation, Health Issues, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Urban Development/Municipalities, Firearms/Guns/Ammunition, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Immigration, Foreign Relations, Environmental/Superfund, Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Banking, Fuel/Gas/Oil

Spending: about $10,227,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Federal Maritime Commission, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Treasury - Dept of, Small Business Administration (SBA), State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Park Service (NPS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. Senate,

Related Foreign Entities: A. Wilhelmsen AS (Vika N-0118, NOR); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 20%; Cruise Associates (P.O. Box N-3933, BAH); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 15%

Bills mentioned

S.1611: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.1340: Cruise Passenger Protection Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.2800: Cruise Passenger Protection Act

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.1194: Consular Notification Compliance Act of 2011

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

H.R.3619: Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011

Sponsor: Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)

S.1194: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.3619: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.3463: Survivors Equality Act of 2010

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

H.R.5503: Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.588: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.3360: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.1485: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

H.R.874: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

Sponsor: Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.)

S.428: Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

H.R.6408: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008

Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)

S.3204: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2008

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.6434: Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2008

Sponsor: Sam Farr (D-Calif.)

H.R.6049: Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2830: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.1892: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

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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?
Eleni Kalisch Counsel, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (1990-95) Speechwriter/Press Secy, Rep. Doug Barnard (D-GA) (1990) Legislative Correspondent, Rep. Buddy Darden (D-GA) (1989)

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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