Lobbying Relationship

Client

Mechanical Contractors Association of America

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Lobbying firm

Mechanical Contractors Association of America

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  • Multiemployer defined benefit pension plan reforms, including composite plan design; regulations implementing executive order requiring federal contractors to offer paid sick leave; ERISA and National Labor Relations Act preemption of state and local mandates, project labor agreements, prevailing wage application and administrative reforms; OSHA-related issues
  • Government operations/procurement reforms; COVID impact cost recovery on Federal contracts; unrelated contractor selection and performance rating; Inflation Reduction Act, enhanced tax credits for energy projects paying prevailing wage and using registered apprenticeship for specific work hours

Duration: to

General Issues: Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Government Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Small Business, Transportation, Retirement, Health Issues, Defense

Spending: about $2,235,200 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), General Services Administration (GSA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Treasury - Dept of, House of Representatives, Senate, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Y Y House, Internal Revenue Service/Treasury Department, Environmental Protection Agency, Y Y House and Senate

Bills mentioned

S.720: Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.1481: Small Contractors Improve Competition Act of 2015

Sponsor: Steven J. Chabot (R-Ohio)

H.R.838: Security in Bonding Act of 2015

Sponsor: Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.)

H.R.987: Davis-Bacon Repeal Act

Sponsor: Steve King (R-Iowa)

H.R.776: Security in Bonding Act of 2014

Sponsor: Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.)

H.R.2750: Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2014

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

S.202: Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.1942: Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2013

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.83: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Donna M.C. Christensen (D-Virgin Islands)

S.770: Payroll Fraud Prevention Act

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

S.11: Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas)

H.R.735: Government Neutrality in Contracting Act

Sponsor: John Sullivan (R-Okla.)

H.R.1778: Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2011

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.674: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3...

Sponsor: Wally Herger (R-Calif.)

S.89: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: David Vitter (R-La.)

S.164: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2011

Sponsor: Scott Brown (R-Mass.)

H.R.1425: Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)

S.493: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.1449: Motor Vehicle Owners Right to Repair Act of 2011

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

S.3079: Building Star Energy Efficiency Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.5476: Building Star Energy Efficiency Act of 2010

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.3492: Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2009

Sponsor: Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.)

H.R.275: To repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

S.292: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2009

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.2882: Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Kerry (D-Mass.)

H.R.3408: Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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

H.R.3200: America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.3854: Construction Quality Assurance Act of 2007

Sponsor: Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.)

H.R.3033: Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

S.2904: Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 2008

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

H.R.1023: To repeal the imposition of withholding on certain payments made to...

Sponsor: Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.)

S.777: Withholding Tax Relief Act of 2007

Sponsor: Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho)

S.2394: Good Government Contractor Act of 2007

Sponsor: Norm Coleman (R-Minn.)

H.R.5804: Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2008

Sponsor: Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)

S.2044: Independent Contractor Proper Classification Act of 2007

Sponsor: Barack Obama (D-Ill.)

H.R.102: Higher Education Science and Technology Competitiveness Act

Sponsor: Jo Ann S. Davis (R-Va.)

S.77: Anti-Gun Trafficking Penalties Enhancement Act of 2007

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

H.R.580: To amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a...

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.204: A bill for the relief of Ziad Mohamed Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis,...

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

S.3648: Employee Misclassification Prevention Act

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

H.R.6111: Employee Misclassification Prevention Act

Sponsor: Robert E. Andrews (D-N.J.)

H.R.397: Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.1784: Healthy Families Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.840: Healthy Families Act

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.589: Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

H.R.409: Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

Sponsor: Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.)

H.R.423: Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

Sponsor: Robert C. Scott (D-Va.)

S.547: Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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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?
Vincent Sarbuui Jr. Legislative Assistant, Senator Sherrod Brown (2019-2022); Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Donald Norcross (2014-2019); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Rob Andrews (2009-2014)
Vincent Sarubbi Jr. Legislative Assistant, Senator Sherrod Brown (2019-2022); Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Donald Norcross (2014-2019); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Rob Andrews (2009-2014) Legislative Assistant, Senator Sherrod Brown (2019-2022); Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Donald Norcross (2014-2019); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Rob Andrews (2011-2014) Legislative Assistant, Senator Sherrod Brown (2019-2022); Senior Legislative Assistant, Rep. Donald Norcross (2014-2019); Legislative Assistant, Rep. Rob Andrews (2011-2014)
John McNerney 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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