Lobbying Relationship

Client

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

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Lobbying firm

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation

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  • Freight rail economic issues and balanced regulation; freight and passenger rail safety and security, performance and development; positive train control implementation and other rail technology applications; passenger rail investment and funding; trade and investment policy related to the U.S. rail supply industry; permanently incorporate the Sec. 45G short line railroad tax credit, H.R. 510/S.203 Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act; rail issues in H.R. 2 Moving Forward Act, and Senate surface transportation reauthorization and infrastructure investment counterparts including S.2302, Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019. H.R. 8082 Freight RAILCAR Act and potential Senate counterpart providing tax incentives for freight railcar acquistion.
  • Rail, logistics and port interconnection, and public transportation issues in H.R. 2 Moving Forward Act, and Senate surface transportation reauthorization and infrastructure investment counterparts including S.2302, Americas Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019; freight rail economic issues and balanced regulation; freight and passenger rail and public transportation safety, security and performance including positive train control implementation and other technology applications; passenger rail and transit funding and capital investment; permanently incorporate the Sec. 45G short line railroad tax credit, H.R. 510/S.203 Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act; surface transportation automated vehicles; truck size and weight; public transportation grant administration; trade and investment policy related to the US rail and public transportation supply industries; H.R. 8082 Freight RAILCAR Act and potential Senate counterpart providing tax incentives for freight rail car acquisition.
  • Rail and public transportation funding and oversight in FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations; H.R. 7616, FY2021 Continuing Appropriations Resolution (through 12/11/2020).
  • Trade and investment policy related to the United States rail and public transportation supply industries.
  • Security of critical infrastructure freight and passenger rail and public transportation systems including cyber-integrity.
  • Permanently incorporate the Sec. 45G short line railroad tax credit, H.R. 510/S.203 Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy (BRACE) Act. H.R. 8072 Freight RAILCAR Act and potential Senate counterpart providing tax incentives for fright rail car acquisitions.

Duration: to

General Issues: Railroads, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Homeland Security, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Defense, Disaster Planning/Emergencies

Spending: about $940,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

Bills mentioned

H.R.4626: National Jazz Preservation, Education, and Promulgation Act of 2017

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.2595: Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

H.R.3353: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

S.1655: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.1625: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Edward Royce (R-Calif.)

S.2098: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.4311: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.)

S.407: Building Rail Access for Customers and the Economy Act

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.721: BRACE Act

Sponsor: Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.)

H.R.6072: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

S.3023: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

S.2987: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

Sponsor: Kay Granger (R-Texas)

H.R.5841: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.)

H.R.695: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.)

H.R.88: Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's...

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

S.846: Transit Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.510: BRACE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.203: BRACE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Michael D. Crapo (R-Idaho)

H.R.2739: Transit Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act

Sponsor: Harley Rouda (D-Calif.)

H.R.3163: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

S.790: Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

H.R.2500: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.2302: America's Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

S.2520: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

H.R.4378: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019

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

S.2293: Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)

S.1790: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

H.R.4863: United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019

Sponsor: Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

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

H.R.8082: Freight RAILCAR Act of 2020

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

H.R.7616: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: David E. Price (D-N.C.)

H.R.8072: Integrity of Our Elections Act

Sponsor: Jason Smith (R-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?
Donald Itzkoff Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, US Dept. of Transportation Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, US Dept of Transportation
Donald Itzkoff N/A Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, US Dept of Transportation

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.

Termination
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Registration

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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