Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association

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Lobbying firm

TGA ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC

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  • Introductions to Members of Congress (no bill number); Issues related to preserving balanced economic regulation of the railroad industry (no bill number); Regulations affecting rail contractors including Part 243 Minimum Training Standards and Part 219 Drug & Alcohol Testing in implementation of Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-432); Issues affecting rail construction and investment in implementation of the surface transportation bill (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act P.L. 117-58); Support increased contracting out to rail contractors and supply industry (no bill number); Issues affecting freight rail, rail construction and investment in surface transportation reauthorization bill (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act P.L. 117-58); oppose restrictive rail labor provisions in potential STB reauthorization bill (no bill number), education about freight rail safety (S.576), support for short line railroad disaster relief bill (H.R.3782), and raise concerns about CARB waiver request to U.S. EPA (no bill number).
  • Opposed increased truck size or weight limits (H.R. 3372 and H.R. 2948); Conversations regarding federal permitting processes (no bill number).
  • Support for funding for transportation discretionary grant programs including USDOT RAISE and INFRA, FRA CRISI and FTA Capital Investment Grants (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act/P.L. 117-58) and FY2024 T-HUD Appropriations bills (P.L. 118-42) and FY2025 T-HUD Appropriations bills (no bill number).

Duration: to

General Issues: Railroads, Transportation, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $580,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Railroad Administration, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills mentioned

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.2: Moving Forward Act

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

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.8406: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.7617: Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development,...

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.479: LOCAL Infrastructure Act

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

S.2016: Surface Transportation Investment Act of 2021

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.1308: American Infrastructure Bonds Act of 2021

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4550: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

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

S.3045: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.R.8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

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

S.4670: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

H.J.RES.100: To provide for a resolution with respect to the unresolved disputes...

Sponsor: Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-N.J.)

H.R.2617: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.3372: To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish a safety data...

Sponsor: Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.)

H.R.2948: CARS Act

Sponsor: Lance Gooden (R-Texas)

S.576: Railway Safety Act of 2023

Sponsor: Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

H.R.3782: Short Line Railroad Relief Act

Sponsor: Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)

H.R.4820: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Tom Cole (R-Okla.)

S.2437: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

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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?
Matthew Ginsberg n/a
Ashley Wieland n/a
Matt Ginsberg n/a
Michael McGonagle 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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