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United States Tour Operators Association

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ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

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  • Funding for the National Park Service, FAA reauthorization issues, surface transportation and infrastructure, issues related to group bookings.
  • National parks issues, implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (P.L. 116-152), issues related to commercial use authorizations.
  • Issues related to hotel and tourism targeted taxes, including hotel booking taxes. Issues related to the employee retention tax.
  • People to people travel and Cuba legislation, issues related to the Visa Waiver Program and reforming it, issues related to Brand USA reauthorization, issues related to credit card chargebacks, Implementation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Issues related to Visa processing times.
  • Issues related to Visa Waiver Program expansion. Issues related to trusted traveler programs.
  • National parks funding. Issues related to FY2024 appropriations.
  • Aviation consumer protection issues, implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254). FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023 (S.1939). The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act (H.R.3935).

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General Issues: Transportation, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Travel/Tourism, Homeland Security, Budget/Appropriations, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $340,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Interior - Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), Small Business Administration (SBA), State - Dept of (DOS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

Bills mentioned

S.751: Journalist Protection Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

H.R.2584: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of...

Sponsor: Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)

H.R.1225: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act

Sponsor: Rob Bishop (R-Utah)

S.500: Restore Our Parks Act

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.1026: LAND Act

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.428: Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.2404: United States-Cuba Relations Normalization Act

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

H.R.2187: JOLT Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)

S.2134: Brand USA Extension Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

S.2203: Brand USA Extension Act

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.3851: Brand USA Extension Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.3052: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

S.2580: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

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

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

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

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.3422: Great American Outdoors Act

Sponsor: Cory Gardner (R-Colo.)

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

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

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

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

H.R.7612: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

H.R.1957: Great American Outdoors Act

Sponsor: John Lewis (D-Ga.)

H.R.8406: The Heroes Act

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

S.3814: RESTART Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.6776: JOBS Credit Act of 2020

Sponsor: Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.)

S.4031: American TRIP Act

Sponsor: Martha McSally (R-Ariz.)

S.4150: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.8337: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act

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

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.1346: Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021

Sponsor: Steven Horsford (D-Nev.)

S.477: Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021

Sponsor: Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)

H.R.2120: SAVE Act

Sponsor: Mark Amodei (R-Nev.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.2424: Restoring Brand USA Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4594: Restoring Brand USA Act

Sponsor: Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.)

H.R.6161: Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act

Sponsor: Carol Miller (R-W.Va.)

S.3375: Omnibus Travel and Tourism Act of 2021

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

S.3625: Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

H.R.6965: Visit America Act

Sponsor: Dina Titus (D-Nev.)

S.1939: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.3935: Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act

Sponsor: Sam Graves (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?
Robert Chamberlin Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Asst. Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee. Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Samuel Whitehorn Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.
Jeff Markey LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings; Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Metcalf LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings; Legislative Director, Representative Jeff Metcalf. LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.
Julie Hrdlicka Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transporation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton. Associate Director, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, US Dept. of Transportation; Dem. Staff Asst., Senate Committee on Commerce Science and Transportation; Staff Assistant, Office of US Senate Mark Dayton.
Max Rosen Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Research Assistant, Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Research Asst., Subcommittee on Aviation, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Steve Schultz Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Counsel for the office of Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr.; Shared Staff for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Tyler Hardy Deputy Legislative Director, Sen. John Hoeven.
Mike Burnside 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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