• Implementation of section 2851 of H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, "Guidance on Department of Defense-wide standards for access to military installations."
• Financial Crimes Enforcement Network final rule entitled, Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards, and Use of FinCEN Identifiers for Entities (88 FR 88732, December 22, 2023).
• Final Department of Defense, General Services Administration, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (FAR Council) rule entitled, FAR Case 2022-003, Use of Project Labor Agreement for Federal Construction Projects (88 FR 88708, December 22, 2023). H.R. 1209 the Fair and Open Competition Act, legislation to vitiate President Biden's Executive Order 14063 creating a presumption favoring use of Project Labor Agreements on large scale federal construction projects; entire bill. S. 537, the Fair and Open Competition Act, legislation to vitiate President Biden's Executive Order 14063 creating a presumption favoring use of Project Labor Agreements on large scale federal construction projects; entire bill.
• H.R. 2581, the National Apprenticeship Act, legislation to amend the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to as the National Apprenticeship Act), to expand the national apprenticeship system to include apprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeships registered under such Act and to promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices; entire bill. S. 2122, the National Apprenticeship Act, legislation to amend the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly referred to as the National Apprenticeship Act), to expand the national apprenticeship system to include apprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeships registered under such Act and to promote the furtherance of labor standards necessary to safeguard the welfare of apprentices; entire bill. H.J. Res. 103, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation; entire resolution. H.J. Res. 116, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Labor relating to Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act; entire resolution. S. J. Res. 63, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act; entire resolution. H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, legislation to amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; entire bill. H.R. 720, the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, legislation to repeal the wage rate requirements commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act; entire bill. S. 3941, the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, A bill to repeal the wage requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act; entire bill. Department of Labor final rule entitled, Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (89 FR 1638 January 10, 2024). Department of Labor Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, National Apprenticeship System Enhancements (89 FR 3118, January 17, 2024). Department of Labor final rule entitled, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations (88 FR 57526, August 23, 2023). General education regarding the need to ensure full funding for the Wage & Hour Division in FY 2024 Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations Act. Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed rule entitled, Personal Protective Equipment in Construction (88 FR 46706, July 20, 2023). Forthcoming proposed Department of Labor rule concerning heat injury and illness. Exercise of authority under section 6(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act to assess the competitive impact of the misclassification of construction workers as independent contractors.
• Implementation of the Special Financial Assistance Program created through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 P.L. 117-2-March 11, 2021. H.R. 7024, the "Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," legislation to make improvements to the child tax credit, to provide tax incentives to promote economic growth, to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States, to provide tax relief with respect to certain Federal disasters, to make improvements to the low-income housing tax credit; amendment proposal to authorize two-pool withdrawal liability for multiemployer pension plans (no amendment introduced). H.R. 7135, the Ghost Handouts and Overpayments Stop Today Act, legislation to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the obligation of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation to reclaim any overpayment of special financial assistance payment under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, including amounts paid on behalf of a deceased participant or beneficiary; entire bill. General education concerning two-pool withdrawal liability and ERISA preemption.
• H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," legislation to make improvements to the child tax credit, to provide tax incentives to promote economic growth, to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States, to provide tax relief with respect to certain Federal disasters, to make improvements to the low-income housing tax credit; Title II-American Innovation and Growth, Section 204 Increase in limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets"; and Title IV-Tax Administration and Eliminating Fraud, Section 602 Enforcement provisions with respect to COVID-related employee retention credits.

Duration: January 1, 2022 to present

General Issues: Defense, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Government Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Retirement, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Telecommunications, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Immigration, Health Issues

Spending: about $440,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2022: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Treasury - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Small Business Administration (SBA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)