{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[1875153, "e4317186-49a2-404f-8dbe-680d137feabd", "Q3", "SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN", 35068, "SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN", 2016, "third_quarter", "GOV", "Construction Bidding Reform\n\nAmend the Internal Revenue Service Code to reduce the depreciation period for energy efficient mechanical equipment for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) to twenty years from the current thirty-nine year depreciation period\n\nOppose anti-Davis-Bacon/anti-PLA Amendments\n\nSupport accuracy and accountability of Davis-Bacon Act\n\nSupport Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act\n\nExtension of Tax Provisions (expiring in 2015-16)\n\nSupport GSA's Green Building Program to House, Senate Congressional Appropriations Committees\n\nCo-sponsored Congressional High Performing Building Caucus briefing, reception\n\nSupport Federal Cost Reduction Act\n\nSmart Energy Bill (support)\n\nExtend in 2012 tax provisions that expired in 2011, especially energy efficiency incentives\n\nSupport adoption of energy efficiency retrofits and renovations in existing buildings in U.S.\n\nSupport appropriate use of PLAs on public construction projects\n\nSupport investments in industrial energy efficiency, including combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery (WHR)\n\nSupport The Commercial Building Modernization Act\n\nSupport construction of net-zero energy schools\n\nSupport incentivizing grid reliability and building resiliency for critical operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy\n\nSupport the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act\n\nSupport \"Solutions Not Bailouts\" proposal for multiemployer pension plan reform.\n\nOppose Flake amendment (FLAKE #103) to The Keystone Pipeline Act - S. 1\n\nSupport The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - S. 720, H.R. 2177\n\nSupport efforts to advance energy efficiency in properties owned and supported by Dept. of Housing and Urban Development\n\nOppose amendment to ban Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on military construction projects and military family housing projects - S.A. 1719\n\nSupport Portman-Hirono Amendment #1731 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA ) of FY 2016 - S. 1526\n\nEncourage Senate, House support of energy efficiency legislation within the context of more comprehensive legislation.\n\nSupport energy efficiency tax credits in the extension of expiring and expired tax provisions; in particular: 25C tax credit for certain non-business energy property; the 179D tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial and multifamily buildings; extension of 45L tax credit for new energy-efficient homes.\n\nSupport Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage coverage/reject repeal amendment - H.R. 3763\n\nOppose Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015 - H.R. 1671\n\nSupport extension and improvement of the production tax credit (PTC), investment tax credit (ITC), and residential tax incentives for multiple technologies.\n\nSupport composite plans/multiemployer pension plans\n\nSupport appointment of Rep. Peter Welch to House-Senate Conference Committee on the Comprehensive Energy Legislation - S. 2012, H.R. 8\n\nSupport Amodei amendment to strike Prior Approval (PA) practices required of trade association Political Action Committees (PACs)\n\nSupport Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage coverage by opposing amendment to H.R. 4974/MilCon-VA Appropriations Act\n\nSupport Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on public construction by opposing amendment to H.R. 4974, the MilCon-VA Act of 2017\n\nSupport inclusion of Section 2311 in the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 - S. 2012\n\nOppose amendment H. Amdt. 1030 included in the National Defense Authorization Act - H.R. 4909\n\nSupport House, Senate energy policy bills deploying additional CHP, WHP resources.\n\nSupport Senate's effort to include section 2312 in the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 - S. 2012", "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,SENATE", null, null, 0, 0, "2016-10-11T18:09:49.870000-04:00"]], "columns": ["id", "filing_uuid", "filing_type", "registrant_name", "registrant_id", "client_name", "filing_year", "filing_period", "issue_code", "specific_issues", "government_entities", "income_amount", "expense_amount", "is_no_activity", "is_termination", "received_date"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["1875153"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 30.619535013101995, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}