{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[1918180, "8326356d-1ff5-4a1d-9560-9d34b7641afc", "Q4", "SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN", 35068, "SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS NAT'L ASSN", 2016, "fourth_quarter", "SMB", "Extending and preserving Davis - Bacon Act on all federal and federally assisted construction\n\nSupport Partnership for Multiemployer Retirement Security\n\nSupport America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - H.R. 636\n\nSupport for \"Race to the Top\" Initiative, Combined Heat & Power (CHP), Waste Heat to Power (WHP)\n\nOppose amendment to Fair Labor Standards Act\n\nOppose anti-Davis-Bacon/anti-PLA Amendments\n\nSupport Construction Quality Assurance Act\n\nSupport laws making it harder for employers to engage in misclassification of workers as independent contractors\n\nFiled a statement for the hearing record: \"Construction Contracting: Barriers to Small Business Participation\", focusing on procurement reforms, procedures impacting small businesses\n\nLed a coalition to help develop and present pension reform solutions to Congress\n\nSupport Smart Energy Act\n\nOppose Working Family Flexibility Act\n\nSupport Fostering Resilience to Terrorism 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\nStatement submitted for record: Support reform to create stronger employment and tax laws at state and federal level with more effective enforcement to eliminate possible payroll fraud and worker misclassification in construction industry\n\nSupport Jordan Cove, OR Energy Project to export liquified natural gas (LNG) with Federal, Congressional officials\n\nSupport introduction of Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness 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 \"Solutions Not Bailouts\" proposal for multiemployer pension plan reform\n\nSupport The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act - H.R. 508\n\nSupport The Renewable Energy Parity Act\n\nSupport Commonsense Construction Contracting Act\n\nSupport Construction Quality Assurance Act\n\nSupport Security in Bonding Act\n\nSupport the Energy Efficient Cool Roofs Act\n\nSupport Water in the 21st Century Act\n\nLetter to Sen. Wyden (OR) - Support \"Solutions Not Bailouts\" proposal for multiemployer pension plans\n\nSupport extension of clean energy tax credits in Section 48\n\nComments submitted for Request for Information regarding Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) Grant program for FY2015; support extension of program to include CHP, WHP.\n\nSupport extension of Section 179D tax deduction for energy efficient commercial and multifamily buildings\n\nOppose limiting withdrawal liability of a limited class of employers participating in multiemployer pension plans.\n\nSupport Energy Efficiency Improvement Act\n\nSupport the reauthorizing of The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002\n\nSupport The Better Buildings Act of 2015 - S. 128, H.R. 873\n\nOppose Flake amendment (FLAKE #103) to The Keystone Pipeline Act - S. 1\n\nSupport appropriate use of project labor agreements on public construction - oppose Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015 - S. 71\n\nSupport The Streamlining  Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2015 - H. R. 756\n\nSupport The Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 - S. 535\n\nSupport appropriate use of construction project labor agreements (PLA's) on public construction; oppose \"Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015 - H.R. 1671\n\nSupport the America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - H.R. 636\n\nSupport The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - S. 720, H.R. 2177\n\nSupport the \"Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015\" - S. 860, H.R. 1105\n\nSupport Davis-Bacon prevailing wage coverage as part of H.R. 2029\n\nInclude and support language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016, H.R. 1735, based on  H.R. 1666, the Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act; H.R. 1444, the Commonsense Construction Contracting Act - the Hanna Amendment to H.R. 1735; and H.R. 838, the Security in Bonding Act - Section 839 of H.R. 1735\n\nSupport the Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act of 2015 - S. 1275\n\nSupport the POWER Act of 2015 - S. 1516, H.R. 2657\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 renewal of three energy-efficient building tax extenders that expired in 2014: Residential Energy-Efficient Tax Credit (IRC Sec. 25C), Energy-Efficient New Home Tax Credit (IRC Sec. 45L), and the Commercial Building Tax Deduction (IRC Sec. 179D)\n\nSupport Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage coverage/reject repeal amendment - H.R. 3763\n\nSupport extensions and updates of the Sec. 25C Non-business Energy Property Credit and the Sec. 17D Commercial Building Tax Deduction; extension of the 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit in any tax extender legislation considered by Congress by end of 2015.\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 state clean power plan compliance using energy efficiency.\n\nSupport the Clarify Worker Misclassification in the Construction Industry Act of 2016 - H.R. 5008\n\nEncourage Senate and House members' co-sponsorship of The POWER Act of 2015 - S. 1516, H.R. 2657\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 Amodei amendment to strike Prior Approval (PA) practices required of trade association Political Action Committees (PACs)\n\nSupport The Master Limited Partnership Parity Act of 2015 - S. 1656, H. 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