{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[2306394, "bd3201b7-5486-4d6f-9901-daff266b74ad", "Q2", "SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF N.A. - AGLIW", 34741, "SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF N.A. - AGLIW", 2019, "second_quarter", "MAR", "Legislation and Congressional Action:\n \nHR 154 / No Senate Companion - Honoring our WWII Merchant Mariners Act of 2019 - Advocacy in support of the legislation.\n \nHR 267 (included in HR 21 and HR 648) / No Senate Companion - Transportation & HUD Appropriations Act of 2019 - Discussions with staff and members supporting inclusion of full funding for the Maritime Security Program and support of the legislation.\n \nHR 550 / S.133 - Merchant Mariners of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019 - Advocacy in support of the legislation and requests to members to co-sponsor in both houses. \n\nNo House Companion / S.1452 - Maritime Academy Reinvestment And Training Improvements for Marine Employment Act - Discussions with staff regarding union training schools. \n \nHR 2425 / No Senate Companion - Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act - Discussion with staff regarding legislation that would exempt certain aquaculture workers from coverage under the personal injury sections of the Jones Act.  Advocacy in opposition to any part of the legislation that would remove Jones Act protections from mariners. \n\nHR 2500 /  S.1790 / S. 1417 / S. 1439 - National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 - Discussions with staff regarding maritime related sections; Senate bills 1417 and 1439 were included as part of the Senate NDAA; advocacy in support of the legislation.\n \nHR 2926 / No Senate Companion - Navigation Safety Act of 2019 - Discussions with staff regarding provisions in the bill impacting mariners. \n\nHR 3163 / HR 3055 - Transportation/HUD Appropriations Act for FY 2020 (and subsequent minibus vehicle) - Advocacy in support of full funding of the Maritime Security Program and other THUD funded maritime programs. \n\nHR 3409 / No Senate Companion - Coast Guard Reauthorization Act - Discussions with staff regarding provisions within the bill impacting mariners and the maritime industry. \n \nHRes 454 - Law of the Sea Convention House Resolution - Advocacy in support of the resolution.  \n \nLegislative Initiatives and General Issue Areas:\n \nJones Act - On-going discussions with staff about support for the Jones Act and providing rebuttals to anti-Jones Act related lobbying from various non-maritime groups. \n \nMaritime Security Program full funding for FY 20-23 - Discussions and advocacy to ensure MSP is funded at levels sufficient to maintain the fleet, including increases in authorization and appropriation in future years between FY 20 and FY 23.\n \nMaritime Security Program Upgrades - Discussions with staff regarding future of the MSP, including expansions of the program to include tanker ships and an increase to the authorized amount per ship. \n \nMaritime Security Program Extension - Discussions with staff regarding a 10 year program extension through 2035. \n\nCable Ship Security Program Creation - Discussions with staff regarding the creation of an MSP-style program for cable ships. \n\nTanker Security Program Creation - Discussions with staff regarding the creation of an MSP-style program for Tankers. \n \nPL-480 program, reform and funding levels - Discussions with staff and members regarding the future of the PL-480 program, opposition to proposed funding cuts from the Administration, and potential areas of cooperation between maritime and recent opponents of in-kind food aid. \n \nCargo Preference - On-going discussions and preparation of Congressional testimony in regards to increasing the percentages of cargo reserved under cargo preference programs  to the U.S.-Flag fleet. \n \nMaritime regulatory issues - Discussions with staff over regulatory reform issues, particularly those that impact U.S.-Flag carriers but are not present in the foreign sailing international fleet.", "Defense, Dept of (DOD),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Maritime Administration (MARAD),SENATE", null, 50000, 0, 0, "2019-07-17T10:28:13.480000-04:00"]], "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": ["2306394"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 13.904507970437407, "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"}