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MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION

MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION filed a Q2 report for MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION on July 21, 2026.

Lobbying for MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION

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Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q2 report

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2026

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 21, 2026

Expenses

$290,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

ERICK SIAHAAN

Previously held: Director of Government Affairs

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 5

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 4

Agriculture

Support for S.525/H.R.1207 - A bill to transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, grants, loans, contracts, agreements, certificates, licenses, and privileges of the United States Agency for International Development relating to implementing and administering the Food for Peace Act to the Department of Agriculture.

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

-Opposition to administrative extension of Jones Act waiver issued on March 17, 2026 -Public engagement in support for Administration's Maritime Action Plan (MAP) released under Executive Order (EO) 14269: "Restoring America's Maritime Dominance" - Support for S.1541/H.R.3151 Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security (SHIPS) for America Act (Senators Kelly, Young; Reps. Kelly, Garamendi) Support Annual Appropriations for the following programs: Full funding for the Maritime Security Program - FY27 Full funding for the Tanker Security Program - FY 27

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Support for passage of the H.R.2550 - Protect America's Workforce Act

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Support for H.R.5475 - No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act Support for legislative proposal to extend the foreign earned income exclusion under Section 911 of the Internal Revenue Code to U.S. citizen merchant mariners

Bills named in this filing 6

S. 525
A bill to transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulat…
H.R. 1207
To transfer the functions, duties, responsibilities, assets, liabilities, orders, determinations, rules, regulations, p…
S. 1541
SHIPS for America Act of 2025
H.R. 3151
SHIPS for America Act of 2025
H.R. 2550
Protect America's Workforce Act
H.R. 5475
No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.