INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS lobbying for INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS

Filing 3rd Quarter - Report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2025

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2025

Expenses

$140,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using 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 2

JAMES SYPE New on this filing

Previously held: NONE
SETH MORRIS New on this filing

Previously held: NONE

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

Energy, Dept of
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 7

HR 5301
PIPES Act of 2025
HR 3838
Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 20…
HR 5371
Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions …
HR 5408
Faster Labor Contracts Act
S 2731
Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025
S 2209
Warrior Right to Repair Act of 2025
HR 1723
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025

Lobbying activity 7

Transportation

-- Department of Transportation Bridge Investment Program to the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District for its seismic retrofit project. -- Preserving funding for congressionally approved infrastructure projects. -- Advocating for the re-Authorization of the Surface Transportation legislation, including new Highway Trust Fund revenues.

Energy/Nuclear

-- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), opposing privatization. -- Offshore Wind, advocating for the reinstatement of projects such as Revolution Wind and other cancelled or delayed offshore wind projects. -- Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Project, opposing delay of Department of Energy loan. -- Supporting permitting reform to accelerate the permitting process for critical energy and mineral projects. -- H.R. 5301 - Pipes Act, supporting the reauthorization of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administrations (PHMSAs) pipeline safety programs.

Budget/Appropriations

-- H.R. 3838 - National Defense Authorization Act, opposed offshore wind amendment. -- H.R. 5371 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026. Advocating for workers that will be affected by a government shutdown.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

-- H.R. 5408 - Faster Labor Contracts Act, supporting amending Section 8(d) of the National Labor Relations Act to speed up first contracts for new unions. -- S. 2731 - Empowering Striking Workers Act, supporting striking workers to be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. -- Advocating for legislation which strengthens civil monetary penalties for employers who violate labor and employment laws. -- Promoting registered apprenticeship programs. -- Promoting the Davis-Bacon Act.

Chemicals/Chemical Industry

-- U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, opposing attempts to dismantle.

Defense

-- S.2209 - Warrior Right to Repair Act of 2025. Opposed this legislation

Indian/Native American Affairs

-- H.R. 1723 - Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act, preserving National Labor Relations Act coverage for workers.