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ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC

Lobbying for UNITED STATES TOUR OPERATORS ASSOCIATION · Professional association representing the tour operator industry.

 Filing 1st Quarter - Report
Reporting period
1st Quarter 2025
Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025
Income
$20,000.00
What the client paid this registrant for the period.
Client based in
New York

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 4
  • ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERLIN
    Previously held: Chief Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Senior Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee; Assistant Counsel, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committtee.
  • SAMUEL WHITEHORN
    Previously held: Deputy SD/GC, US Senate Commerce Committee; Acting SD, US Senate Commerce Committee; Sr. Counsel, US Senate Commerce Committee.
  • STEVEN SCHULTZ
    Previously held: Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Legislative Assistant, Senior Legislative Assistant, and Legislative Counsel for the office of Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr.; Shared Staff for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  • JEFFREY D MARKEY
    Previously held: LD/Deputy Chief of Staff, Representative Doc Hastings.

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 Government bodies contacted 7
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • Interior, Dept of (DOI)
  • Natl Park Service (NPS)
  • SENATE
  • Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • State, Dept of (DOS)
  • Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

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

 Lobbying activity 7
Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation

National parks issues, implementation of the Great American Outdoors Act (P.L. 116-152), issues related to commercial use authorizations.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to hotel and tourism targeted taxes, including hotel booking taxes. Issues related to the employee retention tax.

Travel/Tourism

Issues related to the Visa Waiver Program and reforming it, issues related to Brand USA reauthorization, issues related to credit card chargebacks, Implementation of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58). Issues related to passport and visa processing.

Homeland Security

Issues related to Visa Waiver Program expansion. Issues related to trusted traveler programs. Issues related to Real ID.

Transportation

Funding for the National Park Service, FAA reauthorization issues, surface transportation and infrastructure, issues related to group bookings. Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (P.L. 118-63).

Budget/Appropriations

National parks funding. Issues related to the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4).

Aviation/Airlines/Airports

Aviation consumer protection issues, implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-254). Implementation of the FAA Reauthorization Act of2024 (P.L. 118-63). Issues related to travel refunds. Issues related to airline ancillary service fee disclosure.

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

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