MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION lobbying for MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 20, 2026

Expenses

$220,000.00

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 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

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Natl Security Council (NSC)
SENATE
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

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

Bills named in this filing 6

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

Lobbying activity 5

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Support for H.R.5475 - No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Comments and public engagement on modification of USTR Section 301 Action on China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and Shipbuilding Sectors for Dominance.

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

-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

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.