It will be a busy week on Capitol Hill with the House returning from its one-week district work period and the Senate aiming to adjourn for its spring recess at the end of the week.

The Senate is scheduled to return to legislative business on Monday afternoon, with a vote expected at 5:30 p.m. on the nomination of Dr. John B. King, Jr. to serve as Secretary of Education.

The Senate floor agenda for the remainder of the week is unclear, although there are several potential bills the Majority Leader could seek to consider. The Senate may return to consideration of S. 2012, comprehensive energy legislation previously stalled by an amendment to provide emergency funding assistance to Flint, Michigan to assist with decontamination of the community’s drinking water system. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters filed stand-alone legislation to provide federal assistance to address water infrastructure issues, including the Flint situation, and have been working with Senate leadership to negotiate a path forward.

Unfortunately, the deal being negotiated to bring both the energy and water-infrastructure bills to the Senate floor now appears to be held up by an amendment regarding offshore drilling. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) has placed a hold on the energy bill over an amendment proposed by Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) that would increase revenue sharing for states that allow offshore drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. While drilling authority is under the control of the federal government, a spokesperson for Senator Nelson said the financial incentive generated by the amendment would create “such immense pressure to continuously open up new areas to offshore drilling that it’d only be a matter of time before they’d start looking to open up areas off Florida’s coast.” Even though the energy bill managers and Senate leadership had hoped to wrap up the bill before the Senate adjourns at the end of this week for its spring recess, consideration will be stalled until the hold is resolved.

As negotiations continue on the bipartisan energy and water-infrastructure bills, the Senate may move to consider S. 2609, a food labeling bill sponsored by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). The legislation would prevent individual states from instituting labeling requirements for genetically modified foods and instead require that the Department of Agriculture set up a national voluntary standard of labeling for foods with genetically modified ingredients. So far Vermont is the only state set to require the labeling of genetically modified foods, although Connecticut and Maine have passed similar legislation that will only go into effect if neighboring states pass legislation. More than two dozen other state legislatures have introduced food labeling legislation in recent years. Proponents of the bill argue that a patchwork of state labeling laws produces an inconsistent national regulatory regime, allowing a handful of states effectively to set national policy, and adds expensive compliance costs which food companies will pass on to consumers, raising everyone’s food costs nationally. Opponents of S. 2609 believe that consumers have a right to know what is in their food. The House has already passed its own version of food-labeling legislation to prevent states from enacting labeling laws.

Another potential item for Senate consideration is S. Res. 377, a resolution to hold Backpage.com and its CEO Carl Ferrer in civil contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. During the Subcommittee’s investigation of underage sex trafficking last year, a subpoena was issued to Mr. Ferrer requiring him to testify before a hearing and for Backpage.com, a classified advertising website, to provide relevant documents. The website refused to comply and Mr. Ferrer refused to attend the hearing, submit testimony, or answer questions. S. Res. 377 would authorize the Senate Legal Counsel to enforce the subpoena and conduct civil contempt proceedings.

Another item that may see Senate action this week is a measure to extend authorization and appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The current authorization for FAA activity and funding is set to expire March 31. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) introduced the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization Act in February. The legislation would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and its funding until 2022, but the bill contains several proposals that are highly controversial, including a provision to privatize the country’s air traffic control system.

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-SD) unveiled a more modest proposal last Wednesday to reauthorize the FAA through September 30, 2017. The committee is scheduled to vote on its bill at a Wednesday markup, but a short-term extension will be necessary until both chambers can move legislation forward. A proposed short-term extension, H.R. 4721, the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2016, introduced in the House last Thursday, will provide authorization of current FAA programs through July 15. The House is expected to pass the extension early this week in order to allow for Senate consideration before Senators adjourn for their recess at the end of the week.

The House will also return to legislative business on Monday, with votes expected on 14 items under suspension of the rules, including ten bills reported out of the Energy and Commerce Committee and two resolutions from the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as H.R. 4721, the short-term extension of FAA authority.

On Tuesday the House is expected to consider H.R. 3797, the Satisfying Energy Needs and Saving the Environment (SENSE) Act. This bill seeks to provide greater flexibility to certain coal-refuse-burning power plants that are subject to emissions limitations under the EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for Power Plants (MATS) Rule. Affected power plants generate electricity by burning coal refuse (a waste byproduct of coal) as their primary fuel source. The SENSE Act would adjust the EPA’s current regulations to allow for the continuance of the coal-refuse-to-energy industry.

On Wednesday, the House is expected to take up H.R. 4596, the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act, bipartisan legislation that seeks to give small internet service providers (ISPs) permanent exemption from burdensome transparency rules established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its recently issued net neutrality regulations. Under the FCC’s current rules, broadband providers with 100,000 or fewer subscribers are exempt from certain reporting requirements until December 16, 2016. H.R. 4596 would apply the exemption to ISPs with 250,000 or fewer subscribers and would maintain the exemption in place for five years after the date of enactment. The bill also directs the FCC to submit recommendations to Congress on those policies within six months of enactment.

Also this week, the House is scheduled to act on a resolution authorizing the Speaker of the House to file an amicus brief on behalf of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Texas, the case challenging President Obama’s November 2014 executive action granting deferred action for certain immigrants in the country illegally. In February 2015, a federal district judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the executive action after Texas and 25 other states had sued to block the executive order. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the injunction in a 2-1 ruling in November and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case. Oral argument in the case is scheduled for next month.

Behind the scenes on the House side this week, leadership will be working to reach an agreement on a budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The budget has divided the House Republican conference. House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) are under pressure from many Republicans, including conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus, to ignore the $1.07 trillion top-line spending number set by last year’s bipartisan budget agreement between congressional Republicans and the President and instead set a spending limit of $1.04 trillion, the level set in the 2011 Budget Control Act. The proposed $1.04 trillion level is $30 billion less than the caps set by the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) reached in the final days of John Boehner’s Speakership last October.

Chairman Price unveiled a draft FY 2017 budget proposal to the conference two weeks ago, proposing a compromise that maintained last year’s agreed-upon budget level but proposed to cut $30 billion in mandatory spending to secure conservative support. Conservatives tended to oppose the proposal because the mandtory-spending offsets to the BBA increase in discretionary spending would take place over two years instead of one fiscal year. The Senate then announced that it would not consider a budget resolution, causing conservatives even more agitation because without Senate action on a budget, any proposed cuts in mandatory spending were unlikely to be enacted, especially in the face of Administration opposition. If a budget resolution is not adopted by both chambers, it removes the ability of the Senate to use the reconciliation process, which would allow adoption of legislation by simple majority vote rather than needing to meet a 60-vote threshold to secure cloture. Even without a budget resolution, appropriators in both chambers are moving forward in reliance on the BBA spending levels.

Authorizing and appropriating committees continue hearings this week to consider the President’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017. Witnesses on the House side this week include Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Gayle Smith, and Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health.

Other congressional committees on both sides of the Capitol are very heavily scheduled this week.

The House Judiciary Committee Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a Tuesday hearing, the first in a series of hearing on what Republicans view as the significant and unconstitutional executive actions in domestic affairs; this initial hearing is focused on immigration and health care. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management are holding hearings this week on the appropriate scope of review of agency actions. Both are focused on the regime developed in Chevron v. NRDC and the role of judicial review in the regulatory process. Several prominent academic experts will be providing testimony at the House hearing on Tuesday morning and the Senate hearing on Thursday morning. Relatedly, the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations meets Tuesday afternoon to examine the role of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in ensuring regulatory transparency and accountability.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray will appear before the House Financial Services Committee to report on the Bureau’s activities and will no doubt face tough questions from lawmakers on the management and actions of the Bureau. Republicans and, increasingly, some Democrats see the CFPB as an agency in need to reform and limits. Most Democrats, however, continue to support the aggressive approach taken by the agency and Director Cordray since its creation in the Dodd-Frank legislation of 2010.

As discussed above, the Senate Commerce Committee will be hosting a Wednesday markup on a long-term FAA Reauthorization measure and will also consider an FCC Modernization bill.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee convenes a roundtable discussion on Monday afternoon on the topic of concussions; this roundtable, the first scheduled meeting for the committee’s comprehensive review on concussions, will bring together experts from the medical, military, athletic, and research communities to discuss the causes, effects, and treatments of concussions and other head trauma.

The Senate HELP Committee will hold a Wednesday markup of the Mental Health Reform Act, bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing access to mental health care and improving coordination among mental health agencies. The House also has mental health legislation pending in the Energy & Commerce Committee. The glaring shortcomings of the nation’s mental health systems that have become apparent in the wake of multiple mass shootings have led to significant legislative efforts to improve the system. The Senate bill appears to enjoy more bipartisan support than its House counterpart. The hurdles to enactment of a mental health bill are steep, but members appear to recognize the need for dramatic improvements in the mental health system.

Both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees are hosting hearings this week focused on the posture of the U.S. Navy. Congress is undoubtedly interested in the national naval strategy, given the recent growth of the Chinese Navy and its increasingly aggressive posture in the South China Sea and Russia’s resurgent naval activity.

The full congressional hearing schedule for the week ahead is included below:
Monday, March 14, 2016

House Committees

OPM Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Subcommittee Hearing
3 p.m.

Broad Review of Concussions: Initial Roundtable
House Energy and Commerce
Full Committee Panel Discussion
2 p.m.

Pending Legislation
House Energy & Commerce
Full Committee Markup
5 p.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

House Committees

Foreign Agricultural Pests/Diseases
House Agriculture – Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture and Research
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Member’s Day
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee Hearing
9 a.m.

Fish and Wildlife Service Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
9:30 a.m.

Secret Service Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Labor Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Agriculture/Rural Development Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10:15 a.m.

NASA Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 a.m.

Treasury International Programs Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 a.m.

U.S. Transportation Command Readiness
House Armed Services – Subcommittee on Readiness
Subcommittee Hearing
10:15 a.m.

HHS Priorities
House Education and the Workforce
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Foreign Assistance Budget
House Foreign Affairs
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Disaster Preparedness Grant Cuts
House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Executive Overreach in Domestic Affairs Part I – Health Care and Immigration
House Judiciary – Executive Overreach Task Force
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn Bldg.

Flint, Mich. Water Crisis (Part II)
House Oversight and Government Reform
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Amateur Racing Emissions Regulation
House Science, Space and Technology – Subcommittee on Oversight
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Coast Guard/Maritime Transportation Budget
House Transportation and Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Gulf War Illness Disability Claim Process
House Veterans’ Affairs – Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 a.m.

FCC Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

Transportation/HUD Inspector General Budgets
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

National Security Space Budget
House Armed Services – Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
Subcommittee Hearing
3:30 p.m.

Trade with Cuba
House Foreign Affairs – Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Subcommittee Hearing
1:30 p.m.

U.S.-India Relations
House Foreign Affairs – Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

National Self-Determination Movements
House Foreign Affairs – Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats
Subcommittee Hearing
2:30 p.m.

The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional and Statutory Questions in Judicial Deference to Agencies
House Judiciary – Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Subcommittee Hearing
1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn Bldg.

Accountability and Transparency Reform at the Office of White House Information and Regulatory Affairs
House Oversight and Government Reform – Subcommittee on Government Operations
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

Senate Committees

U.S. Force Readiness
Senate Armed Services – Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Pending Nominations
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Impact of Development on Natural Resources
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Ukrainian Reforms
Senate Foreign Relations
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

U.S. Visa Programs Security
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Late-Term Abortion
Senate Judiciary
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Bldg.

USAID Budget
Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
Subcommittee Hearing
2:30 p.m.

LOC/Architect of the Capitol Budgets
Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Legislative Branch
Subcommittee Hearing
3 p.m.

Navy Posture
Senate Armed Services
Full Committee Hearing
2:30 p.m.

Self-Driving Cars
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Full Committee Hearing
2:30 p.m.

Pending Legislation
Senate Veterans’ Affairs
Full Committee Hearing
2:15 p.m.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

House Committees

Agriculture Research-Education-Economics Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

National Science Foundation Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 a.m.

Treasury Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

FEMA Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

National Park Service Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
9:30 a.m.

NIH Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Military Department Budget Requests
House Armed Services
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Labor Priorities
House Education and the Workforce
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Disrupter Series: Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology
House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade
Subcommittee Hearing
11 a.m.

CFPB Activities
House Financial Services
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

China Human Rights/Guantanamo Bay
House Foreign Affairs
Full Committee Markup
10 a.m.

DHS Budget/Readiness
House Homeland Security
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Rebuilding Afghanistan
House Oversight and Government Reform
Full Committee Hearing
9 a.m.

NIST Budget
House Science, Space and Technology – Subcommittee on Research and Technology
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

SBA Management
House Small Business
Full Committee Hearing
11 a.m.

Preserving and Strengthening Medicare
House Ways and Means – Subcommittee on Health
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Indian Affairs Budget/Indian Education Oversight
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
1 p.m.

USAID Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Subcommittee Hearing
1 p.m.

U.S. Cyber Command Budget
House Armed Services – Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

Rotorcraft Modernization Budget
House Armed Services – Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces
Subcommittee Hearing
3:30 p.m.

Tax Refund Anticipation Loans
House Financial Services – Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

Renewable Fuel Standard
House Oversight and Government Reform – Subcommittee on Health Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

VA Cybersecurity/IT Oversight
House Oversight and Government Reform – Subcommittee on Information Technology
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

VA Physician Hiring and Retention
House Veterans’ Affairs – Subcommittee on Health; House Veterans’ Affairs – Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
Committee Joint Hearing
2 p.m.

NOAA Budget
House Science, Space and Technology – Subcommittee on Environment
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

Ongoing Intelligence Activities
House Select Intelligence – Emerging Threats Subcommittee
Subcommittee Hearing
2 p.m.

Afghanistan Initiatives/U.S. Weapons Sustainment
House Armed Services – Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Subcommittee Hearing
4:30 p.m.

Senate Committees

National Guard/Reserve Budget
Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 a.m.

Pending Business
Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Full Committee Markup
10 a.m.

Water Resources Policies/Projects
Senate Environment and Public Works
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Pending Legislation
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Full Committee Markup
10 a.m.

The Impact of High Levels of Immigration on U.S. Workers
Senate Judiciary – Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Bldg.

Army/Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Enterprises
Senate Armed Services – Subcommittee on Airland
Subcommittee Hearing
2:30 p.m.

Global Counterterrorism Strategy
Senate Armed Services – Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
Subcommittee Hearing
2:30 p.m.

DHS Management/Acquisition Reform
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Full Committee Hearing
2 p.m.

The Need for a Balanced Budget Amendment
Senate Judiciary
Full Committee Hearing
2 p.m., 226 Dirksen Bldg.

Joint Committees

Veterans Organizations Legislative Presentation
Senate Veterans’ Affairs; House Veterans’ Affairs
Committees Hearing
10 a.m.

Thursday, March 17, 2016

House Committees

Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10:30 a.m.

U.S. Central Command Oversight
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Defense
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

ICE Budget
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

American Indian/Alaska Natives (Part I)
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
9 a.m.

Navy Posture
House Armed Services – Subcommittee on Readiness
Subcommittee Hearing
9:30 a.m.

Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Examining Implementation of Medicare Payment Reforms
House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Health
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.

Privatizing the Internet Assigned Number Authority
House Energy and Commerce – Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Subcommittee Hearing
10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn Bldg.

Interior Law Enforcement Records System
House Natural Resources – Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
Subcommittee Hearing
9 a.m.

Flint, Mich. Water Crisis (Part III)
House Oversight and Government Reform
Full Committee Hearing
9 a.m.

NASA Budget
House Science, Space and Technology – Subcommittee on Space
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Ongoing Intelligence Activities
House Select Intelligence
Full Committee Hearing
9 a.m.

USDA Organization/Program Administration (Part I)
House Agriculture
Full Committee Hearing
1 p.m.

American Indian/Alaska Natives (Part II)
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
1 p.m.

Senate Committees

Labor Budget
Senate Appropriations – Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
10 a.m.

Defense Department Budget Posture
Senate Armed Services
Full Committee Hearing
9:30 a.m.

Obamacare Operation/Enrollment Review
Senate Finance
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Administration’s Nuclear Agenda
Senate Foreign Relations
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Agency Federal Statute Deference
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
Subcommittee Hearing
9 a.m.

Pending Legislation/Nominations
Senate Judiciary
Full Committee Markup
10 a.m., 226 Dirksen Bldg.

Sudden Drug Price Increases
Senate Special Aging
Full Committee Hearing
10 a.m.

Pending Legislation
Senate Energy and Natural Resources – Subcommittee on National Parks
Subcommittee Hearing
3 p.m.

Friday, March 18, 2016

House Committees

USDA Organization/Program Administration (Part II)
House Agriculture
Full Committee Hearing
9 a.m.

American Indian/Alaska Natives (Part III)
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
9 a.m.

American Indian/Alaska Natives (Part IV)
House Appropriations – Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Subcommittee Hearing
1 p.m.

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Kaitlyn McClure is a policy advisor in Covington’s Public Policy Practice, leveraging her experience in government and politics to provide strategic advisory services and support to clients with legislative matters before government agencies and Congress.

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Kaitlyn McClure is a policy advisor in Covington’s Public Policy Practice, leveraging her experience in government and politics to provide strategic advisory services and support to clients with legislative matters before government agencies and Congress.

Kaitlyn is also a member of the firm’s Election and Political Law Practice Group. She advises clients on their registration and reporting obligations under the federal Lobbying Disclosure Act, state and local lobbying laws, and the operation and reporting obligations of their connected PACs.

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