Retired Pay Restoration Act

S.22 Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007; S.38 Veterans' Mental Health Outreach and Access Act of 2007 ; S.117 to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits for Veterans; S.383, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf War or future hostilities from two to five years; S.439 Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007; S.455 Active Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007; S.479 A bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans; S.589 to provide for the transfer of certain Federal property to the United States Paralympics, Incorporated; S.604 Military Health Care Protection Act; S.644 Total Force Educational Assistance Enhancement and Integration Act of 2007; S.713 Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007; S.723 Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2007; S.793 Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act; S.1005 Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2007; S.1084 to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans; S.1096 Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007; S.1146 Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2007; S.1205 to require a pilot program on assisting veterans service organizations in developing and promoting peer support programs that facilitate community reintegration of veterans returning from active duty; S.1233 Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Act of 2007; S.1261 Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007; S.1271 Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight (HERO) Act; S.1283 to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status; S.1409 21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007; S.1606 Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act; S.1651 Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act; S.1718 Veterans Education Tuition Support ActVETS Act; S.1825 Commission on Wartime Contracting Establishment Act; S.1898 Military Family and Medical Leave Act; S.1999 Military Eye Trauma Centers of Excellence; S.2585 Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008; S.2874 to amend titles 5, 10, 37, and 38, United States Code, to ensure the fair treatment of a member of the Armed Forces who is discharged from the Armed Forces, at the request of the member, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy permitting the early discharge of a member who is the only surviving child in a family in which the father or mother, or one or more siblings, served in the Armed Forces; S.2963 to improve and enhance the mental health care benefits available to members and survivors of members of the Armed Forces and veterans; S. 2992 Armed Forces Housing Security Act; S.Con.Res.21 setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012; H.Con.Res.99 Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012; H.J.Res.20 Continuing Appropriations resolution FY2007; H.R.67 Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007; H.R. 100 Veterans' Equity in Education Act of 2007; H.R.327 Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act; H.R.530 Military Educational Parity Act of 2007; H.R.538 South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2007; H.R.612 Returning Servicemember VA Healthcare Insurance Act of 2007; H.R.690 To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service from 60 to 55; H.R.704 To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse; H.R.1102 Total Force Educational Assistance Enhancement and Integration Act of 2007; H.R.1268 Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007; H.R.1354 Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.1418 Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act; H.R.1436 Retired Pay Restoration Act; H.R.1490 To provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; H.R.1538 Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007; H.R.1540 Civil Rights Tax Relief Act of 2007; H.R.2005 Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.2189 To require pre- and post-deployment mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces; H.R.2199 Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007; H.R.2219 Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline Act of 2007; H.R.2239 Early Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits Act; H.R.2247 Montgomery GI Bill for Life Act of 2007; H.R.2265 Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007; H.R.2330 Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act (VETS); H.R.2366 SBA Veterans' Programs Act of 2007; H.R.2385 To provide and enhance education, housing, and entrepreneur assistance for veterans who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001; H.R.2514 Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act; H.R.2689 To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program for the provision of readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; H.R.2702 Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007; H.R.2818 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of Epilepsy Centers of Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R.2874 Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.2910 Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2007VETS Act of 2007; H.R.2943 Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007; H.R.3195 ADA Restoration Act of 2007; H.R.3256 Psychological Kevlar Act; H.R.3298 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act; H.R.3329 Homes for Heroes Act of 2007; H.R.3391 Military Family and Medical Leave Act; H.R.3393 Reservist Access to Justice Act of 2007; H.R.3429 Hire a Hero Act; H.R.3467 Second Chance for America's Veterans Act; H.R.3681 Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007; H.R.3793 Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007; H.R.3798 National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2007; H.R.4148 National Guard and Reserve Active Duty Higher Education Act; H.R.4219 Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act; H.R.4883 To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service; H.R.4884 Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008; H.R.4930 National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act; H.R.5740 To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001; H.R.6205 To amend title 37, United States Code, to require the payment of monthly special pay for members of the uniformed services whose service on active duty is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

HR1223,HR1428,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR2642,HR2682,HR2721,HR2889,HR3026, HR3038,HR3174,HR4089,HR4255,HR4463,HR5481,HR5604,HR5658,HR5729,HR5888,HR5925,HR5825,HR5826,HR5832

Client expense: $626,803 · Firm income: Not reported

Improvements in Military compensation and benefits. S.38,S.67,S206,S.439,S.604,S648,S773,S935,S986,S1243,S1547,S1606,S2400,S2573,S2599,S2641,S2689,SCONRES70 HR81,HR82,HR89,HR303,HR333,HR579,HR599,HR657,HR690,HR704,HR737,HR784,HR992,HR1023,HR1102,HR1110, HR1223,HR1428,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR2682,HR3026,HR3038,HR3174, HR3191,HR3793,HR4930,HR5441,HR5481,HCONRES32

Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H. R. 2514 Assured funding for Veterans Health Care Act H. R. 2303/S. 1390 Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act H.R.1436 and S. 439 Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007 HJR 12 Amend the Constitution of the United States to prevent the desecration of the flag of the United States H.R. 963 and H.R.1472 Disabled Veterans Fairness Act" H.R. 1119 Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007 S. 2639 Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act S. 22 "Post 9-11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007" H.R. 5131 Lance Corporal Jeremy Burris Act H.R. 992 Recognize the sacrifices of all mothers in the Armed Forces who have deployed to theatres of combat on behalf of the United States H.R. 559 Make Our Veterans Smile Act of 2008 S.935/H.R. 1927 To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by Veterans Dependency and Indemnity compensation and for other purposes H.R. 3195 ADA Restoration Act of 2007 S. 1881 Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007 S. 2674 Americas Wounded Warrior Act H.R. 5509 Noble Warriors Act House" H.R. 1119 "Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007"

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H.Con.Res.99- Congressional budgets for 2007-2012; H.J.Res.20- Appropriations Resolution FY07; H.R.100-Veterans' Equity in Education Act of 2007; H.R.1102-Total Force Educational Assistance Enhancement and Integration Act of 2007; H.R.1268- Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007; H.R.1354-Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.1418- Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act; H.R.1436- Retired Pay Restoration Act; H.R. 1490- To provide for a presumption of service-connectedness for certain claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; H.R.1538- Wounded Warrior Assistance Act of 2007; H.R.2005- Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.2189- To require pre- and post-deployment mental health screenings for members of the Armed Forces; H.R.2199- Traumatic Brain Injury Health Enhancement and Long-Term Support Act of 2007; H.R.2219- Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline Act of 2007; H.R.2239- Early Access to Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Benefits Act; H.R.2265- Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007; H.R.2330- Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act (VETS); H.R.2366- SBA Veterans' Programs Act of 2007; H.R.2385-To provide and enhance education, housing, and entrepreneur assistance for veterans who serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001; H.R.2514- Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act; H.R.2689- To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a program for the provision of readjustment and mental health services to veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; H.R.2702- Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007; H.R.2818- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of Epilepsy Centers of Excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R.2874- Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.2910- Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2007; H.R.2943- Benefit Rating Acceleration for Veteran Entitlements Act of 2007; H.R.3195-ADA Restoration Act of 2007; H.R.3256- Psychological Kevlar Act; H.R.327- Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act; H.R.3298- 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act; H.R.3329- Homes for Heroes Act of 2007; H.R.3391- Military Family and Medical Leave Act; H.R.3429- Hire a Hero Act; H.R.3480- Let Our Veterans Rest in Peace Act; H.R.3793- Veterans Guaranteed Bonus Act of 2007; H.R.4148- National Guard and Reserve Active Duty Higher Education Act; H.R.4219- Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act; H.R.4883- To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property owned by a servicemember during the one-year period following the servicemember's period of military service; H.R.4884- Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008; H.R.530- Military Educational Parity Act of 2007; H.R.538- South Texas Veterans Access to Care Act of 2007; H.R.612- Returning Servicemember VA Healthcare Insurance Act of 2007; H.R.67- Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2007; H.R.690- To amend title 10, United States Code, to reduce the minimum age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service from 60 to 55; H.R.704- To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse; H.R.4156- FY2008 Iraq Supplemental Appropriations; H.R.3222- Defense Appropriations; H.R.2642- Military/Veterans Appropriations S.1005- Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization Act of 2007; S.1084- A bill to provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans; S.1096- Veterans' Housing Benefits Enhancement Act of 2007; S.1146- Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2007; S.117- A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism; S.1205- A bill to require a pilot program on assisting veterans service organizations and other veterans groups in developing and promoting peer support programs that facilitate community reintegration of veterans returning from active duty; S.1233- Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation Act of 2007; S.1271- Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight (HERO) Act; S.1283- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the management of medical care, personnel actions, and quality of life issues for members of the Armed Forces who are receiving medical care in an outpatient status; S.1409- 21st Century GI Bill of Rights Act of 2007; S.1606- Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act; S.1651- Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act; S.1718- Veterans Education Tuition Support Act; S.1825- Commission on Wartime Contracting Establishment Act; S.1898- Military Family and Medical Leave Act; S.1999- Military Eye Trauma Centers of Excellence; S.22- Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007; S.2585- Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008; S.38- Veterans' Mental Health Outreach and Access Act of 2007; S.383- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for health care for combat service in the Persian Gulf War or future hostilities from two years to five years after discharge or release; S.439- Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2007; S.455- Active Duty Military Tax Relief Act of 2007; S.479- A bill to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans; S.589- A bill to provide for the transfer of certain Federal property to the United States Paralympics, Incorporated, a subsidiary of the United States Olympic Committee; S.604- Military Health Care Protection Act; S.644- Total Force Educational Assistance Enhancement and Integration Act of 2007; S.713- Dignity for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007; S.723- Montgomery GI Bill Enhancement Act of 2007; S.793- Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act; S.CON.RES.21- Congressional budgets for 2007-2012; S.1645- Military/Veterans Appropriations

Improvements in Military compensation and benefits. S.38, S.67, S.206,S.439,S.604,S.648,S.773,S.935,S.986,S.1243,S.1606,S.1547,S.2400,S.2573 HR81,HR82,HR89,HR303,H333,HR579,HR657,HR690,HR704,HR737,HR1102,HR1110,HR1223 HR1428,HR1023,HR1436,HR1439,HR1593,HR1927,HR2027,HR2319,HR2638,HR3038,HR3174,HR3191,HR3793,HR4930

Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1527, Rural Veterans Access to Care Act; S. 303, Retired Pay Restoration Act; H.R. 690, lowers minimum retirement age; H.R. 343, Military Retiree Health Care Relief Act of 2007; S. 326, Disabled Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2007; H.R. 748, accelerates SBP "paid up" provision to Oct 1, 07; H.R. 1927 and S. 935, repeal the requirement for reduction of SBP by DIC; H.R. 1115 and S. 659, provide death gratuity for certain members to be paid to parents, brother, or sister; H.R. 1589, reintroduces Military Retiree Survivor Benefit Equity Act; H.R. 579, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act S. 986 and H.R. 89, CRSC Act; H.R. 1318, Veterans' Benefits Protection Act; H.R. 1436 and S. 439, Retired Pay Restoration Act; H.R. 1732, provides alternative retired pay rates and disability compensation rates for military members w/combat-related disability; H.R. 1750, amends Civil Relief Act from 90 days to 1 year protection from mortgage foreclosure; H.R. 1354, Lane Evans Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2007; S. 604, Military Health Care Protection Act;

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

members; Lobbied to end immediately all limitations for service connected disabled military retirees to receive both their full military retired pay and their VA disability pay regardless of the VA disability rating, whether the retiree is a longevity retiree, a Chapter 61 retiree, or a TERA retiree. Supported many bills to end this practice including HR333, HR303, S986, HR1436, S439 and HR89; Lobbied to improve benefits for the National Guard and Reserve, active, retired, their dependents and survivors including: improve retirement benefits including lowering the age when retired pay may begin to be collected S684 and HR1428; Lobbied to improve the education benefits for the Active Duty National Guard and Reserve S22. And to transfer the Reserve Montgomery GI Bill from DOD jurisdiction to VA jurisdiction S644, HR1641 Lobbied to improve medical treatment for our returning Wounded Warriors ( numerous provisions now included in S1606 and sections 101-501 in S1547) Lobbied to improve benefits for survivors of military personnel who died on active duty or as a result of service connected disability: by ending the dollar for dollar offset of DOD's Survivor Benefit Program (SBP) by payment of VA's Disability Indemity Compensation (DIC) S935, HR1927 and HR704 Lobbied to move up paid up provision of SBP to October 1, 2007 Included in S935 and HR1927 and stand alone in HR784 Lobbied to improve TRICARE Program by waiving Medicare B Payments for TRICARE for Life for military retirees who entered the military prior to December 7, 1956 HR1223; allow military retirees to opt out of TRICARE for Life and into FEHBP while retaining TRICARE Pharmacy benefits HR1222, Lobbied to improve the Former Spouse Protection Act; Lobbied in support of emergency defense supplemental HR2206 Lobbyed in support of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (HR1585) and (S1547) which may include many of the following issues: TRICARE to stop the proposed enrollment fee and co-pays for military retirees under the age of 65 and their dependents and survivors in TRICARE Prime and TRICARE Standard; lobbying against proposals to increase co-pays for TRICARE Pharmacy plan for all pharmacy beneficiaries except active duty

Improvements in the Military Retirement System and enhance Military Health Care Programs and Benefits. S.38, S.67, S.206, S.439, S.450, S.604, S.648, S.773, S.935, S.986, S.1243, S.1606 - HR82, HR89, HR303, HR333, HR579, HR657, HR690, HR704, HR737, HR748, HR1102, HR1223, HR1428, HR1436, HR1439, HR1927, HR2027, HR2319

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported