To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.

Lobbying on behalf of giving Veterans Status to non-veteran members of the Reserve components with 20 years or more of service (military retirees) HR3787, S1780; on behalf of amending USC title 38 to improve efficiency of processing VA claims HR5928; on behalf of increased flexibility in payments for State Veterans Homes HR4241; on behalf of including every child of a veteran when determining qualification for medical services HR4465; on behalf of increasing vocational, rehabilitation & employment assistance available at the VA, HR1821; on behalf of setting the DIC payment amount as 55% of the 100% VA Disability payment level, HR2243; on behalf of improvement of enforcment methods and provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 S263; and enforcing USERRA provesions in the federal government HR1089; on behalf of improvements in programs to prevent homelessness among veterans, HR1171; on behalf of covering vocational and other technical education courses under the Post 9/11 GI Bill, S3447, S3171, HR3813

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

See additional page Supported urging members of Congress to reschedule Military Resale System hearing. Urged AUSA members to send a letter to Congress urging them to pass the defense supplemental legislation. Urged AUSA members to send a letter to Congress urging them to pass the defense supplemental legislation (again). Expressed Concern to Members of Congress over the possibility of Cuts to Military Manpower and HealthCare. Hosted event honoring Rep. Dicks & Rep. Frelinghuysen as AUSA Outstanding Legislators. Urged AUSA members to send a letter to Congress urging them to pass the defense supplemental legislation (3rd time). Urged passage of S3334 Children of Fallen Warriors AMT Relief Act. Urged passage of Senate version of HR 3787 which would give Veteran Status for certain reserve component members. Urged members to fully fund the Homeowners Assistance Program through 2012.

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

See Next Page For Listing HR 3962/PL 111-192, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief act of 2010. S. 3454 Defense Authorization Act of 2011 urging support of concurrent receipt of military retired pay and VA compensation. S.3334 Children of Fallen Warriors AMT Relief Act supporting amendments that would alleviate a punitive tax burden affecting some surviving military families. HR 6123 Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Act of 2010. HR4923/3201 Tricare Deemed Dependent Coverage Extension Act HR 5928, Veterans Disability Claims Efficiency Act of 2010 HR 3787, The Honor Americas Guard-Reserve Retirees Act. HR 6227/S. 3846 The Extended TRICARE Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased veterans and to restore and improve veterans benefits. H.Res 1605 H.R. 809, H.R. 1474, H.R. 3081, H.R. 3219, H.R. 3337, H.R. 3407, H.R. 3467, H.R. 3554, H.R. 3657, H.R. 3787, H.R. 3813, H.R.3873, H.R. 3949, H.R. 4041, H.R. 4320, H.R. 4541, H.R. 4667, H.R. 5064, H.R. 5170, H.R. 5206, H.R. 5428, H.R. 5549, H.R. 5641, H.R. 5933, H.R. 5993, H.R. 5996, H.R. 6372, S. 263, S. 1668, S. 1780, S. 1939, S. 1963, S. 2769, S. 3107 S. 3234. S. 3334 S. 3348, S. 3355, S. 3447, S. 3582, S. 3801, S. 3819, S. 3875

Client expense: $399,666 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 3219, the "Veterans Benefits Act of 2010" H.R. 3407, the "Severely Injured Veterans Benefits Improvement Act" H.R. 3685 H.R. 3787 H.R. 3843, a bill to reequire the Va to publish redacted medical quality-assurance records on the Internet website of the Department H.R. 4041, a bill to authorize certain improvements in the Federal Recovery Coordinator Program H.R. 4541, the "Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2010" H.R. 5064, the "Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010" H.R. 5360, the "HELP Veterans Act of 2010" H.R. 5248, a bill to direct the VA to educate certain staff and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights H.R. 5516, the "Access to Appropriate Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2010" H.R. 5543, a bill to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the VA H.R. 5549, the "RAPID Claims Act" H.R. 5630 H.R. 5641 H.R. 5993, the "SAVINGS Act of 2010" H.R. 5996, a bill to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of veterans with COPD H.R. 6123, a bill to improve the provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury H.R. 6127 H.R. 6132, the "Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improve Act of 2010" H.R. 6188, the "Veterans Homelessness Prevention and Early Warning Act of 2010" S. 3107, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010" S. 3234, the "Veterans Employment Assistance Act of 2010" S. 3325, the "Veterans Telehealth and Other Care Improvements Act of 2010" S. 3447, the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvement Act of 2010" S. 3609 Draft legislation to make certain improvements in programs for homeless veterans administered by the VA Draft legislation to make certain improvements in laws relating to health care for veterans

Defense Authorization S. 3454/HR 5136; Navy name change, HR 24/S. 504; Pay increase HR 1592/HR4427; tweny year Reservist Vet status HR 3787; Unused leave into TSP, HR4865; Reserve early retirement credit HR 208/S. 644; Mourn Loved Ones in Peace HCR 261.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Improvements in uniformed personnel programs, compensation and benefits. S 535, S 546, , S 831, S 1668, S 3148, S 3150, S 3157, S 3201, S 3217, S 3406, S 3425, S 3454, S 1008, S 1169, S 504, S Con Res 60, S Res 541, S J Res 10, HR 208, HR 593, HR 613, HR 775, HR 809, HR 816, HR 972, HR 1052, HR 1203, HR 1474, HR 1600, HR 2243, HR 2302, HR 2647, HR 3324, HR 3554, HR 3787, HR 4173, HR 4427, HR 4477, HR 4512, HR 4525, HR 4693 HR 4764, HR 4887, HR 4899, HR 4923, HR 4947, HR 5136, HR 5469, H J Res 23, PL 111-84

Client expense: $651,991 · Firm income: Not reported

Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased veterans and to restore and improve veterans benefits. S 60, S 263, S 1450, S 1668, S 1780, S 1936, S 1939, S 1963, S 2769, S 3107, S 3162, S 3234, S 3348, S 3355, S 3447, S Con Res 3447, HR 23, HR 303, HR 333, HR 1017, HR 1592, HR 3155, HR 3337, HR 3407, HR 3467, HR 3657, HR 3787, HR 3813, HR 3885, HR 3949, HR 4062, HR 4320, HR 4505, HR 4541, HR 4693, HR 4988, HR 5014, HR 5206, HR 5400, HR 5428, HR 5549 H J Res 5064

Client expense: $651,991 · Firm income: Not reported

lobbying to assure that VA health care (including CHAMPVA and spina bifida coverage) be qualified as "minimum essential coverage" under HR HR3962; lobbying to improve the speed, accuracy and consistency of the VA's Claim Adjudication process; lobbying in support of increasing DIC payments HR2243; lobbying to require the VA to take into account veteran's number of minor children when determining financial need of medical services HR4465; lobbying in support of retention of DIC payments upon remarriage on or after the age of 55 HR809; lobbying to grant Veterans Status to non-veteran members of the Reserve components with 20 years or more of sservice HR3787, S1780; lobbying on behalf of increased flexibility in payments of State Veterans Homes HR4241; lobbying in favor of strenghtening the protections granted by USERRA and increased and effective enforcment S263, HR1089; lobbying to permit Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to cover vocational and other technical education S3171, HR3813; lobbying to increase vocational rehabilitation and employemnt assistance programs HR1821; lobbying to prevent homelessness among veterans HR1171

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

See additional page -Endorsing the "Improving Veterans Electronic Transition Services (iVets) bill that directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to conduct a feasibility assessment of the value of creating a veteran-specific enterprise Web portal -National defense spending priorities in the coming years (urging a more comprehensive look at personnel decison for DOD post-Iraq/Afghanistan be made before making incremental cuts to quality of life programs) -Endorsing the Senate version of H.R. 4213 that would reverse the 21% reduction in the Medicare Physician Payment rate -Urging the completion of action on the 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill -SBP-DIC offset (urging members to send a letter to Congress supporting a discharge petition for H.R. 775) -Opposing a carve out for auto dealers in the financial reform legislation -Support for H.R. 4947 to correct inequity in crediting active duty performed by reservists for retirement credit -Medicare/TRICARE Physician Payment formula (urging members to send a letter to Congress to pass legislation that would repeal the Medicare/TRICARE Physician Payment Formula) -H.R. 816 (Urging members to send a letter to Congress supporting H.R. 816 which would change the authority to increase military health care fees from DoD to Congress) -Support for S. 3234, the Veterans Employment Assistance Act of 2010 -Urging DoD to implement the legislative provisions that provided health care for gray area reservists -Support for H.R. 3787 to recognize certain reserve component personnel as veterans -Defense budget (expressing concern that soldier pay and benefits might be bill payers for smaller future defense budgets) -Urging members to send a letter to Congress to pass defense supplemental legislation -Support for H.R. 3406 to correct inequity in crediting active duty performed by reservists for retirement credit

See Next Page For Listing S.3234 Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010 H.R. 5049 Military Families Financial Preparedness Act Support for Sen. Brownback amendment to H.R. 3126, Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 H.R.466 Wounded Veterans Job Security Act H.R. 4947 Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act Support for adding funding for Multiple Sclerosis Research To Department of Defense Appropriation Act 2011 H.R. 3787 Honor Americas Guard-Reserve Retirees Act HR 3813/ S. 3171 Veterans Training Act Worked for legisltation that would end The dollar for dollar off-set for Military Retirement and VA Disability compensation. S. 3334 Children of Fallen Warriors AMT Relief Act S. 3517 The Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 114, "Veterans Entrepreneurial Transition Business Benefit Act" H.R. 3324, (H.R. 2059), the "Stable Future for Veterans' Children Act" H.R. 3407, the "Severely Injured Veterans Benefits Improvement Act" H.R. 3685 H.R. 3787, a bill to deem certain service in the reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs H.R. 4062, the "Veterans' Health and Radiation Safety Act" H.R. 4319, the "Specially Adapted Housing Assistance Enhancement Act of 2009" H.R. 4465, a bill to properly determine a veterans; financial status H.R. 4505, a bill to furnish nursing home care to parents of children who died serving in the armed forces H.R. 4541, the "Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2010" H.R. 4635, the "Foreclosure Mandatory Mediation Act of 2010" H.R. 4664 H.R. 5064, the "Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010" H.R. 5360, the "Blinded Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2010" H.R. 5484, the "VetStar Veteran-Friendly Business Act of 2010" H.R. 5549, the "Rapid Claims Act" S. 1780, the "Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act" S. 1866, a bill to amend title 38, USC to provide for the eligibility of certain deceased veterans for interment in national cemeteries S. 1939, the "Agent Orange Equity Act of 2009" S. 1940, a bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes S. 2751 S. 3035, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2010" S. 3107, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010" S. 3192, the "Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2010" S. 3234, the "Veteran Employment Assistance Act of 2010" S. 3286 S. 3314 S. 3325, to amend title 38, U.S.C., to authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits to veterans, and for other purposes S. 3368 S. 3348 S. 3377 S. 3517, the "Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2010" The "Improve VA Outreach Act of 2010" Draft Legislation to "authorize the Secretary to provide hearing aid devices to veterans of World War II"

Reserve Retirement Credit Correction, HR 4947; tax extenders HR 4213; Keep faith with Greatest eneration, HR 4593; Concurrent Receipt, S. 546; Reserve Early Retirement, HR 208/S.644; Twenty year Reservists Veterans Status HR 3787; Military Retiree Confort act, HR 613;

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

lobbying in opposition of VA health care including CHAMPVA and spina bifida coverage being included or effected by general health care reform legislation (HR3590, HR3962); lobbying to improve the speed, accuracy and consistency of the VA claims adjudication system; lobbying in support of increasing DIC payments HR2243; lobbying in support of allowing retention of DIC upon remarriage on or after the age of 55 (HR809); lobbying in favor of granting Veterans status to non-veteran members of Reserve components with 20 or more years of service (HR3787,S1780); lobbying in favor of strengthening the protection and enforcement of USERRA S263, HR1089; lobbying to prevent homelessness among veterans HR1171 lobbying to permit Post 9/11 GI Bill to cover vocational and technical education S3171, HR3813; lobbying to enlarge vocational rehabilitation and employment asistance HR1821; lobbying in support of Caregiver and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009 S1963

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased veterans and to restore and improve veterans benefits. S 3162, HR 4465, HR 1293, HR 3155, HR 2770, HR 293, HR 4054, HR 1211, HR 4568, HR 1171, HR 3813, HR 3155, S 1780, HR 4320, HR 3657, HR 3787, HR 3337, S 2769, S 263, S 1668, HR 3949, HR 1016, S 1963, HR 3813, S 1963, HR 3554, HR 1592, S 1780, HR 3787, HR 809, HR 4324,

Client expense: $483,459 · Firm income: Not reported

Twenty year Reservists get Veterans Status HR 3787; Extend VA Authority to treat Agent Orange and Gulf War Syndrome HR 2926; Outreach for Veterans Act S. 1109; Payments to State Veterans Home HR 4241; Support caregivers S. 1963; Medicare Subvention for VA HR 3365; Agent Orange expansion S. 1939 & HR 2254.

Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased veterans and to restore and improve veterans benefits. HR 2017, HR 3554, S 832, HR 3548, S 1668, HR 1016, S 1963, HR 2561, HR 2419, HR 3082, S 1407, S 1780, HR, HR 2928, HR 952, HR 3337, HR 3787, S 423, HR 3467, HR 3577, HR 1169, HR 3657, HR 466, HR 3661, HR 2243, HR 775, HR 3548, HR 3082, HR 2243, S 1118, HR 3485, S 252, HR 1034, HR 3544, S 801, HR 3155, HR 303, HR 809, HR 1592, HR 333

Client expense: $146,857 · Firm income: Not reported

See Next Page For Listing H.R. 3200, Americas Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, Support Amendment to protect veterans who use VA Health System; S. 801, The Caregiver and Veterans Health Services Act of 2009, Support; S. 252, Veterans Health Care Authorizations Act of 2009, Support; H.R.3787, Honor Americas Guard-Reserve Retirees Act, Support; S.1963, The Caregiver and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009, Support; HR 4042/S.2748 Small Business and Military Family Assistance Act of 2009, Support; HR 3996 The Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, Oppose language in the BILL that would/could cost non-profit credit unions large sums of money; Urging changes to P.L 106-50, Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development Act of 1999 and Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations to be more favorable to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs); S.1932/H.R.3943, Post 9-11 Troops to Teachers Enhancement Act, Support; H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009, Support; Section 705, HR2647 (NDAA) urging that the provision be expeditiously implemented (TMC letter); PL 111-84, Title VII Section 705, The FY 2010 NDAA, urging that the provision for Gray Area retirees be implemented expeditiously (NMVA letter); Affordable Health Care Bills, HR 3200, HR 3962, HR 3590, urging that Congress oppose the importation of medicines from countries that do not meet the standards set by the US. (NMVA letter); S. 1407/HR 3082, FY 2010 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, provisions related to supporting homeless veterans housing at excess VA facilities and supporting expansion of the Homeowners Assistance Program; Lobby to request a hearing on Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act of 1982; Supporting language in H.R. 3155 to be included in S. 1963 caregiver assistance and resource enhancement act; H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Reform. Urging that TRICARE and VA Health Care be protected from any excise tax on health care programs.

lobbying on behalf of Advanced Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs health care (HR1016, S423); lobbying in oppositon of VA health care being included in the geenral health care reform legislation (HR3590, HR3962); lobbying to improve the speed,consistence, and accuracy of VA's claims adjudication process; lobbying in favor of increasing the amount of DIC payments (HR2243); lobbying in favor of allowing DIC recepients to retain their eligibility for DIC if they remarry at or after the age of 55 after the age of 55 (rather than the present 57) (HR809); lobbying in support of additonal improvements in wounded warrior care and seemless transition; lobbying in favor of strenghtening both the protections and the enforcement of the UNiformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) (S263, HR1089); lobbying in favor enlargement and improvments in the present vocational rehabilitation and employemnt assistance programs for veterans at the VA (HR1821): lobbying in favor of sufficient funding in the Military Construction and VA Appropriations Act (HR3082, S1407); lobbying in support of granting veterans status to non-veteran members of the Reserve components with 20 or more years of service (HR3787, S1780)

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

lobbying on behalf of Advanced Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs health care (HR1016, S423); lobbying in opposition of VA health care being included in general health care reform legislation (HR3590, HR3962); lobbying to improve speed,consistency and accuracy of VA's adjudication process; lobbying in favor of increasing DIC payments (HR2243); lobbying to permit DIC receipients to retain eligibility for DIC if they remarry at or after the age of 55 (HR809); lobbying in support of improvm favor of improvements in wounded warrior care and seemless transition; lobbying in more programs to prevent homelessness among veterans (HR1171); lobbying in favor of both the protections and the enforcement for the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployemnt Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) (S263, HR1089); lobbying in favor of enlargement and improvments of vocational rehabilitation and employemnt assistance programs for veterans at the VA (HR1821); lobbying in favor of sufficient funding in the Military Construction and VA Appropriations Act (HR3082, S1407); lobbying in support of granting veterans status to non-veteran members of the Reserve components with 20 or more years of service (HR3787, S1780)

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported