Military Health Care Affordability Act

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 6576, HR 6563, HR 6297, HR 5880, HR 5833, HR 5799, HR 5747, HR 5712, HR 5683, HR 5653, HR 5650, HR 4978, HR 4740, HR 4482, HR 4481, HR 4310, HR 4299, HR 4246, HR 4288, HR 4142, HR 4118, HR 4115, HR 4114, HR 4072, HR 4057, HR 4051, HR 4048, HR 4023, HR 3895, HR 3850, HR 3758, HR 3721, HR 3712, HR 3687, HR 3670, HR 3638, HR 3612, HR 3610, HR 3546, HR 3473, HR 3438, HR 3355, HR 3337, HR 3329, HR 3279, HR 3064, HR 3016, HR 2996, HR 2875, HR 2711, HR 2559, HR 2590, HR 2534, HR 2530, HR 2433, HR 2424, HR 2318, HR 2187, HR 2148, HR 2053, HR 2052, HR 2046, HR 1979, HR 1947, HR 1941, HR 1930, HR 1826, HR 1811, HR 1854, HR 1742, HR 1671, HR 1657, HR 1454, HR 1285, HR 1260, HR 1178, HR 1133, HR 1092, HR 813, HR 812, HR 810, HR 809, HR 806, HR 805, HR 803, HR 802, HR 539, HR 465, HR 333, HR 329, HR 309, HR 303, HR 248, HR 240, HR 186, HR 178, HR 120, HR 115, HR 26, HR 7, H RES 636, H RES 445, H RES 376, H CON RES 112, S 3555, S 3457, S 3313, S 3309, S 3236, S 3235, S 3210, S 3052, S 2299, S 2246, S 2259, S 2130, S 2128, S 2004, S 1866, S 1849, S 1847, S 1823, S 1799, S 1798, S 1689, S 1631, S 1629, S 1474, S 1391, S 1334, S 1253, S 1184, S 1172, S 1154, S 1148, S 1147, S 1124, S 1123, S 1104, S 1060, S 1017, S 951, S 935, S 914, S 910, S 894, S 874, S 873, S 816, S 798, S 769, S 696, S 658, S 633, S 536, S 490, S 423, S 411, S 344, S 260, S 223, S 68, S 67, S CON RES 13, S RES 333, S RES 160

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

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Employment & Training Service

H.R. 1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R. 1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S. 981, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 S. 2467, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 S. 1274, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R. 1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R. 1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S. 981, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 S. 2467, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 S. 1274, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported

lobbying against proposed creation of yearly TRICARE enrollment fees for TRICARE for Life (TFL), TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra for military retirees and their families, against proposed increases in yearly TRICARE Prime enrollment fees for retirees, proposed increases in TRICARE pharmacy co-pays, proposed increases in TRICARE catastrophic cap, against 2 additional rounds of BRAC, in opposition to creation of a military BRAC like panel for all military retiree programs and benefits including within the NDAA and including S 2121, HR1285, HR 1092, HR 1540; in favor of ending the remaining military retired pay. veterans service connected disability pay offsets including HR 333, HR 303, S 344, HR186; lobbying in favor of improvments of services and benefits for members of the NAtional Guard and Reserve (the Reserve components) including embedding mental health care professionals in National Guard units S325; improve reserve component pay HR 181; authorizing earlier retirement qualification for TRICARE HR 179; correction/ or improvement of the method of calculating the Reserve Deployment Retirement Credit HR1283 and allow members of the Guard and Reserve, grey area retirees, their families and military survivors to fly space A HR1003, S1768 and NDAA; in support of improvements in the programs and benefits of military surviors including ending the SBP/DIC offset S260 and HR 178 and S3245 allowing survivors to collect both their Dependency Indemnification Compensation and their Survivor Benefit Program pay; allowing survivors of military retirees to retain their last full month of retired pay HR 493; and improvment in the education benefits provided to the spouse of a fallen service member HR 2550 unrging improvments in the military's direct care medical system , MTFs and in their civilian medical contract programs for all members of the military family, as well as protecting and improing the commissary and exchange systems and to create a DoD record budget system that is possible to audit

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 5880, HR 5833, HR 5799, HR 5712, HR 5683, HR 5653, HR 5650, HR 4978, HR 4740, HR 4482, HR 4481, HR 4310, HR 4299, HR 4246, HR 4288, HR 4142, HR 4118, HR 4115, HR 4114, HR 4072, HR 4051, HR 4048, HR 4023, HR 3895, HR 3850, HR 3758, HR 3721, HR 3712, HR 3687, HR 3670, HR 3670, HR 3638, HR 3612, HR 3610, HR 3546, HR 3473, HR 3438, HR 3355, HR 3337, HR 3329, HR 3279, HR 3064, HR 3016, HR 2996, HR 2875, HR 2711, HR 2559, HR 2590, HR 2534, HR 2530, HR 2433, HR 2424, HR 2318, HR 2187, HR 2148, HR 2053, HR 2052, HR 2046, HR 1979, HR 1947, HR 1941, HR 1930, HR 1826, HR 1811, HR 1854, HR 1742, HR 1671, HR 1657, HR 1454, HR 1285, HR 1260, HR 1178, HR 1133, HR 1092, HR 813, HR 812, HR 810, HR 809, HR 806, HR 805, HR 803, HR 802, HR 539, HR 465, HR 333, HR 329, HR 309, HR 303, HR 248, HR 240, HR 186, HR 178, HR 120, HR 115, HR 26, HR 7, H RES 636, H RES 445, H RES 376, H CON RES 112 S 3210, S 3052, S 2299, S 2246, S 2259, S 2130, S 2128, S 2004, S 1866, S 1849, S 1847, S 1823, S 1799, S 1798, S 1689, S 1631, S 1629, S 1474, S 1391, S 1334, S 1253, S 1184, S 1172, S 1154, S 1148, S 1147, S 1124, S 1123, S 1104, S 1060, S 1017, S 951, S 935, S 914, S 910, S 894, S 874, S 873, S 816, S 798, S 769, S 696, S 658, S 633, S 536, S 490, S 423, S 411, S 344, S 260, S 223, S 68, S 67, S CON RES 13, S RES 333, S RES 160

Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported

continued lobbying against proposed TRICARE yearly enrollment fees for TRICARE for Life (TFL), TRICARE Standard and Extra for retirees, proposed increases in enrollment fees for TRICARE Prime for military retirees, increase co-pays for TRICARE Pharmacy program, increases in the catastropic cap including in favor of HR1285, HR1092, HT1540; in favor of remaining of military retired pay and/ veterans service connected disability pay HR303, HR333, S344, HR186, lobbying to improve the benefits of the members of the National Guard and Reserves including in support of S325 to provide enbedded mental health care professionals in National Guard Units; in favor of HR181 to improve Reserve componenets retired pay, in favor of HR179 authorizing earlier commencement for retiree TRICARE along with early (prior to age 60) commencement of Reserve Component retired pay based on service; HR1283 and S866 correcting the method of calculationg the Reserve Deployment Retirement Credit; and in favor of HR1003, S1768 to allow members of the Guard and Reserves, gray area retirees, their families and survivors fly military Space A improvements and corrections in benefits for military members survivors' including in favor of S260 and HR178 which would end the SBP/DIC offset allowing survivors to collect both their survivors's retired pay and their VA's dependency indemnity compensation for service members who died either on active duty or as a result of service connected disability; HR493 which would allow survivors of military retirees to retain the last full month of the member's retired pay after his or her death; in support of S2121 requiring DOD to not change administrative absence day guidance post deployment urging improvement in the military direct care health care system and the MTFs; as well as continued improvements in the commisarry and exchange systems, and the need to be able to audit the Department of Defense strongly lobbying against the recent proposal for establishing 2 new rounds of BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure)

H.R.1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R.1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.981, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.1254, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 4142, HR 4118, HR 4115, HR 4114, HR 4072, HR 4051, HR 4048, HR 4023, HR 3895, HR 3850, HR 3758, HR 3721, HR 3712, HR 3687, HR 3670, HR 3638, HR 3612, HR 3610, HR 3546, HR 3473, HR 3438, HR 3355, HR 3337, HR 3329, HR 3279, HR 3064, HR 3016, HR 2996, HR 2875, HR 2711, HR 2559, HR 2590, HR 2534, HR 2530, HR 2433, HR 2424, HR 2318, HR 2187, HR 2148, HR 2053, HR 2052, HR 2046, HR 1979, HR 1947, HR 1941, HR 1930, HR 1826, HR 1811, HR 1854, HR 1742, HR 1671, HR 1657, HR 1454, HR 1285, HR 1260, HR 1178, HR 1133, HR 1092, HR 813, HR 812, HR 810, HR 809, HR 806, HR 805, HR 803, HR 802, HR 539, HR 465, HR 333, HR 329, HR 309, HR 303, HR 248, HR 240, HR 186, HR 178, HR 120, HR 115, HR 26, HR 7, H.RES 445, H. RES. 376, S 2130, S 2128, S 2004, S 1849, S 1847, S 1823, S 1799, S 1798, S 1689, S 1631, S 1629, S 1474, S 1391, S 1334, S 1253, S 1184, S 1172, S 1154, S 1148, S 1147, S 1124, S 1123, S 1104, S 1060, S 1017, S 951, S 935, S 914, S 910, S 894, S 874, S 873, S 816, S 798, S 769, S 696, S 658, S 633, S 536, S 490, S 423, S 411, S 344, S 260, S 223, S 68, S 67, S.CON.RES. 13, S. RES. 333, S. RES. 160

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

H.R.1Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 H.R.24To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. H.R.28Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.46Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 H.R.26To direct the Secretary of Defense to adopt a program of professional and confidential screenings to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans. H.R.115To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program. H.R.117To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R.120To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the surviving spouses of certain totally-disabled veterans. H.R.136To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes. H.R.152To utilize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. H.R.159To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretaries make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. H.R.168To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. H.R.169To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website. H.R.178To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. H.R.179To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits. H.R.180To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under title 32, United States Code, to exclude nondefense funds made available by other Federal agencies for the Program from the matching requirements of the Program. H.R.181To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes. H.R.186To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage. H.R.198To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy. H.R.208To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the reimbursement of mental health counselors under TRICARE, and for other purposes. H.R.210To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. H.R.240To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote jobs for veterans through the use of sole source contracts by Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of meeting the contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. H.R.248To provide for identification of members of the Armed Forces exposed during military service to depleted uranium, to provide for health testing of such members, and for other purposes. H.R.287Homes for Heroes Act of 2011; H.R.290War Memorial Protection Act H.R.303Retired Pay Restoration Act; H.R.319 To require employers to provide veterans with time off on Veterans Day. H.R.329Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act; H.R.332 Military Environmental Responsibility Act H.R.333Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act; H.R.337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 H.R.396TBI Treatment Act; H.R.403 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices ActBEST Practices Act H.R.413To reduce the budget of the Department of Defense to the level provided for fiscal year 2008 and to freeze the budget at such level through fiscal year 2016. H.R.465To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot project on the use of educational assistance under programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to defray training costs associated with the purchase of certain franchise enterprises. H.R.493To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members of the Armed Forces following their death. H.R.544To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permanently extend the period of protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes. H.R.545Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act H.R.561Veterans Employment Tax Credit Act of 2011 H.R.573To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be submitted. H.R.575HEALTHY Vets Act of 2011Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets Act of 2011 H.R.614Post 9/11 G.I. Bill Dependent Coverage Improvement Act H.R.637To amend the procedures regarding military recruiter access to secondary school student recruiting information. H.R.644Guardians of Freedom Act of 2011; H.R.810Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2011 H.R.652To amend title 10, United States Code, to limit the increase of premiums, deductibles, copayments, or other charges for health care provided under the TRICARE program. H.R.674To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes. H.R.674To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes. H.R.687Military Spouses Employment Act; H.R.803 Equity for Injured Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.768Soldiers Targeted by Offensive Profiteering Act of 2011 (STOP Act) H.R.781Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2011VETS Act of 2011 H.R.791To amend title 37 to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of the uniformed services. H.R.802To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program. H.R.804To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of certain veterans who serve in support of Operation New Dawn for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.805To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes. H.R.806End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2011 H.R.807To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes. H.R.809To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs a Women Veterans Bill of Rights. H.R.811Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act; H.R.812 Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011 H.R.813To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before the veteran's survivors are eligible for the benefits provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death. H.R.814Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011; H.R.834Veterans Home Loan Refinance Opportunity Act of 2011 H.R.865Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011; H.R.923Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 H.R.924Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011; H.R.943K-9 Companion Corps Act H.R.930To amend title 38 to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma. H.R.948Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 H.R.1003To amend title 10 to authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for reserve members, former members of a reserve component, and unremarried surviving spouses and dependents of such members and former members. H.R.1019To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are killed or wounded in combat zones. H.R.1025To amend title 38 to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law. H.R.1046Honor the WISH ActHonor the Written Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act H.R.1089Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act H.R.1092Military Retirees Health Care Protection ActMilitary Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1110Combat Act; H.R.1130 Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2011 H.R.1133Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011; H.R.1142 Global Combat Zone Recognition Act H.R.1154Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs ActVETS Dogs Act H.R.1169To amend titles 5, 10, and 32 to eliminate inequities in the treatment of National Guard technicians, to reduce the eligibility age for retirement for non-Regular service, and for other purposes. H.R.1178To amend title 10 to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents. H.R.1260Support for Survivors Act; H.R.1354 American Jobs Matter Act of 2011 H.R.1263To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures. H.R.1284Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2011; H.R.1285 Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R.1297 Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011; H.R.1298 Veterans' Efficiencies Through Savings Act of 2011 H.R.1312Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011; H.R.1318South Texas Veterans Health Care Expansion Act H.R.1362To ensure that members of the Armed Forces continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government and in the event that the debt of the United States Government reaches the statutory limit. H.R.1383 Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011; H.R.1407 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011 H.R.1425Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011 H.R.1435To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in the provisions providing protections against reprisals for certain disclosures. H.R.1441To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes. H.R.1451Post 9/11 GI Bill Payment Restoration Act; H.R.1484 Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.1460To provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system H.R.1529Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good Governance ActDefense STRONG Act H.R.1540National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 2012 H.R.1540National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 2012 H.R.1566Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 H.R.1570To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the value of the service not performed during the period employees are performing service as members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard. H.R.1591Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011SERVE Act of 2011; H.R.1612 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a commission on urotrauma; H.R.1627Honoring American Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.1657To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. H.R.1671Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act; H.R.1709 Force Protection and Readiness Act H.R.1679WE CARE ActWomen's Excellence of Care and Accessibility Review and Evaluation Act H.R.1742Janey Ensminger Act; H.R.1799St. Albans VA Veteran Cares Act of 2011 H.R.1811National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2011 H.R.1826To amend title 38 to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees. H.R.1832Servicemembers' Telemedicine and E-Health Portability Act of 2011STEP Act H.R.1854Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011; H.R.1855Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011; H.R.1863Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011; H.R.1898Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act; H.R.1910To extend for one year the authority of certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to family members. H.R.1911Protecting Veterans' Homes Act; H.R.1941Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 H.R.1930To amend title 38 to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans H.R.2002To amend title 38 to permit disabled or injured members of the Armed Forces to transfer Post 9/11 Educational Assistance benefits after retirement. H.R.2048To expand the eligibility for the provision of Government headstones, markers, and medallions for veterans buried at private cemeteries. H.R.1979To amend title 10 to expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include additional chapter 61 disability retirees, to coordinate eligibility for combat-related special compensation and concurrent receipt, to eliminate the reduction of SBP survivor annuities by dependency and indemnity compensation, and to enhance the ability of members of the reserve components who serve on active duty or perform active service to receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay. H.R.2002To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit disabled or injured members of the Armed Forces to transfer Post 9/11 Educational Assistance benefits after retirement, and for other purposes. H.R.2048To expand the eligibility for the provision of Government headstones, markers, and medallions for veterans buried at private cemeteries. H.R.2051Veterans Missing in America Act of 2011; H.R.2052Fort McClellan Health Registry Act H.R.2053Veterans' Disability Claims Efficiency Act of 2011; H.R.2074Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention Act H.R.2082 Work Opportunity Credit Improvements Act; H.R.2148 Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act; H.R.2159 PROSTATE ActProstate Research, Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access, and Treatment Effectiveness Act of 2011; H.R.2203To establish a pilot program under which veterans in the State of Alaska may receive health care benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs at non-Department medical facilities, and for other purposes. H.R.2243Veterans Employment Promotion Act; H.R.2266To amend title 10 to reform Department of Defense energy policy, and for other purposes.; H.R.2274To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress annual reports on the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program H.R.2288To amend title 10 to provide for certain treatment of autism under TRICARE. H.R.2300To amend title 38 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team. H.R.2301To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make payments to educational institutions under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program at the end of a quarter, semester, or term H.R.2302To amend title 38to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress of conferences sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R.2305To amend title 38 to make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase on behalf of members of reserve components who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training but did not serve on active duty; H.R.2318To amend title 38 to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension provided under that title by up to $500; H.R.2329To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for certain requirements for financial institutions that are creditors for obligations and liabilities covered by that Act; H.R.2345To amend title 38 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc. H.R.2349To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to annually assess the skills of certain employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration. H.R.2355To amend title 38 to exclude individuals who have been convicted of committing certain sex offenses from receiving certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors which are otherwise available to certain veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and related individuals; H.R.2377To amend title 38 to provide for expedited procedures for the consideration of certain veterans claims; H.R.2383To amend title 38 to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use electronic communication to provide required notice to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary H.R.2384To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain contracts. H.R.2388To amend title 38 to improve the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress. H.R.2403To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to State National Guards to provide counseling and reintegration services for members of reserve components of the Armed Forces ordered to active duty in support of a contingency operation, members returning from such active duty, veterans of the Armed Forces, and their families. H.R.2419COMBAT PTSD ActCompensation Owed for Mental Health Based on Activities in Theater Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Act; H.R.2433 To amend title 38 to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of veterans; H.R.2470E-SERV ActEnsuring Servicemembers' Electronic Records' Viability Act H.R.2477To amend title 38 to establish a Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities. H.R.2496Payment Reliability for our Obligations to Military and Investors to Secure Essential Stability ActPROMISES Act H.R.2498Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act; H.R.2506Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2011 H.R.2550Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act; H.R.2559Helping Homeless Heroes Act of 2011 H.R.2590Seniors Protection Act of 2011; H.R.2619 Veterans Affairs Active Shooter Training Act of 2011 H.R.2646Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.2654Don't Default on Military Families Act; H.R.2711Supporting Our Seniors COLA Act of 2011 H.R.2720To clarify the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs in providing a benefit or service related to the interment or funeral of a veteran; H.R.2751Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act H.R.2773To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; H.R.2848Veterans' Religious Freedom Act H.R.2875Wounded Veteran Job Security Act; H.R.2886SHIELD Act of 2011Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011; H.R.2954To improve the health of minority individuals; S.67To amend title 10 to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft; S.68 To amend title 10 to authorize certain disabled former prisoners of war to use Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores; S.90A bill to establish the Military Family-Friendly Employer Award for employers that have developed and implemented workplace flexibility policies to assist the working spouses and caregivers of service members, and returning service members, in addressing family and home needs during deployments. S.146Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011; S.242 Guardians of Freedom Act of 2011 S.243Citizen Soldier Support Act; S.260To amend title 10 to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation. S.277Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2011; S.325Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 S.344Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011; S.367Hire A Hero Act of 2011 S.387Spending Control Act of 2011; S.390Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2011 S.411Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011; S.423To amend title 38 to provide authority for retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal S.472Service Members Permanent Change of Station Relief Act; S.486Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011; S.490To amend title 38 to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program; S.491Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011; S.514Gold Star Fathers Act of 2011 S.532Patriot Express Authorization Act of 2011 S.536To amend title 38 to provide that utilization of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance shall not be subject to the 48-month limitation on the aggregate amount of assistance utilizable under multiple veterans and related educational assistance programs; S.542National Guard, Reserve, "Gray Area" Retiree, and Surviving Spouses Space-available Travel Equity Act of 2011; S.572A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay S.579Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act S.658Support for Survivors Act; S.666Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 S.696A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for other purposes. S.698A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery; S.724Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011; S.745 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect certain veterans who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in educational assistance benefits, and for other purposes; S.769Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011VETS Dogs Act of 2011 S.780Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 S.815Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011SERVE Act of 2011 S.842Military Spouse Employment Programs Evaluation Act; S.866Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act S.873A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes. S.874A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the provision of compensation and pension to surviving spouses of veterans in the months of the deaths of the veterans, to improve housing loan benefits for veterans, and for other purposes. S.894Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011; S.910Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011 S.914A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans, and for other purposes. S.935Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011; S.951Hiring Heroes Act of 2011; S.957Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011; S.1017Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011; S.1080PRO-VETS Act of 2011Providing Real Outreach for Veterans Act of 2011; S.1089 Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2011; S.1255Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; S.1256Department of Energy National Security Act of 2012; S.1264Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011

H.R.1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R.1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.981, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.1254, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported

continued lobbying against the possible creation of new TRICARE enrollment fees for TRICARE Standard and TRICARE for Life (TFL); indexing TRICARE Prime for retirees enrollment fees etc; lobbying to protect the co-pays for TRICARE Pharmacy and supporting $0) co-payd for generic Home Delivery drugs through TRICARE HR1092, HR1285, HR1540 in favor of ending the remaining offset of military retired pay and VA service connected disability pay HR303, HR333, HR186, S344; lobbying to improve the benefits of the members of National Guard and Reserves, their families, retirees and survivors including healthcare, mental health care and dental care improvements, pay, authorizing the enbedding of mental health providers in National Guard units S325; improving Reserve component retirement benefits HR181; and earlier payout of retired pay HR179; correcting the method of calculating the deployment credit HR1283 S866; in support of allowing NG & R members, gray area retirees and their families and survivors to travel Space A HR1003, S542, S1768 in favor of corrections and improvement of survivor benefits including ending the SBP/DIC offset for the widow/widower whose service member spouse died on active duty or as a result of a service connected disability S260, HR178, andd amendment to HR1540; allowing families of deceased retirees to retain last full month of retired pay HR493; in favor of improvments to direct care system and MTFs

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

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 3355, HR 3337, HR 3329, HR 3279, HR 3064, HR 3016, HR 2996, HR 2875, HR 2711, HR 2559, HR 2590, HR 2534, HR 2530, HR 2433, HR 2424, HR 2318, HR 2187, HR 2148, HR 2053, HR 2052, HR 2046, HR 1979, HR 1947, HR 1941, HR 1930, HR 1826, HR 1811, HR 1854, HR 1742, HR 1671, HR 1657, HR 1454, HR 1285, HR 1260, HR 1178, HR 1133, HR 1092, HR 813, HR 812, HR 810, HR 809, HR 806, HR 805, HR 803, HR 802, HR 539, HR 465, HR 333, HR 329, HR 309, HR 303, HR 248, HR 240, HR 186, HR 178, HR 120, HR 115, HR 26, H.RES 445, H. RES. 376, S 1849, S 1847, S 1823, S 1799, S 1798, S 1689, S 1629, S 1474, S 1391, S 1334, S 1253, S 1184, S 1172, S 1154, S 1148, S 1147, S 1124, S 1123, S 1104, S 1060, S 1017, S 951, S 935, S 914, S 910, S 894, S 874, S 873, S 816, S 798, S 769, S 696, S 658, S 536, S 490, S 423, S 411, S 344, S 260, S 223, S 68, S 67, S.CON.RES. 13, S. RES. 160

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

H.R.1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R.1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.981, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.1254, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Client expense: $440,000 · Firm income: Not reported

lobbying against proposed TRICARE enrollment fee increases and medical indexing including those proposals in the Administration's FY2011 defense including HR1092, HR1285, opposed to other proposals being discussed including possible TFL enrollment fees, in support of unchanged USFHP; lobbying in favor of Administration proposal for $0 co-pay for mail order generic drugs in TRICARE pharmacy plan but opposition to other proposed changes; in support of ending the remaining vestigases of military retired pay/VA service connected pay including HR303,HR333,HR186, S344, improving the benefits for the National Guard and Reserves, their familes, retirees and survivors including health care and dental improvements; mental health care; embedding mental health care providers in NG units; authorizing TRICARE for NG &R retirees at the same time as they start to collect retired pay; improving retirement benefits; correcting early retirement pay collection for each 90 days activated and extending benefit to 9/11 S325, HR948, HR179, HR1283, HR181, HR948, in support of allowing NG & R members, gray area retirees and familes and survivors to travel Space A HR1003, S542 in favor of survior benefits including ending the SBP/DIC offset for the widow/widower whose service member spouse dies on active duty or as a result of a service connected disability HR178, S260; allowing familes of deceeased retirees to retain last full month of retired pay HR493 in favor of military medical improvments at MTFs and through TRICARE and propoer implementation of Tricare Young Adult

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

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 3016, HR 2996, HR 2875, HR 2711, HR 2559, HR 2590, HR 2534, HR 2530, HR 2433, HR 2424, HR 2318, HR 2187, HR 2148, HR 2053, HR 2052, HR 2046, HR 1979, HR 1947, HR 1941, HR 1930, HR 1826, HR 1811, HR 1854, HR 1742, HR 1671, HR 1657, HR 1454, HR 1285, HR 1260, HR 1178, HR 1133, HR 1092, HR 813, HR 812, HR 810, HR 809, HR 806, HR 805, HR 803, HR 802, HR 539, HR 465, HR 333, HR 329, HR 309, HR 303, HR 248, HR 240, HR 186, HR 178, HR 120, HR 115, HR 26, H. RES. 376, S 1474, S 1391, S 1334, S 1253, S 1184, S 1172, S 1154, S 1148, S 1147, S 1124, S 1123, S 1104, S 1060, S 1017, S 951, S 935, S 914, S 910, S 894, S 874, S 873, S 816, S 798, S 769, S 696, S 658, S 536, S 490, S 423, S 411, S 344, S 260, S 223, S 68, S 67, S.CON.RES. 13, S. RES. 160

Client expense: $170,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R.1540, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.981, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.1254, Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Client expense: $580,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Improvements in uniformed personnel programs, compensation and benefits. H.R. 115, H.R. 178, H.R. 179, H.R. 181, H.R. 186, H.R. 303, H.R. 333, H.R. 493, H.R. 535, H.R. 687, H.R. 865, H.R. 924, H.R. 1092, H.R. 1110, H.R. 1283, H.R. 1285, H.R. 1297, H.R. 1540, H.R. 1591, H.R. 1801, H.R. 1941, H.R. 1979, H.R. 2059, H.R. 2097, S. 67, S. 68, S. 260, S. 325, S. 344, S. 491, S. 721, S. 724, S. 861, S. 864, S. 866, S. 951, S. 1253, S. 1254

Client expense: $508,938 · Firm income: Not reported

To improve Medicare, Medicaid equity. H.R. 115, H.R. 452, H.R. 1092, H.R. 1285, S. 957

Client expense: $508,938 · Firm income: Not reported

lobbying against proposed enrollment fee increases and medical indexing for TRICARE benefits (including HR1092, HR1285, HR1540), on behalf of continuing present qualification for enrollment and retention in USFHP program (HR1540);lobbying on behalf of improvments in TRICARE Pharmacy plan, on behalf of improvements of TRICARE, in favor of embedding mental health providers in NG units (S325 HR948), in support of ending the remaining barriers to military retirees collecting their full military retired pay and VA service connected disability pay (including HR303, HR333, S344, HR186); improving benefits for members of the National Guard and Reserves and their families including authorizing TRICARE benefits at the same age as members are granted early retirement (HR179); improving retirement benefits ( S866 HR181) in favor of granting fair credit under deployment credit system "Reserve Retirement Deployment Correction Act" (HR1283, S866); in favor of ending the SBP/DIC offset (Survivors Benefit Plan/Dependency Indemnity Compensation) for survivng spouses of service members who died on active duty or as a result of a service connected disability (HR178,S260); improvements in the SSIA program, allowing families of deceased retirees to retain last full month of retired pay (HR493)

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

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 5360, HR 5225, HR 5120, HR 4894, HR 4887, HR 4477, HR 4048, HR 3949, HR 3491, HR 3219, HR 3155, HR 3082, HR 2990, HR 2980, HR 2898, HR 2879, HR 2770, HR 2738, HR 2734, HR 2713, HR 2583, HR 2573, HR 2443, HR 2419, HR 2389, HR 2388, HR 2383, HR 2377, HR 2342, HR 2300, HR 2254, HR 2187, HR 2180, HR 2148, HR 2055, HR 2053, HR 2052, HR 2046, HR 1979, HR 1947, HR 1941, HR 1930, HR 1879, HR 1854, HR 1826, HR 1818, HR 1811, HR 1742, HR 1671, HR 1657, HR 1546, HR 1454, HR 1388, HR 1377, HR 1335, HR 1302, HR 1293, HR 1285, HR 1260, HR 1211, HR 1204, HR 1203, HR 1197, HR 1178, HR 1171, HR 1169, HR 1133, HR 1092, HR 1088, HR 1017, HR 1016, HR 953, HR 952, HR 816, HR 813, HR 812, HR 811, HR 810, HR 809, HR 806, HR 805, HR 803, HR 802, HR 775, HR 667, HR 658, HR 612, HR 593, HR 539, HR 466, HR 465, HR 456, HR 411, HR 341, HR 333, HR 329, HR 309, HR 303, HR 297, HR 296, HR 295, HR 294, HR 293, HR 248, HR 240, H.RES. 261, HR 186, HR 178, HR 177, HR 120, HR 115, HR 114, HR 108, H. Con. Res 85, HR 32, HR 26, S 3234, S 3148, S 1963, S 1939, S 1779, S 1407, S 1237, S 1204, S 1184, S 1172, S 1154, S 1148, S 1147, S 1127, S 1124, S 1123, S 1104, S 1060, S 1017, S 951, S 944, S 935, S 914, S 910, S 894, S 874, S 873, S 847, S 821, S 820, S 816, S 801, S 798, S 769, S 728, S 696, S 658, S 642, S 597, S. 546, S 536, S 535, S 490, S 423, S 411, S 407, S 404, S 344, S 277, S 260, S 252, S 223, S 66, S 68, S 67, S. Con. Res 60, S. Con. Res. 13, S. Res. 160

Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.1092, Military Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1285, Military Health Care Affordability Act

Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported

lobbying against proposed TRICARE enrollment fee increases and medical indexing included in Administration's FY2011 defense appropriations including HR1092, HR1285, in support of USFHP and opposed to proposed changes in qualification for those retirees over the age of 65; lobbying in support of TRICARE pharamcy benefit; in support of bills to end remaining barriers to collect both military retired pay and VA service connected disability pay, including HR303, HR333, S344 HR186, improving the benefits for the National Guard and Reserves benefits for them their families, retirees and survivors including health care improvements: embedding Mental Health Care providers in NG units S325, HR948; authorizing TRICARE at same time as those retiring before the age of 60 HR179; improving retirement benefits HR1283, HR181 in favor of military survivors including ending the SBP/DIC offset (Survivor Benefit Plan/ Dependency Indemnity Compensation) for thewidow/widower of a service member who died on active duty or as a result of a service connected disability HR178,S260; allowing families of deceased retiree to retain full last month of retired pay HR493; in favor of improvments of military health care and implementation of TRICARE for Young Adults

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