Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

Supported S. 1806. This legislation would allow individuals to designate tax overpayments as contributions to a fund for homeless veterans. Supported the Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012 (H.R. 6527). This legislation includes greater assistance through VA for veterans who have infertility issues related to their military service. This is a companion bill to the Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012 (S. 3313). Supported the Military Service Integrity Act (S. 3372). This legislation would allow for individuals who falsely claim military service or receipt of awards for military service to be charged with a criminal violation if the claim is made to secure a tangible benefit or a personal gain. Discussed with advocates a legislative proposal to expand the approved uses of the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Supported the GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012 (S. 2241). Supported the Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (HR 1627). This omnibus legislation contains many provisions that we have advocated for including access for service dogs to VA facilities. Discussed access to VA mental health services with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. Supported the Veterans I.D. Card Act (H.R. 2985). This legislation directs the Secretary of VA to issue a veteran's identification card to any veteran who requests such card and is neither entitled to military retired pay nor enrolled in the VA system of patient enrollment. Supported the Veterans Data Breach Timely Notification Act (H.R. 3730). Requires the VA Secretary, in the event of a data breach with respect to sensitive personal information that is processed or maintained by the Secretary, to notify Congress and each individual whose sensitive personal information is involved in the data breach. Supported the Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act (H.R. 4481). Directs the VA Secretary to ensure that no employee of VA who violates any civil law covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation receives any retention incentive, payment, or award for or during the year of such violation. Discussed the Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 5948). Supported the Mental Health Access to Continued Care and Enhancement of Support Services Act (S. 3340). Discussed legislation that would amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension, and for other purposes (S. 3270). Supported legislation that would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes (S. 1755). Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). Directs the VA Secretary to provide mail voter registration application forms to each veteran who: (1) seeks to enroll in VA health care system at the time of such enrollment; and (2) is already enrolled in such system when there is a change in the veteran's enrollment status or when there is a change in the veteran's address. Discussed with VA the long-term care benefits available to birth children of Korean and Vietnam conflict veterans who have spina bifida. Discussed the Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 (H.R. 4072). This legislation would consolidate programs currently carried out by DOLs Veterans Employment and Training Service in VA. It would also consolidate the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives into a single provision establishing veteran employment specialists, which shall perform both tasks. Supported the Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act (S. 2179). This legislation would make needed reforms to ensure that veterans and servicemembers receive the full benefit of their DOD and VA educational benefits. Supported the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (H.R. 674/Pub. Law 112-56). This legislation includes provisions to increase employment opportunities for veterans and represents a blend of proposals that were included in H.R. 2433 and S. 951. Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). This legislation would require VA to provide voter registration applications and assistance in absentee voting for certain veterans. Urged Congress and the Administration to address the treatment of our nations veterans by some for-profit educational institutions. This includes amending the 90/10 rule. Supported the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act (H.R. 2433). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans receive the training, transition, and placement assistance they need to allow them to gain meaningful employment opportunities. Supported the Helping Our Homeless Heroes Act (H.R. 2559). This legislation would make improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs that assist homeless veterans and their families. Supported the CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2011 (H.R. 2671). This legislation would help to track undiagnosed diseases and facilitate collaboration between physicians, researchers, and government agencies by creating a patient registry to be maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Supported the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation would direct the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Also discussed Senate companion bill (S. 1838). Supported H.R. 2074, as amended. The amended legislation includes H.R. 198 and H.R. 1154. Supported S. 914, as amended. The amended legislation includes S. 769, S. 411, and S. 957. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951) and the need to ensure that there are platforms for the development of internship opportunities for wounded warriors with private employers. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Supported the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VAs Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with disabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115/S. 490). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VAs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): H.R.2966 / S.1176, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835 / S. 707, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act H.R.1513 / S.810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act S.1281, Horse Transportation Safety Act S.1324, the Captive Primate Safety Act H.R.2492, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 H.R.3798 / S.3239, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 Issues relating to the transport of horses across state lines in double-decker trucks in the following: H.R.7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 FY13 Animal Welfare Enforcement Funding To ensure the USDA receives adequate funding to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to ease a shortage of veterinarians in rural and inner-city areas and public health practice through student loan forgiveness

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

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (HR 26) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act (H.R.1089/S. 579) House FY 13 Budget (H.Con.Res. 112) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S.1867/HR. 1540) Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 (S.325) Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117) Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198) Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769) Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 1133/S.411) Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act (H.R.2751/S.1465) Service Members Mental Health Screening Act (H.R.1942) Military/Veterans FY12 Appropriations (HR 2055) Disabled Military Child Protection Act (HR 4329) Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012 (S. 2179) Mental Health First Aid Higher Education Act (S. 3325/H.R. 5996) Military/Veterans FY13 Appropriations (H.R. 5854/S. 3215) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2013 (S.3295) Homeless Veterans Assistance Improvement Act of 2012 (S. 3309) Mental Health ACCESS Act of 2012 (S. 3340) Veterans E-Health & Telemedicine Support Act of 2012 (H.R. 6107) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (S. 3254)

Client expense: $10,078 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

United Spinal Supports H.R. 5428 - The Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights As part of the Independence through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, United Spinal Association signed on to a letter to the House Veterans Affairs Committee in support of HR 5428 - the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights. This bill would establish a written list of rights that all injured and amputee veterans have access to high quality orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) care. O&P care, consisting of orthopedic braces, artificial limbs, and the clinical services necessary to treat the patient, is vital to veterans who have lost limbs or have sustained injuries or disorders of the arms, legs, back and neck. Supported the GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012 (S. 2241). Supported the Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (HR 1627). This omnibus legislation contains many provisions that we have advocated for including access for service dogs to VA facilities. Discussed access to VA mental health services with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. Supported the Veterans I.D. Card Act (H.R. 2985). This legislation directs the Secretary of VA to issue a veteran's identification card to any veteran who requests such card and is neither entitled to military retired pay nor enrolled in the VA system of patient enrollment. Supported the Veterans Data Breach Timely Notification Act (H.R. 3730). Requires the VA Secretary, in the event of a data breach with respect to sensitive personal information that is processed or maintained by the Secretary, to notify Congress and each individual whose sensitive personal information is involved in the data breach. Supported the Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act (H.R. 4481). Directs the VA Secretary to ensure that no employee of VA who violates any civil law covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation receives any retention incentive, payment, or award for or during the year of such violation. Supported the Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 5948). Supported the Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012 (S. 3313). Supported the Mental Health Access to Continued Care and Enhancement of Support Services Act (S. 3340) Discussed legislation that would amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension, and for other purposes (S. 3270). Supported legislation that would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes (S. 1755). Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). Directs the VA Secretary to provide mail voter registration application forms to each veteran who: (1) seeks to enroll in VA health care system at the time of such enrollment; and (2) is already enrolled in such system when there is a change in the veteran's enrollment status or when there is a change in the veteran's address. Discussed with VA the long-term care benefits available to birth children of Korean and Vietnam conflict veterans who have spina bifida. Discussed the Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 (H.R. 4072). This legislation would consolidate programs currently carried out by DOLs Veterans Employment and Training Service in VA. It would also consolidate the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives into a single provision establishing veteran employment specialists, which shall perform both tasks. Supported the Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act (S. 2179). This legislation would make needed reforms to ensure that veterans and servicemembers receive the full benefit of their DOD and VA educational benefits. Supported the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (H.R. 674/Pub. Law 112-56). This legislation includes provisions to increase employment opportunities for veterans and represents a blend of proposals that were included in H.R. 2433 and S. 951. Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). This legislation would require VA to provide voter registration applications and assistance in absentee voting for certain veterans. Urged Congress and the Administration to address the treatment of our nations veterans by some for-profit educational institutions. This includes amending the 90/10 rule. Supported the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act (H.R. 2433). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans receive the training, transition, and placement assistance they need to allow them to gain meaningful employment opportunities. Supported the Helping Our Homeless Heroes Act (H.R. 2559). This legislation would make improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs that assist homeless veterans and their families. Supported the CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2011 (H.R. 2671). This legislation would help to track undiagnosed diseases and facilitate collaboration between physicians, researchers, and government agencies by creating a patient registry to be maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Supported the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation would direct the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Also discussed Senate companion bill (S. 1838). Supported H.R. 2074, as amended. The amended legislation includes H.R. 198 and H.R. 1154. Supported S. 914, as amended. The amended legislation includes S. 769, S. 411, and S. 957. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951) and the need to ensure that there are platforms for the development of internship opportunities for wounded warriors with private employers. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Supported the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VAs Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with disabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115/S. 490). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VAs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency.

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): H.R.2966 / S.1176, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835 / S. 707, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act H.R.1513 / S.810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act S.1281, Horse Transportation Safety Act S.1324, the Captive Primate Safety Act H.R.2492, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 H.R.3798 / S.3239, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 Issues relating to the transport of horses across state lines in double-decker trucks in the following: H.R.7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 FY13 Animal Welfare Enforcement Funding To ensure the USDA receives adequate funding to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to ease a shortage of veterinarians in rural and inner-city areas and public health practice through student loan forgiveness

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

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (HR 26) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act (H.R.1089/S. 579) House FY 13 Budget (H.Con.Res. 112) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S.1867/HR. 1540) Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 (S.325) Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117) Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198) Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769) Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 1133/S.411) Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act (H.R.2751/S.1465) Service Members Mental Health Screening Act (H.R.1942) Military/Veterans FY12 Appropriations (HR 2055) Disabled Military Child Protection Act (HR 4329) Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act of 2012 (S. 2179)

Client expense: $10,838 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Animal Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act - S 810; HR 1513 American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act - HR 2966, S 1176; Lethal Predator Control Legislation; Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, S 707, HR 835; Animal Fighting Spectators Prohibition Act, HR 2492, S 1947; Veterans Dog Training Act HR 198; Horse Transportation Safety Act, S. 1281; Egg Products Inspection Act Amendment HR 3798.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Submitted testimony to the House Veterans Affairs Committee regarding community supports for veterans. Discussed the Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 (H.R. 4072). This legislation would consolidate programs currently carried out by DOLs Veterans Employment and Training Service in VA. It would also consolidate the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives into a single provision establishing veteran employment specialists, which shall perform both tasks. Supported the Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act (S. 2179). This legislation would make needed reforms to ensure that veterans and servicemembers receive the full benefit of their DOD and VA educational benefits. Supported the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (H.R. 674/Pub. Law 112-56). This legislation includes provisions to increase employment opportunities for veterans and represents a blend of proposals that were included in H.R. 2433 and S. 951. Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). This legislation would require VA to provide voter registration applications and assistance in absentee voting for certain veterans. Urged Congress and the Administration to address the treatment of our nations veterans by some for-profit educational institutions. This includes amending the 90/10 rule. Supported the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act (H.R. 2433). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans receive the training, transition, and placement assistance they need to allow them to gain meaningful employment opportunities. Supported the Helping Our Homeless Heroes Act (H.R. 2559). This legislation would make improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs that assist homeless veterans and their families. Supported the CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2011 (H.R. 2671). This legislation would help to track undiagnosed diseases and facilitate collaboration between physicians, researchers, and government agencies by creating a patient registry to be maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Supported the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation would direct the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Also discussed Senate companion bill (S. 1838). Supported H.R. 2074, as amended. The amended legislation includes H.R. 198 and H.R. 1154. Supported S. 914, as amended. The amended legislation includes S. 769, S. 411, and S. 957. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951) and the need to ensure that there are platforms for the development of internship opportunities for wounded warriors with private employers. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Supported the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VAs Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with disabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115/S. 490). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VAs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency.

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): H.R.2966 / S.1176, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835 / S. 707, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act H.R.1513 / S.810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act S.1281, Horse Transportation Safety Act S.1324, the Captive Primate Safety Act H.R.2492, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 H.R.3798, Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012 Issues relating to the transport of horses across state lines in double-decker trucks in the following: H.R.7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012 FY13 Animal Welfare Enforcement Funding To ensure the USDA receives adequate funding to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to ease a shortage of veterinarians in rural and inner-city areas and public health practice through student loan forgiveness

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

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 115, the "CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 117, the "HELP Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 198, the "Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act of 2011" H.R. 303, the "Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011" H.R. 544, a bill concerning the servicemembers' Civil Relief Act H.R. 807/S. 572, VA Collective Bargaining H.R. 802 H.R. 811, the "Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act" H.R. 814, the "Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011" H.R. 923/S. 780, the "Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 1133/S. 411, the "Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 1154/S. 769, the "Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011" H.R. 1383/S. 745, "Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011" H.R. 1407/S. 894, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011" H.R. 1441/S. 698, Arlington Cemetery H.R. 1484, the "Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011" H.R. 1591/S. 815, "Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 1671, the "Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act" H.R. 1627 H.R. 1647, the "Veterans' Choice in Filing Act of 2011" H.R. 1657 H.R. 1854/S. 935, the "Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011" H.R. 1855/S. 957, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011" H.R. 1863/S. 910, the "Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011" S. 277, the "Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009" S. 396, the "Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs for Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2011" S. 423, a bill concerning veterans; disability compensation S. 486, the "Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011" S. 490, a bill to increase the age of a CHAPVA eligible dependent child Implementation of P.L. 111-163, the "Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2011" S. 491, the "Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011" S. 536 S. 666, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011" S. 696, Vet Centers S. 873 S. 874 S. 914, Teleheath Co-payments S. 928 S. 951, the "hiring Heroes Act of 2011" S. 1017, the "Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011" S. 1060, the "Honoring All Veterans Act of 2011" S. 1104, Transition Assistance Program (TAP) S. 1123, the "Assistance to Veterans Affected by Natural Disasters Act" S. 1124, the "Veterans Telemedicine Act of 2011" S. 1127, the "Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011" S. 1148, the "Veterans Programs Improvement act of 2011"

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy S. 1838, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 198, Veteran's Dog Training Therapy Act, to create a pilot program on dog training therapy

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

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 835/ S. 707, Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, Puppy Mills H.R. 198, Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, Veterans and service dogs H.R. 2492, Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, Animal fighting H.R. 1513, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act, Chimps in research

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (HR 26) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act (H.R.1089/S. 579) Military/Veterans FY12 Appropriations (HR 2055) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (S.1867/HR. 1540) Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 (S.325) Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117) Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198) Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769) Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 1133/S.411) Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act (H.R.2751/S.1465) Service Members Mental Health Screening Act (H.R.1942)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): H.R.2966 / S.1176, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835 / S. 707, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act H.R.1513 / S.810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act S.1281, Horse Transportation Safety Act S.1324, the Captive Primate Safety Act H.R.2492 / S.1947, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 H.R.511, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes. Federal legislation to improve standards of egg production (no bill number) Horse Protection Act enforcement funding To ensure adequate funding to prevent the cruel practice known as soring. Deficit reduction measures that will also benefit animals, such as cutting Wildlife Services expenditures for lethal predator control, ending costly round ups and gathers of wild horses, eliminating USAID subsidies for trophy hunting, phasing out expensive warehousing and breeding of chimpanzees for invasive research, cutting wasteful spending on animal testing programs, and reducing agriculture subsidies to huge factory farms.

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

Supported the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (H.R. 674/P.L. 112-56). This legislation includes provisions to increase employment opportunities for veterans and represents a blend of proposals that were included in H.R. 2433 and S. 951. Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S.1264). This legislation would require VA to provide voter registration applications and assistance in absentee voting for certain veterans. Urged Congress and the Administration to address the treatment of our nation's veterans by some for-profit educational institutions. This includes amending the 90/10 rule. Supported the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act (H.R. 2433). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans receive the training, transition, and placement assistance they need to allow them to gain meaningful employment opportunities. Supported the Helping Our Homeless Heroes Act (H.R. 2559). This legislation would make improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs that assist homeless veterans and their families. Supported the CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2011 (H.R. 2671). This legislation would help to track undiagnosed diseases and facilitate collaboration between physicians, researchers, and government agencies by creating a patient registry to be maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Supported the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation would direct the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Also discussed Senate companion bill (S. 1838). Supported HR 2074, as amended. The amended legislation includes H.R. 198 and H.R. 1154. Supported S. 914, as amended. The amended legislation includes S. 769, S. 411 and S. 957. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011, (S. 951) and the need to ensure that there are platforms for the development of internship opportunities for wounded warriors with private employers. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S.411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Supported the Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VA's Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with dsiabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA and prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA emplyees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property. Discussed the CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115/S. 490). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of milittary Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VA's benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency.

H.R. 115, the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 H.R. 117, the HELP Veterans Act of 2011 H.R. 120, the Disabled Veterans Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act H.R. 198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act of 2011 H.R. 303, the Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011 H.R. 674, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act H.R. 807/ S. 572, VA Collective Bargaining H.R. 811, the Providing Military Honors for our Nations Heroes Act H.R. 814, the Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011 H.R. 923/ S. 780, the Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 H.R. 1133/ S. 411, the Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 H.R. 1154/ S. 769, the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011 H.R. 1263, amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act H.R. 1383/ S. 745, Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011 H.R. 1407/ S. 894, the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011 H.R. 1441/ S. 698, Arlington Cemetery H.R. 1484, the Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011 H.R. 1591/ S. 815, Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011 H.R. 1647, the Veterans Choice in Filing Act of 2011 H.R. 1854/ S. 935, the Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 1855/ S. 957, the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 H.R. 1863/ S. 910, the Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011 H.R.1911, the Protecting Veterans Homes Act H.R. 2074, the Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention and Health Care Enhancement Act H.R. 2243, the Veterans Employment Promotion Act H.R. 2301, the Streamlining Education Claims Processing Act of 2011 H.R. 2329, the Ensuring a Response for Servicemembers Act H.R. 2349, the Veterans Benefit Act of 2011 H.R. 2383, the Modernizing Notice to Claimants Act H.R. 2388, the Access to Timely Information Act H.R. 2433, the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011 H.R. 2470, the E-Serv Act H.R. 2646, the Veterans Health Care Capital Facilities Improvement Act of 2011 S.277, the Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009 S. 423, a bill concerning veterans disability compensation S. 486, the Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 S. 490, a bill to increase the age of a CHAMPVA eligible dependent child S. 491, the Honor Americas Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011 S. 666, the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 S. 914, the Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2011 S. 1017, the Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011 S. 1060, the Honoring All Veterans Act of 2011 S. 1104, Transition Assistance Program (TAP) S. 1123, the Assistance to Veterans Affected by Natural Disasters Act S. 1124, the Veterans Telemedicine Act of 2011 S. 1127, the Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011 S. 1148, the Veterans Programs Improvements Act of 2011 Implementation of P.L. 111-163, the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2011

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (HR 26) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act (H.R.1089/S. 579) Military/Veterans FY11 and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (HR 1473) Military/Veterans FY12 Appropriations (HR 2055) Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 (S.325) Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117) Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198) Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769) Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 1133/S.411) Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act (H.R.2751/S.1465) Service Members Mental Health Screening Act (H.R.1942) Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (H.R.26)

Client expense: $8,052 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 198 Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): H.R.2966 / S.1176, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835 / S. 707, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act H.R.1513 / S.810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act S.1281, Horse Transportation Safety Act S.1324, the Captive Primate Safety Act H.R.2492, the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2011 Federal legislation to improve standards of egg production (no bill number) Horse Protection Act enforcement funding To ensure adequate funding to prevent the cruel practice known as soring. Deficit reduction measures that will also benefit animals, such as cutting Wildlife Services expenditures for lethal predator control, ending costly round ups and gathers of wild horses, eliminating USAID subsidies for trophy hunting, phasing out expensive warehousing and breeding of chimpanzees for invasive research, cutting wasteful spending on animal testing programs, and reducing agriculture subsidies to huge factory farms.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

See next page. Supported the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act (H.R. 2433). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans receive the training, transition, and placement assistance they need to allow them to gain meaningful employment opportunities. Supported the Helping Our Homeless Heroes Act (H.R. 2559). This legislation would make improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs that assist homeless veterans and their families. Supported the CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2011 (H.R. 2671). This legislation would help to track undiagnosed diseases and facilitate collaboration between physicians, researchers, and government agencies by creating a patient registry to be maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Supported the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation would direct the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Also discussed Senate companion bill. Supported H.R. 2074, as amended. The amended legislation includes provisions similar to H.R. 198 and H.R. 1154. Supported S. 914, as amended. The amended legislation includes provisions similar to S. 769 and S. 411. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951) and the need to ensure that there are platforms for the development of internship opportunities for wounded warriors with private employers. Urged Congress to address the treatment of our nations veterans by some for-profit educational institutions. This includes whether the 90/10 rule should be amended. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Supported the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VAs Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with disabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115/S. 490). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VAs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services.

Improving survivor benefits for widows of deceased veterans and to restore and improve veterans benefits. H.R. 198, H.R. 802, H.R. 865, H.R. 924, H.R. 1025, H.R. 1154, H.R. 1263, H.R. 1383, H.R. 1855, H.R. 1941, H.R. 2005, H.R. 2051, H.R. 2055, H.R. 2061, H.R. 2074, H.R. 2349, H.R. 2383, H.R. 2433, H.R. 2530, H.R. 2550, H.R. 2646, S. 146, S. 277, S. 387, S. 491, S. 696, S. 951, S. 1104, S. 1391, S. 1629

Client expense: $503,458 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 115, "CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 117, the "HELP Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 120, the "Disabled Veterans' Surviving Spouses Home Loans Act" H.R. 198, the "Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act of 2011" H.R. 240 H.R. 303, the "Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011" H.R. 807/S. 572, VA Collective Bargaining H.R. 802 H.R. 811, the "providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act" H.R. 814, the "Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011 H.R. 923/S. 780, the "Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 1025 H.R. 1133/S. 411, the "Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 1154/S. 769, the "Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011" H.R. 1263, amends the "Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act" H.R. 1383/S. 745, "Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011" H.R. 1407/S. 894, the "Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011" H.R. 1441/S. 698, Arlington Cemetery H.R. 1484, the "Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011" H.R. 1591/S. 815, "Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 1671, the "Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act" H.R. 1627 H.R. 1647, the "Veterans' Choice in Filing Act of 2011" H.R. 1657 H..R. 1854/S. 935, the "Veterans Outreach Enchancement Act of 2011" H.R. 1855/S. 957, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rebabilitative Services' Imporvements Act of 2011" H.R. 1863/S. 910, the "Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011" H.R. 1911, the "Protecting Veterans' Homes Act" H.R. 2074, the "Veterans Sexual Assualt Prevention and Health Care Enhancement Act" H.R. 2243, the "Veterans Employment Promotion Act" H.R. 2274 H.R. 2301, the "Streamling Education Claims Processing Act of 2011" H.R. 2302 H.R. 2329, the "Ensuring a Response For Servicemembers Act" H.R. 2349, the "Veterans Benefit Act of 2011" H.R. 2383, the "Modernizing Notice to Claimants Act" H.R. 2388, the "Access to Timely Information Act" H.R. 2433, the "Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011" H.R. 2470, the "E-Serv Act" H.R. 2646, the "Veterans Health Care Capital Facilities Improvement Act of 2011" S. 277, the "Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009" S. 423, a bill concerning veterans' disability compensation S. 486, the "Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011" S. 490, a bill to increase the age of a CHAMPVA eligible dependent child S. 491, the "Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011" S. 536 S. 666, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011" S. 873 S. 874 S. 914, the "Veterans' Programs Improvement Act of 2011 S. 928 S. 951, the "Hiring Heroes Act of 2011" S. 1017, the :Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011" S. 1060, the "Honoring All Veterans Act of 2011" S. 1104, Transition Assistance Program (TAP) S. 1123, the "Assistance to Veterans Affected by Natural Disasters Act" S. 1124, the "Veterans Telemedicine Act of 2011" S. 1127, the "Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011" S. 1148, the "Veterans Programs Improvements Act of 2011" Implementation of P.L. 111-163, the "Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2011"

Veterans Mental Health Screening and Assessment Act (HR 26) Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act (H.R.1089/S. 579) Military/Veterans FY11 and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act (HR 1473) Military/Veterans FY12 Appropriations (HR 2055) Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 (S.325) Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117) Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198) Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769) Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 1133/S.411)

Client expense: $9,035 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

See next page. Testified before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs regarding the need to improve employment opportunities for veterans with significant disabilities. The written testimony covered issues relating to the Workforce Investment Act, Social Security, vocational rehabilitation, and attitudinal barriers to the employment of people with disabilities. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/HR 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951). This legislation seeks to improve employment opportunities for veterans. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VAs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency. Supported the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported proposed House legislation that would develop a patient registry to help facilitate collaboration and research regarding undiagnosed diseases. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VAs Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with disabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported the proposed amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property.

H.R. 115, the "CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 117, the "HELP Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 198, the "Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act of 2011" H.R. 303, the "Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011" H.R. 544, a bill concerning the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act H.R. 807/S. 572, VA Collective Bargaining H.R. 802 H.R. 811, the "Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act" H.R. 814, the "Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011" H.R. 923/S. 780, the "Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 1133/S. 411, the "Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 1154/S. 769, the "Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011" H.R. 1383/S. 745, "Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011" H.R. 1407/S. 894, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011" H.R. 1441/S. 698, Arlington Cemetery H.R. 1484, the "Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011" H.R. 1591/S. 815, "Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 1671, the "Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act" H.R. 1627 H.R. 1647, the "Veterans' Choice in Filing Act of 2011" H.R. 1657 H.R. 1854/S. 935, the "Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011" H.R. 1855/S.957, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011" H.R. 1863/S. 910, the "Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011" S. 277, the "Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2009" S. 396, the "Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs of Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2011" S. 423, a bill concerning veterans; disability compensation S. 486, the "Protecting Servicemembers from Morgage Abuses Act of 2011" S. 490, a bill to increase the age of a CHAPVA eligible dependent child Implemention of P.L. 111-163, the "Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2011" S. 491, the "Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011" S. 536 S. 666, the "Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011" S. 696, Vet Centers S. 873 S. 874 S. 914, Teleheath Co-payments S. 928 S. 951, the "Hiring Heroes Act of 2011" S. 1017, the "Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011" S. 1060, the "Honoring All Veterans Act of 2011" S. 1104, Transistion Assistance Program (TAP) S. 1123, the "Assistance to Veterans Affected by Natural Disasters Act" S. 1124, the :Veterans Telemedicine Act of 2011" S. 1127, the "Veterans Rural Health Improvement Act of 2011" S. 1148, the Veterans Programs Improvement Act of 2011"

H.R. 511To amend title 18 USC to prohibit the importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes. H.R. 198 Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R. 943 Canine Companion Corps Act S. 471/H.R. 892 Stop Asian Carp Act S. 357 Wildlife Disease Emergency Act H.R. 1154 Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act S. 886/H.R. 1733 Interstate Horseracing Improvement Act S. 1176 American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act and GAO Report 11-228 on Horse Welfare S. 810/H.R. 1513 Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): S.1176, American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act of 2011 H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835 / S. 707, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act H.R.1513 / S.810, Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act S.1281, Horse Transportation Safety Act The Captive Primate Safety Act (no bill number, formerly S. 462); to prohibit interstate and foreign commerce in nonhuman primates for the pet trade Animal fighting/spectators (no bill number); to establish felony-level penalties for knowingly attending an organized animal fight H.AMDT.471 to H.R.2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. An amendment to reduce the amount of funds provided by this bill for "Agricultural Programs, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses" by $11,000,000. H.AMDT.447 to H.R.2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. An amendment to make sundry changes to Section 739. FY12 Animal Welfare Enforcement Funding To ensure the USDA receives adequate funding to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to ease a shortage of veterinarians in rural and inner-city areas and public health practice through student loan forgiveness

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

HR 1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 H.R.24 To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. HR 26 - To 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.28Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.46Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 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 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. 178 To 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. 179 To 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. 180 To 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. 186 To 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 H.R. 198 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy. H.R. 208 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the reimbursement of mental health counselors under TRICARE, and for other purposes. H.R. 210 To 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. 240 To 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 248 To 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. 287 Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 H.R. 290 War Memorial Protection Act H.R.303Retired Pay Restoration Act H.R.329Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act H.R.319To require employers to provide veterans with time off on Veterans Day. H.R.329Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act H.R.332Military Environmental Responsibility Act H.R.333Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act H.R.337Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 H.R.396TBI Treatment Act H.R.403Battlefield 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 201 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.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.687Military Spouses Employment Act 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, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. H.R.802To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program. H.R.803Equity for Injured Veterans Act of 2011 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.810Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2011 H.R.811Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act H.R.812Agent 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.930To amend title 38, United States Code, 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, and for other purposes. H.R.943K-9 Companion Corps Act H.R.948Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 H.R.1003To amend title 10, United States Code, 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, United States Code, 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.1092Military Retirees Health Care Protection ActMilitary Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1110Combat Act H.R.1130Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2011 H.R.1133Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.1142Global Combat Zone Recognition Act H.R.1154Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs ActVETS Dogs Act H.R.1169To amend titles 5, 10, and 32, United States Code, 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, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents. S.67A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 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.68A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 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.242Guardians of Freedom Act of 2011 S.243Citizen Soldier Support Act S.260A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, 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.423A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal, and for other purposes. S.472Service Members Permanent Change of Station Relief Act S.486Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 S.490A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. S.491Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011; S.532Patriot Express Authorization Act of 2011 S.536A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 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.579Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act

See next page. Testified before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs Vocational and Rehabilitation and Employment program, including proposed programmatic changes. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities or on VA property. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Discussed the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Submitted testimony to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Health regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs implementation of the caregivers program included in the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health services Act (P.L. 111-163). Submitted a letter to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee in support of their efforts to ensure proper implementation of the caregivers program included in the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health services Act (P.L. 111-163) and to urge expansion of the program to include veterans of all eras. Urged the Department of Veterans Affairs to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency. Submitted a formal request for a regulation change to the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding 38 C.F.R. 1.218(a)(11) to ensure access for service dogs to VA facilities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the Department of Veterans Affairs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.

H.R. 198 - Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act, H.R. 835 - Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act, H.R. 403 - Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act' or `BEST Practices Act,' H.R.965 - Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2011

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitored and lobbied on issues relating to animal welfare (entire bills of the following): H.R.198, the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act H.R.835, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act The Captive Primate Safety Act (no bill number, formerly S. 462); to prohibit interstate and foreign commerce in nonhuman primates for the pet trade Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (no bill number, formerly HR 1326); to phase out the use of chimpanzees in invasive research FY12 Animal Welfare Enforcement Funding To ensure the USDA receives adequate funding to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act and federal animal fighting law, as well as for programs to address the needs of animals in disasters and to ease a shortage of veterinarians in rural and inner-city areas and public health practice through student loan forgiveness

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 115, the "CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2011" H.R. 117, the "HELP Veterans Act of 2011" H.R. 198, the "Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act of 2011" H.R. 303, the "Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011" H.R. 544, a bill concerning the Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act H.R. 814, the "Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011" H.R. 1154, the "Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011" S. 423, a bill concerning veterans' disability compensation S. 490, a bill to increase the age of a CHAMPVA eligible dependent child Implementation of P.L. 111-163, the "Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2011"

Client expense: $84,657 · Firm income: Not reported