Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

FY 2013 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. FY 2013 Senate Budget Resolution - Medicaid cuts that would adversely affect health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans. FY 2013 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health care programs. FY 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. Provision to require TSA to authorize the use of protective equipment, including masks and respirators, during public health emergencies; amendments to mitigate statutory changes to the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). FY 2013 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2013 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations - Amendment to strike Section 102 and retain safeguards to ban A-76 public-private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers (CoE). FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. FY 2013 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions to make the A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement are retained in the comparable Senate bills as well as in the ultimate conference reports. FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC; provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BoP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional personnel understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BoP institutions. HR 5326, Section 212, opposed the Huizenga amendment to strike section 212 that would potentially affect the safety and security of federal BoP prisons and personnel. FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2013 Defense Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs, and sourcing and workforce management issues concerning DoD civilian employees, in particular, the Pentagon's "Efficiency Initiative" capping DoD's civilian workforce at FY10 levels and increasing use and spending on service contractors regardless of cost or legal requirements making even inherently governmental functions difficult to insource; also lobbying in opposition to inclusion of "special rule relating to DoD purchases of Federal Prisons Industry textile and apparel products." HR 4310, Coffman Amendment, (#54) to FY 13 NDAA, would prevent DoD from correcting through insourcing poorly awarded or performing contracts to deliberately make sourcing process pro-contractor. HR 3634, FPI Competition in Contracting Act of 2012 and FPI Competition in Contracting Act of 2012, the bills' elimination of FPI's mandatory source preference from DoD and civilian agency procurement sanctities detrimentally impacting on the FPI inmate work program. HR 2114, Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011and HR 657, Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2011-- opposition to provisions to make arbitrary cuts without regard to budgets and workloads; lobbied on need for clarification and identification of services that are to be reduced or waste to be eliminated; opposition to failure to impose cuts on more expensive contractors. HR 4966, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, Ryan Budget Resolution--lobbied against imposition of approximately $79 billion in major cuts to federal retirement programs over ten-year period by requiring current federal employees to contribute an additional five percent of salary toward their defined benefit pension plan without any increase of retirement benefits.

Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 4966, H.R. 5652 Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 - NETWORK strongly opposes these bills which would place the burden of reducing the deficit on the backs of persons who can least afford it, we urge Congress to find savings sources other than domestic discretionary programs - and suggests far deeper cuts in defense, rather than increases. Priorities for a Faithful Budget - document presented to legislators -NETWORK strongly supports this approach to spending/revenue H.R.8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 - NETWORK seriously opposes the approach of tax cuts to the wealthy as a way to say jobs will be created. History shows that is false. NETWORK strongly urges the House and the Senate to increase revenue, and cut military spending sufficiently to cover the costs of domestic discretionary programs without their being cut. Priority must be given to the most vulnerable populations in federal budget decisions. H.Con.Res 34 - NETWORK strongly and vocally opposes the House passed FY2013 Budget, and any portion of it becoming a part of other legislation, as it would destroy the social safety net dehying the meeting of needs of those on the margins of society, struggling to survive. NETWORK is particularly concerned that Rep. Ryan justifies his destruction of the safety net by Catholic Social Teaching, as it is just the opposite. NETWORK shared great concern about the high rates of unemployment and underemployment, particularly aware of the relationship between cuts in spending (eliminating public sector jobs) and the unemployment rate fluctuations. H.R.15 - Middle Class Tax Cut Act - NETWORK strongly supports this approach to revenue and the support of low- and middle-income members of our communities. Nuns on the Bus and NETWORK strongly oppose the devastating House-passed budget for 2013, as we did for FY2012 budget

Continuing Resolution Act of 2013 (H.J. Res 117) - Advocated for stable funding for federal research in health, defense and NSF. Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act of 2013 (S. 3295) - Advocated for increased health research funding in NIH and support for federal student financial aid programs. Labbor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act of 2013 (No bill number, House Appropriations Subcommittee Draft) - Advocated for increased funding for health research in NIH and support for federal student financial aid programs. Budent Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25) and the Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4966) - Advocated for an alternative to automatic sequestration and its detrimental effects on federally funded research and other non-defense discretionary programs including student financial aid.

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Continuing Resolution Act of 2013 (H.J.Res. 117) Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act of 2013 (S. 3295) Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act of 2013 - House Sub-committee draft Sequester Replacement Act (H.R. 4966) Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FY 2013 302b Allocations Support for FY 2013 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, NINR, Nurse-Managed Health Clinics Proposals related to support for funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for FY 2013 Proposals related to support for funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for FY 2013. HRSA Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill. Proposals related to support for FY 2013 funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Provisions related to funding for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health within the Center for Disease Control. H.R. 4966 Sequester Replacement Act of 2012. Provisions related to riders and cuts that negatively impact womens health. Provisions related to cuts to non-defense discretionary funding.

Client expense: $547,767 · Firm income: Not reported

FY 2013 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with particular attention to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. FY 2013 Senate Budget Resolution - Medicaid cuts that would adversely affect health care and result in the cost of uncompensated health care being shifted to employer-sponsored health care plans. FY 2013 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health care programs. FY 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. Provision to require TSA to authorize the use of protective equipment, including masks and respirators, during public health emergencies; amendments to mitigate statutory changes to the Screening Partnership Program (SPP). FY 2013 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2013 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2013 Energy and Water Appropriations - Amendment to strike Section 102 and retain safeguards to ban A-76 public-private competition at the Army Corps of Engineers (CoE). FY 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funds for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. FY 2013 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions to make the A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement are retained in the comparable Senate bills as well as in the ultimate conference reports. FY 2013 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC; provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BoP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional personnel understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BoP institutions. HR 5326, Section 212, opposed the Huizenga amendment to strike section 212 that would potentially affect the safety and security of federal BoP prisons and personnel. FY 2013 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2013 Defense Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs, and sourcing and workforce management issues concerning DoD civilian employees, in particular, the Pentagon's "Efficiency Initiative" capping DoD's civilian workforce at FY10 levels and increasing use and spending on service contractors regardless of cost or legal requirements making even inherently governmental functions difficult to insource; also lobbying in opposition to inclusion of "special rule relating to DoD purchases of Federal Prisons Industry textile and apparel products." HR 4310, Coffman Amendment, (#54) to FY 13 NDAA, would prevent DoD from correcting through insourcing poorly awarded or performing contracts to deliberately make sourcing process pro-contractor. HR 2114, Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011and HR 657, Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2011-- opposition to provisions to make arbitrary cuts without regard to budgets and workloads; lobbied on need for clarification and identification of services that are to be reduced or waste to be eliminated; opposition to failure to impose cuts on more expensive contractors. HR 4966, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, Ryan Budget Resolution--lobbied against imposition of approximately $79 billion in major cuts to federal retirement programs over ten-year period by requiring current federal employees to contribute an additional five percent of salary toward their defined benefit pension plan without any increase of retirement benefits.

H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012

Client expense: $76,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012

Client expense: $76,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 2146 DATA Act-To amend title 31, United States Code, to require accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other purposes H.R. 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Yeat 2013-To authorize appropriations (continued on next page) for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes H.R. 4966 Sequester Replacement Act of 2012-To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 H.R. 5325 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013-Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes H.R. 5326 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013-Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fisccal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes H.R. 5855 FY 13 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013-Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes H.R. 5972 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013-Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes S. 2323 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013-Makes appropriations for FY2013 for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, for science-related programs, and related agencies

H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Act of 2012: Provisions related to overall healthcare related funding, government functions, and Medicare policy changes H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012: Provisions related to overall healthcare related funding, government functions, and Medicare policy change H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013: FDA related provisions H. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013: Provisions related to prescription drug abuse H. 5855, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013: Provisions related to Customs and Border Patrol funding and regulatory riders S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013: Provisions related to prescription drug abuse S. 2375, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013: FDA related provisions S. 3216, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013: Provisions related to Customs and Border Patrol funding and regulatory riders Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013: HHS related provisions [no bill number]

Client expense: $4,840,000 · Firm income: Not reported

FY 2013 Budget, President's Budget FY 2013 302b Allocations Support for FY 2013 Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, NINR, Nurse-Managed Health Clinics Proposals related to support for funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for FY 2013 HRSA Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill Proposals related to support for FY 2013 funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund Provisions related to funding for th National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health within the Center for Disease Control Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Funding Provisions related to Title X Family Planning Program Title V, The Teen Pregancy Prevention Initiative Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program ("MIECHVP" or "Program") letter to Appropriations and Joint Select Committee H.R. 4966 Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 Provisions related to funding for the WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselors in FY 2013 - letter to oppose further cuts to non-defense discretionary programs Provisions related to rides and cuts that negatively impact womens health

Client expense: $318,625 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.3070, S. 3240, S. 3295, H.R. 5652, H.R. 4966, Labor HHS Education Appropriations, FY 2013 budget, FY13 LHHS/ED Appropriations, Sequestration / Funding, H Con Res 112, Senate FY13 Budget resolution, FY13 Senate budget resolution, Sequestration, H.R.3070 - Dept. of Labor, Health, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act of 2012

Client expense: $2,480,097 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 5973, S. 2375 - Fiscal Year 2013 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - provisions relating to Ryan White CARE Act, FDA funding H.R. 5855, S. 3216 - Fiscal Year 2013 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act - provisions relating to Customs and Border Protection S. 3295 - Fiscal Year 2013 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions relating to Vaccine Section 317 program, Ryan White CARE Act H.R. 5857, S. 3241 - Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding to combat neglected tropical diseases H.R. 4966 - Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 - provisions related to overall healthcare programs, government functions, and Medicare policy changes H.R. 5652 - Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 - provisions related to overall healthcare programs, government functions, and Medicare policy changes

Client expense: $1,220,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013; all provisions relating to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Housing Service (RHS) funding and administration of affordable multifamily housing and rental assistance programs and Treasury-Internal Revenue Service proposals related to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and bond-financed multifamily housing programs. (continued) PL 112-25 (S 365): Budget Control Act of 2011. A bill to control the budget; All provisions in Title I TEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER, Sections 101,102,105,106 & Title III Section 302 Enforcement of budget goal related to discretionary spending levels as part of deficit reduction requirements (which could reduce funding for important U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service affordable multifamily housing programs). H Con Res 112: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013. This concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 2013 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 through 2022; all provisions which would directly or indirectly affect funding levels for federal multifamly affordable housing programs in Title I Recommended Levels and Amounts, Title II Reconciliation and Directive to the Committee on the Budget, and Title VI Section 604 Recommendations for the Elimination of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Federal Programs. HR 4966: Sequester Replacement Act of 2012. A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act of 2011; all provisions. HR 5972: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; Title II Housing and Urban Development, all funding & administrative provisions related to affordable multifamily housing programs. S 2322: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; Title II Housing and Urban Development, all funding & administrative provisions related to affordable multifamily housing programs. HR 5973: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; Title III Rural Development Programs, all funding and administrative provisions related to affordable rural multifamily housing programs. S 2375: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; Title III Rural Development, all funding and administrative provisions related to affordable rural multifamily housing programs. S 624: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2011. To authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities by revitalizing severely distressed housing and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning services, educational opportunities, public assets, public transportation, and improved access to jobs; all provisions. HR 762: Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2011. A bill to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty by revitalizing distressed housing, to reform public housing demolition and disposition rules to require one for one replacement and tenant protections, to provide public housing agencies with additional resources and flexibility to preserve public housing units, and to create a pilot program to train public housing residents to provide home-based health services; all provisions of Title I, Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. S 1925: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011. A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; Title VI Section 601 Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking-all provisions which affect affordable rental housing programs. HR 4271: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012. A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; Title VI Section 601 Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking-all provisions which affect affordable rental housing programs. HR 4970: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012. A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994; Title VI Section 601 Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking-all provisions which affect affordable rental housing programs. HR 1209: The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2011. A bill to reform the housing choice voucher program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR4878N02], Final Guidance to Federal Financial Assistance Recipients Regarding Title VI Prohibition Against National Origin Discrimination Affecting Limited English Proficient Persons, Jan. 22, 2007; all provisions. (Owners of HUD-subsidized properties are recipents of federal funds). Discussion Draft Legislation from Rep. Judy Biggert: Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012. A bill to reform affordable housing programs and the provision of supportive services under the United States Housing Act of 1937; all provisions [not introduced during reporting period]. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Notice PIH 2012-18 "Rental Assistance Demonstration Partial Implementation and Request for Comments," March 8, 2012; all provisions related to Mod-Rehab, Rent Supp, and RAP properties. HR 4145: Section 8 Reform, Responsibility, and Accountability Act of 2012. A bill to reform the program for rental assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes; all provisions. HR 3661:To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program; all provisions. S 1989: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings; all provisions. All policies, funding, and administrative issues related to managment and preservation of affordable multifamily housing subject to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service, and Treasury Internal Revenue Service regulations. National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, "The Moment of Truth: Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform," December 2010; all provisions related to tax reform / expenditures which would affect the Low Income Housing Tax Credit & all provisions which would affect discretionary spending for federal affordable housing programs. The White House Domestic Policy Council Rental Policy Working Groups "Federal Rental Alignment-Administrative Proposals, December 31, 2011; all provisions (to better align the operation of federal rental programs and policies across the Administration). Advocated for Congress to pass and the Department of Treasury to support a single student occupancy rule for the Department of Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development's affordable housing programs to reduce conflicts between the programs in mixed-subsidy properties. U.S. Department of Treasury and Department of Housing and Urban Development's "Reforming America's Housing Finance System A Report to Congress," February 2011; all provisions related to financing for affordable multifamily housing. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Notice H 2011-20 Guidelines on Bed Bug Control and Prevention in HUD Insured and Assisted Multifamily Housing," August 16, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Notice H 2012-05 "Guidelines on Addressing Infestations in HUD-insured and Assisted Multifamily Housing," April 23, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR-5600-N-33] "HUDs Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Performance-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) Program for the Administration of Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contracts," March 9, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR-5600-N-33-C1] "HUDs Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 NOFA for the Performance-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) Program Technical Correction," March 15, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development "Performance-Based Annual Contributions Contract, Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration" February 24, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR5603N29] "Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment Emergency Comment Request; Office of Housing Assistance Contract Administration Oversight, Multifamily Housing Programs April 24, 2012; all provisions of "Annual Customer Service Survey of Performance-Based Contract Administrators." U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Housing Multifamily Housing Programs Memorandum to Multifamily Property Owners on the Impact of HUDs Fiscal Year 2012 Budget on Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance, November 22, 2011; all provisions (which describe cost-saving measures to benchmark rents, limit budget-based rent increases, and use residual receipts to offset Section 8 subsidy payments). U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Housing Multifamily Housing Programs Follow-Up Memorandum to Multifamily Property Owners Regarding Impact of HUDs Fiscal Year 2012 Budget on Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance, December 5, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development "Draft Changes to the Section 8 Renewal Guide," July 2010; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Transmital "Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide Book" page changes May 18, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Notice H 2011-30 "Use of Reserve for Replacement Accounts in Restructured Mark-to-Market (M2M) Properties," October 19, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Handbook 4350.1, Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing; all provisions of Chapter 4 "Reserve Fund for Replacements." U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Draft for public comment Mortgagee Letter Revised Requirements for Project Capital Needs Assessments, Estimated Reserves for Replacements and Remedies for Accessibility Deficiencies May 11, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR5466N01] "Request for Comments on Trend Factor Methodology Used in the Calculation of Fair Market Rents," March 9, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR5413N02] "Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher ProgramDemonstration Project of Small Area Fair Market Rents in Certain Metropolitan Areas, Discussion of Comments, and Request for Participation," April 20, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR5634N01] "Changes in Certain Multifamily Housing and Health Care Facility Mortgage Insurance Premiums for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013" April 10, 2012; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR-5563-P-01] "HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Improving Performance and Accountability; and Updating Property Standards, December 16, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Multifamily Housing Memorandum "Tax Credit Compliance Fees and Annual Budget-Based Section 8 Rent Increase Requests," May 31, 2011; all provisions. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Docket No. FR5167P01] Streamlining Requirements Governing the Use of Funding for Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities Programs March 28, 2012; all provisions. Advocated on proposed policies related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's FY 2013 Budget proposal to create an operational assistance account for the Section 202 Elderly Housing Program. All policies related the Department of Housing and Urban Development's: Real Estate Assesment Center scoring and procedures for HUD-assisted and/or FHA insured properties; 2530 previous participation certification policies and submission procedures; Management and Occupancy Review for owners and management agents. Internal Revenue Service Notice 2012-18 Physical Inspections Pilot Program February 9, 2012; all provisions [LIHTC compliance requirements]. Advocated for policies to promote long-term sustainablity and financial solvency of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties, especially related to the need for utility and operating cost relief. Advocated for policies to address ongoing occupancy issues, including prolonged vacancies, in properties that participate in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Multifamily Housing programs. Advocated for policies to address improper payments in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development's Section 521 Rural Rental Assistance program.

H.R. 4872, the Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010: provisions relating to hospitals and physicians, including: Section 1106: physician-owned hospitals and self-referral; Section 2302: 340B program; Section 1104 and Section 1203: Medicare and Medicaid DSH Payments; Sections 1108 and 1109 involving geographic disparities in Medicare payment; Section 1105: Market basket updates; Section 1201: Federal funding for States; Section 1202: Payments to primary care physicians. H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, provisions relating to hospitals, hospice, and physicians including: Section 3001: hospital value-based purchasing; Section 3125: low-volume hospital payment; Section 3401: productivity adjustments; Section 6001: physician-owned hospital and self-referral; Section 3121: outpatient hold harmless for hospitals; Sections 7101-7103: 340B Program; Section 3403: Independent Payment Advisory Board; Section 3025: hospital readmissions provision; Section 3124: extension of Medicare Dependent Hospital program; Section 3137: Section 508 reclassification; Section 9007: non profit hospital provision; Section 3105: ambulance services; Section 3008 and Section 2702: payment adjustment for hospital acquired conditions; Section 3133: Medicare DSH; Section 2551: Disproportionate Share Hospitals; Section 5501: primary care provisions; Section 5503: Graduate Medical Education; Sections 2001-2081: expansion of Medicaid, CHIP; Sections 1311-1343: CO-OPs and Exchanges; Section 3022: accountable care organizations; Section 3023: hospital bundling provision; Section 6401-6402, Program Integrity Provisions; Section 6501-6503, 6505, 6508, Medicaid Program Integrity Provisions. H.R. 2674, 340B Program Improvement Act, entire bill. S. 722 and H.R. 3506, Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act, entire bills. S. 778, Protecting Access to Rural Therapy Services (PARTS) Act, entire bill. H.R. 3285, Medicare Equity Extension Act, entire bill. H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011, Title II, Subtitle C--Medicare Extensions; Other Health Provisions, Part 1--Medicare extensions, Section 2201. Physician payment update; Section 2202. Ambulance add-ons; Section 2203. Medicare payment for outpatient therapy services; Section 2204. Work geographic adjustment. Part 3--Offsets, Section 2223, Parity in Medicare payments for hospital outpatient department evaluation and management office visit services; Section 2224, Reduction of bad debt treated as an allowable cost; Section 2225, Rebasing of State DSH allotments for FY 2021. Part 2 of Subtitle C--Other Health Provisions, Sec. 2213. Modification to requirements for qualifying for exception to Medicare prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. H.R. 3859 and S.1680, The Rural Hospital and Provider Equity (R-HOPE) Act of 2012, entire bills. H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, entire bill. H.R. 2461, Physician Pathology Services Continuity Act of 2011, entire bill. S. 3187, the FDA Safety and Innovation Act, entire bill. H.R. 5651, FDA Reform Act, entire bill. S. 2516, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, entire bill. H.R. 5943 and S. 2620, the Rural Hospital Access Act of 2012, entire bills. H.R. 876, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2011, entire bill. H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Act of 2012, entire bill. H.R. 3839, the Drug Shortage Prevention Act, entire bill. H.R. 2245, the Preserving Access to Lifesaving Medications Act, entire bill. S. 1734, Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Act of 2011, entire bill. 2012 Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule, focusing on provisions affecting physicians and hospitals including: policies related to the physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services and hospital value-based purchasing program. 2012, 2013 Inpatient prospective payment system rules: entire rules. 2012 Hospice wage index proposed rule, entire rule. Changes to Hospital CoPs, entire rule. Reporting and Returning Medicare Overpayments, entire rule. Other issues: "Super Committee" deliberations related to S. 365, Budget Control Act of 2012. Proposals involving the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula. The Deficit Commission Report and President's 2013 budget proposal, including proposals that involve Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals. 2011 March CBO proposal to eliminate the CAH, SCH, MDH programs. Accountable Care Organizations regulations and the Innovation Center's demonstration programs. Medicare and Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor programs. Geographic Variation in Medicare spending, IOM studies on high value and Medicare geographic adjusters. Medical Liability Reform. Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Payment Incentive Programs (Meaningful Use), including the release of the Stage 2 Meaningful Use regulation. Hospital wage index reform, including Section 3137(b) of the Affordable Care Act. Implementation of state health insurance exchanges.

H.R. 4966, H.R. 5652 Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 - NETWORK strongly opposes these bills which would place the burden of reducing the deficit on the backs of persons who can least afford it, we urge Congress to find savings sources other than domestic discretionary programs - and suggests far deeper cuts in defense, rather than increases. H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - NETWORK strongly opposes the elimination of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey which allows for transparency and for the ability to meet the needs of Americans through wise allocation resources, to monitor the economic recover and meet constituional obligaion to conduct an accurate census in 2020. NETWORK strongly urges the House and the Senate to increase revenue, and cut military spending sufficiently to cover the costs of domestic discretionary programs without their being cut. Priority must be given to the most vulnerable populations in federal budget decisions. H.Con.Res 34 - NETWORK strongly and vocally opposes the House passed FY2013 Budget, and any portion of it becoming a part of other legislation, as it would destroy the social safety net dehying the meeting of needs of those on the margins of society, struggling to survive. NETWORK is particularly concerned that Rep. Ryan justifies his destruction of the safety net by Catholic Social Teaching, as it is just the opposite. H.R. 5857, FY 2013 State and Foreign Operatoins Appropriations - NETWORK urges Congress to pass a Faithful Budget that increases funding above the FY2012 levels for poverty-focused international development and humanitarian assistance and global health programs. NETWORK shared great concern about the high rates of unemployment and underemployment, particularly aware of the relationship between cuts in spending (eliminating public sector jobs) and the unemployment rate fluctuations. H.R.3630 UI/Payroll Tax cut extension - NETWORK supports this bill, as a temporary means of assisting the long-term unemployed. We would oppose any long-term reduction in Payroll Tax cuts.