Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
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Highlights: This bill provides FY2017 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military construction, military family housing, the U.S. share of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program, and base closures and realignments. The bill also provides appropriations to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for veterans benefit and health care programs, Departmental Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration. Related agencies and programs funded in the bill include the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; the Armed Forces Retirement Home; and the Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, including Arlington National Cemetery. The bill includes Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and Defense-Wide military construction funds which are designated as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds and are not subject to discretionary spending limits. The bill includes both mandatory and discretionary funding. It increases discretionary and overall FY2017 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding above FY2016 levels. Compared to FY2016 levels, the bill increases discretionary funding for the VA and decreases discretionary funding for the DOD Military Construction and Family Housing accounts. The bill permits unobligated balances of funds previously provided for the Ebola outbreak to be used to prevent, prepare, and respond to the Zika virus. It also includes provisions that: prohibit the Administration from renovating, expanding, or constructing facilities in the United States to house individuals held in the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay; restrict the display of Confederate flags in VA cemeteries; permit VA providers to complete forms for a veteran's participation in a state marijuana program, and prohibit the use of funds for a new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. Full Summary: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Provides appropriations to DOD for Military Construction for: the Army; the Navy and Marine Corps; the Air Force; Defense-Wide agencies and activities (other than military departments); the Army and Air National Guard; and the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves. Provides appropriations to DOD for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program. Provides appropriations to DOD for Construction and Operation and Maintenance of Family Housing for: the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-Wide agencies and activities (other than military departments). Provides appropriations for the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund. Provides appropriations for the Department of Defense Base Closure Account. (Sec. 101) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used for payments exceeding $25,000 for construction in the United States under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract without DOD approval. Includes an exception for work that is to be performed in Alaska. (Sec. 102) Permits construction funds provided by this title to be used for hiring passenger motor vehicles. (Sec. 103) Permits construction funds provided by this title to be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of access roads DOD has certified as important to national defense. (Sec. 104) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used to begin construction of new bases in the United States without a specific appropriation. (Sec. 105) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used to purchase land or land easements in excess of 100% of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Includes exceptions for: (1) determinations of value by a federal court, (2) purchases negotiated by the Attorney General or a designee, (3) values less than $25,000, and (4) DOD determinations that the purchase is in the public interest. (Sec. 106) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used to acquire land, provide for site preparation, or install utilities for family housing, except housing for which appropriations have been provided. (Sec. 107) Prohibits funds provided by this title for minor construction from being used to transfer or relocate any activity from one base or installation to another without notifying Congress in advance. (Sec. 108) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used to procure steel for construction unless American producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been allowed to compete for the procurement. (Sec. 109) Prohibits funds provided to DOD for military construction or family housing during the current fiscal year from being used to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation. (Sec. 110) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used to initiate a new installation overseas without notifying Congress in advance. (Sec. 111) Prohibits funds provided by this title from being used for architect and engineer contracts estimated to exceed $500,000 for projects in Japan, NATO member countries, or countries bordering the Arabian Gulf unless the contracts are awarded to U.S. firms or joint ventures with U.S. firms. (Sec. 112) Prohibits funds provided by this title for military construction in U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf from being used to award a contract over $1 million to a foreign contractor. Includes exceptions. (Sec. 113) Requires DOD to notify Congress in advance of military exercises if construction costs are expected to exceed $100,000. (Sec. 114) Permits funds appropriated to DOD for construction in prior years to be used for construction projects authorized during the current session of Congress. (Sec. 115) Permits expired or lapsed funds to be used to pay for supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering, and design costs for military construction or family housing projects being completed with lapsed or expired funds. (Sec. 116) Permits funds provided for the construction of military projects to be available for five years if: (1) the funds are obligated from funds available for military construction, and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated or permitted by law. (Sec. 117) Permits the following transfers if Congress is notified and specified conditions are met: to the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from appropriations for construction in Family Housing accounts, and to the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund from appropriations for construction of military unaccompanied housing in Military Construction accounts. (Sec. 118) Permits the transfer of funds from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund established to pay expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program under the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966. (Sec. 119) Provides that funds for operation and maintenance of family housing in this title shall be the only source of funds for repair and maintenance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer quarters. Sets forth limitations and requirements for expenditures for maintenance and repair of general or flag officer quarters. (Sec. 120) Appropriates funds contained in the Ford Island Improvement Account to remain available until expended or transferred. (Sec. 121) Permits the transfer of unobligated balances of expired military construction and family housing funds into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations--Construction--Defense account. (Sec. 122) Prohibits the Army from using funds provided by this bill to relocate a unit that: (1) performs a required testing mission or function not performed by any other unit, and (2) is located at a military installation where the total number of Army civilian employees and contractor personnel exceeds 10% of the regular and reserve Army personnel. Includes an exception if the Army notifies Congress of the relocation's compliance with Army Regulation 5-10 concerning stationing actions. (Sec. 123) Permits funds provided to an account in this title to be transferred among projects and activities within the account subject to specified DOD reprogramming guidelines for military and family housing construction. (Sec. 124) Prohibits DOD military construction funds provided in this title from being used for the planning, design, and construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. (Sec. 125) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the Military Construction--Army account. (Sec. 126) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the Military Construction--Navy and Marine Corps account. (Sec. 127) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the Military Construction--Defense-Wide account. (Sec. 128) Provides specified additional funds to the Army to remain available through FY2021 for unfunded military construction priorities. (Sec. 129) Provides specified additional funds to the Navy and Marine Corps to remain available through FY2021 for unfunded military construction priorities. (Sec. 130) Provides specified additional funds to the Army National Guard to remain available through FY2021 for unfunded military construction priorities. (Sec. 131) Provides specified additional funds to the Army Reserve to remain available through FY2021 for unfunded military construction priorities. (Sec. 132) Provides specified additional funds to the Air Force to remain available through FY2021 for unfunded military construction priorities. (Sec. 133) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the fund established by the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 for expenses associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program. (Sec. 134) Defines "congressional defense committees" to include the House and Senate Armed Services Committees and Appropriations Subcommittees on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs. (Sec. 135) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the NATO Security Investment Program. (Sec. 136) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for the closure or realignment of the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Provides appropriations to the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) for: Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, Veterans Insurance and Indemnities, the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund, the Vocational Rehabilitation Loans Program Account, and the Native American Veteran Housing Loan Program Account. Provides appropriations to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) for: Medical Services, Medical Community Care, Medical Support and Compliance, Medical Facilities, and Medical and Prosthetic Research. Provides appropriations to the National Cemetery Administration. Provides appropriations to the VA for Departmental Administration, including: General Administration, the Board of Veterans Appeals, General Operating Expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration, Information Technology Systems, the Office of Inspector General, Construction--Major Projects, Construction--Minor Projects, Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities, and Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries. Prohibits the expenditure of specified information technology funds for the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Evolution Program until the VA: (1) certifies to Congress that it has deployed modernized electronic health record software supporting VA and DOD clinicians no later than December 31, 2016, while ensuring continued support and compatibility with the interoperability platform and full standards-based interoperability; and (2) submits to Congress a report including specified details regarding the status, costs, and plans for the program. Withholds specified VHA construction funds until the VA: enters an agreement with a non-VA federal entity to serve as the design and/ or construction agent for any VHA major construction project that exceeds $100 million, and certifies that an agreement is executed to minimize or prevent subsequent major construction project cost overruns. (Sec. 201) Specifies transfer authorities and requirements for the VBA. (Sec. 202) Specifies transfer authorities and requirements for the VHA. (Sec. 203) Permits appropriations for salaries and expenses to be used for employment of temporary or intermittent experts and consultants, hire of passenger vehicles, lease of a facility or land, and uniforms. (Sec. 204) Prohibits appropriations in this title other than Construction--Major Projects and Construction--Minor Projects from being used for land acquisition or construction of any new hospital or home. (Sec. 205) Requires the VA to be reimbursed for medical services it provides to any person not defined as a beneficiary under specified laws. (Sec. 206) Permits appropriations provided by this title for Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and Veterans Insurance and Indemnities to be used for payment of accrued obligations for the accounts recorded in the last quarter of FY2016. (Sec. 207) Permits appropriations provided by this title to be used to pay specified prior year obligations. Requires obligations from trust fund accounts to be paid only from the Compensation and Pensions account. (Sec. 208) Requires the VA to use surplus earnings from the National Service Life Insurance Fund, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund, and the United States Government Life Insurance Fund to reimburse the General Operating Expenses--Veterans Benefits Administration and Information Technology Systems accounts for the costs to administer the insurance programs during FY2017. (Sec. 209) Permits amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds for reimbursement of expenses from a prior year to be obligated in the year in which the proceeds are received. (Sec. 210) Permits funds provided by this title for salaries and other administrative expenses to be used to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management and the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication within specified limits. (Sec. 211) Requires the VA to collect third-party reimbursement information prior to providing hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services for a non-service connected disability. Permits the VA to recover reasonable charges for care from anyone who has not provided the required disclosures. (Sec. 212) Permits enhanced-use leasing revenues to be deposited into the Construction--Major Projects and Construction--Minor Projects accounts to be used for construction, alterations, and improvements of VA medical facilities. (Sec. 213) Permits funds provided for Medical Services to be used for: (1) furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and equipment; and (2) funeral and burial expenses. (Sec. 214) Permits funds deposited in the Medical Care Collections Fund to be transferred to the Medical Services and Medical Community Care accounts and remain available until expended for the purposes of those accounts. (Sec. 215) Permits the VA to enter into agreements with certain Indian tribes and tribal organizations in rural Alaska to provide health care to veterans. (Sec. 216) Permits funds deposited into the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund to be transferred to the Construction--Major Projects and Construction--Minor Projects accounts to remain available until expended. (Sec. 217) Permits the Directors of the Veterans Integrated Services Networks to conduct outreach or marketing to enroll new veterans. (Sec. 218) Requires the VA to report quarterly to Congress on the financial status of the VA. (Sec. 219) Permits specified FY2017 VA funds to be transferred to or from the Information Technology Systems account if approved by Congress. (Sec. 220) Permits specified FY2017 VA funds provided for medical accounts, Construction--Minor Projects, and Information Technology Systems to be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund and used for the operation of combined federal medical facilities. (Sec. 221) Permits specified FY2018 VA advance funding provided for medical accounts to be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund and used for the operation of combined federal medical facilities. (Sec. 222) Permits transfers from the Medical Care Collections Fund to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for the operation of combined federal medical facilities. (Sec. 223) Requires specified funds from the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts to be transferred to the DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund to remain available until expended. (Sec. 224) Directs the VA to notify Congress of all bid savings in major construction projects that total at least $5 million or 5% of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is less. (Sec. 225) Prohibits the scope of work for a project included in Construction--Major Projects from being increased above the original budget request without congressional approval. (Sec. 226) Limits funds from the Medical Support and Compliance account that may be used for the Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Evolution and electronic health record interoperability projects. Permits additional funds to be obligated for this purpose if Congress is notified in advance. (Sec. 227) Directs the VA to notify Congress before organizational changes that result in the transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalent staff from one organizational unit to another. (Sec. 228) Requires the VA to report to Congress quarterly regarding any single national outreach and awareness campaign exceeding $2 million. (Sec. 229) Permits the VA to transfer funds to the Medical Services account if the transfer is necessary to address the needs of the VHA, meets specified requirements, and is approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress. (Sec. 230) Permits FY2017 funds provided for the Board of Veterans Appeals and General Operating Expenses--Veterans Benefits Administration to be transferred between those accounts if Congress approves the transfer. (Sec. 231) Prohibits the VA from reprogramming more than $5 million in funds among major construction projects or programs without congressional approval. (Sec. 232) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund. (Sec. 233) Rescinds specified unobligated balances from the VA Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts. (Sec. 234) Rescinds specified unobligated balances of funds provided for the Veterans Health Administration, the National Cemetery Administration, and Departmental Administration. (Sec. 235) Requires the VA to ensure that the toll-free suicide hotline authorized under current law: (1) provides individuals who contact the hotline with immediate assistance from a trained professional, and (2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association of Suicidology. (Sec. 236) Requires the VA to treat a marriage and family therapist as qualified to serve in the VA if the therapist meets specified educational and licensing requirements. (Sec. 237) Prohibits the VA from using funds provided by this bill to pay certain performance awards to career appointees in the Senior Executive Service. (Sec. 238) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to end, suspend, or relocate hospital-based services of a VA healthcare facility that is the subject of an environmental impact statement, designated as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service, and located in a highly rural area. TITLE III--RELATED AGENCIES Provides appropriations for related agencies, including: the American Battle Monuments Commission; the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, including Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery; and the Armed Forces Retirement Home. (Sec. 301) Permits funds for Cemeterial Expenses--Army to be provided to Arlington County, Virginia to relocate a federally owned water main at Arlington National Cemetery to make additional land available for ground burials. (Sec. 302) Permits funds from concessions at Army National Military Cemeteries to be used to support activities at the cemeteries. TITLE IV--OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS Provide appropriations to DOD for Overseas Contingency Operations Military Construction projects for the: Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense-Wide agencies and activities Designates the amounts provided in this title as for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 501) Prohibits the obligation of funds in this bill beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly permitted in this bill. (Sec. 502) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for programs, projects, or activities not in compliance with federal laws related to risk assessment, the protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates. (Sec. 503) Encourages all departments and agencies funded in this bill to expand their use of "E-Commerce" technologies and procedures. (Sec. 504) Specifies the congressional committees that are to receive all reports and notifications required by this bill. (Sec. 505) Prohibits the transfer of funds to any part of the U.S. government without authority provided by an appropriations law. (Sec. 506) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the U.S. House of Representatives. (Sec. 507) Requires agencies to post reports submitted to Congress on the public website of the agency. Includes exceptions for national security and confidential or proprietary information. (Sec. 508) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for a computer network unless pornography is blocked, with the exception of law enforcement, prosecution, or adjudication activities. (Sec. 509) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for first-class travel by an employee of the executive branch. (Sec. 510) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for any contract where the contractor has not complied with E-Verify requirements for verification of eligibility for employment. (Sec. 511) Prohibits DOD or the VA from using funds provided by this bill to purchase or lease a new vehicle except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. (Sec. 512) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for the renovation, expansion, or construction of any facility in the United States to house any individual detained at the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Includes an exception for modification to the facility at Guantanamo Bay. (Sec. 513) Permits unobligated balances of specified funds provided to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services for Ebola response and preparedness to be used to prevent, prepare, and respond to the Zika virus, domestically and internationally. Designates the funds as an emergency requirement and permits the funds to be available only if the President subsequently designates the amounts and transmits the designation to Congress. (Sec. 514) Establishes a spending reduction account for the amount by which spending proposed in this bill exceeds the subcommittee's allocation under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Specifies that the amount is $0. (Under the Rules of the House of Representatives, any savings included in the spending reduction account are not available for further appropriation during consideration of the bill.) (Sec. 515) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for a new or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. (Sec. 516) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for a contract with companies convicted, indicted, or charged with certain federal crimes or that have more than $3,000 in delinquent taxes within the three-year period preceding the offer of the contract. (Sec. 517) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for the Veterans Experience Office. (Sec. 518) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to: (1) enforce the May 20, 2013, Veterans Benefits Administration memorandum known as Fast Letter 13-10 that provided guidance for date of claim issues, or (2) create or maintain any patient record-keeping system other than those currently approved by the VA. (Sec. 519) Provides additional funds to the VHA for grants to states to expand, remodel, or alter existing buildings for furnishing nursing home care to veterans in state homes that are former VA nursing home facilities. Prohibits the funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce specified prioritization requirements with respect to state applications for funds. Reduces funding provided by this bill for VA Departmental Administration. (Sec. 520) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being using in contravention of regulations for authorizing recruitment and relocation incentives. (Sec. 521) Prohibits the VA from using funds provided by this bill in contravention of provisions of current law that provide training and outreach programs for homeless veterans. (Sec. 522) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to enforce specified provisions of the VA Adjudication Procedure Manual related to Developing Claims Based on Service Aboard Ships Offshore the Republic of Vietnam (RVN). (Sec. 523) Permits VA providers to complete forms seeking recommendations or opinions regarding a veteran's participation in a state marijuana program. (Sec. 524) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to modify a military installation in the United States, including construction or modification of a facility on a military installation, to provide temporary housing for unaccompanied alien children. (Sec. 525) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to permit the flying of the Confederate flag from a flagpole at VA national cemeteries where Confederate veterans are buried in mass graves.
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Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 503.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 295 - 129 (Roll no. 228).
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 295 - 129 (Roll no. 228).
HouseOn engrossment and third reading Agreed to by recorded vote: 241 - 183 (Roll no. 227).
HouseENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING - The Chair put the question on engrossment and third reading and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Hoyer demanded a recorded vote on the question, which was ordered.
The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2865)
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4974.
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2017 · second_quarter · Veterans
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was on adoption of amendments, which had been debated earlier, and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Maloney, Sean amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Maloney, Sean demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Maloney, Sean amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the second Gibson amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Perry amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Perry amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the fourth Gosar amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the fourth Gosar amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the third Gosar amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mica amendment No. 7.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the second Gosar amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gosar amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gibson amendment pending a reservation of a point of order.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Heck (WA) amendment pending a reservation of a point of order.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2849-2867)
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4974 as unfinished business.
On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. Dent moved that the Committee rise.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gohmert amendment pending a reservation of a point of order.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boustany amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Grayson amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Fitzpatrick amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Huffman amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Huffman demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Huffman amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Fleming amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Fleming demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Fleming amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Blumenauer amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Blumenauer demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Blumenauer amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes on the Ratcliffe amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the fourth Mulvaney amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mulvaney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the fourth Mulvaney amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the third Mulvaney amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mulvaney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the third Mulvaney amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the second Mulvaney amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mulvaney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the second Mulvaney amendment.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the first Mulvaney amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mulvaney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the first Mulvaney amendment pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently the reservation of a point of order was withdrawn.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ruiz amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Keating amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Clawson (FL) amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lujan Grisham (NM) amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gosar amendment.
DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wagner amendment.
GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 4974.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Doug Collins to act as Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 736 and Rule XVIII.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4974 and H.R. 5243.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 736. (consideration: CR H2813-2842; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H2822-2823, H2823-2826; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H2826-2828, H2828-2830, H2830, H2830-2834; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H2834; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H2834, H2835, H2835-2836, H2836; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H2836-2837)
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 736 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4974 and H.R. 5243.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 379.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 114-497, by Mr. Dent.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12100
Introduced in House
| HR 5325 |
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| Related bill |
| HR 2577 | 114th | Related bill |
2017 · first_quarter · Veterans
Issues related to Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-146); Veterans homelessness and health issues; Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing; Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot; H.R. 2577/H.R. 4974/S.2806, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S 3000/HR 5293 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDTE), rotary systems programs, Navy programs, Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Operations & Maintenance (O&M) provisions; S 2943/HR 4909 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, P.L. 114-328 including issues related to Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, aircraft and technology programs; HR 2028 - Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017, P.L. 114-223 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, space programs, rotary systems programs, Navy programs; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to military construction; S 3117 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017, P.L. 114-254 including issues related to foreign military sales and foreign military financing and space, missile defense, and strategic programs; HR 5325 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act including issues related to civil space programs; S 3346 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2016 including issues related to space programs and associated space exploration authorities; S 3240/HR 4955 - Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 to prohibit the use of premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums from being counted as general revenue for purposes of budgetary scorekeeping and to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipt and disbursement of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighting technology; HR 4851 - Electronic Warfare Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2016 including issues related to defense programs; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the U.S. Coast Guard long range surveillance aircraft and provisions related to border security domain awareness technology, Coast Guard funding
Client expense: $3,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
S 2943/HR 4909 and P.L. No. 114-328, Titles I, II, XV - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to the Department of Defense study and review of electromagnetic spectrum and effective management of spectrum, aircraft and technology programs, acquisition policy, procurement, rotary systems programs, Navy programs, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, Army programs, Air Force programs; S 3000/HR 5293, Titles III, IV, IX - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, rotary systems programs, Navy programs, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, Army programs, Air Force programs, classified programs; HR 2028 - Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to shipbuilding, ballistic missile defense, Navy and Marine Corps programs, aircraft and technology programs; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to military construction; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Coast Guard funding; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Wildland Fire management funding; HR 5325 and P.L. No. 114-223 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act including issues related to defense programs; S 3017/HR 6480 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to classified programs
Client expense: $3,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Defense
S 2943/HR 4909 and H Report 114-537, Titles I, II, XV - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to fair pay and safe workplace exemption, amending dual use provision supporting Export Import Bank defense financing, Export Import Bank quorum, federal electromagnetic spectrum, and rocket engines for launches, Navy and Marine Corps helicopter programs, shipbuilding, naval weapons systems, aircraft and technology programs including development and procurement, acquisition policy, space programs, cyber programs, unmanned systems, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) programs, Navy programs, RDTE, OCO, O&M, procurement, Army, Navy, Air Force missile programs; S 3000/HR 5293 and Titles III, IV, IX - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Navy and Marine Corps helicopter programs, shipbuilding, naval weapons systems, aircraft and technology programs, space programs, cyber programs, unmanned systems, ISR programs, Navy programs, RDTE, OCO, O&M, procurement, Army, Navy, Air Force missile programs, intelligence programs; S 3017/HR 5077 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to intelligence, cybersecurity, research and development issues; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to military construction; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Coast Guard funding; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to wildland fire management funding; HR 5325 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act including issues related to defense programs; S 3346 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2016 including issues related to space programs; S 2837/HR 5393 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to space programs; P.L. 114-222 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA)
Client expense: $3,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2016 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S 3000/HR 5293 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs including development and procurement, Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDTE), Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Operations & Maintenance (O&M), U.S. Coast Guard and joint federal firefighting aircraft programs, acquisition reform; S 2943/HR 4909 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, RDTE, S 3346 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2016 including issues related to space programs, OCO, O&M, aircraft and technology programs, acquisition reform; HR 2039 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act for 2016 and 2017 including issues related to space programs; S 2837/HR 5393 and S.Rept.114-239 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to biometric programs, information technology programs, National Science Foundation programs, space programs; S 3117 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to foreign military sales and foreign military pricing; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Veterans Healthcare programs, electronic patient care records, compensation and pension examinations, military construction; S 2844/HR 5394 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aviation, airport security, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Information Technology Fund, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Transformation Fund Initiatives; S 3067/HR 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the Treasury and financial systems, General Services Administration, Internal Revenue Service; S 3040/HR 5926 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Social Security Administration information technology infrastructure, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid services, National Institutes of Health, Department of Education; HR 5325 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act including issues related to aircraft and technology programs; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to U.S. Coast Guard long range surveillance aircraft and border security domain awareness technology, Coast Guard funding; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to US Forest Service wildland firefighting technology and management funding provisions; HR 4851 - Electronic Warfare Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2016 including issues related to defense; S 3240/HR 4955 - Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipt and disbursement of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget and to prohibit the use of premiums paid to the PBGC premiums from being counted as general revenue for purposes of budgetary scorekeeping; H. Con. Res. 125, the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Resolution including issues related to defense, aircraft and technology programs
Client expense: $3,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2016 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S 3000/HR 5293 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 and Titles I, II, XV including all issues related to aircraft and technology programs, shipbuilding, missile programs, electronic warfare systems, remote mine hunting systems, Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, Research Development Test Evaluation (RDTE), Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Operations & Maintenance (O&M) provisions, US Coast Guard and joint federal firefighting aircraft programs, Army/Navy/Air Force missile programs; S 2943/HR 4909 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and Titles I, II, XV including all issues related to Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, Army/Navy/Air Force missile programs; HR 2039 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act for 2016 and 2017 including issues related to NASA programs and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) programs; S 2837/HR 5393 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including all issues related to biometric programs, information technology programs, science programs, NASA programs, NOAA programs; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including all issues related to Veterans healthcare information technology programs, Veterans healthcare programs, electronic patient care records, compensation and pension examinations, military construction provisions; S 2844/HR 5394 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aviation and airport security, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Information Technology Fund, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Transformation Fund Initiatives; S 3067/HR 5485 - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the Treasury and financial systems, Internal Revenue System (IRS), General Services Administration (GSA); S 3117/HR 5912 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to foreign military sales and foreign military financing; S 3040/HR (not yet introduced) - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the Social Security Administration Information technology infrastructure, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services, National Institutes of Health and the Department of Education programs; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the US Coast Guard aviation programs and Customs and Border Protection border surveillance programs, Coast Guard funding provisions; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the US Forest Service aerial wildland firefighting programs and funding provisions; HR 4955 - Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 to amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipt and disbursement of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget; HR 4851 - Enhancement of Electronic Warfare Capabilities; H. Con. Res. 125, the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Resolution
Client expense: $3,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2016 · second_quarter · Defense
S 2943/HR 4909 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 and House Report 114-537 and Titles I, II, XV including issues related to fair pay and safe workplace exemption, amending dual use provisions supporting Export Import Bank defense financing and rocket engines for launches, fair pay and safe workplace exemption, electromagnetic spectrum, shipbuilding and modernization programs, combat systems, radar programs, aircraft programs, rocket engine programs, technology programs, acquisition policy, missile defense programs, remote mine-hunting programs, electronic warfare programs, procurement, space programs, strategic weapons programs, intelligence programs, cyber programs, unmanned programs, Navy programs, Army and Missile Defense Agency Procurement, RDTE, O&M, OCO, Army/Navy/Air Force missile programs; S 3000/HR 5293 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 and Titles III, IV, IX including issues related to shipbuilding and modernization programs, combat systems, radar programs, aircraft programs, rocket engine programs, technology programs, space programs, missile defense programs, strategic weapons programs, intelligence programs, cyber programs, unmanned programs, Army/Navy/Air Force missile programs, Army and Missile Defense Agency Procurement, RDTE, O&M, OCO; S 2837/HR 5393 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to space programs, missile defense programs, strategic weapons programs, intelligence programs; S 3017/HR 5077 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to space programs, missile defense programs, strategic weapons programs, intelligence programs; HR 4945 - American Space Renaissance Act including issues related to space programs, missile defense programs, strategic weapons programs, intelligence programs; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including all issues related to military construction; S 2921 - Veterans First Act including issues related to the Medal of Honor Pension increase; H. Res. 818, the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016
Client expense: $3,510,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2016 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
HR 3128 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to US Coast Guard aviation programs and all provisions related to Customs and Border Protection border security programs; HR 2822 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 including issues related to US Forest Service wildland firefighting aviation assets; S (not yet introduced)/HR 4909 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to Army procurement, Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDTE), Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Operation & Maintenance (O&M) provisions, aircraft and technology programs; S/HR (not yet introduced) - National Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, shipbuilding programs, missile defense programs, helicopter programs, space programs, Army procurement, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, Coast Guard aviation programs, joint federal firefighting aircraft programs; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Coast Guard funding, aircraft and technology programs, joint federal firefighting aircraft programs; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related wildland fire management, aircraft and technology programs, Coast Guard aviation programs; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to biometric programs, information technology programs, science programs; S (not yet introduced)/HR 4974 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Veterans healthcare information technology programs, electronic patient care records, compensation and pension examinations; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aviation, airport security, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) information technology fund, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) transformation fund initiatives ; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the Treasury and Financial Systems, General Services Administration (GSA) programs, Internal Revenue System (IRS) programs; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the Social Security Administration information technology structure, Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services programs, National Institutes of Health programs, Department of Education programs; H. Con. Res 125 - an original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; S/HR (not yet introduced) - seeking repeal of a provision that allows Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums to be increased ; S/HR (not yet introduced) - Support for a FY 2017 House budget resolution that provides the full funding for national security base requirements and supports Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), which adheres to the Bipartisan Budget Act of FY 2015; Advocacy on aircraft foreign military sales issues
Client expense: $3,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE
DoD Roundtable Veterans Issues Performance Management Design Team L/M Roundtable, PDI H.R. 1994: VA Accountability Act of 2015: veterans issues H.R. 4909, S. 2943: National Defense Authorization Act: jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America s. 2279: Veterans Healthcare staffing improvement act: veterans issues S. 2210: Veteran Peer Act: veterans issues H.R. 5293: Dept. of Def. Appropriations Act: jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America, domestic content H.R. 4974, 2577 Military construction, veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations act of 2017: provisions, jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
DoD Roundtable Veterans Issues Performance Management Design Team L/M Roundtable, PDI H.R. 1994: VA Accountability Act of 2015: veterans issues H.R. 4909, S. 2943: National Defense Authorization Act: jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America s. 2279: Veterans Healthcare staffing improvement act: veterans issues S. 2210: Veteran Peer Act: veterans issues H.R. 5293: Dept. of Def. Appropriations Act: jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America, domestic content H.R. 4974, 2577 Military construction, veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations act of 2017: provisions, jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Monitor legislative and administrative action on appropriations and budget. House and Senate Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for 2017. House and Senate Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for 2017. H.R. 4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. H.R. 4909, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. H.R. 5293, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017.
Client expense: $1,880,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Monitor legislative and administrative action on appropriations and budget. House and Senate Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for 2017. House and Senate Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for 2017. H.R. 4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. H.R. 4909, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. H.R. 5293, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017.
Client expense: $2,260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Issues pertaining to the FY17 Budget including upcoming appropriations bills/amendments and preventing increased spending in upcoming appropriations bills; promotion of a conservative budget resolution in the House; top-line spending; preventing un-offset Zika funding; preventing abuse of the Crime Victims Fund as a budget gimmick (CHIMP). Issues pertaining to the need for a balanced budget and comparison of Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) "1,070" spending cap levels to Budget Control Act (BCA) "1,040" spending cap levels; and exclusion of Obamacare tax revenue and gimmicks used to balance the budget in ten years. HR 5485 "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017," all provisions, including Selective Service System registration requirement for women, prohibiting the export of commercial passenger aircraft to Iran, opposing the Crawford Cuba Ag Export Expansion and CFPB Payday Loan Regulation, and ending the practice of considering an institution as too big to fail. Issues relating to DoD Appropriations and Selective Service. HR 5505 "GSE Review and Reform Act of 2016," all provisions, including the FY2017 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, the underlying E&W appropriations bill and the adopted Maloney amendment. HR 2028 "Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017," all provisions, including increased spending and the lack of important conservative riders. HR 2578 "Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016," all provisions. HR 4974 "Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017," all provisions pertaining to the Maloney Amendment. HR 5325 "Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017," all provisions.
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
H.R. 4974 - Military Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017: VA procurement system for expensive medical equipment and the need for reform, and the implementation of the Kingdomware decision.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 4905, S, 2943, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017: military construction funding. H.R. 5293, S. 3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, FY2017: funding for Fairchild AFB and tank funding. H.R. 4974, S. 2806, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, FY2017: funding for Fairchild AFB. H.R. 5394, S. 2844, Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017: highway, bridge, aviation and rail infrastructure improvement projects and EDI projects. S. 3040, H.R. 5926, Labor and Health & Human Services Appropriations Act, 2017: Health Resources & Services Admin. (HRSA) allied health training and STEM education. Executive agency action: support for FHWA Highway Project grants.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 4974/ S. 2806 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
FY17 Military construction appropriations bill, navy funding for base projects (H.R.4974, H.R.2577/ S.2806). FY17 Defense appropriations bill; C-130J funding and siting language, Navy funding for base projects, support for robust funding for directed energy T&E and test range investment (H.R.5293/ S.3000). National Defense Authorization Act of 2017, (H.R. 4909/ S.2943).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Guard, Navy, Dept of, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Support HR 2499 Support HR 251 Support HR 4676 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
Support H.R. 1232 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087. Support H. RES. 616 Oppose Fleming (LA) amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Kline Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943, Support retaining the Senate language (Section 591) to NDAA requiring women to register for the draft. Support a military justice system that moves away from a command-centered prosecution system and towards a fair and impartial process for administering justice Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Oppose sequestration Oppose mandatory budget caps. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support a larger 302 (b) allocation for the Transportation - HUD Appropriations bill for FY 2017. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Oppose HR 2578 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support funding for Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood affiliates. Support Voter registration through Federally Funded Health Insurance Exchanges Oppose policy "riders" on appropriations bills. Support sufficient FY2017 funding level for the 2020 Census and American Community Survey Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation. Oppose any riders in appropriations bills which would limit or forestall CFPB action on arbitration. Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support S. 2235 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Oppose any policy riders to an omnibus appropriations bill which would in any way weaken or change the structure of the CFPB Oppose riders which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill. Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Oppose any financial riders on FY17 spending bills. Support funding for HUDs Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing program in FY17 Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST. Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Oppose Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution. Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support $15 million for a new Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration. Oppose any riders on DC Appropriations for FY 2017 which impede or otherwise ban DCs established policy Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Gosar (AZ) labor organization amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Perry (PA) project labor agreement amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti-LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Support Collins (ME) motion to table Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Oppose Lee (UT) amendment 3897 Support Murphy (CT) amendment 4750 to HR 2578 Oppose Grassley (IA) amendment 4751 to HR 2578 Oppose Cornyn (TX) amendment 4749 to HR 2578 Support Feinstein (CA) amendment 4720 to HR 2578 Oppose amendments #31 and #34 offered by Representative Pittenger (NC) to H.R. 5055 Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support HR 4893 Oppose any CR that does not contain money for Flint water mitigation. Oppose HR 5485 Oppose Guinta (NH)"auto lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Sewell (AL)"payday lending" amendment to HR 5485 Support Moore (WI) "CFPB" amendment to HR 5485 Support Ellison "arbitration" amendment to HR 5485 Support Grijalva amendment #41 to HR 5538 Oppose Palmer (AL) #41 to HR 5485 Support Norton (DC) amendment #19 to HR 5485 Support a final budget as close as possible to the Obama Administration's request for FY 2017 to fund both the 2020 Census and the American Community Survey. Oppose all financial services riders to any and all appropriations bills Oppose taking money from the Pell grant program to pay for FY 2017 appropriations Oppose any riders to any appropriations bills that would weaken or undermine the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Department of Labors conflict -of-interest rule (aka fiduciary rule) or other financial reform and accountability legislation or regulation. Support Census Bureau anomaly in any second continuing resolution. Support Census Bureau receiving an annual spend rate of $1.192 billion through the second fiscal quarter
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Support giving the federal government and private citizens the legal tools they need to stop discriminatory voting and election changes before they are put into effect anywhere in the country Support ensuring that voting changes are transparent by requiring all States, cities and counties to provide effective disclosure and publicity in modern media outlets that reach impacted voters and through local community organizations; Support restoring federal review (preclearance) of voting changes for those states, cities and counties with a history of recent voting discrimination as well as those with the greatest need. Support authorizing federal observers to respond to potential racial or language minority discrimination in any State, city or county. Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support H.R. 40 Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support H.R. 12 Oppose any initiative including "faith based initiatives" that may result in legalized and federally funded discrimination Support H.R. 671 Support H.J. Res. 25 Support H.R. 431 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Oppose HR 2899 Support H Res 341 Oppose HR 2048 Support H Res 355 Support HR 2867 / S 1659 Oppose anti-Muslim, islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support FCC carefully examining the privacy interests of historically disadvantaged communities; developing broadband privacy rules consistent with the Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data; Privacy protections should be made equally available to all consumers, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, using fixed or mobile connections. Support H. RES. 616 Support S 2546 / HR 4539 Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support Huffman (CA) confederate flag amendment to HR 4974 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 4974 Oppose Pittenger (NC) North Carolina amendment to HR 5055 Support Maloney (NY) anti LGBT discrimination amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Byrne (Ala) religious institutions amendment to HR 5055 Oppose Russell (OK) amendment to NDAA to sanction taxpayer-funded hiring discrimination in all government contracts and grants. Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support HR 5272. Oppose HR 2802 S. 1598 Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Oppose Russell (OK) religious organizations amendment to NDAA. Support HR 6030 Oppose the sale or display of the confederate flag at Veterans cemeteries or on any federally owned public land, unless as part of a learning experience Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support HR 5373 Support HR 5272 Support the development state and local plans to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised Support diversity in Congressional staff Oppose Steve Bannon as chief strategist and senior counselor in the White House. Support HR 3735
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Support the Department of Labor's proposed "Conflicted Advice Rule" regarding retirement savings. Support the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposal to update the Sex Discrimination Guidelines for federal contractors to align the standards with Executive Order 11246 and current law. Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support S. 862 / H.R. 1619 Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Oppose HR 30 Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Support workers who want to form a union. Support HR 1848 / S. 974 Support HR 2150 / S 1150 Support HR 3524 / S 1981 Support S. 786/H.R. 1439 Support HR 3201 Support the promotion of racial, gender, and ethnic diversity in media Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Support S. 2042/H.R. 3514 Oppose racial and ethnic discrimination in hiring Support a federal automatic Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and, in the absence of a federal solution, support state auto-IRAs and other similar retirement programs Oppose HR 4293. Oppose HR 4294 Support HR 4376 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour. Support EEOC initiative to expand data collection on collecting pay data from private employers on race and gender pay. Support for the Department of Labors (DOL) proposal to update the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regulations implementing Section 188 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) to align with current law and thus more effectively address current workforce issues support for the U.S. Department of Labors proposal to update the Apprenticeship Programs Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations. Oppose lack of media diversity at all levels. Support proposed rule establishing paid sick leave for employees of federal government contractors Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Support Moore (WI) Equal Pay amendment to HR 1927 Oppose H J Res 88 Oppose Gosar (AZ) amendment to HR 4974. Oppose Kline (MN) Amendment to NDAA 2017 which would repeal President Obamas Executive Order on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Oppose any attempt to defund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC) implementation or revision of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Support for Department of Labors new Overtime rule. Support Murray amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to provide funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to implement a rule supplementing the information collected through the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include pay data from many employers. Support S. 2697 / HR 4376 Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support S. 786 / HR 1439 Support H.R. 5587 Support immediate cessation of children harvesting tobacco. Support HR 6030 Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439 Oppose HR 6094 Oppose King (IA) Davis-Bacon amendment to HR 5538 Support an updating of Executive Order 11246 Support HR 1286 / S 631 Oppose any riders to any appropriations bills that would weaken or undermine the CFPB, Dodd-Frank, Department of Labors conflict -of-interest rule (aka fiduciary rule) or other financial reform and accountability legislation or regulation. Support S 3491 Oppose H J Res 88 Support HR 5963
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Oppose H.R. 399 Oppose HR 240 Support HR 1974 Support HR 3201 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose H Res 639 Oppose Fleming (LA) immigration amendment to HR 4974 Support resolution sponsored by Congressman Grijalva in support of developing a national immigration policy which respects the basic human dignity of immigrants. Support elimination of U Visa Adjudication delays
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
H.R. 2685, National Defense Authorization Act, FY2016: utilities privatization. S. 2943, National Defense Authorization Act, FY2017: utilities privatization. H.R. 4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. Executive agency actions: support for DoD bases and facilities using utilities: privatization program for electric power infrastructure and management.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S10-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. S217-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion access. S247-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S255-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S356-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S439-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S461-Issue Lobbied: Border. S467-Issue Lobbied: Detainers. S772-Issue Lobbied: Re-enfranchisement. S862-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. S877-Issue Lobbied: Body Worn Cameras. S 967-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. S1056-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S1169-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice. S1177-Issue Lobbied: Amendment SA2093 (Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015). S1382-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1441-Issue Lobbied: Militarization. S1512-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S1598-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1659-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S1858-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S1864-Issue Lobbied: Border Security. S2123-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform, Re-Entry; Detainers. S2168-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S2171-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Religion and Public Schools. S2337-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S2540-Issue Lobbied: Counsel. S2566-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S2577-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S2707-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S2837-Issue Lobbied: McCain ECTR amendment (surveillance); LGBT Rights. S2931-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. S2943-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Military Commissions Act; Torture; Militarization; LGBT Rights, reproductive rights, non-discrimination; Women's Rights; Border. S2952-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. S2999-Issue Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. S3000-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance; LGBT Rights. S3001-Issue Lobbied: DHS Budget. S3017-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Privacy, Surveillance; Free Speech; Section 501. S3045-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform. S3053-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. S3145-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S 3164-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. S3214-Issue Lobbied: Vote by Mail. S3446-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. S3475-Issue Lobbied: Rule 41 (privacy, surveillance). S3485-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. Hres933-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights-Abortion access and restrictions. HR10-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Religion and Public Schools. HR448-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion access. H.R 491-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H. R. 540-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR699-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR759-Issue Lobbied: Detainers. HR846-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR875-Issue Lobbied: Border. HR1232-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. HR1619-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. HR1680-Issue Lobbied: Body Worn Cameras. HR1933-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR2029-Issue Lobbied: Cybersecurity. HR2302-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR2449-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR2578-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Watchlists; Privacy; Surveillance; Profiling. HR 2646-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 2654-Issue Lobbied: Women's Rights. HR2802-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR2867-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. HR2875-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR2972-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions. HR3185-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. HR3516-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. HR3576-Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. HR3713-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; Detainers. HR 3765-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. HR4303-Issue Lobbied: Border security. HR4646-Issue Lobbied: Counsel. HR4651-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR4889-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR4909-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Military Commissions Act; Torture; Militarization; LGBT Rights, reproductive rights, non-discrimination; Women's Rights. HR4974-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR5055-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR5077-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention. HR5124-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. HR5166-Issue Lobbied: Database access. HR5221-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR52752-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. HR5283-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform. HR5293-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Authorization for Use of Military Force; Surveillance; LGBT Rights. HR5294-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR5307-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR5321-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. HR5351-Issue Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. HR5488-Issue Lobbied: Voting. HR5538-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR5578-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR5634-Issue Lobbied: DHS Budget. HR5695-Issue Lobbied: Deported Veterans. HR5926-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR5963-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice; racial justice. HR 6091-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans. HR 6092-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans. HR 6093-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans; naturalization. HR 6097-Issue Lobbied: Immigration detention conditions of confinement (excessive bond; prolonged detention). HR6113-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform. HR6382-Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. HR6341-Issue Lobbied: Rule 41 (privacy, surveillance). HR6421-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Congressional Issues, No Bill Number: James Mattis Nomination (DOD)-Issue Lobbied: National Security, Women's Rights. Mike Pompeo Nomination (CIA)-Issue Lobbied: National Security, Targeted Killing; Privacy, Surveillance. Jeff Sessions Nomination (DOJ)-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Due Process; Privacy, Surveillance; Reproductive rights, religious refusals; LGBT rights; Women's Rights; Disability Rights; Immigration, Racial Profiling/Anti-Muslim Discrimination, Voting Rights, Civil Liberties. Tom Price Nomination (HHS)-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights, religious refusals; LGBT rights; Disability Rights. Andrew Puzder Nomination (DOL)-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Women's Rights. Betsy DeVos Nomination (DOEd)-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. Ben Carson Nomination (HUD)-Issue Lobbied: Women's Rights. John Kelly Nomination (DHS)-Issue Lobbied: Border Security. Cabinet Nominations-Issue Lobbied: Civil liberties. Drone Reform-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Targeted Killing. Plan to Close Guantanamo-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act. Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. FY17 budget resolution-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights-abortion access; Defunding of Planned Parenthood. FY17 Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: PREA; Reproductive health riders (Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act). Reproductive health riders (Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act) in FY18 budget-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions, contraception. PEACE Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access. Select Panel on Infant Lives- fetal tissue, research-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access. Zubik v. Burwell-ACA contraception coverage-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- contraception. Pay equity/data collection-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. Nuisance ordinances, affirmatively furthering fair housing-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. Deported veterans-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. DACA/DREAMers-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Anti-Muslim discrimination-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Access to counsel for child immigrants-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Sanctuary Cities-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Private immigration detention-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Border enforcement/ CBP oversight-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Deportation and detention practices-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Amicus brief to the Supreme Court re: Bank of America v. City of Miami-Issue Lobbied: Fair housing (disparate impact). Law Enforcement First Responders-Issue Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. Sentencing Reform-Issue Lobbied: Criminal justice. REAL ID-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Abortion-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. IRS/C3 exemption-Issue Lobbied: Free speech. Rules rollbacks-Issue Lobbied: Civil liberties. Fake news-Issue Lobbied: Freedom of the press. Revenge porn-Issue Lobbied: Free speech. Agencies: Bureau of Prisons-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform, Re-Entry, Solitary Confinement; Sentencing Reform. CDC-Issue Lobbied: Quarantine Rule. CFPB-Issue Lobbied: FOIA. DOD-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; Law Enforcement Reform. Department of Education-Issue Lobbied: ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students; Immigration enforcement (sensitive locations); School resource officers; ESSA regulations; school to prison pipeline. DOL-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Rule Regarding Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, 81 Fed. Reg. 9591 (Feb. 25, 2016), RIN: 1235-AA13. HHS-Issue Lobbied: Provider nondiscrimination- preventing HHS from excluding quality womens health providers from essential public health programs (Title X regulations); Medicare and Medicaid NPRM re Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-3295-P); Womens Preventive Services Initiative; Reproductive Rights-, religion and belief; Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access; Zubik v. Burwell-ACA contraception coverage; ACA sec. 1557 non-discrimination; Proposed rule RIN: 0938-AS21 (Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Family Planning Selection. DHS-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; Law Enforcement Reform; Private immigration detention; anti-Muslim discrimination; deported veterans; family immigration detention; DACA/DREAMers; conditions of confinement in immigration detention; state/local immigration enforcement (287(g)); Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Racial profiling (CVE); FOIA, social media identifiers, NSEERS, private detention. HUD-Issue Lobbied: Nuisance ordinances; Fair housing (disparate impact; AFFH). DOJ-Issue Lobbied: Torture; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Prison Reform, Solitary Confinement, Law Enforcement Reform; DICRA Regulations; Standing Rock; Immigration; Sentencing Reform, Law Enforcement Reform, Militarization, Data Collection for Police Encounters, Reentry, Right to Counsel; ACA sec. 1557 non-discrimination; ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students; Rescission of the OLC Memo (2007 World Vision); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Workplace Harassment; Deported veterans; access to counsel for immigrant children; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Racial profiling; anti-Muslim discrimination (CVE); Facial Recognition. DNI-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. EEOC-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice; Pay equity/data collection; Big data and racial profiling; Ads and hiring discrimination. EOP-Issue Lobbied: Private immigration detention; anti-Muslim discrimination; DACA/DREAMers; immigration enforcement; School discipline (school resource officers); racial profiling (CVE); education (ESSA); Encryption; Abortion. GSA-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Interim Rule, Federal Acquisition Regulation: Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. FAA-Issue Lobbied: Domestic Drones. FBI-Issue Lobbied: Biometrics/facial recognition; Location Tracking Devices, "Stingrays,"; Encryption, Government "back doors"; Use of force. FCC-Issue Lobbied: Broadband Privacy. NSA-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. NTIA-Issue Lobbied: Broadband Research. OIRA-Issue Lobbied: Social media collection. OMB-Issue Lobbied: Social media collection, racial justice. OPM-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Rule RIN: 3206-AN25 (Proposed Rules Regarding Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability). PCLOB-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. SSA-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. Census Bureau-Issue Lobbied: 2020 Residence Rule. CBP-Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force. Department of State-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. DOT-Issue Lobbied: Racial profiling. ICE-Issue Lobbied: Deportation and detention practices. U.S. Sentencing Commission-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform. White House-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; Targeted Killing; FY17 National Defense Authorization Act; Drone Reform; Sentencing Reform, Private Prisons, Clemency, Reproductive Rights, Racial Justice; Law Enforcement Reform; Re-entry; Zubik v. Burwell-ACA contraception coverage; Rescission of the OLC Memo (2007 World Vision); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors.
Client expense: $240,976 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 2028, Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 2577/S. 2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5054/S. 2956, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5055/S. 2804, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5293/S. 3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5325/S. 2955, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5393/S. 2837, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5394/S. 2844, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5485/S. 3067, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5538/S. 3068, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5634/S. 3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5912/S. 3117, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 H.R. 5926/S. 3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 Various issues relating to appropriations for the PRO-IP Act (P.L. 110-403); implementation of Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); funding issues relating to the USPTO; funding issues relating to the U.S. Copyright Office; funding issues relating to the Department of Justice; funding issues relating to the Department of Homeland Security; funding issues relating to the State Department; IP issues relating to Internet counterfeiting and piracy; funding and IP issues relating to the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; USPTO IP Attache Program; budget policy; overall spending, tax levels, deficits and debt
Client expense: $18,590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.5293 / S.3000, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017, Title III, all provisions relating to procurement of surveying equipment or systems. H.R.4974 / S.2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, Title II, all provisions relating to building information management. H.R.5505 / S.2028 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2017, all provisions relating to building information management.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Small Business
House Bills H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act - support. H.R. 1671, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. H.R. 4612, the Midnight Rule Relief Act - support. H.R. 3624, the Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act - support. H.R. 4293, the Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act - support. H.R. 4294, the Strengthening Access to Valuable Education and Retirement Support Act - support. Amendment included in Section 913 of S 1269 - oppose. H.R. 3765, The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 - support. H.R. 4773, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act - support. H.R. 5447 (H.R. 2911), the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. H.J. Res. 87, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval in response to the controversial persuader rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) - support. Section 110 to the FY2017 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - support. Perry Amendment to H.R. 4974, ensuring fair and open competition for federal construction contracts funded by the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (MilCon/VA) Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2017 - support. FY2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. H.R. 5210, PADME ACT - Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act - support. H.R. 6094, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act - support. H.R. 3438, the Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2016 - support. H.R. 5523, the Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act - support. H.R. 5813, the Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act - support. Regulatory Accountability Act - support. H.R.5076 - The Main Street Fairness Act - support. H.R. 3765, the ADA Education and Reform Act - support. Section 18001 of HR 34 the 21st Century Cures Act - support. Senate Bills S. 2582, the Midnight Rule Relief Act - support. S. 2225, the Save our Small and Seasonal Businesses Act - support. S. 2707, the Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act - support. S. 2847Prove It Act of 2016 - support. Hoeven Amendent to amendment to the FY2017 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - support. S. 2736, the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016 - support. S. 71, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support. S. 2844, the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD) appropriations bill. S. 3060 / S. 1697, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support. S. 2736, PADME ACT - Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act - support. S. 3464, the Overtime Reform and Review Act - support. S. 3462, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act - support. S. 3446, the ADA Education and Reform Act - support. Section 18001 of HR 34 the 21st Century Cures Act - support. Comments December 19, 2016 - Department of the Interior - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Traders with Indians Docket ID: BIA-2016-0007, 81 Fed. Reg. (December 9, 2016) November 22, 2016 - U.S. Department of Labor - RIN 1210-AB63 - Annual Reporting and Disclosure; Proposed Revision of Annual Information Return/Reports November 2, 2016 - Department of the Treasury - Docket No. IRS REG-163113- 02, RIN 1545-BB71; Comments of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Services Proposed Regulations on Estate, Gift, and Generation-Skipping Transfer Taxes; Restrictions on Liquidation of an Interest October 28, 2016 - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - Docket IDs NHTSA-2016-0087; FMCSA-2014-0083 - Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Speed Limiting Devices; Proposed Rule Other Issues Tax Reform Joint employer standard PN1258 - Merrick Garland nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court Estate tax Speed Limiter Nominations for Secretaries of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Client expense: $975,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S.3040/H.R. 5926: FY 2017 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Provisions related to the National Institutes for Health, and IT systems / Health and IT/Defense Approps - medical health and IT, infectious diseases, Malaria/ vaccine development, ZIKA. S. 3000/H.R. 5293: FY 2017 Department of Defense Appropriations: provisions related to military health, IT, iEHR, DHMSM, procurement, operations, sustainment and RDT&E, Base and Supplemental (OCO) budgets. S. 2804/H.R. 5055: FY 2017 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations: provisions related to DOE renewable energy and clean energy, smart grid, environmental remediation, and physical security. S. 3001/ H.R. 5634: FY 2017 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017: provisions related to FEMA, TSA, border control, CBP, DNDO, NPPD, S&T and Cyber Security. S. 2806/H.R. 4974/H.R. 2577: FY 2017 Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations/Milcon: provisions related to iEHR/VISTA, T4, VA benefits, IT and mental health and wellness / Care in the Community. S. 3117/H.R. 5912: State and Foreign Operations Act: USAID / Malaria Vaccines and research; State & Foreign Operations.
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S 3000/HR 5293 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDTE), rotary systems programs, Navy programs, Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), Operations & Maintenance (O&M) provisions; S 2943/HR 4909 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, P.L. 114-328 including issues related to Army and Missile Defense Agency procurement, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, aircraft and technology programs; HR 2028 - Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017, P.L. 114-223 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, space programs, rotary systems programs, Navy programs; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to military construction; S 3117 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017, P.L. 114-254 including issues related to foreign military sales and foreign military financing and space, missile defense, and strategic programs; HR 5325 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act including issues related to civil space programs; S 3346 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2016 including issues related to space programs and associated space exploration authorities; S 3240/HR 4955 - Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2016 to prohibit the use of premiums paid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums from being counted as general revenue for purposes of budgetary scorekeeping and to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exclude the receipt and disbursement of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) from the federal budget; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighting technology; HR 4851 - Electronic Warfare Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2016 including issues related to defense programs; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to the U.S. Coast Guard long range surveillance aircraft and provisions related to border security domain awareness technology, Coast Guard funding
Client expense: $3,210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
S 2943/HR 4909 and P.L. No. 114-328, Titles I, II, XV - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to the Department of Defense study and review of electromagnetic spectrum and effective management of spectrum, aircraft and technology programs, acquisition policy, procurement, rotary systems programs, Navy programs, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, Army programs, Air Force programs; S 3000/HR 5293, Titles III, IV, IX - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to aircraft and technology programs, rotary systems programs, Navy programs, RDTE, OCO, O&M provisions, Army programs, Air Force programs, classified programs; HR 2028 - Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to shipbuilding, ballistic missile defense, Navy and Marine Corps programs, aircraft and technology programs; S 2806/HR 4974 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to military construction; S 3001/HR 5634 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Coast Guard funding; S 3068/HR 5538 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 including issues related to Wildland Fire management funding; HR 5325 and P.L. No. 114-223 - Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act including issues related to defense programs; S 3017/HR 6480 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 including issues related to classified programs
Client expense: $3,210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Navy, Dept of, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Monitor legislative and administrative action on appropriations and budget. House and Senate Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for 2017. House and Senate Interior Department and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts for 2017. H.R. 4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. H.R. 4909, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. H.R. 5293, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017.
Client expense: $1,870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Comprehensive Sexuality Education (general); International Family Planning; \ Department of Defense (DOD) Defense Health Research Programs, Ovarian Cancer Research Program; Health Disparities (HHS); Safe Motherhood (CDC); Preterm Birth Research (NIH); Vital Statistics (CDC); Maternity Consumer Assessment of Health Care Providers and Systems (AHRQ); Title V Block Grant (HRSA); Title X, Family Planning (HRSA); Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (OAH); Global Maternal and Child Health (USAID); Reproductive Health (general); Birth Defects; Medicaid and Medicare (CMS); Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (CDC); Division of STD Prevention (CDC); National Health Service Corps (HRSA); Office on Smoking and Health (CDC); FY17 Appropriations: Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Agriculture-Rural Development-Food and Drug Administration (H.R. 5054), State-Foreign Operations, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (H.R. 4974/S. 2806), H.R. 5325, Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act, Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R.2028); and S.Con.Res.3 (115th), A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.
Client expense: $487,965 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Indian Health Service, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.5054/S.2956, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Family Smoking Prevention of Tobacco Control; and research and prevention of emergency fungal-based diseases in wildlife. H.R.5393/S.2837, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Prisoner re-entry issues; Community violence prevention; Youth Violence, Neuroscience; and domestic radicalization research H.R.5293/S.3000, Department of Defense Appropriations, FY2017, Infectious Disease; Countering biological threats; Nanotechnology; Food Safety; and Counter terrorism H.R.5634/S.3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, FY2017, Countering Violent Extremism H.R.5926/S.3040, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Child Abuse Prevention; College completion; Public health issues; Medical research, Obesity; Smoking Prevention; International Education, and Foreign Language H.R.4974/S.2806, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Vision loss issues. H.R.5325, Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act, generally
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Contract Management Software issues generally. H.R.4974/S.2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Contract Management Software issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Contract Management Software related issues as follows: H.R.5634/S.3001, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, FY2017 H.R.4974/S.2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
CIRT supports Rep. Mulvaney's amendment on PLA's and section 806 in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2016 (HR.1735 / S.2943). CIRT supports PLA Amendment to MilCon / VA Appropriation Bill for 2017 (HR.4974).
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.5055/S.2804, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Shore protection H.R.4974, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, Mosquito Control Municipality related issues and initiatives, FY2017 Public Law 114-223, Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act, Zika related issues
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.4974/S.2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, VA Health IT Systems; Health platform; and Health enterprise applications.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
H.R.4974/S.2806, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2017, VA Health IT Systems; Health platform; and Health enterprise applications. Extend Fee Basis Claims System (FBCS), services and upgrade related issues
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 6107, HR 6062, HR 5985, HR 5620, HR 5325, HR 5286, HR 5229, HR 5190, HR 5176, HR 5083, HR 4974, HR 4837, HR 4782, HR 4640, HR 4352, HR 4134, HR 4080, HR 4063, HR 3989, HR 3972, HR 3970, HR 3960, HR 3936, HR 3471, HR 3365, HR 3328, HR 2915, HR 2894, HR 2577, HR 2460, HR 2264, HR 2054, HR 1969, HR 1948, HR 1911, HR 1899, HR 1818, HR 1755, HR 1694, HR 1681, HR 1628, HR 1607, HR 1603, HR 1594, HR 1581, HR 1575, HR 1569, HR 1532, HR 1496, HR 1414, HR 1379, HR 1369, HR 1356, HR 1331, HR 1319, HR 1313, HR 1292, HR 1170, HR 1096, HR 1055, HR 969, HR 800, HR 681, HR 675, HR 627, HR 593, HR 517, HR 474, HR 444, HR 423, HR 421, HR 366, HR 356, HR 344, HR 341, HR 333, HR 303, HR 271, HR 270, HR 233, HR 203, HR 190, HR 145, S 3357, S 3328, S 3170, S 2921, S 2919, S 2806, S 2772, S 2527, S 2487, S 2473, S 2279, S 2251, S 2210, S 2120, S 1885, S 1731, S 1641, S 1493, S 1208, S 1203, S 1085, S 979, S 901, S 865, S 841, S 739, S 717, S 715, S 714, S 684, S 681, S 666, S 657, S 570, S 471, S 469, S 453, S 425, S 398, S 296, S 271, S 242, S 241, S 223, S 216, S 167
Client expense: $175,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY17 National Defense Authorization Act(H.R.4909)-Military Construction & DoD alternative fuels FY17 Department of Defense Appropriations Act(H.R.5293 S.3000)-Military Construction & DoD alternative fuels FY17 Military Construction & Veteran's Affairs Appropriations Act(H.R.4974 &S.2806) BRAC sequestration
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Economics/Economic Development
FY17 National Defense Authorization Act(H.R.4909)-Military Construction & DoD alternative fuels FY17 Department of Defense Appropriations Act(H.R.5293 S.3000)-Military Construction & DoD alternative fuels FY17 Military Construction & Veteran's Affairs Appropriations Act (H.R.4974 & S.2806) BRAC sequestration
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Support appropriate use of construction project labor agreements (PLA's) on public construction; oppose "Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015" - S. 71, H.R. 1671 Support Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage coverage by opposing amendment to H.R. 4974/MilCon-VA Appropriations Act Support Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on public construction by opposing amendment to H.R. 4974, the MilCon-VA Act of 2017
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Economics/Economic Development
Extending and preserving Davis - Bacon Act on all federal and federally assisted construction. Support resolution to Federal Government shutdown and budget & debt crisis. Oppose King Amendment to Military Construction Appropriations Bill (Davis Bacon repeal) Job Creation Small Business participation in public contracting matters Support investments in industrial energy efficiencey, including combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat recovery (WHR) Support The Commercial Building Modernization Act Support construction of net-zero, energy-efficient energy schools Support reform for Multiemployer Pension Plans Support for Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) Oppose efforts to weaken, eliminate energy efficiency performance standards for federal buildings. Oppose amendment to Fair Labor Standards Act Support Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act Oppose anti-Davis-Bacon/anti-PLA Amendments Support "Tenant Star" program of Better Buildings Act Support Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act Support The Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act Support The Construction Quality Assurance Act Support expansion of retrofit loan programs, reforms to IRS Section 179D Support GSA's Green Building Program to House, Senate Congressional Appropriations Committees Support laws making it harder for employers to engage in misclassification of workers as independent contractors Support Investment Tax Credit (ITC) reform legislation Support procurement reforms and procedures impacting small buisnesses Support funding for U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and U.S. Energy Information Administration Submitted statement to House Education and Workforce Committee Subcommittee for hearings on Multiemployer Pension Plans address issues related to the Pension Protection Act Support Smart Energy Act Oppose Working Family Flexibility Act Support action on tax, program efforts to increase natural industrial efficiency Support Energy Efficient Schools Support commercial building energy modernization deduction Support Dept. of Energy's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey research and industry reporting Support Administration's Better Buildings Initiative, endorse legislation reform - IRS Section 179D Co-sponsored Congressional High Performing Builiding Caucus briefing, reception Support high-efficiency built environment Support high-efficiency industrial/manufacturing facilities Support legislation to increase national energy efficiency in commercial buildings Support Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2015 - H.R. 1945 Support Federal Government use of green building programs, particularly LEED green building rating system and the Enterprise Green Communities standard Support Expanding Industrial Energy and Water Efficiency Incentives Statement submitted for record: Support reform to create stronger employment and tax laws at state and federal level with more effective enforcement to eliminate possible payroll fraud and worker misclassification in construction industry Support reducing carbon pollution from existing power plants through greater use of CHP, WHP Support Jodran Cove, OR Energy Project to export liquified natural gas (LNG) Support "Solutions Not Bailouts" proposal for multiemployer pension plan reform Support The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act Support CHP, WHP in U.S. manufacturing Support of Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act Support Energy Efficiency Improvement Act Support introduction of Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act Support The Renewable Energy Parity Act Support Commonsense Construction Contracting Act Support Construction Quality Assurance Act Support Security in Bonding Act Support the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act Support the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act Support the Power Efficiency and Resiliency (POWER) Act (HR 2657) Support the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act Support Environmental Protection Agency's support for combined heat and power (CHP) in proposed new rules for power plants Supplied comments of support for CHP and WHP (waste heat to power) on EPA's Standards of Performance of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources - 79 Fed. Reg. 1430 Support the Energy Efficient Cool Roofs Act Support the America's Small Business Tax Relief Act Support Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and the State Energy Program (SEP) Oppose Anti Davis-Bacon Amendments Support Building Energy Codes in the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill Support Water in the 21st Century Act Letter to Sen. Wyden (OR) - Support "Solutions Not Bailouts" proposal for multiemployer pension plans Support extension of clean energy tax credits in Section 48 Comments submitted for Request for Information regarding Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) Grant program; support extension of program to include CHP, WHP Support extension of Section 179D tax deduction for energy efficient commercial and multifamily buildings Oppose limiting withdrawal liability of a limited class of employers participating in multiemployer pension plans. Support "Solutions Not Bailouts" proposal for multiemployer pension plan reform. Support Energy Efficiency Improvement Act Support reauthorizing of The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Support The Better Buildings Act Oppose Flake amendment (FLAKE #103) to The Keystone Pipeline Act - S. 1 Support appropriate use of project labor agreements on public construction - oppose Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015 - S. 71 Support America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - H.R. 636 Support The Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2015 - H.R. 756 Support the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015 - S. 535 Support Portman-Hirono Amendment #1731 to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA ) of FY 2016 - S. 1526 Oppose amendment to ban Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on military construction projects and military family housing projects - S.A. 1719 Support the POWER Act of 2015 - S. 1516, H.R. 2657 Support efforts to advance energy efficiency in properties owned and supported by Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Support The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - H.R. 2177 Support The Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act of 2015 - S. 1275 Support he Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2016 Include and support language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016, H.R. 1735, based on H.R. 1666, the Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act; H.R. 1444, the Commonsense Construction Contracting Act - the Hanna Amendment to H.R. 1735; and H.R. 838, the Security in Bonding Act - Section 839 of H.R. 1735 Support Davis-Bacon prevailing wage coverage as part of H.R. 2029 Support the "Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015" - S. 860, H.R. 1105 Support appropriate use of construction project labor agreements (PLA's) on public construction; oppose "Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015" - S. 71, H.R. 1671 Support The Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 - S. 720, H.R. 2177 Support The America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - H.R. 636 Encourage Senate, House support of energy efficiency legislation within the context of more comprehensive legislation. Support energy efficiency tax credits in the extension of expiring and expired tax provisions; in particular: 25C tax credit for certain non-business energy property; the 179D tax deduction for energy-efficient commercial and multifamily buildings; extension of 45L tax credit for new energy-efficient homes. Support renewal of three energy-efficient building tax extenders that expired in 2014: Residential Energy-Efficient Tax Credit (IRC Sec. 25C), Energy-Efficient New Home Tax Credit (IRC Sec. 45L), and the Commercial Building Tax Deduction (IRC Sec. 179D) Support Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage coverage/reject repeal amendment - H.R. 3763 Support extensions and updates of the Sec. 25C Non-business Energy Property Credit and the Sec. 17D Commercial Building Tax Deduction; extension of the 45L Energy Efficient Home Credit in any tax extender legislation considered by Congress by end of 2015 Support inclusion of substantial energy efficiency provisions in any end-of-year (2015) legislative package that addresses energy-related, funding, tax and authorization policies. Support The Master Limited Partnership Parity Act of 2015 - S. 1656, H. R. 2883 Oppose Government Neutrality in Contracting Act of 2015 - H.R. 1671 Support extension and improvement of the production tax credit (PTC), investment tax credit (ITC), and residential tax incentives for multiple technologies. Support composite plans/multiemployer pension plans. Support Jordan Cove Energy Project to export liquefied national gas (LNG). Support continued development of Pennsylvania's Clean Power Plan (CPP) Support the Clarify Worker Misclassification in the Construction Industry Act of 2016 - H.R. 5008 Encourage Senate and House members' co-sponsorship of The POWER Act of 2015 - S. 1516, H.R. 2657 Support Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage coverage by opposing amendment to H.R. 4974/MilCon-VA Appropriations Act Support Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on public construction by opposing amendment to H.R. 4974, the MilCon-VA Act of 2017 Support Amodei amendment to strike Prior Approval (PA) practices required of trade association Political Action Committees (PACs) Encourage Congress to pass Composite Plan legislation Support inclusion of Section 2311 in the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 - S. 2012 Oppose amendment H. Amdt. 1030 included in the National Defense Authorization Act - H.R. 4909 Support House, Senate energy policy bills deploying additional CHP, WHP resources. Support Senate's effort to include section 2312 in the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 - S. 2012 Support multiemployer composite plan design Support FAR Council's revision of FAR 28.203-2(b)(3) to be made consistent with the statutory changes adopted in the FY 2016 NDAA Support investment in industrial energy efficiency to further national economic benefits Support energy-efficient building tax provisions: Residential Energy-Efficient Tax Credit (IRC Sec. 25C), Energy-Efficient New Home Tax Credit (IRC Sec. 45L), Commercial Building Tax Deduction (IRC Sec. 179D) Support Conference Report on comprehensive energy legislation Support enhancement of Section 179D tax deduction for energy efficient commercial and multifamily buildings - H.R. 6376 Encourage Vice President-Elect Pence to support investment in US infrastructure, policies to ensure job growth in the building industry, and protect the country's limited water and energy resources
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