FIRM Act

H.R.5733 - FIRM Act H.R. 2528 - STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 H.R. 2486 - FUTURE Act H.R. 4438 - Dont Tax Higher Education Act H.R. 4674 - College Affordability Act H.R. 6194 - To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of education pursued at educational institutions, and for other purposes. S. 939 - CONFUCIUS Act S. 1198 - Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2019 S. 1121 - College Transparency Act S. 2124 - Skin in the Game Act S. 2557 - Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019 S. 3313 - Foreign Influence Transparency Act S. 3997- Safeguarding American Innovation Act -- regarding policy issues affecting higher education institutions and their students

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Library of Congress (LOC), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Endowment for the Humanities, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS)

H.R.748 - CARES Act H.R.5733 - FIRM Act H.R.6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800- The Heroes Act H.R.7308 - RISE Act H.R.____ Agriculture Improvement Act H.R.____ COVID-19 relief legislation (CARES Act II / Phase 4) H.R. 7610 FY21 Agriculture Appropriations H.R. 7617 FY21 Defense Appropriations H.R. 7613 FY21 Energy and Water Development Appropriations H.R. 7667 FY21 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations H.R. 7612 FY21 Interior and Environment Appropriations H.R. 7614 FY21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations S.328 - Startup Act S.1213 - Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019 S.3548 - CARES Act S.____COVID-19 relief legislation (CARES Act II / Phase 4) S. ____ FY21 Agriculture Appropriations S.____FY21 Defense Appropriations S.____FY21 Energy and Water Development Appropriations S.____ FY21 Homeland Security Appropriations S.____ FY21 Interior and Environment Appropriations S.____ FY21 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations S.____ FY21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations -- regarding funding for higher education and research programs and agencies.

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2019, provisions relating to changes to the framework governing commercial lobbying and the definition of "foreign national" for the purposes of participating in the political process. H.R. 5150, Transparency in Government Act of 2019, provisions related to amending the Lobbying Disclosure Act exemption under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. H.R. 5733, Foreign Influence Registration Modernization Act, provisions relating to excluding agents of foreign enterprises that are not under the control or direction of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party from FARA. S. 1762, Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019, provisions relating to directing the GAO to conduct audits of the use of the LDA exemption and the expansion of the Department of Justice's authority to enforce the Foreign Agents Registration Act and increase noncompliance penalties.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

H.R.748 - CARES Act H.R.5733 - FIRM Act H.R.6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R.___ Agriculture Improvement Act H.R.___ COVID-19 relief legislation (CARES Act II / Phase 4) H.R.___ FY21 Agriculture Appropriations H.R.___ FY21 Defense Appropriations H.R.___ FY21 Energy and Water Development Appropriations H.R.___ FY21 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations H.R.___ FY21 Interior and Environment Appropriations H.R.___ FY21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations S.328 - Startup Act S.1213 - Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019 S.3548 - CARES Act S.___ COVID-19 relief legislation (CARES Act II / Phase 4) S.___ FY21 Agriculture Appropriations S ___ FY21 Defense Appropriations S.___ FY21 Energy and Water Development Appropriations S.___ FY21 Homeland Security Appropriations S.___ FY21 Interior and Environment Appropriations S.___ FY21 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations S.___ FY21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations -- regarding funding for higher education and research programs and agencies.

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

General provisions related to science and engineering research at NSF, DOE, DOD, NASA, NIH, and IES in FY 21 H.R. xxxx /S. xxxx, the FY 21 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for NSF and NASA (including Science and STEM Education) H.R. xxxx /S. xxxx, the FY 21 Defense Appropriations bill - provisions around funding for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including Defense-Wide basic research initiatives and funding at DARPA; provisions related to research programs within Army Futures Command H.R. xxxx /S. xxxx, the FY 21 Energy-Water Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for the Dept. of Energys Office of Science, ARPA-E, and language related to independent review and applied research for cleanup decision-making H.R. xxxx /S. xxxx, the FY 21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions around funding for the Institute of Education Sciences (and National Center for Special Education Research) and NIH S. xxxx/H.R. xxxx, the FY 21 National Defense Authorization Act - potential provisions related to national security and research; FY 21 authorization levels for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including DARPA; provisions related to research programs within Army Futures Command H.R. 748, the CARES Act - provisions related to COVID-19-related research funding at NIH, NSF, DOE Office of Science, DOD, NEH, and others S. xxxx, the Protecting Americas Research Advantage Act - provisions related to national security and research H.R. 36, Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act - provisions related to agencies' reporting policies H.R. 5733, the Foreign Influence Registration Modernization Act - provisions related to FARA registration requirements as it relates to science and national security General issues related to COVID-19 regulatory relief from federal research agencies including OMB, OSTP, NIH, NSF, DOD, DOE, and others General issues related to the need for research funding in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic General issues around national security and research including agency responses including issues related to academic espionage General issues related to policies on university-federal government-industry partnerships, workforce development and STEM education, particularly related to engineering education and research General issues around federal funding for transportation research at the Dept. of Transportation General issues related to OSTPs RFI on public access to research outputs and data General issues around an NSF reauthorization and 70th anniversary General issues around a DOE Office of Science reauthorization General issues around legislation related to critical technology areas General issues related to AI research

H.R. 1, For the People Act of 2019, provisions relating to changes to the framework governing commercial lobbying and the definition of "foreign national" for the purposes of participating in the political process. H.R. 5150, Transparency in Government Act of 2019, provisions related to amending the Lobbying Disclosure Act exemption under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. H.R. 5733, Foreign Influence Registration Modernization Act, provisions relating to excluding agents of foreign enterprises that are not under the control or direction of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party from FARA. S. 1762, Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act of 2019, provisions relating to directing the GAO to conduct audits of the use of the LDA exemption and the expansion of the Department of Justice's authority to enforce the Foreign Agents Registration Act and increase noncompliance penalties.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE