Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

Monitored issues relating to higher education and for-profit higher education institutions issues in the following appropriations subcommittees the Defense (HR 8774 and S, 4921) Military Construction (HR 8580 and S. 4677), and Labor Health and Human Services (HR 9029 and S. 4942) appropriations bills Also monitored HR 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act. Also monitored HR 9747, the FY2025 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitored and supported issues relating to higher education and for-profit higher education institutions, particularly HR. 5702, Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students. Monitored HR 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 10000, HR 1001, HR 10012, HR 1003, HR 10038, HR 10106, HR 10142, HR 10148, HR 10153, HR 10369, HR 10381, HR 104, HR 1078, HR 1083, HR 1089, HR 1139, HR 1144, HR 1166, HR 1169, HR 1179, HR 1182, HR 1191, HR 1226, HR 1278, HR 1282, HR 1311, HR 1315, HR 1329, HR 1378, HR 1402, HR 1529, HR 1530, HR 1554, HR 1606, HR 1609, HR 1616, HR 1639, HR 1659, HR 1669, HR 1753, HR 1767, HR 1774, HR 1786, HR 1799, HR 1815, HR 196, HR 228, HR 232, HR 234, HR 236, HR 2410, HR 2413, HR 2414, HR 2441, HR 2447, HR 2469, HR 2472, HR 2499, HR 251, HR 2518, HR 2525, HR 2526, HR 2530, HR 2543, HR 2733, HR 2768, HR 2809, HR 2818, HR 2830, HR 2846, HR 2896, HR 2911, HR 2932, HR 2971, HR 3023, HR 303, HR 3040, HR 3075, HR 3084, HR 3110, HR 3128, HR 3157, HR 3186, HR 3192, HR 3214, HR 3225, HR 3303, HR 3326, HR 333, HR 3363, HR 3368, HR 3450, HR 3489, HR 3499, HR 3504, HR 3511, HR 3581, HR 3584, HR 3600, HR 3601, HR 3603, HR 3644, HR 3648, HR 3649, HR 3651, HR 3676, HR 3677, HR 3698, HR 3718, HR 3720, HR 3722, HR 3738, HR 3790, HR 3811, HR 3816, HR 3848, HR 3870, HR 3874, HR 3895, HR 3898, HR 3933, HR 394, HR 395, HR 3956, HR 3981, HR 4016, HR 4047, HR 4060, HR 4061, HR 41, HR 411, HR 4150, HR 4155, HR 4157, HR 4171, HR 4190, HR 4225, HR 4249, HR 4262, HR 4264, HR 4278, HR 4325, HR 4400, HR 4401, HR 4424, HR 4461, HR 4518, HR 4566, HR 4569, HR 4670, HR 4886, HR 4906, HR 491, HR 492, HR 4921, HR 5002, HR 5014, HR 5147, HR 5153, HR 516, HR 522, HR 523, HR 5247, HR 5259, HR 5365, HR 5377, HR 5416, HR 542, HR 543, HR 544, HR 5470, HR 5492, HR 5530, HR 5559, HR 5610, HR 5633, HR 5697, HR 5702, HR 5785, HR 5794, HR 5870, HR 5890, HR 5891, HR 5904, HR 5914, HR 592, HR 5938, HR 5956, HR 6023, HR 6179, HR 6197, HR 6225, HR 6294, HR 6300, HR 6315, HR 6324, HR 6330, HR 6331, HR 6333, HR 6338, HR 6340, HR 6345, HR 6360, HR 6361, HR 6362, HR 6373, HR 6374, HR 6380, HR 645, HR 6452, HR 6492, HR 6507, HR 6524, HR 6531, HR 6538, HR 6551, HR 6656, HR 6800, HR 6833, HR 6873, HR 6874, HR 6916, HR 693, HR 6949, HR 6995, HR 7097, HR 7136, HR 7150, HR 728, HR 7323, HR 733, HR 7347, HR 7365, HR 7401, HR 7434, HR 746, HR 7480, HR 7490, HR 7504, HR 7514, HR 7543, HR 7596, HR 7613, HR 7643, HR 7653, HR 7654, HR 7657, HR 7703, HR 7732, HR 7773, HR 7777, HR 7793, HR 7816, HR 7860, HR 7884, HR 7895, HR 7896, HR 7917, HR 7919, HR 7920, HR 7971, HR 8009, HR 8017, HR 8025, HR 8048, HR 808, HR 8136, HR 8165, HR 8167, HR 8168, HR 8223, HR 8312, HR 8340, HR 8347, HR 8371, HR 8381, HR 8418, HR 8442, HR 8454, HR 8481, HR 8511, HR 8514, HR 854, HR 8560, HR 8562, HR 8567, HR 8580, HR 8592, HR 8627, HR 8646, HR 8661, HR 885, HR 8851, HR 8874, HR 8879, HR 8880, HR 8881, HR 8896, HR 894, HR 9029, HR 903, HR 9050, HR 9052, HR 9057, HR 9094, HR 9107, HR 9146, HR 9161, HR 9179, HR 9276, HR 9324, HR 9328, HR 9404, HR 9415, HR 9449, HR 9468, HR 9478, HR 9484, HR 9510, HR 9511, HR 9525, HR 9575, HR 9583, HR 9643, HR 9773, HR 9788, HR 9806, HR 9819, HR 9854, HR 984, HR 9924, HR 9930, HR 9934, HR 9948, HR 9996, S 10, S 1028, S 1037, S 106, S 1090, S 1113, S 1119, S 1125, S 1172, S 1266, S 1267, S 1299, S 1309, S 1314, S 132, S 1330, S 1360, S 141, S 1436, S 1469, S 1515, S 1590, S 1612, S 1635, S 1678, S 1739, S 1792, S 1828, S 185, S 1877, S 1910, S 1954, S 1972, S 1975, S 1994, S 2014, S 2026, S 2083, S 2084, S 2146, S 216, S 2174, S 2181, S 2183, S 2212, S 2256, S 2259, S 2263, S 2276, S 2294, S 2315, S 24, S 2422, S 2431, S 2465, S 2503, S 2513, S 2516, S 263, S 2679, S 2745, S 2757, S 2778, S 2795, S 280, S 2801, S 2803, S 2863, S 2888, S 291, S 296, S 2975, S 30, S 302, S 3126, S 3243, S 3256, S 326, S 3274, S 3282, S 3284, S 3288, S 3290, S 3295, S 3341, S 3352, S 344, S 3452, S 3466, S 350, S 3524, S 3526, S 3546, S 3560, S 3598, S 3614, S 3636, S 3728, S 3746, S 3751, S 3768, S 38, S 3834, S 3841, S 3873, S 3885, S 3886, S 3911, S 3958, S 3970, S 3979, S 4009, S 4047, S 4061, S 4074, S 4109, S 4111, S 414, S 42, S 4226, S 4246, S 4284, S 4357, S 4372, S 4396, S 4423, S 4445, S 449, S 4556, S 4748, S 4750, S 4879, S 4922, S 4929, S 495, S 498, S 4997, S 5035, S 5138, S 5141, S 5210, S 528, S 5301, S 531, S 5325, S 592, S 622, S 656, S 665, S 680, S 740, S 748, S 774, S 777, S 853, S 897, S 928

FY 25 Funding, bill and report language topics for client services and products in the federal budget and congressional appropriations for DOD (HR 8774 ,S. 4921), DOT (H.R. 9028, S. 4796), VA (HR 8580, S. 4677), NASA/NSF (HR 9026, S.4795), HHS (H.R. 9029, S. 4942); FAA Reauthorization bill (HR 3935) related to TFDM (Section 619), FAA capital funding authorization; VA Supplemental H.R. 9468; FY25 Continuing Resolutions, H.R. 9747, H.R.10515 and H.R.10545

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbying in support of improved health care and benefits service for post-9/11 wounded, ill, and injured veterans including: H.R. 5785 (the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Improvement Act) to expand eligibility for VA STEM scholarship program; H.R. 8371 (the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act) to expand care and benefits for veterans, including changes to access standards for Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs; H.R. 1282, S. 344 (the Major Richard Star Act) to provide concurrent receipt to military medical retirees with combat-related injuries; H.R. 9678, S. 4437 (the Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act) to improve care coordination for veterans using VA and Medicare health care; H.R. 9276 (the Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act) to enhance support for caregivers transitioning away from caregiving roles; S. 4929 (the Lethal Means Safe Storage for Veteran Suicide Prevention Act) to create a program to distribute gun lockers to veterans; S.4997 (the Veterans Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024) to provide stopgap funding to the Veterans Benefits Administration for the remainder of FY24; H.R. 9468 (the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act); to provide stopgap funding to the Veterans Benefits Administration for the remainder of FY24 and gain clarity on Veterans Health Administration funding needs for FY25; H.R. 2441, S. 1028 (the Servicemembers and Veterans Empowerment and Support Act of 2023) to improve claim processing and claimant support services related to military sexual trauma claims at the Veterans Benefits Administration); H.R. 7214, S. 3722 (the Improving Access to Maternal Health for Military Moms and Dependent Moms Act) to require the Department of Defense to conduct research and produce a report on access to maternal health care within the military healthcare system; H.R. 7596 (the Servicewomen and Women Veteran Menopause Research Act) to require the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct research and produce a report on mid-life womens health and develop a strategic plan for access to care and services; H.R. 9328 (the K2 Veterans Total Coverage Act of 2024) to improve disability claim processes for veterans who served at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base; and H.R. 9039 to require the Interagency Working Group on Toxic Exposure to conduct research on the diagnosis and treatment of health conditions of descendants of individuals exposed to toxic substances while serving as members of the Armed Forces.

FY24 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations legislation FY25 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations legislation FY24 Military Construction, Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies FY24 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration FY25 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS-ED) Appropriations legislation Letter to House and Senate Approps Committee leadership re: increased funding for Telehealth Resource Centers H.R. 9468, Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act FY26 Presidents Budget Request

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S. 1315 - Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act of 2023 Title 38 VA psychology workforce shortages VA prescribing privileges for psychologists Community Care Psychedelic assisted therapy Gun Violence Suicide Prevention S.10 - VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023 SVAC Chairman Tester Draft VA Community Care Legislation H.R. 3811/ S. 3546, the Veterans Mental and Behavioral Health Quality of Care Act S. 928 - Not Just A Number Act H.R.9819, Saving Our Veterans Lives Act H.R. 8371, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. H.R. 9468, Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 9438, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act H.R. 9146, Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act H.R. 9427, Veterans Mental Health Access Act H.R. 6330, Veterans Sentinel Act Improvements to VA Research Waivers

Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Lobbied in support of H.R.9468 - Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

FY2025 appropriations; nutrition/WIC; adult vaccines; access to health coverage; Title III of ESSA; college affordability, retention, and completion; housing counseling; access to citizenship and backlog reduction, including the following specific appropriations bills: HR9027 and S4690 (Agriculture-FDA); HR9026 (Commerce-Justice-Science); HR8773 (Financial Services-General Government); HR8752 (Homeland Security); HR9029 (Labor-HHS-Education); HR9028 (Transportation-HUD); HR9494 and HR9747(Continuing Resolutions); FY2024 National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (HR815) and the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 (HR9468).

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 H.R. 2882, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 H.R. 4366, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024) H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 House FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act ($25 million to foster public-private partnerships in the spinal injury research under the HHS InnovationX program) H.R. 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 S. 2127, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 2624, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 S. 4677, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 S. 4997, the Veterans Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 Discussions: Funding for Department of Veterans Affairs infrastructure Discussions: Funding for Department of Veterans Affairs spinal Cord injuries and disorders system of care

Client expense: $86,378 · Firm income: Not reported

FY 25 Funding, bill and report language topics for client services and products in the federal budget and congressional appropriations for DOD (HR 8774 ,S. 4921), DOT (H.R. 9028, S. 4796), VA (HR 8580, S. 4677), NASA/NSF (HR 9026, S.4795), HHS (H.R. 9029, S. 4942); FAA Reauthorization bill (HR 3935) related to TFDM (Section 619), FAA capital funding authorization; VA Supplemental H.R. 9468.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 1001, HR 1003, HR 104, HR 1078, HR 1083, HR 1089, HR 1139, HR 1144, HR 1166, HR 1169, HR 1179, HR 1182, HR 1191, HR 1226, HR 1278, HR 1282, HR 1311, HR 1315, HR 1329, HR 1378, HR 1402, HR 1529, HR 1530, HR 1554, HR 1606, HR 1609, HR 1616, HR 1639, HR 1659, HR 1669, HR 1753, HR 1767, HR 1774, HR 1786, HR 1799, HR 1815, HR 196, HR 228, HR 232, HR 234, HR 236, HR 2410, HR 2413, HR 2414, HR 2441, HR 2447, HR 2469, HR 2472, HR 2499, HR 251, HR 2518, HR 2525, HR 2526, HR 2530, HR 2543, HR 2733, HR 2768, HR 2809, HR 2818, HR 2830, HR 2846, HR 2896, HR 2911, HR 2932, HR 2971, HR 3023, HR 303, HR 3040, HR 3075, HR 3084, HR 3110, HR 3128, HR 3157, HR 3186, HR 3192, HR 3214, HR 3225, HR 3303, HR 3326, HR 333, HR 3363, HR 3368, HR 3450, HR 3489, HR 3499, HR 3504, HR 3511, HR 3581, HR 3584, HR 3600, HR 3601, HR 3603, HR 3644, HR 3648, HR 3649, HR 3651, HR 3676, HR 3677, HR 3698, HR 3718, HR 3720, HR 3722, HR 3738, HR 3790, HR 3811, HR 3816, HR 3848, HR 3870, HR 3874, HR 3895, HR 3898, HR 3933, HR 394, HR 395, HR 3956, HR 3981, HR 4016, HR 4047, HR 4060, HR 4061, HR 41, HR 411, HR 4150, HR 4155, HR 4157, HR 4171, HR 4190, HR 4225, HR 4249, HR 4262, HR 4264, HR 4278, HR 4325, HR 4400, HR 4401, HR 4424, HR 4461, HR 4518, HR 4566, HR 4569, HR 4670, HR 4886, HR 4906, HR 491, HR 492, HR 4921, HR 5002, HR 5014, HR 5147, HR 5153, HR 516, HR 522, HR 523, HR 5247, HR 5259, HR 5365, HR 5377, HR 5416, HR 542, HR 543, HR 544, HR 5470, HR 5492, HR 5530, HR 5559, HR 5610, HR 5633, HR 5697, HR 5702, HR 5785, HR 5794, HR 5870, HR 5890, HR 5891, HR 5904, HR 5914, HR 592, HR 5938, HR 5956, HR 6023, HR 6179, HR 6197, HR 6225, HR 6294, HR 6300, HR 6315, HR 6324, HR 6330, HR 6331, HR 6333, HR 6338, HR 6340, HR 6345, HR 6360, HR 6361, HR 6362, HR 6373, HR 6374, HR 6380, HR 645, HR 6452, HR 6492, HR 6507, HR 6524, HR 6531, HR 6538, HR 6551, HR 6656, HR 6800, HR 6833, HR 6873, HR 6874, HR 6916, HR 693, HR 6949, HR 6995, HR 7097, HR 7136, HR 7150, HR 728, HR 7323, HR 733, HR 7347, HR 7365, HR 7401, HR 7434, HR 746, HR 7480, HR 7490, HR 7504, HR 7514, HR 7543, HR 7596, HR 7613, HR 7643, HR 7653, HR 7654, HR 7657, HR 7703, HR 7732, HR 7773, HR 7777, HR 7793, HR 7816, HR 7860, HR 7884, HR 7895, HR 7896, HR 7917, HR 7919, HR 7920, HR 7971, HR 8009, HR 8009, HR 8017, HR 8025, HR 8048, HR 808, HR 8136, HR 8165, HR 8167, HR 8168, HR 8223, HR 8312, HR 8340, HR 8347, HR 8371, HR 8381, HR 8418, HR 8442, HR 8454, HR 8481, HR 8511, HR 8514, HR 854, HR 8560, HR 8562, HR 8567, HR 8580, HR 8592, HR 8627, HR 8646, HR 8661, HR 885, HR 8851, HR 8874, HR 8879, HR 8880, HR 8881, HR 8896, HR 894, HR 9029, HR 903, HR 9050, HR 9057, HR 9094, HR 9146, HR 9161, HR 9179, HR 9276, HR 9324, HR 9328, HR 9404, HR 9415, HR 9449, HR 9468, HR 9478, HR 9484, HR 9510, HR 9525, HR 9575, HR 9819, HR 984, HR 9924, S 10, S 1028, S 1037, S 106, S 1090, S 1113, S 1119, S 1125, S 1172, S 1266, S 1267, S 1299, S 1309, S 1314, S 132, S 1330, S 1360, S 141, S 1436, S 1469, S 1515, S 1590, S 1612, S 1635, S 1678, S 1739, S 1792, S 1828, S 185, S 1877, S 1910, S 1954, S 1972, S 1975, S 1994, S 2014, S 2026, S 2083, S 2084, S 2146, S 216, S 2174, S 2181, S 2183, S 2212, S 2256, S 2259, S 2263, S 2276, S 2294, S 2315, S 24, S 2422, S 2431, S 2465, S 2503, S 2513, S 2516, S 263, S 2679, S 2745, S 2757, S 2778, S 2795, S 280, S 2801, S 2803, S 2863, S 2888, S 291, S 296, S 2975, S 30, S 302, S 3126, S 3243, S 3256, S 326, S 3274, S 3282, S 3284, S 3288, S 3290, S 3295, S 3341, S 3352, S 344, S 3452, S 3466, S 350, S 3524, S 3526, S 3546, S 3560, S 3598, S 3614, S 3636, S 3728, S 3746, S 3751, S 3768, S 38, S 3834, S 3841, S 3873, S 3885, S 3886, S 3911, S 3958, S 3970, S 3979, S 4009, S 4047, S 4061, S 4074, S 4109, S 4111, S 414, S 42, S 4226, S 4246, S 4284, S 4357, S 4372, S 4396, S 4423, S 4445, S 449, S 4556, S 4748, S 4879, S 4922, S 4929, S 495, S 498, S 4997, S 5035, S 5141, S 5210, S 528, S 531, S 592, S 622, S 656, S 665, S 680, S 740, S 748, S 774, S 777, S 853, S 897, S 928

Monitored issues relating to higher education and for-profit higher education institutions issues in the following appropriations subcommittees the Defense (HR 8774 and S, 4921) Military Construction (HR 8580 and S. 4677), and Labor Health and Human Services (HR 9029 and S. 4942) appropriations bills Also monitored HR 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act. Also monitored HR 9747, the FY2025 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitored and supported issues relating to higher education and for-profit higher education institutions, particularly HR. 5702, Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students. Monitored HR 9468, the Veterans Benefits Continuity and Accountability Supplemental Appropriations Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

disability exams; HR 8881; S 3979; HR 9468; HR 542

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE