RISE Act

S 3654, RISE Act, All titles.

Client expense: $1,880,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Monitor environmental legislation, specifically HR 4, HR 2620, and HR 1, and HR 5040, Conyers mold legislation. Also monitored S 3654, "Recycling Investment Saves Energy"; and S 2724, "Clean Air Planning Act".

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

reducing subsidies to private Medicare Part D plans; 4) S. 3647 pertaining to Medicare Part D's coverage gap; 5) H.R. 5969 pertaining to Part D’s low-income subsidy and asset test; 6) S. 334, H.R. 700, H.R. 328, S. 109, S. 184, H.R. 753, H.R. 5441 pertaining to restrictions placed on the commercial and private importation of prescription drugs; 7) H.R. 376, S. 445 authorizing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prescription drug prices with manufacturers; 8) H.R. 916, S. 438, H.R. 6111 pertaining to the Medicare Part B outpatient rehabilitation services therapy caps; 9) H.R. 2072, S. 3747: provisions pertaining to access to Medicare for individuals ages 55 to 65 and authorizing a refundable and “advanceable” credit against income tax for premium payments; 10) S. 1152, H.R. 1125 amending Medicare’s coinsurance for outpatient mental health care; 11) S. 1335 to preserve Medicare beneficiaries’ appeal rights; 12) S. 347, H.R. 2058, S. 570 providing Medicare beneficiaries with a free physician office visit to discuss end-of-life care in conjunction with preparing advance directives; 13) H.R. 5147 eliminating Medicare Part B premium means-testing; 14) S. 1889, H.R. 4122, H.R. 5552, S. 3491, H.R. 3282, H.R. 2470, S. 1155, S. 3521: provisions pertaining to the creation of sunset and/or entitlement commissions affecting Medicare and the 45% Medicare funding cap; 15) encouraging the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use his demonstration authority to waive Medicare Part D’s late enrollment penalty for beneficiaries affected by Hurricane Rita (no resolution or bill was pending). Medicaid. 1) H.R. 1229, S. 489 limiting the duration of federal consent decrees to which states and local governments are parties; 2) P.L. 109-171: provisions affecting proof of citizenship requirements for continued Medicaid eligibility; 3) S. 1889, H.R. 4122, H.R. 5552, S. 3491, H.R. 3282, H.R. 5766, H.R. 2470, S. 1155, S. 3521: provisions pertaining to the creation of sunset and/or entitlement commissions affecting Medicaid. 1) S. 345, S. 873, H.R. 752, S. 2342 creating a Medicare-operated Part D benefit with negotiated prescription drug prices; 2) H.R. 3861, H.R. 5969, S. 1841, S. 3654 extending/waiving the late enrollment penalty for Part D; 3) S. 1589, H.R. 6111 eliminating/

busisness tax credit for recycling electronic wste; HR 3, 996, and S 181 relating to tax credits for fuel used for power takeoff and the excise tax on tires; and S 510 relating to a tax credit for recycling electronic wste. S 2401 and 2345 and HR 6 and 6111 relating to a business tax credit for electricity produced from biomass, landfill gas, and waste-to-energy; S 3654 relating to a business tax credit for purchase of recycling equipment; S 510 relating to a (see addendum)

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE