GI Education Benefit Fairness Act of 2014

National Defense Authorization Bill for 2015 (Bill #S2014) and Defense Appropriations Bill for 2015, Bill # HR 4870 and CRomnibus for 2015). Issue was Diminished Autonomous Environment System (formerly Helicopter Autonomous Landing

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

Government targets: SENATE

Budget and appropriations for disease and injury prevention, including obesity and related diseases; pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases; physical activity; public health bioterrorism preparedness; food safety, environmental health; paid sick days; womens and childrens health; and community-based public health interventions and prescription drug abuse. 1. Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148)2.Implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353) 3.Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act (Public Law 113-5) 4.Implementation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296) 5.Implementation of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) 6.Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act of 2013 (H.R. 820) 7.Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (Public Law 113-14) 8.Healthier Lifestyles and Prevention America Act (S. 39) 9.Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act (S. 392/H.R. 2160) 10.Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act (S. 452/H.R. 962) 11.Personal Health Investment Today Act (H.R. 956) 12.A bill to provide for a sequester replacement (S. 16/S. 799) 13.American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 (S. 388) 14.Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 933/Public Law 113-6) 15.Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-5) 16.National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act (H.R. 1074/S. 539) 17.Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act (S. 531/H.R. 2179) 18.Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act (H.R. 321) 19.Energy Consumers Relief Act (S. 1363/H.R. 1582) 20.Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 1249/S. 1756) 21.Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 458/H.R. 1510) 22.A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program (S. 762/H.R. 1657) 23.Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (S. 954/H.R. 2498) 24.Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (H.R. 1947) 25.FIT Kids Act (S. 1033/H.R. 2178) 26.Strengthening Americas Schools Act (S. 1094) 27.Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act (S. 945/H.R. 1274) 28.Fit to Serve Act (S. 976) 29.Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act (H.R. 2023/S. 2864) 30.Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (S. 1184 / H.R. 2415) 31.Student Success Act (H.R. 5) 32.To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 45) 33.Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (S. 1228/H.R. 2524) 34.Senate FY14 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bill (S. 1284) 35.House of Representatives FY14 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bill 36.Pharmacy Compounding Quality and Accountability Act (S. 959) 37.Safeguarding Americas Pharmaceuticals Act (H.R. 1919) 38.Implementation of Drug Supply Chain Security Act (P.L. 113-54) 39.Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (H.R. 1150)/Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2013 (S. 1256) 40.Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1286/S. 631) 41.FY2014 Continuing Resolution (H.J. Res. 59) 42.Pharmaceutical Quality, Security and Accountability Act (S. 959) 43.Energy Consumers Relief Act (S. 1363/H.R. 1582) 44.Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug Use Act (S. 1657) 45.National Energy Tax Repeal Act (S. 1324) 46.Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013 (S. 1514/H.R. 5077) 47.Community Parks Revitalization Act (H.R. 2424) 48.A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings (S. 1422/H.R. 2663) 49.School-based Health Centers Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 2632) 50.Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 3102) 51.Health Equity and Accountability Act (H.R. 5294) 52.Secure America for Education (SAFE) in Our Schools Act of 2013 (H.R. 3158) 53.Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J. Res 59) 54.Continuing Resolution FY 2014 (HR 2775, PL 113-46) 55.A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes. (H.R. 3493/S. 1708) 56.The Farm Bill (S. (S. 954/H.R. 2498; H.R. 1947, and H.R. 3102, Public Law 113-79) 57.Better Care, Lower Cost Act (S. 1932/H.R. 3890) 58.Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013 (ADAPT Act) (H.R. 3742) 59.The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (H.R. 3547/Public Law 113-76 60.Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (STAAR) Act (S. 2236/H.R. 2285) 61.New Opportunities for Bicycling and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014 (H.R. 3978) 62.Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act (H.R. 3322) 63.Electricity Security and Affordability Act (S. 1905/H.R. 3826) 64.Stop Overdose Stat Act (HR 4169) 65.Overdose Prevention Act (S 2755) 66.Opioid Overdose Reduction Act (S. 2092/H.R. 4288) 67.Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2014 (DISARM Act) (H.R. 4187) 68.Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (S. 1086) 69.Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education And Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Bill (including H.R. 5464) 70.Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (S. 2389 / H.R. 4800) 71.Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation, 2015 (including H.R. 5171) 72.MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322) 73.Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act (S. 2342/H.R. 2831) 74.ENRICH Act (H.R. 4427) 75.Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014 (S. 2367/H.R. 4706) 76.Summer Meals Act of 2014 (S. 2527/HR. 5012) 77.Long-Term SCORE Act (H.R. 4444) 78.American Cures Act (S. 2115/H.R. 4384) 79.A joint resolution to disapprove a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units. (S.J. Res 30) 80.Fit for Life Act of 2014 (H.R.4765) 81.School Food Modernization Act (S. 2210/H.R. 1783) 82.Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 (S. 2014/H.R. 4325) 83.Pedestrian Safety Act of 2014 (S. 2284) 84.Safe Streets Act of 2014 (S. 2004/H.R. 2468) 85.The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act (S. 2645) 86.FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, in support of an appropriation for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws (including H.R. 5016) 87.Vector-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act (H.R. 4701) 88.Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 (H.R. 5021/Public Law 113-520) 89.Full-Service Community Schools Act of 2014 (H.R. 5168) 90.PREPARE Act of 2014 (H.R. 5314) 91.Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014 (S. 2496/H.R. 5078) 92.American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act (H.R.

Client expense: $38,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (specifically, reporting and designation requirements for insurance and content/scope of intergovernmental agreements to implement), as included and passed in the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.Proposals to alter tax treatment of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent corporations specific to foreign affiliated reinsurance, including issues related to tax extenders, Highway Trust Fund and corporate tax reform discussions. H.R. 2054/S. 991, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by altering the tax treatment of legitimate foreign affiliate reinsurance transactions undertaken by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies; includes provisions in Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal; and Senate Finance staff discussion draft on international taxation. Camp staff discussion draft inclusion of foreign affiliated reinsurance. Proposals to alter tax code treatment of life insurance products, specifically COLI and DRD provisions. General discussion of tax code reform, specific to insurance and individual/corporate rates. Discussions related to inversion as it concerns implications for foreign subsidiaries.

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

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

EPA's 2014 Required Volume Obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Take position in support of: HJRES78-113 HJRES88-113 HJRES91-113 HR1014-113 HR1132-113 HR1134-113 HR1171-113 HR1223-113 HR1236-113 HR1238-113 HR1251-113 HR1284-113 HR1305-113 HR1316-113 HR1333-113 HR1344-113 HR1357-113 HR1402-113 HR1405-113 HR1412-113 HR1438-113 HR1443-113 HR1453-113 HR1463-113 HR1464-113 HR1490-113 HR1497-113 HR1521-113 HR152-113 HR153-113 HR154-113 HR1593-113 HR1620-113 HR1623-113 HR1631-113 HR164-113 HR1702-113 HR1725-113 HR1729-113 HR1742-113 HR1759-113 HR1770-113 HR1774-113 HR179-113 HR1792-113 HR1796-113 HR1804-113 HR1805-113 HR1809-113 HR1824-113 HR183-113 HR1842-113 HR1864-113 HR1938-113 HR1957-113 HR1980-113 HR1987-113 HR2001-113 HR2002-113 HR2011-113 HR2016-113 HR2038-113 HR2039-113 HR2055-113 HR2056-113 HR2059-113 HR2065-113 HR2072-113 HR2079-113 HR2086-113 HR2088-113 HR2118-113 HR2119-113 HR2150-113 HR2151-113 HR2153-113 HR2157-113 HR2169-113 HR2185-113 HR2187-113 HR2189-113 HR2209-113 HR2210-113 HR2216-113 HR2227-113 HR2230-113 HR2272-113 HR2284-113 HR2327-113 HR235-113 HR241-113 HR2423-113 HR2481-113 HR2485-113 HR2510-113 HR2527-113 HR2528-113 HR2540-113 HR258-113 HR274-113 HR288-113 HR2882-113 HR2942-113 HR2974-113 HR303-113 HR3045-113 HR3056-113 HR3210-113 HR32-113 HR3230-113 HR3232-113 HR3237-113 HR3241-113 HR3246-113 HR3274-113 HR331-113 HR333-113 HR3337-113 HR3384-113 HR3387-113 HR340-113 HR3456-113 HR357-113 HR3593-113 HR3600-113 HR368-113 HR369-113 HR3790-113 HR385-113 HR401-113 HR4031-113 HR4037-113 HR4038-113 HR4085-113 HR411-113 HR4147-113 HR4150-113 HR4151-113 HR42-113 HR4261-113 HR430-113 HR4305-113 HR4435-113 HR4446-113 HR4486-113 HR449-113 HR4504-113 HR4594-113 HR4628-113 HR5059-113 HR5589-113 HR562-113 HR569-113 HR570-113 HR577-113 HR602-113 HR631-113 HR635-113 HR671-113 HR679-113 HR683-113 HR697-113 HR733-113 HR806-113 HR813-113 HR821-113 HR833-113 HR834-113 HR844-113 HR894-113 HR897-113 HR921-113 HR933-113 HR958-113 HR975-113 HR984-113 HRES104-113 HRES32-113 S1015-113 S1034-113 S1039-113 S1042-113 S1046-113 S1050-113 S1058-113 S1060-113 S1061-113 S1076-113 S1081-113 S1089-113 S1092-113 S1148-113 S1255-113 S131-113 S1387-113 S1399-113 S1411-113 S153-113 S1558-113 S1578-113 S1581-113 S1582-113 S1583-113 S1585-113 S1586-113 S1588-113 S1589-113 S1591-113 S162-113 S1637-113 S1643-113 S1662-113 S1668-113 S1717-113 S1728-113 S1752-113 S1755-113 S1956-113 S1963-113 S1982-113 S1985-113 S1993-113 S1999-113 S2013-113 S2035-113 S2075-113 S2091-113 S2095-113 S210-113 S2190-113 S2231-113 S2300-113 S234-113 S2424-113 S2450-113 S25-113 S257-113 S2730-113 S2834-113 S2837-113 S287-113 S373-113 S412-113 S422-113 S430-113 S444-113 S46-113 S49-113 S492-113 S495-113 S515-113 S522-113 S529-113 S543-113 S572-113 S573-113 S6-113 S62-113 S629-113 S674-113 S695-113 S700-113 S734-113 S735-113 S748-113 S759-113 S778-113 S800-113 S810-113 S819-113 S825-113 S832-113 S851-113 S852-113 S863-113 S871-113 S875-113 S877-113 S889-113 S893-113 S894-113 S928-113 S932-113 S935-113 S938-113 S939-113 S964-113 S967-113 S990-113 S992-113 S995-113 Review and/or Monitor the following: HJRES72-113 HR1288-113 HR1492-113 HR1494-113 HR1605-113 HR1714-113 HR1816-113 HR1832-113 HR1855-113 HR1867-113 HR1885-113 HR1898-113 HR1904-113 HR1960-113 HR1988-113 HR2138-113 HR2207-113 HR2237-113 HR2249-113 HR2257-113 HR2310-113 HR2319-113 HR2341-113 HR2354-113 HR2358-113 HR2362-113 HR2377-113 HR2382-113 HR2397-113 HR2412-113 HR2470-113 HR247-113 HR2519-113 HR2522-113 HR2590-113 HR2642-113 HR2654-113 HR2661-113 HR2693-113 HR2704-113 HR2726-113 HR2743-113 HR2749-113 HR2785-113 HR2797-113 HR2841-113 HR2859-113 HR2876-113 HR2906-113 HR2907-113 HR2913-113 HR2941-113 HR2953-113 HR3007-113 HR3053-113 HR3087-113 HR3098-113 HR3106-113 HR3120-113 HR3145-113 HR3152-113 HR3164-113 HR3180-113 HR3181-113 HR3207-113 HR3214-113 HR3225-113 HR3276-113 HR3287-113 HR3310-113 HR3330-113 HR3352-113 HR3368-113 HR3369-113 HR3383-113 HR3395-113 HR3396-113 HR3397-113 HR3399-113 HR3405-113 HR3408-113 HR3418-113 HR3422-113 HR3441-113 HR3442-113 HR3443-113 HR3451-113 HR3453-113 HR3459-113 HR3469113 HR3474-113 HR3477-113 HR3493-113 HR3499-113 HR3506-113 HR3507-113 HR3508-113 HR3514-113 HR3515-113 HR3516-113 HR3521-113 HR3569-113 HR3576-113 HR3615-113 HR3646-113 HR3647-113 HR3671-113 HR3672-113 HR3725-113 HR3743-113 HR3775-113 HR3788-113 HR3789-113 HR3792-113 HR3794-113 HR3797-113 HR3798-113 HR3801-113 HR3804-113 HR3807-113 HR3808-113 HR3810-113 HR3831-113 HR3843-113 HR3852-113 HR3858-113 HR3876-113 HR3958-113 HR3974-113 HR4004-113 HR4005-113 HR4023-113 HR4050-113 HR4068-113 HR4095-113 HR4096-113 HR4101-113 HR4102-113 HR4110-113 HR4134-113 HR4141-113 HR4149-113 HR4184-113 HR4191-113 HR4198-113 HR4217-113 HR4232-113 HR4234-113 HR4235-113 HR4247-113 HR4248-113 HR4274-113 HR4276-113 HR4314-113 HR4335-113 HR4344-113 HR4356-113 HR4359-113 HR4370-113 HR4374-113 HR4394-113 HR4399-113 HR4408-113 HR4422-113 HR4485-113 HR4488-113 HR4489-113 HR4492-113 HR4516-113 HR4517-113 HR4561-113 HR4574-113 HR4580-113 HR4616-113 HR4629-113 HR4630-113 HR4656-113 HR4669-113 HR4674-113 HR4682-113 HR4688-113 HR4712-113 HR4720-113 HR4723-113 HR4725-113 HR4730-113 HR4741-113 HR4760-113 HR4766-113 HR4774-113 HR4778-113 HR4779-113 HR4793-113 HR4807-113 HR4810-113 HR4816-113 HR4818-113 HR4841-113 HR4852-113 HR4861-113 HR4862-113 HR4863-113 HR4875-113 HR4887-113 HR4892-113 HR4898-113 HR4900-113 HR4942-113 HR4971-113 HR4974-113 HR4977-113 HR4999-113 HR5007-113 HR5009-113 HR5022-113 HR5023-113 HR5032-113 HR5042-113 HR5045-113 HR5046-113 HR5047-113 HR5048-113 HR5054-113 HR5061-113 HR5088-113 HR5094-113 HR5097-113 HR5112-113 HR5131-113 HR5157-113 HR5172-113 HR5193-113 HR5195-113 HR5229-113 HR5254-113 HR5273-113 HR5286-113 HR5290-113 HR5323-113 HR5332-113 HR5333-113 HR5336-113 HR5342-113 HR5349-113 HR5351-113 HR5369-113 HR5375-113 HR5391-113 HR5398-113 HR5432-113 HR5441-113 HR5475-113 HR5480-113 HR5500-113 HR55-113 HR5518-113 HR5524-113 HR5618-113 HR604-113 HR748-113 HR883-113 HRES13-113 S1032-113 S1041-113 S1078-113 S1119-113 S1174-113 S1190-113 S1197-113 S1211-113 S1216-113 S1246-113 S1262-113 S1281-113 S1295-113 S1296-113 S1320-113 S1361-113 S1367-113 S140-113 S1403-113 S1434-113 S1471-113 S1486-113 S1540-113 S1547-113 S1556-113 S1559-113 S1580-113 S1593-113 S1624-113 S1644-113 S1659-113 S1669-113 S1682-113 S1684-113 S1688-113 S1703-113 S1736-113 S1740-113 S1741-113 S1751-113 S1760-113 S1775-113 S1844-113 S1856-113 S1863-113 S1869-113 S1892-113 S1917-113 S1919-113 S1950-113 S1977-113 S1987-113 S2009-113 S2014-113 S2053-113 S2138-113 S2145-113 S2179-113 S2243-113 S2258-113 S2259-113 S2264-113 S2281-113 S2296-113 S2298-113 S2312-113 S2316-113 S2333-113 S2341-113 S2350-113 S2357-113 S2358-113 S2362-113 S2368-113 S2393-113 S2395-113 S2396-113 S2410-113 S2413-113 S2419-113 S2422-113 S2423-113 S2425-113 S2428-113 S2448-113 S2467-113 S2468-113 S2507-113 S2545-113 S2606-113 S2639-113 S2654-113 S2687-113 S2700-113 S2707-113 S2738-113 S2740-113 S2782-113 S2810-113 S2822-113 S2843-113 S922-113 S927-113 S930-113 S944-113 SRES323-113 Take position in opposition to: HR1739-113 HR3614-113 HR595-113 HR803-113 S262-113

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

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Credit Union Tax Exemption; Patent reform; Patent reform relative to demand letters; Draft House legislation to address illegitimate patent demand letters; National Credit Union Administrations risk-based capital proposal; Stop and study of NCUAs risk-based capital proposal; Providing Opportunities for Savings, Transactions, and Lending Act (H.R. 5179); Community Bank Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirements Study Act (H.R. 4042); Data security breaches; Federal data security standards for merchants;Call on Congress to establish a bipartisan-bicameral data breach working group; Regulatory burden placed on credit unions stemming from the Dodd-Frank Act; Administrative Improvements for the Powers of the NCUA including allowing a federal credit union to petition NCUA for a waiver of a federal rule in favor of a state rule; providing NCUA authority to delay implementation of CFPB rules; more robust cost-benefit analysis on rule making; examination fairness provisions; improving the Central Liquidity Facility. Capital Reforms for Credit Unions including a properly designed risk-based capital proposal for credit unions; Structural improvements for credit unions including a study of outdated corporate governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act; and expanding the process for expanding credit union's field of membership. Operational improvements for credit unions including raising the arbitrary member business lending cap; removing requirements that credit unions mail redundant annual privacy notices; allowing credit unions greater investment authority; and providing share insurance coverage on Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTAs). Credit Union Small Business Jobs Creation Act (H.R. 688); Small Business Lending Enhancement Act (S. 968); H.R. 4226 to exclude loans made for non-owner occupied 1 to 4 family dwellings from the definition of member business loan; H.R. 5061 to exempt from the member business lending cap loans made to veterans; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act (S. 727 / H.R. 1553); NCUA budget transparency; CFPB exemption authority for credit unions; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) proposal relative to Federal Home Loan Bank membership requirements; Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) mandate to coordinate on rule making; SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act (H.R. 4626); American Savings and Promotion Act (H.R. 3374); End Operation Choke Point Act (H.R. 4986); The Regulation D Study Act (H.R. 3240); Appraiser requirements under the Truth in Lending Act; H.R. 3193 requiring certain considerations before issuing regulations; Access to supplemental capital for credit unions; Capital Access for Small Business and Jobs Act (H.R. 719); Privacy Notice Modernization Act (S.635); Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act (H.R. 749); A bill to require the National Credit Union Administration to provide pass-through share insurance for the deposits or shares of any interest on lawyers trust accounts, and for other purposes. (S. 2699); The RELIEVE Act (S. 2698); The CFPB Examination and Reporting Threshold Act (S. 2732); Updates and modernizations of the NCUA's fixed assets rule; Improving the process for credit unions seeking changes to their field of membership; Increase the number of transfers allowed to be made per month from savings accounts under Federal Reserve Regulation D; Flexibility for credit unions that offer member business loans; Update to requirement to disclose account numbers to protect the privacy of members under Regulation E; Advertising requirements for loan products and share accounts; Modernization of the NCUA's advertising requirements; CFPB's Qualified Mortgage rule; Points and Fees relative to CFPB's Qualified Mortgage rule; Mortgage Choice Act (H.R. 3211/ H.R. 1077 S. 1577); CFPB's consumer complaint database narrative; CFPB's implementation of the new TILA/RESPA integrated mortgage disclosures rule; CFPB's request for information regarding the use of mobile financial services by consumers and its potential for improving the financial lives of economically vulnerable consumers; CFPB's proposed changes to Regulation P regarding annual privacy notices; CFPB's request for comment regarding a correction or cure of debt-to-income ratio overages and the credit extension limit for the small creditor definition; Federal Reserve System's notice of regulatory review and request for comments under the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - availability of funds and collection of checks; collection of checks and other items by Federal Reserve Banks and funds transfers through Fedwire; Reserve requirements for depository institutions; reimbursement for providing financial records, recordkeeping requirements for certain financial records. FHFA's strategic plan for Fiscal Years 2015-2019; FHFA request for comment on the guarantee fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge lenders; FHFA's proposed rule regarding revisions to the membership requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks; Department of Defense's proposed changes to the regulations implementing the Military Lending Act; NCUA's request for comment on the review of its regulations pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act - field of membership issues; definition of "Rural District"; charter conversions; associational common bond; quality assurance review; federal credit union bylaws; fees paid by credit unions; mergers of federal insured credit unions; member business lending waiver process; investment and deposit activities; fixed assets; credit union service organizations. NCUA's proposed rule for asset securitization; NCUA's 2014 mid-year budget review; NCUA's 2014 regulatory review - records preservation program and guidelines; budget transparency; security program; interest rate risk and the risk-based capital proposal; loans in areas having special flood hazards; procedure for debt collection; fair credit reporting; accuracy advertising and notice of insured status; examinations; fixed assets; increased investment authority; Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts. HELP Rural Communities Act (S. 1916); Help Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act (S. 2672); Housing Finance Reform; The PATH Act (H.R. 2767); Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217); To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes (H.R. 5461).

Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

H.R. 562 -- VRAP Extension Act of 2013 -- To provide for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 2481 -- Veterans G.I. Bill Enrollment Clarification Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to codify and improve theelection requirements for the receipt of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program of the VA SUPPORT H.R. 3384 -- Veterans Entry to Apprenticeship Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance provided by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4147 -- Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act -- To direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity to submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the information technology of the Department that is used in administering the educational benefits administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4151 -- Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014 -- To direct the VA Secretary to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to educational assistance under the educational assistance programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3399; S. 1682 -- Veterans Education Counseling Act [of 2013] -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4793 -- Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program SUPPORT H.R. 5589 -- Veterans Education Empowerment Act -- To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers SUPPORT S. 1211 -- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the VA SUPPORT S. 1399 -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service SUPPORT S. 1643 -- Veterans Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013 -- Extends through the end of 2015 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. Requires the Committee to include veterans representative of the post-9/11 operations in Iraq and Afghanistan - SUPPORT S. 1682 -- Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes - SUPPORT S. 2014 -- GI Education Benefits Fairness Act of 2014 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes - SUPPORT S. 2448 -- Servicemember Higher Education Protection Act -- To protect servicemembers in higher education, and for other purposes - SUPPORT

Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: American Battle Monuments Commission, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

H.R. 562 -- VRAP Extension Act of 2013 -- To provide for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 2481 -- Veterans G.I. Bill Enrollment Clarification Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to codify and improve theelection requirements for the receipt of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program of the VA SUPPORT H.R. 3384 -- Veterans Entry to Apprenticeship Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance provided by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4147 -- Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act -- To direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity to submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the information technology of the Department that is used in administering the educational benefits administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4151 -- Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014 -- To direct the VA Secretary to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to educational assistance under the educational assistance programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3399; S. 1682 -- Veterans Education Counseling Act [of 2013] -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4793 -- Reducing Barriers for Veterans Education Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program SUPPORT H.R. 5589 -- Veterans Education Empowerment Act -- To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers SUPPORT S. 1211 -- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the VA SUPPORT S. 1399 -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service SUPPORT S. 1643 -- Veterans Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013 -- Extends through the end of 2015 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. Requires the Committee to include veterans representative of the post-9/11 operations in Iraq and Afghanistan - SUPPORT S. 1682 -- Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes - SUPPORT S. 2014 -- GI Education Benefits Fairness Act of 2014 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes - SUPPORT S. 2448 -- Servicemember Higher Education Protection Act -- To protect servicemembers in higher education, and for other purposes - SUPPORT

Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: American Battle Monuments Commission, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Support legislation to maintain proper funding of crop insurance and oppose cuts proposed in the Administration's 2014 budget. Oppose means-testing and caps for crop insurance in the agriculture appropriations bill.

Client expense: $222,910 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

EPA's 2014 Required Volume Obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Tax matters as related to advanced biofuels incentives.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

EPA's 2014 Required Volume Obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Tax matters as related to advanced biofuels incentives.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

EPA's 2014 Required Volume Obligation (RVO) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Tax matters as related to advanced biofuels incentives.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 562 -- VRAP Extension Act of 2013 -- To provide for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 2481 -- Veterans G.I. Bill Enrollment Clarification Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to codify and improve theelection requirements for the receipt of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program of the VA SUPPORT H.R. 3384 -- Veterans Entry to Apprenticeship Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance provided by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4147 -- Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act -- To direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity to submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the information technology of the Department that is used in administering the educational benefits administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4151 -- Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014 -- To direct the VA Secretary to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to educational assistance under the educational assistance programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3399; S. 1682 -- Veterans Education Counseling Act [of 2013] -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3600; S. 2014 -- GI Education Benefit Fairness Act [of 2014] -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program SUPPORT S. 944 -- Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, and for other purposes OPPOSE certain provisions S. 1211 -- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the VA SUPPORT S. 1399 -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service SUPPORT S. 1643 -- Veterans Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013 -- Extends through the end of 2015 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education. Requires the Committee to include veterans representative of the post-9/11 operations in Iraq and Afghanistan SUPPORT S. 1682 -- Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORTS. 2014 -- GI Education Benefits Fairness Act of 2014 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 2448 -- Servicemember Higher Education Protection Act -- To protect servicemembers in higher education, and for other purposes SUPPORT

Client expense: $14,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Employment & Training Administration, Employment Standards Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (specifically, reporting and designation requirements for insurance and content/scope of intergovernmental agreements to implement), as included and passed in the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.Proposals to alter tax treatment of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent corporations specific to foreign affiliated reinsurance, including, fiscal, issues related to tax extenders and longer tax reform discussions. H.R. 2054/S. 991, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by altering the tax treatment of legitimate foreign affiliate reinsurance transactions undertaken by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies; includes provisions in Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal; and Senate Finance staff discussion draft on international taxation. Camp staff discussion draft inclusion of foreign affiliated reinsurance. Proposals to alter tax code treatment of life insurance products, specifically COLI and DRD provisions. General discussion of tax code reform, specific to insurance and individual/corporate rates.

Client expense: $610,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Budget and appropriations for disease and injury prevention, including obesity and related diseases; pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases; physical activity; public health bioterrorism preparedness; food safety, environmental health; paid sick days; womens and childrens health; and community-based public health interventions. 1. Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148)1.Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) 2.Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Promotion Act (H.R. 3630) 3.Implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353) 4.Implementation of Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (Public Law 109-417) 5.Implementation of Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296) 6.Implementation of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) 7.Delivering Antimicrobial Transparency in Animals Act of 2013 (H.R. 820) 8.Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act (S. 622/H.R.___) 9.Healthier Lifestyles and Prevention America Act (S. 39) 10.Promoting Health as Youth Skills in Classrooms and Life Act (S. 392) 11.Medicare Diabetes Prevention Act (S. 452/H.R. 962) 12.Personal Health Investment Today Act (H.R. 956) 13.A bill to provide for a sequester replacement (S. 16) 14.American Family Economic Protection Act of 2013 (S. 388) 15.Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 933) 16.Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013 (S. 15 / H.R. 367) 17.To repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1099) 18.Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-5) 19.National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act (H.R. 1074/S. 539) 20.Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act (S. 531) 21.Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act (H.R. 321) 22.Helping Sick Americans Now Act (H.R. 1549) 23.Energy Consumers Relief Act (H.R. 1582) 24.Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act (H.R. 1249) 25.Improve Nutrition Program Integrity and Deficit Reduction Act (S. 458/H.R. 1510) 26.A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program (S. 762/H.R. 1657) 27.Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (S. 954/H.R. 2498) 28.Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act (H.R. 1947) 29.FIT Kids Act (S. 1033/H.R. 2178) 30.Strengthening Americas Schools Act (S. 840) 31.Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act (S. 945/H.R. 1274) 32.Fit to Serve Act (S. 976) 33.Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act (H.R. 2023) 34.Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (S. 1184 / H.R. 2415) 35.Student Success Act (H.R. 5) 36.To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 45) 37.Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act (S. 1228/H.R. 2524) 38.Senate FY14 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bill 39.House of Representatives FY14 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Bill 40.Pharmacy Compounding Quality and Accountability Act (S. 959) 41.Safeguarding Americas Pharmaceuticals Act (H.R. 1919) 42.Drug Supply Chain Security Act (S. 957) 43.Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (H.R. 1150)/Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act of 2013 (S. 1256) 44.Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1286/S. 631) 45.FY2014 Continuing Resolution (H.J. Res. 59) 46.Drug Quality and Security Act (H.R. 3204) 47.Pharmaceutical Quality, Security and Accountability Act (S. 959) 48.Energy Consumers Relief Act (H.R. 1582) 49.Increasing the Safety of Prescription Drug User Act (not yet introduced proposed by Sen. Udall-NM) 50.National Energy Tax Repeal Act (S. 1324)51.Saving Coal Jobs Act of 2013 (S. 1514) 52.Community Parks Revitalization Act (H.R. 2424) 53.A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings (S. 1422/H.R. 2663) 54.School-based Health Centers Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 2632) 55.Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 3102) 56.Health Equity and Accountability Act (not yet introduced) 57.Secure America for Education (SAFE) in Our Schools Act of 2013 (H.R. 3158) 58.Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J. Res 59) 59.Continuing Resolution FY 2014 (HR 2775, PL 113-46) 60.A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to the establishment of performance measures for the highway safety improvement program, and for other purposes. (H.R. 3493/S. 1708) 61.The Farm Bill (S. (S. 954/H.R. 2498; H.R. 1947, and H.R. 3102) 62.Better Care, Lower Cost Act (S. 1932/H.R. 3890) 63.Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act of 2013 (ADAPT Act) (H.R. 3742) 64.Preventing Antibiotic Resistance Act (S. 1256) 65.The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 66.Strategies to Address Antimicrobial Resistance (STAAR) Act 67.New Opportunities for Bicycling and Pedestrian Infrastructure Financing Act of 2014 (H.R. 3978) 68.Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act (H.R. 3322) 69.Electricity Security and Affordability Act (HR 3826) 70.Stop Overdose Stat Act (HR 4169) and Senate companion bill soon to be introduced by Senator Reed 71.Opioid Overdose Reduction Act (S. 2092/H.R. 4288) 72.Developing an Innovative Strategy for Antimicrobial Resistant Microorganisms Act of 2014 (DISARM Act) (H.R. 4186) 73.Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 (S. 1086) 74.Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education And Related Agencies Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations Bill 75.Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (S. 2389 / H.R. 4800) 76.Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations legislation, 2015 77.MAP-21 Reauthorization Act (S. 2322) 78.Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act (S. 2342/H.R. 2831) 79.ENRICH Act (H.R. 4427) 80.Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) 81.Healthy Kids Outdoors Act of 2014 (S. 2367/H.R. 4706) 82.A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to improve the efficiency of summer meals (S. 2527) 83.Summer Meals Act of 2014 (HR. 5012) 84.Long-Term SCORE Act (H.R. 4444) 85.American Cures Act (S. 2115/H.R. 4384) 86.A joint resolution to disapprove a rule of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility generating units. (S.J. Res 30) 87.Fit for Life Act of 2014 (H.R.4765) 88.School Food Modernization Act (S. 2210/H.R. 1783) 89.Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014 (S. 2014/H.R. 4325) 90.Pedestrian Safety Act of 2014 (S. 2284) 91.Safe Streets Act of 2014 (S. 2004/H.R. 2468) 92.The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act (not yet introduced, by Senator Markey) 93.FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, in support of an appropriation for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws

Client expense: $38,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

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opposition to: HR1739-113 HR3614-113 HR595-113 HR803-113 S262-113 Monitor/Review the following: HJRES72-113 HR125-113 HR1288-113 HR1372-113 HR1492-113 HR1494-113 HR1605-113 HR1714-113 HR1816-113 HR1832-113 HR1855-113 HR1867-113 HR1885-113 HR1898-113 HR1904-113 HR1960-113 HR1988-113 HR2018-113 HR2138-113 HR2207-113 HR2237-113 HR2249-113 HR2257-113 HR2310-113 HR2319-113 HR2341-113 HR2354-113 HR2358-113 HR2362-113 HR2377-113 HR2382-113 HR2397-113 HR2412-113 HR2470-113 HR247-113 HR2519-113 HR2522-113 HR2590-113 HR2642-113 HR2654-113 HR2661-113 HR2693-113 HR2704-113 HR2726-113 HR2743-113 HR2749-113 HR2785-113 HR2797-113 HR2841-113 HR2859-113 HR2876-113 HR2906-113 HR2907-113 HR2913-113 HR2941-113 HR2953-113 HR3007-113 HR3053-113 HR3087-113 HR3098-113 HR3106-113 HR3120-113 HR3145-113 HR3152-113 HR3164-113 HR3166-113 HR3180-113 HR3181-113 HR3207-113 HR3214-113 HR3223-113 HR3225-113 HR3276-113 HR3287-113 HR3310-113 HR3330-113 HR3352-113 HR3368-113 HR3369-113 HR3383-113 HR3395-113 HR3396-113 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HR4516-113 HR4517-113 HR4561-113 HR4574-113 HR4580-113 HR4616-113 HR4629-113 HR4630-113 HR4656-113 HR4669-113 HR4674-113 HR4682-113 HR4688-113 HR4712-113 HR4720-113 HR4723-113 HR4725-113 HR4730-113 HR4741-113 HR4760-113 HR4766-113 HR4774-113 HR4778-113 HR4779-113 HR4793-113 HR4807-113 HR4810-113 HR4816-113 HR4818-113 HR4841-113 HR4852-113 HR4861-113 HR4862-113 HR4863-113 HR4875-113 HR4887-113 HR489-113 HR4892-113 HR4898-113 HR4900-113 HR4912-113 HR4942-113 HR4948-113 HR4971-113 HR4974-113 HR4977-113 HR4999-113 HR5007-113 HR5009-113 HR55-113 HR604-113 HR748-113 HR773-113 HR810-113 HR883-113 HRES13-113 S1032-113 S1041-113 S1078-113 S1119-113 S1174-113 S1190-113 S1197-113 S1211-113 S1216-113 S1246-113 S1262-113 S1281-113 S1295-113 S1296-113 S1320-113 S1361-113 S1367-113 S140-113 S1403-113 S1434-113 S1471-113 S1486-113 S1540-113 S1547-113 S1556-113 S1559-113 S1579-113 S1580-113 S1584-113 S1593-113 S1602-113 S1604-113 S1624-113 S1644-113 S1659-113 S1669-113 S1682-113 S1684-113 S1688-113 S1703-113 S1736-113 S1740-113 S1741-113 S1751-113 S1760-113 S1775-113 S1844-113 S1856-113 S1863-113 S1869-113 S1892-113 S1917-113 S1919-113 S1950-113 S1977-113 S1987-113 S200-113 S2009-113 S2014-113 S2053-113 S2138-113 S2145-113 S2179-113 S2243-113 S2258-113 S2259-113 S2264-113 S2281-113 S2296-113 S2298-113 S2312-113 S2316-113 S2333-113 S2341-113 S2350-113 S2357-113 S2358-113 S2362-113 S2368-113 S2393-113 S2395-113 S2396-113 S2410-113 S2413-113 S2419-113 S2422-113 S2423-113 S2425-113 S2428-113 S2448-113 S2467-113 S2468-113 S2507-113 S2545-113 S259-113 S514-113 S690-113 S705-113 S777-113 S868-113 S922-113 S927-113 S930-113 S944-113 SRES323-113

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

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Support legislation to maintain proper funding of crop insurance and oppose cuts proposed in the Administration's 2014 budget. Oppose means-testing and caps for crop insurance in the agriculture appropriations bill.

Client expense: $241,134 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

H.R. 3230, the Veterans Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability and Transparency Act S. 2450, the Veterans Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability and Transparency Act H.R. 4810, the Veterans Access to Care Act H.R. 4031/ S. 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability ActH.R. 4399, the "Comprehensive Department of Veterans Affairs Performance Management and Accountability Reform Act" The "Veterans Choice Act" H.R. 813/ S. 932, the "Putting Veterans Funding First Act" H.R. 288, the "CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2013" H.R. 958/ S. 131, the "Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act" H.R. 1284/ S. 633, beneficiary travel for non-service connected catastrophically disabled H.R. 3383, the "Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013" H.R. 3672, the "S.O.S. Veterans Caregivers Act" H.R. 4095, the "Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014." H.R. 4198, the "Appropriate Care for Disabled Veterans Act" Legislation to Authorize Major Medical Facility Projects for the VA for FY 2014 S. 6, the "Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act" S. 49, the "Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013" S. 325, CHAMPVA program S. 851, the "Caregiver Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013" S. 1148, the "Veterans Benefits Claims Faster Filing Act" S. 1637, the "United We Stand to Hire Veterans Act" S. 1643, the "Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013" S. 1662, the "Veterans Health Care Improvement Action of 2013" S. 1682, the "Veterans Education Counseling Act of 2013" S. 1684, the "Servicemembers Transition Improvement Act of 2013" S. 1717, the "Servicemembers Education Reform and Vocational Enhancement Act of 2013" S. 1736, the "Support Earned Recognition for Veterans Act" S. 1740, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013" S. 1751, to improve authorities for performance of medical disabilities examinations by contract physicians for benefits. S. 1755, the "Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013" S. 1863, A bill to establish in the VA a continuing medical education program for licensed medical professionals to increase knowledge and recognition of medical conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans, and for other purposes S. 1892, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at or underwent training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown. S. 1919, the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act Rights Protection Act of 2014" S. 1982, the "Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014 S. 1985, A bill to authorize the VA to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings of the VA at the West Los Angeles Medical Center, California and for other purposes S. 1987, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into enhanced-use leases for certain buildings at the West Los Angeles Medical Center. S. 1993, the "Veterans Care Financial Protection Act of 2014" S. 2009, the "Rural Veterans Improvement Act of 2014" S. 2014, the "GI Education Benefit Fairness Act of 2014" S. 2091, the "21st Century Veterans Benefits Delivery Act" S. 2095, the "Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act of 2014" S. 2145, the "Veteran Voting Support Act" S. 2179, the "Homeless Veterans Services Protection Act of 2014" S. 2182, the "Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act" S. 2243, the "Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act of 2014" S. 2296, the "Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2014" S. 2311, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid specialists ans eligible for appointment in the VHA and for other purposes S. 2337, the "Hmong Veterans' Service Recognition Act" S. 2404, the "Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2014" The "Veterans Health Care Eligibility Expansion and Enhancement Act" The "Mental Health Support for Veteran Families and Caregivers Act" The "Medical Foster Home Act"

Client expense: $58,803 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Policy matters related to the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act, S. 1720; Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act, S. 2014

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (specifically, reporting and designation requirements for insurance and content/scope of intergovernmental agreements to implement), as included and passed in the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.Proposals to alter tax treatment of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent corporations specific to foreign affiliated reinsurance, including, fiscal, debt limit issues and longer tax reform discussions. H.R. 2054/S. 991, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by altering the tax treatment of legitimate foreign affiliate reinsurance transactions undertaken by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies; includes provisions in Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal; and Senate Finance staff discussion draft on international taxation. Camp staff discussion draft inclusion of foreign affiliated reinsurance. Proposals to alter tax code treatment of life insurance products, specifically COLI and DRD provisions. General discussion of tax code reform, specific to insurance and individual/corporate rates.

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

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Support for President's 2014 budget proposal. Urge Congress not to use the Child Tax Credit as an offset to pay for an extension of unemployment benefits.

Client expense: $22,200 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 562: VRAP Extension Act of 2013-- To provide for a three-month extension of the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program administered by the VA Secretary, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 2481: Veterans G.I. Bill Enrollment Clarification Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to codify and improve theelection requirements for the receipt of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance program of the VA SUPPORT H.R. 3384: Veterans Entry to Apprenticeship Act -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4147: Student Veterans IT Upgrade Act -- To direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity to submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regarding the information technology of the Department that is used in administering the educational benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 4151: Veterans Education Survey Act of 2014 -- To direct the VA Secretary to enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals who have used or are using their entitlement to educational assistance under the educational assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3399 / S. 1682: Veterans Education Counseling Act [of 2013] -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain clarifications and improvements in the academic and vocational counseling programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3600 / S. 2014: GI Education Benefit Fairness Act [of 2014] -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to provide for clarification regarding the children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program SUPPORT S. 944: Veterans Health and Benefits Improvement Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to require courses of education provided by public institutions of higher education that are approved for purposes of the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program and Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, and for other purposes OPPOSE certain provisions S. 1211: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to prohibit the use of the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill to give a false impression of approval or endorsement by the VA SUPPORT S. 1399: A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service -- A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service SUPPORT

Client expense: $14,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Support legislation to maintain proper funding of crop insurance and oppose cuts proposed in the Administration's 2014 budget. Advocate for crop insurance in the farm bill. Support passage of the farm bill, H.R. 2642, the Agriculture Act of 2014, as it pertains to crop insurance. Oppose H.R. 1995 regarding cuts to crop insurance. Oppose means-testing and caps for crop insurance in the farm bill.

Client expense: $249,706 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Work to keep insurance regulated by the states and not by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Pursue clarity in the CFPB's proposed rule regarding financing of credit insurance premiums, 12 CFR Part 1026. Advocate for the continued use and expansion of the market share of private mortgage insurance; including the impact of the proposed Fed regulation on risk retention and "qualified residential mortgages".Oppose legislation to repeal the McCarran - Ferguson antitrust exemption for the business of insurance. Support passage of S. 534, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2013 (NARAB). Advocate for proper funding of federal crop insurance in the farm bill and oppose cuts proposed in the Administration's 2014 budget. Support passage of the farm bill, H.R. 2642, the Agriculture Act of 2014, as it pertains to crop insurance. Oppose H.R. 1995 regarding cuts to crop insurance. Oppose means-testing and caps for crop insurance in the farm bill. Support for the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 508).

Client expense: $249,706 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

ATTENDANCE AT THE ASSOCIATION'S 2014 ANNUAL MEETING IN FEBRUARY - RE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: SENATE

Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (specifically, reporting and designation requirements for insurance and content/scope of intergovernmental agreements to implement), as included and passed in the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.Proposals to alter tax treatment of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent corporations specific to foreign affiliated reinsurance, including, fiscal, debt limit issues and longer tax reform discussions. H.R. 2054/S. 991, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by altering the tax treatment of legitimate foreign affiliate reinsurance transactions undertaken by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies; includes provisions in Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal; and Senate Finance staff discussion draft on international taxation. Proposals to alter tax code treatment of life insurance products, specifically COLI and DRD provisions. General discussion of tax code reform, specific to insurance and individual/corporate rates.

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Protection of home education from government regulation - meetings with Members of Congress and their staff to talk about homeschooling success and to ask Congress to "leave us alone." Meetings with Members of Congress and staff about protecting homeschool freedom in reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including protecting the language codified in 20 U.S.C. 7886, if Congress reauthorizes ESEA.Discussions on HR 5, the Student Success Act, and S. 1094, the Harkin Senate ESEA reauthorization. Support of provisions in HR 5 that protect homeschoolers and defund the Common Core. Opposition to most of S. 1094 due to increasing the federal role in education, but support of S. 1094's inclusion of language that protects homeschoolers. Opposition to the Common Core State Standards Initiative ("Common Core") due to the federal coercion on states to adopt the Common Core, and also due to the Common Core moving to nationalize education. Briefing Members of Congress and their staff about our concerns. Work with Senators and their staff to ensure that the Senate's 2014 NDAA includes the same language that was included into the House's 2014 NDAA, HR 1960, which ensures that homeschoolers are not required to score higher on the AFQT enlistment test than their public school counterparts. Worked with Members and staff from the House and Senate on the final 2014 NDAA bill, HR 3304 which included our final language to protect homeschool graduates who enlist in the military. Work with U.S. Department of Education's Office of Non Public Education on homeschool issues and activities.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Discussions regarding developments at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and impact of Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal and Continuing Resolution for 2013 and 2014 on fusion energy; Draft legislation on path forward for fusion energy; legislative remedy for a "Work for Others" issue related to inability of national labs to compete for ITER contracts under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office

Implementation of the Health Reform Law with a focus on regulations related to the medical loss ratio (MLR), Accountable Care Organizations, Transparency, E-prescribing, Health Information Technology, and Essential Health Benefits. H.R. 3204 - Drug Quality and Security Act - issues addressing secure pharmaceutical supply chain and drug compounding practices.S. Con Res. 8 - Senate Budget Resolution for FY 2014 - Issues related to Medicare Part D H. R. 1367 - FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency and Cost Savings Act- focus on legislation that would negatively impact individuals access to mail order pharmacy. Issues related regulations that have the potential to the survey of mail order and specialty pharmacies for Medicaid purposes included in proposed OPM-focused policies in the Administration's 2014 Budget related to the utilization of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. TriCare and mail order issues. Policies related to stopping prescription medication diversion. Issues related to international naming policies for generic medications Issues related to the Medicare Call Letter which could impact mail order utilization in Medicare Part D ACA-related regulations impacting new rules for Exchanges specific to the promulgation of the prescription drug benefits. SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Improvement Act of 2013 - focused on elements in the legislation and potential offsets that cold impact Medicare Part D and benefit providers.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (specifically, reporting and designation requirements for insurance and content/scope of intergovernmental agreements to implement), as included and passed in the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.Proposals to alter tax treatment of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent corporations specific to foreign affiliated reinsurance, including, fiscal, debt limit issues and longer tax reform discussions. H.R. 2054/S. 991, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by altering the tax treatment of legitimate foreign affiliate reinsurance transactions undertaken by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies; includes provisions in Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal. Proposals to alter tax code treatment of life insurance products, specifically COLI and DRD provisions. General discussion of tax code reform, specific to insurance and individual/corporate rates.

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Protection of home education from government regulation - meetings with Members of Congress and their staff to talk about homeschooling success and to ask Congress to "leave us alone." Meetings with Members of Congress and staff about protecting homeschool freedom in reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, including protecting the language codified in 20 U.S.C. 7886, if Congress reauthorizes ESEA.Discussions on HR 5, the Student Success Act, and S. 1094, the Harkin Senate ESEA reauthorization. Support of provisions in HR 5 that protect homeschoolers and defund the Common Core. Opposition to most of S. 1094 due to increasing the federal role in education, but support of S. 1094's inclusion of language that protects homeschoolers. Work with Senators and their staff to ensure that the Senate's 2014 NDAA includes the same language that was included into the House's 2014 NDAA, HR 1960, which ensures that homeschoolers are not required to score higher on the AFQT enlistment test than their public school counterparts. Work with U.S. Department of Education's Office of Non Public Education on homeschool issues and activities.

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

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Legislation: S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; 78 FR 37529, Comments on Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collections (CRDC) - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Corporal Punishment; School Discipline; LGBT; Womens Rights; Disability Rights;E.O. 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: Fair Housing; H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Domestic Drones; H.R. 127, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location Tracking; H.R. 1318, Youth Promise Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice; H.R. 1389, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 1417, The Border Security Results Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement/Security; Immigration Reform; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous CFR Measures and Amendments - Issues Lobbied: CFR; H.R. 1493, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP; H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Federal immigration reform (due process, enforcement, detention, legalization); H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; H.R. 1773, The Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act) - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 1814, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1904, Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killing; H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; Church-State Separation; LGBT Rights; HIV/AIDS; National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (SKILLS Visa Act) - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Interior Enforcement; Immigration Reform; H.R. 2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2479, HOME Act; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 258, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2610, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Housing Discrimination; H.R. 2711, Citizen Empowerment Act; H.R. 2786, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 2851, End Racial Profiling Act of 2013; H.R. 2855, State-Foreign Operations Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 287, Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 2999, ABC Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 3130, Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Religious Freedom; First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 5, Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Youth and Schools; Education; Religious Liberty; H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; National Security, Free Speech; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; Drones; H.R. 698, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 1094, Student Success Act/Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Youth and Schools; S. 1151, America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1168, Restore Our Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1182, A bill to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require specific evidence for access to business records and other tangible things, and provide appropriate transition procedures, and for other purpose - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; Church-State Separation; LGBT Rights; HIV/AIDS; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National SecurityWhistleblowers; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; S. 1242, HOME Act; S. 1279, Freedom to Pray Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1284, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1329, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Cops in Schools; Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Religious Liberty; S. 1372, State-Foreign Operations Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Mandatory Minimums; S. 210, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location Tracking; S. 717, Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement; Mandatory Minimums; Criminal Bars to Citizenship; National ID; Employment Verification: Privacy; Immigrants Rights; Border Enforcement; Due Process; S. 777, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 987, The Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R.1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 2656, Public Safety Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: BOP risk assessment; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; S. 862, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1016, Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Domestic drones; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1037, Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty Congressional Issues without Bills: Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Anonymous Speech Rights; Appointed Counsel in Immigration Proceedings - Issues Lobbied: Due Process; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Background Checks in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Information Sharing; Border Enforcement/ CBP Oversight and Excessive Sse of Force - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Border Security - Issues Lobbied: ; Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Bureau of Prison Oversight; CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issues Lobbied: ; Combat Exclusion; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID: Employment Verification; Privacy; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act update - Issues Lobbied: Due process; Over-criminalization; Free speech; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Corrections Task Force; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cybersecurity legislation - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; DACA; DEA Oversight Hearings - Issues Lobbied: Letter urging House and Senate to schedule a DEA oversight hearing; Defense Department and NSA Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy; Detainee Rights ; Detention Bed Mandate; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; DHS Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Digital Privacy; DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Armed Drones; DREAM Act; Election administration reform - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking; E-Verify; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal immigration reform (due process, border enforcement, detention, legalization); Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Food Assistance for Convicts ; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Homeland Security Issues; House BOP Oversight; Housing Disparate Impact; ICE enforcement issues; ICE Solitary Confinement; Immigration and Familes;Immigration Grassroots ; Immigration Oversight and Border Accountability; Indigent Defense ; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; KIDS Act - Issues Lobbied: House CIR- path to citizenship, legalization proposals including DREAMers/ possible KIDS Act; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Marijuana Federal Enforcement ; Military Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Nomination of FBI Director; Operation Streamline ; Overcriminalization ; Over-incarceration ; Password Protection - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; 4th Amendment; Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, first amendment, national security; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Religious Displays; Religious Refusals ; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Sec. 230 of the Communications Decency Act ; Senate Hearing on Mandatory Minimums - Issues Lobbied: Testimony opposing Mandatory Minimum Sentences; Senate Marijuana Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Testimony re conflict between state and federal marijuana laws; SNAP Drug Testing ; Stand Your Ground Laws; Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: ; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Syria Military Action; Syria Resolution ; Targeted Killing; Telecom Access ; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice; Torture (SSCI Report) - Issues Lobbied: ; Unlawful presence waiver rule; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Use of Datamining Technologies by the Government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Vance Legislative Fix - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; IRS Targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Whistleblower Protection - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; Womens Economic Agenda - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Employment Discrimination Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons, Issues Lobbied: Stand Your Ground Laws; Mandatory Minimums; Solitary Confinement; Access to Counsel; Department of Agriculture, Issues Lobbied: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD programs, Docket No.FR 5720-N-01; Department of Commerce, Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform; Department of Defense, Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Military Abortion Coverage; Military Combat Exclusion Policy; LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties, Windsor Implementation; Department of Education, Issues Lobbied: Harassment; Domestic Violence; School Discipline Guidance; Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Diversity Grant Programs; Proposed revisions to the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), as outlined at 78 FR 37529; Women's Rights; Single-Sex Education; Department of Health and Human Services, Issues Lobbied: Abortion Coverage (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services); ACA Anti-discrimination Regulations; Request for Information Regarding Nondiscrimination in Certain Health Programs or Activities, RIN 0945-ZA01; The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD programs, Docket No.FR 5720-N-01; LGBT Rights; Department of Homeland Security, Issues Lobbied: Material support in the immigration asylum context; Immigration Detention Policies; National ID: Employment Verification; Privacy; Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Use of Datamining Technologies by the Government; REAL ID; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Interior and Border Enforcement; DHS Oversight; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Report; Fusion Centers; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Ice Enforcement; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Operation Streamline; Department of Housing and Urban Development, Issues Lobbied: Housing Discrimination; Department of Justice, Issues Lobbied: Prison Rape Elimination Act; Byrne Grant; Double Jeopardy; Drug Policy; SAR Procedures; Marijuana Criminalization; Over-criminalization; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act; Targeted Killing; Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform; H.R. 1312; S. 639; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby; DOJ COPs program; Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Interior and Border Enforcement; DOJ Media Guidelines; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidelines; Indigent Defense Reform; End Racial Profiling Act; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; ACLU Position on George Zimmerman Case; Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners; Solitary Confinement; Private Prisons; RRC's 2014 Priorites; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Operation Streamline; Department of Labor, Issues Lobbied: Faith-based Funding; OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool; Department of State, Issues Lobbied: Partner Vetting System;International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Education Rights; Guantanamo; Department of Treasury, Issues Lobbied: ; Department of Veterans Affairs, Issues Lobbied: ; Drug Enforcement Administration, Issues Lobbied: Drug Enforcement; Use of NSA Data; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; EEOC Outreach on Womens Rights and National Origin Employment Discrimination; Pregnancy Discrimination; Executive Office of the President, Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Immigration Enforcement; Immigration Detention Conditions; Surveillance; Syria Military Action; NSA Asks; Detention; Operation Streamline; Immigration Reform; Presidential Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies;; FBI, Issues Lobbied: ACLU FBI Report; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; Radicalization; Federal Aviation Administration, Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Federal Communications Commission, Issues Lobbied: Telecom Access; Media Diversity; First Amendment; Access to Broadband; Prison Phone Rates; Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Indecency Comments; UO Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; Federal Election Commission, Issues Lobbied: 501(c)(4) Regulations; Internal Revenue Service, Issues Lobbied: Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4; National Archives and Records Aministration, Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Counterterrorism Center, Issues Lobbied: Watchlists; Office of Management and Budget, Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Operation Streamline/ criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-entry; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Appropriations; Office of Personnel Management, Issues Lobbied: Abortion Coverage; Pay Equity; Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Issues Lobbied: Whistleblowers; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Office of the Vice President, Issues Lobbied: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD programs, Docket No.FR 5720-N-01; FY14 CJS Appropriations; Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Issues Lobbied: FBI and DOJ Oversight; National security and civil liberties; Privacy; Defense Department and NSA Oversight; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Issues Lobbied: Unlawful presence waiver rule; DACA; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Issues Lobbied: Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Civil Rights; Human Rights; Racial Justice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Issues Lobbied: Lapel Cameras; Use of Force; Border Enforcement/ CBP Oversight and Excessive Sse of Force; Operation Streamline; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Issues Lobbied: Ice Enforcement; DACA; U.S. Sentencing Commission, Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Issues; U.S. Agency for International Development, Issues Lobbied: RIN 0412AA71Partner Vetting in USAID Assistance; United States Trade Representative, Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House, Issues Lobbied: Torture (SSCI Report); Guantanamo; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Surveillance; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby; Presidential Commission on Election Administration; OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Interior and Border Enforcement; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; The Youth PROMISE Act; Operation Streamline/ criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-entry; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Ice Enforcement; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Operation Streamline; Appropriations

Client expense: $489,367 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 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), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Implementation of the Health Reform Law with a focus on regulations related to the medical loss ratio (MLR), Accountable Care Organizations, Transparency, E-prescribing, Health Information Technology, and Essential Health Benefits. H.R. 3204 - Drug Quality and Security Act - issues addressing secure pharmaceutical supply chain and drug compounding practices.S. Con Res. 8 - Senate Budget Resolution for FY 2014 - Issues related to Medicare Part D H. R. 1367 - FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency and Cost Savings Act- focus on legislation that would negatively impact individuals access to mail order pharmacy. Issues related regulations that have the potential to the survey of mail order and specialty pharmacies for Medicaid purposes included in proposed OPM-focused policies in the Administration's 2014 Budget related to the utilization of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. TriCare and mail order issues. Policies related to stopping prescription medication diversion. Issues related to international naming policies for generic medications Issues related to the Medicare Call Letter which could impact mail order utilization in Medicare Part D ACA-related regulations impacting new rules for Exchanges specific to the promulgation of the prescription drug benefits.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Discussions regarding developments at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and impact of Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal and Continuing Resolution for 2013 and 2014 on fusion energy; Draft legislation on path forward for fusion energy

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 (specifically reporting and designation requirements for insurance and content/scope of intergovernmental agreements to implement), as included and passed in the Hiring Incentive to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act.Proposals to alter tax treatment of U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent corporations specific to foreign affiliated reinsurance, including, debt limit and "fiscal cliff" discussions. Proposals to alter tax code treatment of life insurance products, specifically COLI and DRD provisions. General discussion of tax code reform, specific to insurance and corporate rates. H.R. 2054/S. 991, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by altering the tax treatment of legitimate foreign affiliate reinsurance transactions undertaken by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign parent companies; includes provisions in Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal.

Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

* AACC wrote to House and Senate leaders opposing a provision in the President's 2014 proposed federal budget that would extend a 1.75 percent cut in the annual laboratory consumer price index throught 2023.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Discussions regarding developments at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and impact of Administration's 2014 Budget Proposal and Continuing Resolution for 2013 on fusion energy; Draft legislation on path forward for fusion energy

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

Implementation of the Health Reform Law with a focus on regulations related to the medical loss ratio (MLR), Accountable Care Organizations, Transparency, E-prescribing, Health Information Technology, and Essential Health Benefits. FDA related legislation focused on track and trace policies.S. Con Res. 8 - Senate Budget Resolution for FY 2014 - Issues related to Medicare Part D H. R. 1367 - FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency and Cost Savings Act- focus on legislation that would negatively impact individuals access to mail order pharmacy. Issues related regulations that have the potential to the survey of mail order and specialty pharmacies for Medicaid purposes included in proposed OPM-focused policies in the Administration's 2014 Budget related to the utilization of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. TriCare and mail order issues. Policies related to stopping prescription medication diversion. Issues related to international naming policies for generic medications Issues related to the Medicare Call Letter which could impact mail order utilization in Medicare Part D ACA-related regulations impacting new rules for Exchanges specific to the promulgation of the prescription drug benefits.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

H.R. 2118/S. 2014, Youth Sports Concussion Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Implementation of the Health Reform Law with a focus on regulations related to the medical loss ratio (MLR), Accountable Care Organizations, Transparency, E-prescribing, Health Information Technology, and Essential Health Benefits. FDA related legislation focused on track and trace policies.S. Con Res. 8 - Senate Budget Resolution for FY 2014 - Issues related to Medicare Part D H. R. 1367 - FEHBP Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency and Cost Savings Act- focus on legislation that would negatively impact individuals access to mail order pharmacy. Issues related regulations that have the potential to the survey of mail order and specialty pharmacies for Medicaid purposes included in proposed OPM-focused policies in the Administration's 2014 Budget related to the utilization of Pharmacy Benefit Managers. TriCare and mail order issues. Policies related to stopping prescription medication diversion. Issues related to international naming policies for generic medications Issues related to the Medicare Call Letter which could impact mail order utilization in Medicare Part D

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE