A bill to clarify licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals to perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Lobbied against the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) decision to change standards for Veterans Service Representatives and potentially dismiss employees. Lobbied for comprehensive changes to internal VBA processes for claims, including changes to the VBA National Work Queue. Lobbied against contracting out of Compensation and Pension Exam positions. Lobbied against H.R. 7287/S. 4365, A bill to clarify licensure requirements for contractor medical professionals to perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Lobbied for changes to S. 4511, Veteran Benefits Enhancement and Expansion Act of 2020. Lobbied against the severe reduction of "excluded time" proposed by the VA in the "#bestyearever" plan. Lobbied on the processing of complex claims within the Veterans Benefits Administration, including how it relates to Military Sexual Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury. Lobbied against the elimination of Claims Assistant positions across the VBA. Lobbied for the specialization of claims processing for highly complex cases. Lobbied for increased oversight and changes to performance standards for Legal Administrative Assistants in the VBA National Call Centers. Lobbied to support and amend H.R. 7784 the VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act. Lobbied to amend H.R. 8247, the COMPACT Act of 2020. Lobbied to support H.R. 6082, the Forgotten Vietnam Veterans Act. Lobbied for technical changes to S. 524/H.R. 2791, the Department of Veterans Affairs Tribal Advisory Committee Act of 2019. Lobbied for changes to the VA-SBA Act, as it appeared in S. 4520 and the NDAA. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 1615, the Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act. Lobbied for changes to S. 805, the Stopping Harm and Implementing Enhanced Lead-Time for Debts for Veterans Act of 2020 or the SHIELD for Veterans Act of 2020. Lobbied to support S. 2950, the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2019. Lobbied against S. 4393, the Toxic Exposure in the American Military Act of 2020, or the TEAM Act of 2020. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7111, the Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020. Lobbied for changes to the VA Website Accessibility Act of 2019, including H.R. 1199, S. 746, S. 3587. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7105, the DELIVER Act. Lobbied for changes to S. 785, the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act on 2019. Lobbied in support of H.R. 1133 and S. 462 to restore full Title 38 collective bargaining rights. Lobbied against Section 501 of S. 785 that would convert VA psychologists from hybrid Title 38 to full Title 38 and lobbied for more recruitment and retention incentives for VA psychologists. Lobbied for Congressional oversight on the VA's behavior during the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement. Lobbied on changes to the VA Accountability Act. Lobbied for AIR Act funding moratorium. Lobbied for AIR Act repeal. Lobbied MilCon-VA for staffing language to address vacancies. Lobbied to improve H.R. 3530, the "Improving Confidence in Veterans' Care Act." Specifically, sections on clinician reporting and clear record agreements. Lobbied against S. 1906/H.R. 3495, the "Improve Well-being for Veterans Act" to provide grants to outside groups to provide mental health treatment referrals for mental health treatment and wraparound services to veterans. Lobbied for Representative Takano's "Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3495" Lobbied against S. 221, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act" to report every Title 38 clinician adverse action to national practitioner data bank and state licensing board and prohibit every VA employee from entering into a clear record agreement. Lobbied against H.R. 3996, the "VA Design Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019" that would force the VA to use the designed build process. Lobbied against H.R. 3995, the "Veterans, Employees, and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2019." Lobbied against S. 1101, the "Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019." Lobbied against certain provisions in the draft legislation, the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020. Lobbied for the expanded use of telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lobbied for a stronger and more transparent Defense Production Act with an expanded stakeholder role for front line employees and their unions, including additional PPE for VA employees at VA Medical Centers and Regional Offices. Lobbied for the presumption that VA Medical Workers who contract COVID-19 did so while on duty. Lobbied for VA Medical Workers to get Pandemic Premium Pay. AFGE provided a Statement for the Record for a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing entitled, VAs Response to COVID-19 across the VA Enterprise on December 9, 2020. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 8275, the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020." Lobbied to support H.R. 6141, the Protecting Moms Who Served Act. Lobbied to support S. 514, the Deborah Samson Act. Lobbied to support S. 629, Accountability in Department of Veterans Affairs Scheduling and Consult Management Act. Lobbied for changes to S. 711, CARE for Reservists Act of 2019. Lobbied against S. 3235, Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7105, the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020. FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 925, the Heroes Act; H.R. 8015, the Delivering for America Act; and H.R. 8319, the FY 2020 Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act. FY 2020 Supplemental Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 8900 making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 18, 2020. Lobbied for passage of H.J.Res. 107, making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 20, 2020; lobbied for passage of H.J.Res. 110, making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 21, 2020; lobbied for passage of H.R. 1520, making continuing appropriations for FY 2020 through December 28, 2020. FY 2021 Omnibus Appropriations, H.R. 133 - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of emergency coronavirus pandemic response provisions for FY 2021, including hazard pay, presumption of workplace illness for frontline employees who contract Covid-19, an OSHA emergency standard and additional PPE and resources to distribute the vaccine to federal workers.

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America

Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations and its delivery of benefits and services to veterans, their dependents and survivors: HR 95, HR 96, HR 203, HR 268, HR 299, HR 303, HR 326, HR 333, HR 444, HR 445, HR 485, HR 497, HR 499, HR 547, HR 553, HR 566, HR 663, HR 712, HR 713, HR 716, HR 840, HR 886, HR 1001, HR 1078, HR 1092, HR 1163, HR 1182, HR 1199, HR 1200, HR 1377, HR 1381, HR 1482, HR 1527, HR 1615, HR 1628, HR 1658, HR 1674, HR 1721, HR 1750, HR 1802, HR 1807, HR 1812, HR 1924, HR 1963, HR 2045, HR 2094, HR 2102, HR 2138, HR 2195, HR 2200, HR 2201, HR 2223, HR 2333, HR 2359, HR 2372, HR 2399, HR 2435, HR 2493, HR 2557, HR 2568, HR 2617, HR 2628, HR 2645, HR 2681, HR 2752, HR 2798, HR 312, HR 2938, HR 2941, HR 2942, HR 2972, HR 2982, HR 3036, HR 3221, HR 3224, HR 3321, HR 3356, HR 3636, HR 3798,HR 4096, HR 4137, HR 4360, HR 4451, HR 4554, HR 4748, HR 4771, HR 4890, HR 4985, HR 5028, HR 5045, HR 5245, HR 5556, HR 5610, HR 5724, HR 5772, HR 5867, HR 5957, HR 5995, HR 6027, HR 6082, HR 6092, HR 6125, HR 6140, HR 6141, HR 6168, HR 6237, HR 6262, HR 6322, HR 6353, HR 6493, HR 6571, HR 6933, HR 7072, HR 7105, HR 7111, HR 7163, HR 7287, HR 7443, HR 7504, HR 7541, HR 7684, HR 7747, HR 7795, HR 7879, HR 7888, HR 8005, HR 8033, HR 8068, HR 8084, HR 8107, HR 8108, HR 8130, HR 8144, HR 8145, HR 8147, HR 8149, HR 8172, HR 8173, HR 8212, HR 8247, HR 8484, HR 8559, S 91, S 154, S 179, S 191, S 208, S 257, S 318, S 332, S 374, S 408, S 514, S 524, S 554, S 555, S 576, S 629, S 679, S 746, S 785, S 835, S 805, S 850, S 863, S 902, S 979, S 980, S 1003, S 1023, S 1034, S 1047, S 1105, S 1154, S 1263, S 1392, S 1563, S 1680, S 1881, S 1896, S 2022, S 2072, S 2216, S 2407, S 2661, S 2774, S 2810, S 2825, S 2925, S 2950, S 2966, S 3008, S 3089, S 3091, S 3182, S 3195, S 3210, S 3282, S 3378, S 3408, S 3444, S 3446, S 3503, S 3587, S 3761, S 3868, S 3885, S 3898, S 3899, S 4043, S 4166, S 4365, S 4384, S 4412, S 4415, S 4429, S 4520, S 4545, S 4594, S 4753, S Res 518

Client expense: $119,958 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Veterans Employment & Training Service

S.679-HAVEN Act;S.785John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health;HR2942-HEALTH Act; HR3813-Brian Tally VA Medical;HR3530-Housing for Blind Vets; HR 3640-Vets Ed; HR 3608-Underserved Vets; HR4165-Vet Newborn Care; HR2645-HOPE; HR4137-TEAM Caregiver Act; S.2216-Financial Fraud; HR592-Agent Orange;S.2966, Rural Vet Travel; HR6466,IDES;S.3575,school closures;S.3587, websites for disabled; S.646, MOH & POW burial; S.6322, Student coronavirus Response;HR6168,DIC;HR6157,GI Bill; S3408, Medical foster homes; HR5867, Vet suicide; HR 5697, Vets ACCESS Act; HR 5701, Caregiver; HR5724, SAVE Act; HR 4625, GI Bill;HR4824, Vets Back to Work; HR 4613, VA Transparency; HR 4085, Student Vet Empowerment;HR4370, Oxygen Therapy; HR 4477, Vets Service; HR 4154, Leave no Vets Behind; HR 4451, Care for vet with illness; HR 4503, VA workplace integrity; HR 4817, VA Opioid;HR 5009, Vet ed transfer; S.2950, Vet Burn Pit; HR 5028, Protect vet benefits; HR 5027, Vet mental Health; HR5030, Vet suicide. HR 7111, Retraining vets; S. 3888, Vets healthcare COVID-19; HR 7105 homeless vets; S. 3871, rural vets funeral; S. 3885, burn pit; HR 8105, Education Recognition; HR 8108, Mental Illness; HR 8033, Suicide Prevention; Infertility Treatment, HR8034; S 4334, Brando Act; S. 4365, Disability Examinations; HR 7811, VA Home Loan; HR 7441, VA Hiring Military Personnel;

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

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)