Social Security Fairness Act

H.R.82/S.597, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Monitor the following: Fiduciary Duty Rule related issues Teacher retirement and pension related issues H.R.5779, Fiscal Commission Act, Entirety Pension, ESG related issues H.R.3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions, Entirety Social Security 2100, A Sacred Trust, Entirety S.393, Social Security Expansion Act, Entirety SECURE 2.0 related issues

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.949 Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2023, regarding all provisions. HR.82 /S.597, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, regarding all provisions. H.R. 10545, American Relief Act, 2025, sought inclusion of Rum Cover Over Tax provision.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 4917 Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2024 General interest in retirement issues H.R. 82/ S. 597 Social Security Fairness Act General issues related to social security

Client expense: $500,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to improved fairness in the Social Security adjudication process for veterans with 100% disability ratings (generally, no specific legislation) Social Security 2100 Act, H.R. 4583 (generally, no specific provisions) SSI Savings Penalty Eliminination Act, S.2767 (generally, no specific provisions) H.R.82/S.597, Social Security Fairness Act (generally, no specific provisions) S. 2196, Work Without Worry Act (generally, no specific provisions)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act (H.R. 7629/S. 4356) Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82/S. 597) Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 5995) USPS Shipping Equity Act (H.R. 3721/S.5069) Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R. 618/S.131) Door delivery resolution (H.Res. 376) Postal Service retirement funds investment

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H. Res. 890, Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. H. Res. 1329, Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service. S. Res. 740, A resolution acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service. H.Res. 1410, Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 82) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 S. 2824, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 15, Equality Act S. 5, Equality Act H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 36, Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act S. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act H.R. 69, NOSHA Act H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act S. 597, Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 101, Return to Work Act H.R. 139, SHOW UP Act of 2023 S. 1565, SHOW UP Act of 2023 H.R. 140, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act H.R. 159, Chance to Compete Act of 2023 S. 59, Chance to Compete Act of 2023 H.R. 162, National Digital Reserve Corps Act H.R. 203, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 227, Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act H.R. 249, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2023 S. 812, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2023 H.R. 310, Dismantling Investments in Violation of Ethical Standards through Trusts Act H.R. 360, RETURN ACT S. 155, RETURN ACT H.R. 389, PORTFOLIO Act H.R. 397, To require the evaluation of Federal agencies and programs for duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of such functions, and for other purposes H.R. 474, RETURN Act H.R. 493, For the relief of Michael Janssen and Steven Passantino H.R. 564, Saving Taxpayers' Money and Paying America's Debt Act H.R. 596, Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act H.R. 678, Restoring Military Focus Act S. 191, Restoring Military Focus Act H.R. 694, Job Protection Act H.R. 716, Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023 H.R. 741, Employee Bonus Protection Act H.R. 743, Protect and Serve Act of 2023 H.R. 789, Caring for All Families Act S. 242, Caring for All Families Act H.R. 843, Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act H.R. 856, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act S. 274, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act H.R. 866, Equal COLA Act S. 3194, Equal COLA Act H.R. 978, Drain the Swamp Act of 2023 H.R. 980, Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act H.R. 985, Productivity Over Pronouns Act H.R. 1002, Saving the Civil Service Act S. 399, Saving the Civil Service Act H.R. 1080, COVID-19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act H.R. 1084, Flexibility for Workers Education Act H.R. 1106, COST of Relocations Act S. 487, COST of Relocations Act H.R. 1206, Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2023 H.R. 1229, Stop CRT Act S. 558, Stop CRT Act H.R. 1235, Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act H.R. 1261, Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act H.R. 1275, To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14091 H.R. 1301, Federal Employees Civil Relief Act S. 640, Federal Employees Civil Relief Act H.R. 1322, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 1658, Law Enforcement Officers Parity Act H.R. 1323, LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2023 H.R. 1332, Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act S. 3947, Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act H.R. 1382, TABS Act of 2023 H.R. 1401, END FENTANYL Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1416, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Inspector General Act of 2023 H.R. 1442, No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act H.R. 1463, Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act H.R. 1467, Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2023 H.R. 1480, Beagle Brigade Act of 2023 S. 759, Beagle Brigade Act of 2023 H.R. 1487, Office of Personnel Management Reform Act H.R. 1600, Pay Equity for All Act of 2023 H.R. 1618, Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2023 H.R. 1621, COVID-19 National Memorial Act H.R. 1627, Sergeant Steve Owen Defending Our Defenders Act H.R. 1688, Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act of 2023 H.R. 1804, Honest Runway Labeling Act H.R. 2382, September 11 Day of Remembrance Act S. 1472, September 11 Day of Remembrance Act H.R. 2383, Prohibition of Financial Trading on Government Property Act H.R. 2395, Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023 S. 1041, Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023 H.R. 2489, CFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act H.R. 2494, POLICE Act of 2023 H.R. 2524, Public Service Spending Integrity Act H.R. 2528, Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act H.R. 2549, Global Trade Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2556, Simplify, Don't Amplify the IRS Act H.R. 2557, CBP Workload Staffing Model Act H.R. 2572, Supporting Women COPS Act of 2023 H.R. 2577, DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act H.R. 2712, Work Not Woke Act H.R. 2744, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2023 H.R. 2755, National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2023 H.R. 2776, Go Woke, Go Broke Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2806, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2023 H.R. 2837, Border Patrol Pay Parity Act S. 1444, Border Patrol Enhancement Act H.R. 2937, Repeal CFPB Act S. 1363, Repeal CFPB Act H.R. 2949, PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act S. 1331, PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act H.R. 2996, Safe Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Act H.R. 3022, Workers' Memorial Day H.R. 3024, Life Saving Leave Act S. 3685, Life Saving Leave Act H.R. 3079, Back the Blue Act of 2023 H.R. 3091, Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act S. 1585, Federal Law Enforcement Service Weapon Purchase Act H.R. 3094, To terminate the requirement imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3108, Tim's Act S. 1505, Tim's Act H.R. 3115, Public Service Reform Act S. 1496, Public Service Reform Act H.R. 3170, HELPER Act of 2023 S. 1514, HELPER Act of 2023 H.R. 3261, Strengthening Social Security Act of 2023 H.R. 3381, National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach Act H.R. 3406, Stop TSP ESG Act S. 1891, Stop TSP ESG Act H.R. 3407, Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023 H.R. 3409, Healthy Families Act S. 1664, Healthy Families Act H.R. 3455, TSP Act S. 1650, TSP Act of 2023 H.R. 3481, FAMILY Act S. 1714, FAMILY Act H.R. 3499, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 3527, MATCH Act H.R. 3612, No ESG at TSP Act S. 2147, No ESG at TSP Act H.R. 3740, Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency Act H.R. 3967, Student Loan Tax Relief Act H.R. 4009, Public Health Emergency Response Act H.R. 4023, UPDATED USPS Act H.R. 4044, China Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2023 H.R. 4260, Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2023 H.R. 4398, Patriotism Not Pride Act H.R. 4416, No Funds for Armed Regulators Act of 2023 H.R. 4434, Accountability for Acting Officials Act H.R. 4436, Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act S. 1949, Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act H.R. 4467, DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act H.R. 4497, To expand the mission of the National Park Service to include active use of System units located in urban areas, and for other purposes. H.R. 4503, AI Training Expansion Act of 2023 H.R. 4528, Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023 H.R. 4533, Cost of Wokeism in the Military Act H.R. 4583, Social Security 2100 Act S. 2280, Social Security 2100 Act H.R. 4672, To amend title 40, United States Code, to prohibit the Administrator of General Services from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on the legality or availability of abortion, and for other purposes. H.R. 4711, Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act H.R. 4742, Pay Back Act H.R. 4744, Lead by Example Act of 2023 S. 2373, Lead by Example Act of 2023 H.R. 4791, Free Speech Protection Act S. 2425, Free Speech Protection Act H.R. 4831, Fair Pay for Federal Firefighters Act H.R. 4848, Censorship Accountability Act S. 2616, Censorship Accountability Act H.R. 4893, Scientific Integrity Act H.R. 4944, Military Families and Surviving Spouses Benefits Enhancement Act H.R. 4961, To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. S. 2562, A bill to require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 4991, To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to commence a rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection International port of entry at the Port of Stockton and for other purposes. H.R. 5037, FAIR Leave Act S. 2574, FAIR Leave Act H.R. 5040, CURE Act H.R. 5169, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023 S. 2272, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 5171, Federal Employee Pay Compression Relief Act of 2023 H.R. 5342, Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023 H.R. 5346, Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service Act H.R. 5366, Patriot Day Act H.R. 5465, Congressional Access to Bureaucratic Offices Act H.R. 5538, To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide special overtime pay for certain border patrol agents, and for other purposes. H.R. 5563, Schedules That Work Act S. 2851, Schedules That Work Act H.R. 5578, Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act S. 2850, Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act H.R. 5624, Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2023 S. 2883, Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2023 H.R. 5676, SWAMP Act of 2023 S. 2612, SWAMP Act of 2023 H.R. 5681, Pipeline to Service Act H.R. 5713, Homeland Security Fentanyl Enforcement Act H.R. 5726, Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2023 H.R. 5728, Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2023 H.R. 5739, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act H.R. 5758, To amend title 31, United States Code, to reimburse employees of the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and the States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. H.R. 5760, Climate Resilience Workforce Act H.R. 5839, Maritime Border Security Technology Improvement Act H.R. 5862, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions. H.R. 5883, Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act S. 3029, Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act H.R. 5900, Security Clearance Revolving Door Act of 2023 H.R. 5920, Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2023 H.R. 5990, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 H.R. 5995, Federal Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 6170, Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act H.R. 6195, Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act S. 3221, Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act H.R. 6266, Federal Protective Service Reform Act of 2023 H.R. 6267, Election Day Act H.R. 6276, USE IT Act of 2023 H.R. 6280, Smart Border Protection Act H.R. 6389, District of Columbia National Guard Federal Employee Leave Fairness Act H.R. 6404, Disarming Cartels Act H.R. 6409, CBP SPACE Act H.R. 6422, Locality Pay Equity Act of 2023 S. 3308, Locality Pay Equity Act of 2023 H.R. 6432, Safeguarding Honest Speech Act H.R. 6462, READINESS Act S. 3530, READINESS Act H.R. 6558, END the DEEP STATE H.R. 6722, Fair Wage Act of 2023 H.R. 6792, PSLF Administrative Improvement Act H.R. 6842, STOCK Act 2.0 S. 3555, STOCK Act 2.0 H.R. 6876, CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023 H.R. 6907, Parental Workforce Training Act. H.R. 6911, ROBERT MALLEY Act H.R. 7080, Earn Your Keep Act H.R. 7107, Human Trafficking Awareness Training Act H.R. 7121, Financial Regulators Revolving Door Enforcement Act H.R. 7127, FAIR Act S. 3688, FAIR Act H.R. 7236, RECOVER Act of 2024 H.R. 7329, Election Day Holiday Act of 2024 H.R. 7369, CBP Hire Act of 2024 H.R. 7455, Sunset Act of 2024 H.R. 7490, Hire Veterans Act H.R. 7621, No Robot Bosses Act S. 2419, No Robot Bosses Act H.R. 7625, RESPOND Act of 2024 H.R. 7690, Stop Spying Bosses Act H.R. 7726, To amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes. H.R. 7752, PTO Act H.R. 7780, Safeguarding Investment Options for Retirement Act H.R. 7783, To nullify certain documents issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to gender based workplace discrimination. H.R. 7794, Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2024 H.R. 7819, To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality and for other purposes. H.R. 7832, Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act H.R. 7835, Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 7846, GUARD ACT H.R. 7869, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act S. 311, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act H.R. 7878, Ensuring Equity for Firefighters Act H.R. 7936, Cultural Resource Challenge Act of 2024 H.R. 7937, Diversity Equity Inclusion Dead on Arrival Act of 2024 H.R. 7978, Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act H.R. 7979, End China's De Minimis Abuse Act H.R. 8070, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 H.R. 8119, Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act H.R. 8146, Police Our Border Act H.R. 8150, To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities. S. 243, To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities H.R. 8292, Taxpayer Data Protection Act S. 5135, Taxpayer Data Protection Act H.R. 8373, No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act S. 4321, No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act H.R. 8479, Unity through Service Act of 2024 H.R. 8487, Honoring Emergency Response Officers' Sacrifice Act H.R. 8497, To provide the Secretary of Homeland Security certain direct hiring authorities. H.R. 8530, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024 S. 3613, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024 H.R. 8546, To require the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to take certain actions to improve the processing of claims and appeals for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, and for other purposes. H.R. 8577, National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 8633, Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine. S. 4419, Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine. H.R. 8669, Safe Workplaces Act H.R. 8706, Dismantle DEI Act S. 4516, Dismantle DEI Act H.R. 8759, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2024 H.R. 8794, Border Workforce Improvement Act H.R. 8806, Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare Act H.R. 8835, FAIR Pensions Act H.R. 8864, Tax Administration Simplification Act H.R. 8992, Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act H.R. 9084, STOP the SWAMP Act H.R. 9228, BE HEARD in the Workplace Act S. 4902, BE HEARD in the workplace Act H.R. 9296, Next Generation Civilian Leaders Program Act H.R. 9300, Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act H.R. 9341, Protecting Social Security Act H.R. 9346, Audit the IRS Act S. 4826, Audit the IRS Act H.R. 9368, Border Weather Resiliency Act of 2024 S. 4672, Border Weather Resiliency Act of 2024 H.R. 9424, Equal Pay for Equal Work Act H.R. 9434, To direct the heads of certain agencies to review and submit to Congress a report on public-private partnerships for combating the illicit fentanyl trade, and for other purposes. H.R. 9435, To establish a National Security Council Fentanyl Disruption Steering Group, and for other purposes. H.R. 9481, Improving Coordination for the Northern Border Act H.R. 9520, Federal Cyber Workforce Training Act of 2024 S. 4715, Federal Cyber Workforce Training Act of 2024 H.R. 9523, Renewed Hope Act of 2024 H.R. 9532, Renewed Hope Act of 2024 S. 5015, Renewed Hope Act of 2024 H.R. 9593, MANAGER Act H.R. 9667, Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act H.R. 9689, DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program Act H.R. 9722, CATCH Fentanyl Act H.R. 9749, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to abolish the reorganization authority of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes H.R. 9813, Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2024 S. 5279, Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2024 H.R. 9910, Supporting Federal Employees in the National Guard and Reserves Act H.R. 9954, Facial Recognition Ban on Body Cameras Act H.R. 10014, Federal Employee Return to Work Act H.R. 10027, Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2024 H.R.10034, Border Security and Immigration Reform Act H.R.10053, STRAFE Act H.R. 10158, To extend the break-in-service consideration for firefighter retirements, and other purposes. H.R. 10237, CBP Guidance on Personal Belongings Act S. 5389, CBP Guidance on Personal Belongings Act H.R. 10253, Honoring Family-Friendly Workplaces Act H.R. 10264, NEXUS Improvement Act H.R. 10265, Securing our Northern Border Act H.R. 10278, Inspire to Serve Act of 2024 H.R. 10322, DHS Better Ballistic Body Armor Act H.R. 10324, Show Up to Work Act H.R. 10397, MERIT Act of 2023 H.R. 10405, Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act H.R. 10410, Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act S. 5486, Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act H.R. 10411, Federal Employee Performance and Accountability Act of 2024 S. 5479, Federal Employee Performance and Accountability Act of 2024 H.R. 10412, Federal Freeze Act S. 5482, Federal Freeze Act H.R. 10463, CBP Relocation Act H.R. 10477, SERVICE Act H.R. 10481, Federal Law Enforcement and Public Protection Act H.R. 10499, CBP Canine Home Kenneling Pilot Act H.R. 10507, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act S. 5586, Strengthening Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants Act H.R. 10517, DRAIN THE SWAMP Act S. 5614, DRAIN THE SWAMP Act H.R. 10549, SSEQAA S. Res. 165, A resolution recognizing the work of Federal law enforcement agencies, condemning calls to "defund" the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and rejecting partisan attempts to degrade public trust in law enforcement agencies. S. Res. 218, A resolution expressing support for the law enforcement officers of the United States. S. 149, TSP Fiduciary Security Act of 2023 S. 166, HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act S. 206, END FENTANYL Act S. 210, Job Protection Act S. 222, Border Airport Fairness Act of 2023 S. 339, Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act S. 342, Access to Counsel Act of 2023 S. 349, Military Spouse Employment Act S. 383, Federal Skills Act of 2013 S. 393, Social Security Expansion Act S. 666, Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act S. 669, Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023 S. 670, IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act S. 693, Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act S. 717, Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 S. 774, Veterans Border Patrol Training Act S. 780, Duplication Scoring Act of 2023 S. 794, CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023 S. 885, Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act S. 986, STOP Act 2.0 S. 1011, Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act S. 1030, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 1051, Protect Taxpayers' Privacy Act S. 1054, IRS Improper Payments Act S. 1060, Global Trade Accountability Act S. 1111, ADVANCE Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1295, Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency Act S. 1337, Increase Reliable Services Now Act S. 1464, Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act S. 1569, Back the Blue Act of 2023 S. 1629, Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act S. 1640, Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023 S. 1733, POLICE Act of 2023 S. 1811, Military Merit, Fairness, and Equality Act of 2023 S. 1822, Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act S. 1897, Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act S. 1925, HERO Act S. 1964, A bill to abolish the Office of Financial Research S. 2150, Unity through Service Act of 2023 S. 2193, Fly PETS Act S. 2256, Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act S. 2266, Strengthening American Communities Act of 2023 S. 2440, Exploitative Workplace Surveillance and Technologies Task Force Act of 2023 S. 2533, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military spouses employed by the Department of Defense to telework full time. S. 2665, Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2023 S. 2679, LEAD Act of 2023 S. 2866, Improving Government Services Act S. 2925, CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2023 S. 2949, Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023 S. 3015, Telework Reform Act of 2023 S. 3104, Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2023 S. 3112, Ensure Uniform Border Inspection Practices Act S. 3199, IRS Act S. 3252, Abolish Government DEI Act S. 3268, Direct Hire to Fight Fires Act of 2023 S. 3320, TERM Act S. 3374, REWARD Experience Act of 2023 S. 3431, Customs Modernization Act of 2023 S. 3479, Southwest Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2023 S. 3480, CREEPS Act S. 3600, Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 2024 S. 3680, Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act S. 3767, Justice for Fallen Law Enforcement Act S. 3796, Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act S. 3901, Time Off to Vote Act S. 3965, Deploy Fentanyl Scanners Act of 2024 S. 4003, Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act S. 4021, A bill to place restrictions on the official display of flags, seals, or emblems other than the United States flag. S. 4043, Telework Transparency Act of 2024 S. 4062, CATCH Fentanyl Act S. 4082, Ensure Accountability in De Minimis Act of 2024 S. 4085, Export Controls Enforcement Improvement Act of 2024 S. 4183, A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions. S. 4266, Back to Work Act of 2024 S. 4361, Border Act of 2024 S. 4655, Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2024 S. 4656, A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, concerning restrictions on the participation of certain Federal employees in partisan political activity, and for other purposes. S. 4667, Risky Research Review Act S. 4681, Enhanced Oversight and Accountability in Screening Act S. 4698, DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2024 S. 4707, DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act S. 4711, DOOBIE Act of 2024 S. 4780, Supporting Employees in the Guard and Reserve Act S. 4833, Federal Employee Locality Accountability in Retirement Act S. 4834, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 4889, Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2024 S. 4991, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024 S. 5017, Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2024 S. 5066, No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2024 S. 5092, Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act S. 5280, Improving IRS Customer Service Act S. 5407, Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act S. 5426, DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024 S. 5429, REMOTE Act S. 5435, DENIED Act S. 5463, A bill to establish the Department of Homeland Security Northern Border Mission Center. S. 5538, Improving Travel for Families Act S. 5608, A bill to reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, and for other purposes. S. 5647, ROOMIE Act

Client expense: $347,983 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, White House Office

Capitol Security. Legislative Branch appropriations. H.R.1323 - Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act of 2023. In support of. H.R.82 - S.597- Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 3170 - S. 1514- HELPER Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 8772 /S. 4678 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025 - Provisions related to Capitol Security, pay issues.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Capitol Security. Legislative Branch appropriations. H.R.1323 - Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act of 2023. In support of. H.R.82 - S.597- Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 3170 - S. 1514- HELPER Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 8772 /S. 4678 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025 - Provisions related to Capitol Security, pay issues.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Capitol Security. Legislative Branch appropriations. H.R.1323 - Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act of 2023. In support of. H.R.82 - S.597- Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 3170 - S. 1514- HELPER Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 8772 /S. 4678 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025 - Provisions related to Capitol Security, pay issues.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Capitol Security. Legislative Branch appropriations. H.R.1323 - Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act of 2023. In support of. H.R.82 - S.597- Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 3170 - S. 1514- HELPER Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 8772 /S. 4678 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025 - Provisions related to Capitol Security, pay issues.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Capitol Security. Legislative Branch appropriations. H.R.1323 - Law Enforcement Officer Fair Retirement Act of 2023. In support of. H.R.82 - S.597- Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 3170 - S. 1514- HELPER Act of 2023. In support of. H.R. 8772 /S. 4678 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025 - Provisions related to Capitol Security, pay issues.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation related to Social Security penalties. H.R. 82 and S. 597.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation related to Social Security penalties. H.R. 82 and S. 597.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of

Legislation affecting WEP and GPO under the Social Security Program; H.R. 82; S.597.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation related to Social Security penalties, H.R. 82 and S. 597.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 82, S 597- Social Security Fairness Act Discharge Petition #16- Regarding Social Security Fairness Act HR 5342- Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act S 1174- Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act

Client expense: $670,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Policies of importance to the maintenance of the efficient delivery of mail. Support for passage of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82/S. 597)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 82 Support for Social Security Fairness Act (S. 597) Support for Social Security Expansion Act (H.R. 1046 and S. 393) Support for Equal COLA Act (H.R. 866) Support for H.R. 5995, Federal Retirement Fairness Act

Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

RET [House, Senate, SSA, Administration on Aging, EOP, DOJ, DOL, DT] Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S. 4776): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 8018 and S. 3109): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (H.R. 716) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (H.R. 1688): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3974): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 4583 and S. 2280): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 393 and H.R. 1046): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 3261): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 5017): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (H.R. 9300 and S. 4877): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (H.R. 3926): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 2741): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 4535 and S. 1174): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Social Security Privatization and Benefit Cuts. (No bill): Proposals to borrow funds to invest in the stock market, to raise the Social Security retirement age and to cut Social Security benefits for future retirees promoted by Senator Bill Cassidy and Senator Angus King. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 1211 and H.R. 3729): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82 and S. 597) and the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act (H.R. 4260): Proposals to repeal or modify the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. Opposition to amendments that would cut Social Security benefits, including raising the retirement age. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (No bill): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (H.R. 7138 and S. 2767): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S. 2767 and H.R. 5408): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (H.R. 4348): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1029): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. Supporting the Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (H.J. Res 142 and S.J. Res 79): Opposing resolutions providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary". Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (H.R. 3765 and H.R. 3784): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments in support of Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments in support of Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments in support of Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments in support of Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments supporting and strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration: Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 2627 and H.R. 5060): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, H.R. 8467; No Senate bill): opposing any cuts to future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.

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

Government targets: Administration on Aging, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of

Various issues related to administrative burden on school-based providers Various issues related to the Higher Education Act, specifically related to student loans, loan forgiveness, and accreditation H.R. 6951, the College Cost Reduction Act Issues related to funding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), including the IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 4519/S. 2217) Issues related to IDEA statute and regulations Issues related to school-based Medicaid services Issues related to accessibility in schools Various issues related to shortages of specialized instructional support personnel Issues related to establishment of a technical assistance center within the U.S. Department of Education to improve the ability of school-based speech-language pathologists and educational audiologists to meet the needs of students with speech/communication disorders. Issues related to reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act, including the Advancing Research in Education Act (S. 3392). Issues related to funding in Fiscal Year 2025 for programs administered by the Department of Education H.R. 1310, States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act S. 1972, the Lowering Education Costs and Debt Act H.R. 1477/S. 722, the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrows Workforce Act H.R. 3724, the Accreditation for College Excellence Act H.R. 4986/S. 2557, the Student Loan Interest Elimination Act H.R. 82/S. 597, the Social Security Fairness Act Issues related to proposals to eliminate the Department of Education

Client expense: $422,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S. 4776): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 8018 and S. 3109): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (H.R. 716) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (H.R. 1688): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3974): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 4583 and S. 2280): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 393 and H.R. 1046): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 3261): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 5017): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (H.R. 9300 and S. 4877): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (H.R. 3926): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 2741): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 4535 and S. 1174): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Social Security Privatization and Benefit Cuts. (No bill): Proposals to borrow funds to invest in the stock market, to raise the Social Security retirement age and to cut Social Security benefits for future retirees promoted by Senator Bill Cassidy and Senator Angus King. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 1211 and H.R. 3729): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82 and S. 597) and the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act (H.R. 4260): Proposals to repeal or modify the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. Opposition to amendments that would cut Social Security benefits, including raising the retirement age. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (No bill): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (H.R. 7138 and S. 2767): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S. 2767 and H.R. 5408): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (H.R. 4348): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1029): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. Supporting the Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (H.J. Res 142 and S.J. Res 79): Opposing resolutions providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary". Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (H.R. 3765 and H.R. 3784): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments in support of Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments in support of Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments in support of Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments in support of Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments supporting and strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration: Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 2627 and H.R. 5060): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, H.R. 8467; No Senate bill): opposing any cuts to future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.

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

Government targets: Administration on Aging, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of

Lobbied against passage of H.R. 139, the "SHOW UP Act" and its provisions that would abrogate collective bargaining agreements. Lobbied to explain the benefits of telework and remote work for federal employees, for the economy and the environment. Lobbied for a 7.4% increase in federal by for 2025 in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, H.R. 8773. Lobbied in support of the FAIR (Federal Adjustment of Income Rates) Act, H.R. 7127 and S. 3688 to provide a 7.4% increase to federal employees pay in 2025. Lobbied for a minimum of parity in the 2025 pay between military and civilian employees to provide at least a 4.5% pay raise. Lobbied against cutting services at federal agencies, pay and benefits of federal employees, Social Security and Medicare as a precondition of raising the debt ceiling. Lobbied against enactment of new excepted service and direct-hire authorities proposed in various bills including the NDAA. Lobbied for greater ethics disclosures for contractors working within the federal government, e.g., within the Cyber Reserve service. Lobbied in favor of higher bonuses for federal workers who recommend cost-saving improvements in their agencies. Lobbied against passage of H.R. 140, the "Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act;" lobbied to limit the definition of censorship, to reduce or eliminate penalties for rank-and-file government workers, and to defeat the Perry amendment related to use of union official time. Lobbied in support of the "DC Admissions Act," H.R. 51 and S. 51 to make the D.C. a state. Lobbied against resolutions of disapproval to overturn DC Laws, including H.J. Res. 24, Disapproving the Action of the District of Columbia Council in Approving the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 and H.J. Res. 26, Disapproving the Action of the District of Columbia Council in Approving the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022. Lobbied in support of the joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, S.J. Res. 4. Lobbied in support of inclusion of public financial disclosure provisions in S. 885, the "Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act." Lobbied in support of H.R. 866, the "Equal COLA Act" for Federal Employee Retirement System beneficiaries' cost-of-living adjustment to be the same as Civil Service Retirement System benefits rather than arbitrarily cut by one full percentage point. Lobbied for passage of H.R. 159 / S. 59, the "Chance to Compete Act of 2023," and lobbied against proposed changes to weaken provisions of the bill by providing opt-outs, delaying implementation, and eliminating the passing score requirement. Lobbied on behalf of Social Security workforce on agency funding, the collective bargaining agreement, telework, and recruitment and retention benefits. Lobbied in support of S. 393, the "Social Security Expansion Act" to expand Social Security benefits, improve solvency and repeal GPO and WEP. Lobbied in support of the Presidents FY 2025 budget request to continue GS-level pay for Transportation Security Officers and an end to the diversion of the passenger security fee. Lobbied in support of the Fund the TSA Act," H.R. 3394. Lobbied in support of the TSA Commuting Fairness Act, H.R. 8662. Lobbied in support of the Rights for the "TSA Workforce Act," H.R. 8370 / S. 4334 to provide full title 5 collective bargaining rights for transportation security officers. Lobbied in support of the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," H.R. 871, granting public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty. Lobbied in support of additional security measures for scheduled charter flights so they are fully subject to TSA screening. Lobbied against expansion of a GAO study on remote work considered as an amendment to S. 349, the "Military Spouse Employment Act." Lobbied for passage of H.R. 82 and S. 597, the "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023" to fully repeal GPO and WEP. Lobbied for passage of S. 3029, the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. Lobbied against FY 2025 appropriations amendments to require excessive reporting on telework and remote work, ban mask mandates, and reduce federal spending below Fiscal Responsibility Act targets. Lobbied for changes to S. 3015, the Telework Reform Act of 2023 to protect competitive service hiring. Lobbied for changes to S. 4043, the Telework Transparency Act of 2024 to prevent arbitrary office space reductions and/or telework restrictions. Lobbied against a proposed Romney amendment to S. 4043 to impose remote surveillance on teleworking federal employees. Lobbied against the Perry amendment to the NDAA bill (H.R. 8070) to question to role of official time by ordering a biased reporting its use in the federal workplace. Lobbied against a proposed Scott amendment to the NDAA bill (H.R. 8070) to curtail collective bargaining rights for dual status technicians employed by the Defense Department. Lobbied against H.R 4848, the Censorship Accountability Act, which would expose federal employees performing their lawful duties to personal civil liability over purported intrusions into the First Amendment. Provided technical assistance to House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce for its September 14, 2023, hearing: Oversight of Federal Agencies Post-Pandemic Telework Policies. Lobbied against Senate proposal to expand excepted hiring in the Defense Departments Artificial Intelligence Office. Lobbied for expansion of FMLA eligibility expansion to credit military service, provision which was enacted in the NDAA. Lobbied for changes to OPMs proposed governmentwide cybersecurity workforce proposal to preserve title 5 provisions, protect collective bargaining rights, and avoid pay banding systems that are associated with arbitrary or discriminatory treatment. Lobbied against H.R. 9594 the Protect Taxpayers Wallets Act which would effectively end official time for federal unions. Lobbied against H.R. 8314 the No Foreign Election Interference Act which would have interfered with the functioning of union political action committees. Lobbied against S. 4321 the No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act which may have punished federal healthcare providers who provided reproductive care. Lobbied against S. 4667 the Risky Research Review Act which would impose criminal penalties and other sanctions on federal workers reviewing or performing medical research. Lobbied in favor of S. 131 to improve federal workers ability to access workers compensation benefits in case of work-related injury. Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024. Submitted requests for appropriations, report language and legislative language affecting the federal workforce in the following appropriations bills: Agriculture Commerce, Justice, Science Defense Energy and Water Financial Services and General Government Homeland Security Interior, Environment Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Military Construction, Veterans Affairs State, Foreign Operations Transportation - HUD

Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

VA budget: Lobbied for Congress to provide funding to plug a $15 billion budget shortfall for FY 2024 and FY 2025. Veterans Benefits Administration: Lobbied for changes to and oversight of Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) employee performance standards. Lobbied for increased oversight and changes to performance standards for Legal Administrative Assistants in the VBA National Call Centers. Lobbied for comprehensive changes to internal VBA processes for claims, including changes to the VBA National Work Queue. Lobbied to require the VA to include VA employee input when making changes to the claims process, employee performance standards, and training for claims processors. Lobbied on the processing of complex claims within the Veterans Benefits Administration, including how it relates to Military Sexual Trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury, and catastrophic injury claims. Lobbied on the specialization of claims processing for highly complex cases. Lobbied to prevent compassion fatigue for certain claims processors. Lobbied for reforms to the VBA National Work Queue. Lobbied for oversight and improvements into VBA employee training. Lobbied on VBAs use of Performance Improvement Plans. Board of Veterans Appeals: Lobbied for the introduction and in support of H.R. 9046, the Board of Veterans Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act including the re-instatement of GS-14 career ladder position and the career path to a journeyman GS-15 position. Lobbied for the re-instatement of experience requirements for Board of Veterans Appeals Members (Veterans Law Judgements). Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 1378, the Veterans Appeals Backlog Improvement Act. Lobbied for additional oversight at the Board of Veterans Appeals. Lobbied for additional training for Board of Veterans Appeals Attorneys. Lobbied in support of ANS to H.R. 1530, the Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023. C&P Exams: Lobbied against contracting out of Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams and bringing those exams back into the VA. Lobbied to keep all specialty C&P Exams including but not limited to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), veterans who served as Prisoners of War (POWs), veterans who suffered catastrophic injuries, and veterans who are currently eligible to pursue toxic exposure claims. Lobbied for the VA to utilize more internal C&P Providers by hiring more staff and returning staff to C&P positions who had previously been reassigned. Lobbied to keep Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Exams within the VA. Lobbied for the continued oversight of contract C&P Exams. Lobbied to make C&P Exams available in every VA Medical Center. Lobbied to make sure the VA is in compliance with Section 2002 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020. Lobbied in support of S. 2718, the Medical Disability Exam Improvement Act of 2023. Lobbied for technical changes to S. 3979, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes. Collective Bargaining Rights: Lobbied in support of H.R. 4906 "Protecting VA Employees Act" to repeal parts of the VA Accountability Act. Lobbied in support of H.R. 6538, the VA Correct Compensation Act of 2023 and for its introduction in the Senate. Lobbied in support of S. 4046/H.R. 9855, the "VA Employee Fairness Act. Lobbied in support of and for changes to S. 2679, the Leadership, Engagement, Accountability, and Development (LEAD) Act of 2023. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 4278 / S.2158, the "Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act." Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 6531, the TRAIN VA Employees Act. HR modernization: Lobbied to address problems created by VA reorganization of its human resources processes including centralization and implementation of new information technology systems, and practices and policies related to filling and posting unfilled positions. Lobbied to have Congress require the VA to return the HR functions back to VA facilities and to appropriate funding for it. VA Compensation: Lobbied in support of H.R. 7127/S. 3688, the "FAIR Act" to raise pay for federal employees at the VA. Lobbied in support of H.R. 866/S. 3194, the "Equal COLA Act" to protect VA employees in FERS. Lobbied in support of H.R. 82/S. 597, the Social Security Fairness Act" to protect VA employees affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Lobbied in support of H.R. 543, the "VA CPE Modernization Act." Lobbied in support of H.R. 1322 the "Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act" and S. 1658, the "Law Enforcement Officers Parity Act" as it pertains to VA Police Officers. VA Infrastructure: Lobbied for restriction on VA's authority to close or reduce services at rural healthcare facilities in the 2024 and 2025 VA Military Construction appropriations bill. VA Quality: Lobbied to amend H.R. 6330, the Veterans Sentinel Act to include data collection and analysis for suicides that happen when veterans are served at non-VA facilities. Privatization: Lobbied against continued increased spending on community care at the expense of VA's own staffing and infrastructure. Lobbied against an amendment to H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 forcing VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services. Lobbied against amendments to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would codify Trump-Era access standards responsible for rapid privatization of the VA, prohibit VA from modifying access standards to allow telehealth to satisfy these access standards and require VA to meet strict timeframes evaluating high-risk veterans for referral to residential treatment and rehabilitative programs without providing any additional funding to staff these new obligations. Lobbied against amendments to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would require VA to meet 72-hour evaluation timeframe for evaluating high-risk veterans for residential treatment centers without providing adequate funding or putting equivalent credentialing and quality requirements on private programs. Lobbied against a proposal to create a pilot program under which the Secretary would contract out to fill vacancies at a medical facility with non-department health care providers. Lobbied against a provision in H.R. 9438, the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, reduces the wait time for VA mental health care from the current 20 day to just 3 days. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 9146, Ensuring Continuity in Veterans Health Act, which would require the Secretary to include continuity of care as one of the criteria used to determine when private care would be in the best medical interest (BMI) of a veteran undermining VAs ability to decide when returning a veteran to the VA is the in the best interest of the veteran. Lobbied against the Veterans Mental Health Access Act, which would create a parallel private mental health program that supplants VAs direct care system rather than supplement it when veterans cannot reasonably access VA care. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 3520, the Veteran Care Improvement Act of 2023, H.R. 1315, the Health Act and S. 2649, Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 3146, the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, which would codify community care access standards that create a bias toward referral to community care over VA's own healthcare. Lobbied for oversight of new VA private contracting program, the Integrated Critical Staffing Program. Lobbied for oversight of VA staffing reductions. Lobbied against potential closure or privatization of services at VA Medical Centers in Philadelphia and Coatesville, PA. Testimony, Statements for the Record, and Letters. Lobbied for better information on scheduling and appointment times for both in-house VA and private care. Lobbied for more information about the costs of VA care. Lobbied against VA raising the ceiling for payment to third party private, Community Care contractors. Lobbied against prohibiting public health care programs from using QALYs to determine price. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 485, the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act, and urge that it be defeated on the House floor. H.R. 485 would increase already high healthcare costs for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), which covers the vast majority of AFGE members and their families. In additional to FEHBP, the bill would prohibit Medicaid, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Medicare Part D Plans (PDPs), the VA, and the Defense Health Agency from using Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) - a measure that ascertains the value of a drug - to make decisions about a drugs price. Medicare already prohibits the use of QALYs in ways that discriminate against the elderly (such as by valuing the extension of life of an older person as less than extending the life of a younger person). Lobbied against amendments to H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 that would: 1) codify Trump-Era access standards responsible for rapid privatization of the VA, prohibits VA from modifying access standards to allow telehealth to satisfy these access standards and requires VA to meet strict timeframes evaluating high-risk veterans for referral to residential treatment and rehabilitative programs without providing any additional funding to staff these new obligations and 2) require VA to meet 72-hour evaluation timeframe for evaluating high-risk veterans for residential treatment centers without providing adequate funding or putting equivalent credentialing and quality requirements on private programs. Lobbied against Amendment to H.R. 8580, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 forcing VA to apply the same access standards for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP) as for primary care, specialty care, and non-institutional extended care services that would not apply to private RRTP facilities, promoting privatization. Lobbied against provisions in H.R. 8371, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act that would allow decisions between a veteran and a doctor to remain final without VA authorization and provisions that would require strict timeframes for placement of high-risk veterans in mental health treatment programs for VA programs but not private programs. Lobbied in support of final passage of S. 141, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. Statements and Correspondence: Testified before the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health on December 17, 2024 legislative hearing. Specific Legislation: Lobbied in support of H.R. 6538, the "VA Correct Compensation Act of 2023." Lobbied in support of S. 4046/H.R. 9855, the VA Employee Fairness Act. Lobbied in support of H.R. 536/S. 124, the "FAIR Act" to raise pay for federal employees at the VA. Lobbied in support of H.R. 866/S. 3194, the "Equal COLA Act" to protect VA employees in FERS. Lobbied in support of H.R. 82/S. 597, the "Social Security Fairness Act" to protect VA employees affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). Lobbied in support of H.R. 543, the "VA CPE Modernization Act." Lobbied in support of H.R. 1322 the "Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act" and S. 1658, the Law Enforcement Officers Parity Act" as it pertains to VA Police Officers. Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 1378, the "Veterans' Appeals Backlog Improvement Act." Lobbied for changes to S. 10 the "VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 2023." Lobbied for changes to S. 10, the "VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support" (CAREERS) Act related to market pay, performance pay, cost of living adjustments, licensure, and certification reimbursement, covid leave flexibility, and recruitment and retention at VA community living centers. Also lobbied for specific changes to the bill related to the inclusion of VA Police Pensions, Continuing Professional Education Benefits, and Collective Bargaining Rights for Title 38 Employees. Lobbied to renew a defunded corpsmen and medic vocational education and training program Grow Our Own. Lobbied in support of H.R. 4906 "Protecting VA Employees Act" to repeal parts of the VA Accountability Act. Lobbied for oversight of the "Honoring Our PACT Act." Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 4278 / S. 2158, the "Restore Department of Veterans Affairs Accountability Act." Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 6531, the TRAIN VA Employees Act. Lobbied in support and for changes to S. 2679, the VA LEAD Act of 2023. Lobbied in opposition H.R. 3520, the Veteran Care Improvement Act of 2023. Lobbied in opposition to S. 2649, the Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act. Lobbied in opposition to S. 1315, the HEALTH Act. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 485, the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 1089, the "VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act." Lobbied in support of H.R. 1530, the "Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2023." Lobbied in support of H.R. 3504, the "VA Medical Center Security Report Act." Lobbied in support of, S. 1951, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Income Eligibility Standardization Act," which would eliminate subcategories of priority for enrollment to make more veterans eligible for enrollment in VA health care. Lobbied in support of the, S. 1954, the "Improving Whole Health for Veterans with Chronic Conditions Act," which would create a pilot to provide dental benefits to veterans with diabetes and ischemic heart disease. Lobbied in opposition to S. 1545, "Veterans Health Care Freedom Act," which would set up a pilot program to allow veterans to choose community providers at their preference without the need for referral by the VA. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 754, Modernizing Veterans' Health Care Eligibility Act, which establishes the Commission on Eligibility (staffed with bipartisan congressional and presidential appointees) to examine veterans' eligibility for health care from the VA. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 41, VA Same-Day Scheduling Act of 2023, which requires the VA to ensure that when a veteran enrolled in the VA health care system contacts the VA by telephone to schedule an appointment for care or services at a VA facility, the appointment must be scheduled on that same call. Lobbied in support of S. 1113, the "Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act," which would set minimum nurse‐ patient staffing requirements for public and private health care systems, including YA and Department of Defense medical facilities. Lobbied in support of H.R. 542, the "Elizabeth Dole Home-and Community-Based Services for Veterans and Caregivers Act." Lobbied in support of S. 2718, the Medical Disability Exam Improvement Act of 2023. Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 3176, Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, which creates a three-year pilot program allowing veterans to obtain hospital care, medical services, psychological services, and extended care bypassing VA authorization and the need to meet access standards. Lobbied in opposition to H.R.5287, the Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act, would establish Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) funded by the VA that veterans could use for private healthcare. Veterans electing these HSAs would be completely barred from accessing VA healthcare services. Lobbied in opposition to the Complete the Mission Act (No bill number). This proposal codifies the Community Care access standards, modifies 38 USC 1703(d)(2) to make veteran preference to go to a private provider a criterion for what constitutes best medical interest and creates a pilot three-year pilot program in at least five locations where veterans could access outpatient mental health and substance use services. AFGE opposes this provision as it would circumvent VAs ability to coordinate care and is unsustainable for the VA in the long term. Lobbied to preserve changes to H.R. 3738, a bill To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes. Lobbied for technical changes to S. 3979, to make permanent and codify the pilot program for use of contract physicians for disability examinations, and for other purposes. Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 7765, the VA Security Screening Pilot Program Act Lobbied for the introduction and support of the Board of Veterans Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act. Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7793 the Veterans Appeals Operations Expansion Act of 2024; Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7917, the Veterans Appeals Efficiency Act of 2024; Lobbied for changes to H.R. 7919, the Veterans Claims Quality Improvement Act of 2024. Lobbied or changes to H.R. 7883, the Toxic Exposures Examination Improvement Act Lobbied in opposition to H.R. 7734 the Personnel Integrity in Veterans Affairs Act of 2024 Lobbied in support of H.R. 9046, the Board of Veterans Appeals Attorney Retention and Backlog Reduction Act Lobbied in support of H.R. 2971, the Veterans Claims Education Act of 2023 Lobbied for changes to H.R. 8874, the Modernizing All Veterans and Survivors Claims Processing Act Lobbied in support of and for changes to H.R. 8879, the Improving VA Training for Military Sexual Trauma Claims Act Lobbied for changes to H.R. 8881, the Rural Veterans Improved Access to Benefits Act of 2024. Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024. Lobbied in support of final passage of S. 141, the Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act. Lobbied against expanding use of Schedule F for VA employees.

Client expense: $570,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

H.R. 82-"Social Security Fairness Act of 2023"-this legislation repeals provisions that would reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits such as a pension from a state or local government, and eliminates the GPO and WEP. The NRLCA supports this bill. S. 597-"Social Security Fairness Act"-Senate companion bill, the bill repeals provisions that reduce Social Security benefits for individuals who receive other benefits such as a pension from a state and local government, as well as eliminates the GPO and WEP. The NRLCA supports this bill. H.R. 5723-"Social Security 2100"-legislation that protects Social Security. The bill also repeals WEP and GPO. The NRLCA has not taken a position on this bill. H.R. 866-"Equal COLA Act"-legislation that would revise the formula used to calculate the cost of living adjustment for annuities under FERS. The NRLCA has not taken a position on this bill. H.R. 5995-"Federal Retirement Fairness Act"-legislation that would allow federal and postal employees who spent time in the non-career or temporary status before becoming a regular to buy back their time from their non-career status. The NRLCA endorsed this legislation.

Client expense: $67,310 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 82/S 597 Social Security Fairness Act

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (S.394, H.R.671), Social Security Reform (H.R. 281), Repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset H.R. 82, S.597), Special Stimulus for Social Security Recipients, Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 4583, S. 2280), Social Security Enhancement Act (H.R.671), Social Security Expansion Act (H.R. 1046, S. 393), You Earned It, You Keep It Act, H.R. 7084.

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support for H.R. 856, the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act; support for S. 274, the Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act; support for H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023; support for H.R. 716, the Fair COLA for Seniors Act; support for the Equal COLA Act (H.R. 866 / S. 3194); support for S. 597, the Social Security Fairness Act; support for H.R. 159, the Chance to Compete Act of 2023; support for S. 59, the Chance to Compete Act of 2023; support for S. 399, A bill to place limitations on excepting positions from the competitive service, and for other purposes; support for H.R. 1301, the Federal Employees Civil Relief Act; support for S. 640, the Federal Employees Civil Relief Act; support for S. 135, the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023; support for H.R. 249, the Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2023; opposition to H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023; opposition to H.R. 3115, To provide that all Federal employees in the executive branch of the Federal Government are at-will employees, and for other purposes; support for H.R. 4260, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an equitable Social Security formula for individuals with noncovered employment and to provide relief for individuals currently affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision; opposition to S. 1496, A bill to provide that all Federal employees in the executive branch of the Federal Government are at-will employees, and for other purposes; support for H.R. 5171, the Pay Compression Relief Act; support for S. 3029, the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act; support for H.R. 5995, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act; support for H.R. 3015, the Telework Reform Act; support for H.R. 7127, the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act; support for S. 3688, the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act; support for H.R. 7787, the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act of 2024; support for S. 4039, a bill to establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council; support for S. 4043, the Telework Transparency Act of 2024; support for H.R. 1002, Saving the Civil Service Act; support for H.R. 1487, Office of Personnel Management Reform Act; support for H.R. 7236, Reducing the Effects on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act; support for H.R. 8756 (AI LEAD Act); support for H.R. 9593 (MANAGER Act); support for S. 4495 (PREPARED for AI Act); support for the DOOBIE Act (S. 4711).

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support of the Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 82/S. 597; Support for the Federal RetirementFairness Act H.R. 5995; Support for H.Res.1410, providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 82) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

WEP/GPO repeal and reform, Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 82, S.597 and H.R. 82 Discharge Petition.

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

1. Proposals to change the Social Security annual Cost of Living Adjustment formula 2. Proposals to raise the Social Security normal retirement age 3. Proposals to "means test" Social Security benefits 4. Proposals regarding the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision 5. Proposals regarding the Social Security Government Pension Offset 6. Proposals to change the Social Security earnings cap 7. Proposals to change the Social Security withholding tax and increase benefits 8. H.R. 3729, Social Security Caregiver Act, entire bill 9. S. 1211, Social Security Caregiver Act, entire bill 10. H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, entire bill 11. H.R. 3261, Strengthening Social Security Act of 2023, entire bill 12. H.R. 3926, Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act, entire bill 13. Proposals to reduce Social Security fraud 14. S. 2741, Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2023 or the SWIFT Act," entire bill 15. H.R. 4583, Social Security 2100 Act, entire bill 16. Nomination of Martin O'Malley to be the Commissioner of Social Security Administration 17. H.R. 6858, Social Security Overpayment Relief Act, entire bill 18. S. 3806, The COLAs Don't Count Act of 2024, entire bill 19. H.R. 5086, The COLAs Don't Count Act of 2023, entire bill 20. S. 3974, Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act, entire bill 21. H.R. 8044, Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act, entire bill 22. S. 3974, Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act, entire bill 23. S. 597, Social Security Fairness Act 24. S. 5178, Social Security Survivor Benefits Equity Act, entire bill

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 17 Paycheck Fairness Act - to close the wage gap between women and men. HR 645 Healthy Foundations for Homeless Veteran - to help end homelessness for women and families who serve. HR 1598 Fair Pay Act 2023 - to close the wage gap between women and men S 274 Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act - to ensure all government employees are covered HCONRES 22 Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity between wages paid to men and women HJRES 25 Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment - adding the ERA to the Constitution SRES 107 A resolution recognizing the expiration of the ERA - adding the ERA to the Constitution HR 82/S 597 would fully repeal WEP and GPO policies that have diminished the retirement benefits of public servants

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 82/S.597, the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset in current Social Security law; H.R. 957, the Public Safety Health Care Retirees Act, which would update the Healthcare Enhancement for Local Public Safety (HELPS) Retirees Act in current Federal law; H.R. 1322/S. 1658, the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act, which would expand the definition of law enforcement officer as it applies to salary and retirement benefits so that all Federal law enforcement officers will have access to them; S. 311, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Corrections Act, which would recognize the officers impacted by a detrimental retirement mix-up at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and award them the retirement benefits they paid for and were initially guaranteed;

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office

Fiduciary Duty Rule related issues H.R.82/S.597, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Teacher retirement and pension related issues Monitor the following: H.R.5779, Fiscal Commission Act, Entirety Pension, ESG related issues H.R.3063, Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions, Entirety Social Security 2100, A Sacred Trust, Entirety S.393, Social Security Expansion Act, Entirety Social Security Administration, FY2023, Budget issues SECURE 2.0 related issues

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Issues related to improved fairness in the Social Security adjudication process for veterans with 100% disability ratings (generally, no specific legislation) Social Security 2100 Act, H.R. 4583 (generally, no specific provisions) SSI Savings Penalty Eliminination Act, S.2767 (generally, no specific provisions) H.R.82/S.597, Social Security Fairness Act (generally, no specific provisions) S. 2196, Work Without Worry Act (generally, no specific provisions)

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S.949 Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2023, regarding all provisions. HR.82 /S.597, Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, regarding all provisions.

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act (H.R. 7629/S. 4356) Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82/S. 597) Federal Retirement Fairness Act (H.R. 5995) USPS Shipping Equity Act (H.R. 3721/S.5069) Improving Access to Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R. 618/S.131) Door delivery resolution (H.Res. 376) Postal Service retirement funds investment

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Policies of importance to the maintenance of the efficient delivery of mail. Support for passage of the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82/S. 597)

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

H. Res. 890, Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs. H. Res. 1016, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5673) to advance responsible policies. H. Res. 1329, Acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service. S. Res. 740, A resolution acknowledging and apologizing for the mistreatment of, and discrimination against, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals who served the United States in the uniformed services, the Foreign Service, and the Federal civil service. H.Res. 1410, Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 82) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 S. 2824, Secure the Border Act of 2023 H.R. 15, Equality Act S. 5, Equality Act H.R. 17, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 36, Patrick Underwood Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act S. 51, Washington, D.C. Admission Act H.R. 69, NOSHA Act H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act S. 597, Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 101, Return to Work Act H.R. 139, SHOW UP Act of 2023 S. 1565, SHOW UP Act of 2023 H.R. 140, Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act H.R. 158, CLEAN Public Service Act H.R. 159, Chance to Compete Act of 2023 S. 59, Chance to Compete Act of 2023 H.R. 162, National Digital Reserve Corps Act H.R. 203, No Hires for the Delinquent IRS Act H.R. 227, Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act H.R. 249, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2023 H.R. 310, Dismantling Investments in Violation of Ethical Standards through Trusts Act H.R. 360, RETURN ACT S. 155, RETURN ACT H.R. 389, PORTFOLIO Act H.R. 397, To require the evaluation of Federal agencies and programs for duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of such functions, and for other purposes H.R. 403, No Mandates Act H.R. 474, RETURN Act H.R. 493, For the relief of Michael Janssen and Steven Passantino H.R. 564, Saving Taxpayers' Money and Paying America's Debt Act H.R. 596, Anti-Border Corruption Improvement Act H.R. 678, Restoring Military Focus Act S. 191, Restoring Military Focus Act H.R. 694, Job Protection Act H.R. 716, Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023 H.R. 741, Employee Bonus Protection Act H.R. 743, Protect and Serve Act of 2023 H.R. 789, Caring for All Families Act S. 242, Caring for All Families Act H.R. 843, Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act H.R. 856, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act S. 274, Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act H.R. 866, Equal COLA Act S. 3194, Equal COLA Act H.R. 978, Drain the Swamp Act of 2023 H.R. 980, Washington, D.C. Residents Voting Act H.R. 985, Productivity Over Pronouns Act H.R. 1002, Saving the Civil Service Act S. 399, Saving the Civil Service Act H.R. 1080, COVID-19 Federal Employee Reinstatement Act H.R. 1084, Flexibility for Workers Education Act H.R. 1106, COST of Relocations Act S. 487, COST of Relocations Act H.R. 1162, Accountability for Government Censorship Act H.R. 1206, Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2023 H.R. 1229, Stop CRT Act S. 558, Stop CRT Act H.R. 1235, Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act H.R. 1261, Federal Employees Sustainable Investment Act H.R. 1275, To prohibit the use of Federal funds to carry out Executive Order 14091 H.R. 1301, Federal Employees Civil Relief Act S. 640, Federal Employees Civil Relief Act H.R. 1322, Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act S. 1658, Law Enforcement Officers Parity Act H.R. 1323, LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2023 H.R. 1332, Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act S. 3947, Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act H.R. 1382, TABS Act of 2023 H.R. 1401, END FENTANYL Act H.R. 1410, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 1416, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board Inspector General Act of 2023 H.R. 1442, No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act H.R. 1463, Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act H.R. 1467, Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2023 H.R. 1487, Office of Personnel Management Reform Act H.R. 1600, Pay Equity for All Act of 2023 H.R. 1618, Commission on Sustaining Medicare and Social Security Act of 2023 H.R. 1621, COVID-19 National Memorial Act H.R. 1627, Sergeant Steve Owen Defending Our Defenders Act H.R. 1688, Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act of 2023 H.R. 1804, Honest Runway Labeling Act H.R. 2382, September 11 Day of Remembrance Act S. 1472, September 11 Day of Remembrance Act H.R. 2383, Prohibition of Financial Trading on Government Property Act H.R. 2395, Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023 S. 1041, Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2023 H.R. 2489, CFPB Dual Mandate and Economic Analysis Act H.R. 2494, POLICE Act of 2023 H.R. 2516, End the Congressional Revolving Door Act H.R. 2524, Public Service Spending Integrity Act H.R. 2528, Grandparent-Grandchild Medical Leave Act H.R. 2549, Global Trade Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 2556, Simplify, Don't Amplify the IRS Act H.R. 2557, CBP Workload Staffing Model Act H.R. 2572, Supporting Women COPS Act of 2023 H.R. 2577, DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act H.R. 2712, Work Not Woke Act H.R. 2744, Freedom from Government Competition Act of 2023 H.R. 2755, National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2023 H.R. 2776, Go Woke, Go Broke Act H.R. 2798, CFPB Transparency and Accountability Reform Act H.R. 2806, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2023 H.R. 2837, Border Patrol Pay Parity Act S. 1444, Border Patrol Enhancement Act H.R. 2937, Repeal CFPB Act S. 1363, Repeal CFPB Act H.R. 2949, PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act S. 1331, PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act H.R. 2996, Safe Leave for Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Act H.R. 3003, Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act H.R. 3022, Workers' Memorial Day H.R. 3024, Life Saving Leave Act S. 3685, Life Saving Leave Act H.R. 3079, Back the Blue Act of 2023 H.R. 3091, Federal Law Enforcement Officer Service Weapon Purchase Act S. 1585, Federal Law Enforcement Service Weapon Purchase Act H.R. 3094, To terminate the requirement imposed by the Secretary of Homeland Security for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3108, Tim's Act S. 1505, Tim's Act H.R. 3115, Public Service Reform Act S. 1496, Public Service Reform Act H.R. 3170, HELPER Act of 2023 S. 1514, HELPER Act of 2023 H.R. 3261, Strengthening Social Security Act of 2023 H.R. 3381, National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach Act H.R. 3406, Stop TSP ESG Act S. 1891, Stop TSP ESG Act H.R. 3407, Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023 H.R. 3409, Healthy Families Act S. 1664, Healthy Families Act H.R. 3455, TSP Act S. 1650, TSP Act of 2023 H.R. 3481, FAMILY Act S. 1714, FAMILY Act H.R. 3499, Direct Hire To Fight Fires H.R. 3527, MATCH Act H.R. 3612, No ESG at TSP Act S. 2147, No ESG at TSP Act H.R. 3740, Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency Act H.R. 3855, National Digital Reserve Corps Act H.R. 3967, Student Loan Tax Relief Act H.R. 4009, Public Health Emergency Response Act H.R. 4023, UPDATED USPS Act H.R. 4044, China Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2023 H.R. 4260, Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2023 H.R. 4278, Restore VA Accountability Act of 2023 H.R. 4398, Patriotism Not Pride Act H.R. 4416, No Funds for Armed Regulators Act of 2023 H.R. 4434, Accountability for Acting Officials Act H.R. 4436, Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act S. 1949, Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act H.R. 4453, No CCP Financial Apps on Government Devices Act H.R. 4467, DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act H.R. 4497, To expand the mission of the National Park Service to include active use of System units located in urban areas, and for other purposes. H.R. 4502, Modernizing the Acquisition of Cybersecurity Experts Act H.R. 4503, AI Training Expansion Act of 2023 H.R. 4528, Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023 H.R. 4533, Cost of Wokeism in the Military Act H.R. 4583, Social Security 2100 Act S. 2280, Social Security 2100 Act H.R. 4672, To amend title 40, United States Code, to prohibit the Administrator of General Services from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on the legality or availability of abortion, and for other purposes. H.R. 4711, Protecting Taxpayers from Student Loan Bailouts Act H.R. 4742, Pay Back Act H.R. 4744, Lead by Example Act of 2023 S. 2373, Lead by Example Act of 2023 H.R. 4791, Free Speech Protection Act S. 2425, Free Speech Protection Act H.R. 4831, Fair Pay for Federal Firefighters Act H.R. 4848, Censorship Accountability Act S. 2616, Censorship Accountability Act H.R. 4893, Scientific Integrity Act H.R. 4906, Protecting VA Employees Act H.R. 4925, EPIC Act H.R. 4926, Members of Congress Pension Opt Out Clarification Act H.R. 4944, Military Families and Surviving Spouses Benefits Enhancement Act H.R. 4961, To require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. S. 2562, A bill to require ports of entry along the northern border to remain open as many hours per day as they were open prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. H.R. 4991, To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to commence a rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection International port of entry at the Port of Stockton and for other purposes. H.R. 5037, FAIR Leave Act S. 2574, FAIR Leave Act H.R. 5040, CURE Act H.R. 5169, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023 S. 2272, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 5171, Federal Employee Pay Compression Relief Act of 2023 H.R. 5342, Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023 H.R. 5345, Curbing Offenses on Policing Services Act H.R. 5346, Creating Schedule F in the Excepted Service Act H.R. 5366, Patriot Day Act H.R. 5465, Congressional Access to Bureaucratic Offices Act H.R. 5538, To amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide special overtime pay for certain border patrol agents, and for other purposes. H.R. 5563, Schedules That Work Act S. 2851, Schedules That Work Act H.R. 5578, Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act S. 2850, Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act H.R. 5624, Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2023 S. 2883, Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2023 H.R. 5676, SWAMP Act of 2023 S. 2612, SWAMP Act of 2023 H.R. 5681, Pipeline to Service Act H.R. 5713, Homeland Security Fentanyl Enforcement Act H.R. 5726, Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2023 H.R. 5728, Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2023 H.R. 5739, Shutdown Guidance for Financial Institutions Act H.R. 5758, To amend title 31, United States Code, to reimburse employees of the Federal Government and the District of Columbia, Federal contractors, and the States for certain costs incurred as a result of a Government shutdown, and for other purposes. H.R. 5760, Climate Resilience Workforce Act H.R. 5839, Maritime Border Security Technology Improvement Act H.R. 5862, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions. H.R. 5883, Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act S. 3029, Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act H.R. 5900, Security Clearance Revolving Door Act of 2023 H.R. 5920, Student Loan Marriage Penalty Elimination Act of 2023 H.R. 5990, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 S. 2278, Border Enforcement, Security, and Trade (BEST) Facilitation Act of 2023 H.R. 5995, Federal Retirement Fairness Act H.R. 6170, Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act H.R. 6195, Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act S. 3221, Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act H.R. 6266, Federal Protective Service Reform Act of 2023 H.R. 6267, Election Day Act H.R. 6276, USE IT Act of 2023 H.R. 6280, Smart Border Protection Act H.R. 6389, District of Columbia National Guard Federal Employee Leave Fairness Act H.R. 6404, Disarming Cartels Act H.R. 6409, CBP SPACE Act H.R. 6422, Locality Pay Equity Act of 2023 S. 3308, Locality Pay Equity Act of 2023 H.R. 6432, Safeguarding Honest Speech Act H.R. 6462, READINESS Act S. 3530, READINESS Act H.R. 6524, Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act H.R. 6558, END the DEEP STATE H.R. 6722, Fair Wage Act of 2023 H.R. 6792, PSLF Administrative Improvement Act H.R. 6842, STOCK Act 2.0 S. 3555, STOCK Act 2.0 H.R. 6876, CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023 H.R. 6901, To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on Department of Defense restrictions on the employment of former Department employees by certain countries. H.R. 6907, Parental Workforce Training Act. H.R. 6908, Jury Duty Exemption for Breastfeeding Act of 2023 H.R. 6911, ROBERT MALLEY Act H.R. 7080, Earn Your Keep Act H.R. 7107, Human Trafficking Awareness Training Act H.R. 7121, Financial Regulators Revolving Door Enforcement Act H.R. 7127, FAIR Act S. 3688, FAIR Act H.R. 7236, RECOVER Act of 2024 H.R. 7329, Election Day Holiday Act of 2024 H.R. 7369, CBP Hire Act of 2024 H.R. 7455, Sunset Act of 2024 H.R. 7490, Hire Veterans Act H.R. 7621, No Robot Bosses Act S. 2419, No Robot Bosses Act H.R. 7625, RESPOND Act of 2024 H.R. 7690, Stop Spying Bosses Act H.R. 7726, To amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes. H.R. 7752, PTO Act H.R. 7780, Safeguarding Investment Options for Retirement Act H.R. 7783, To nullify certain documents issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relating to gender based workplace discrimination. H.R. 7794, Chief Herbert D. Proffitt Act of 2024 H.R. 7819, To ensure that the percentage increase in rates of basic pay for prevailing wage employees shall be equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality and for other purposes. H.R. 7832, Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act H.R. 7835, Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act H.R. 7846, GUARD ACT H.R. 7869, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act S. 311, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act H.R. 7878, Ensuring Equity for Firefighters Act H.R. 7936, Cultural Resource Challenge Act of 2024 H.R. 7937, Diversity Equity Inclusion Dead on Arrival Act of 2024 H.R. 7978, Family Leave for Parental Involvement in Education Act H.R. 7979, End China's De Minimis Abuse Act H.R. 8070, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025. S. 4638, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 H.R. 8119, Providing Emotional Assistance with Relief and Love Act H.R. 8146, Police Our Border Act H.R. 8150, To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities. S. 243, To require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities H.R. 8292, Taxpayer Data Protection Act S. 5135, Taxpayer Data Protection Act H.R. 8373, No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act S. 4321, No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act H.R. 8479, Unity through Service Act of 2024 H.R. 8487, Honoring Emergency Response Officers' Sacrifice Act H.R. 8497, To provide the Secretary of Homeland Security certain direct hiring authorities. H.R. 8530, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024 S. 3613, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024 H.R. 8546, To require the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to take certain actions to improve the processing of claims and appeals for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, and for other purposes. H.R. 8577, National Commission to Combat Workplace Sexual Harassment Act H.R. 8633, Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine. S. 4419, Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of (DETECT) Fentanyl and Xylazine. H.R. 8669, Safe Workplaces Act H.R. 8706, Dismantle DEI Act S. 4516, Dismantle DEI Act H.R. 8759, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2024 H.R. 8794, Border Workforce Improvement Act H.R. 8806, Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare Act H.R. 8835, FAIR Pensions Act H.R. 8864, Tax Administration Simplification Act H.R. 8992, Stop Fentanyl at the Border Act H.R. 9084, STOP the SWAMP Act H.R. 9228, BE HEARD in the Workplace Act S. 4902, BE HEARD in the workplace Act H.R. 9296, Next Generation Civilian Leaders Program Act H.R. 9300, Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act H.R. 9341, Protecting Social Security Act H.R. 9346, Audit the IRS Act S. 4826, Audit the IRS Act H.R. 9368, Border Weather Resiliency Act of 2024 S. 4672, Border Weather Resiliency Act of 2024 H.R. 9424, Equal Pay for Equal Work Act H.R. 9434, To direct the heads of certain agencies to review and submit to Congress a report on public-private partnerships for combating the illicit fentanyl trade, and for other purposes. H.R. 9435, To establish a National Security Council Fentanyl Disruption Steering Group, and for other purposes. H.R. 9481, Improving Coordination for the Northern Border Act H.R. 9520, Federal Cyber Workforce Training Act of 2024 S. 4715, Federal Cyber Workforce Training Act of 2024 H.R. 9523, Renewed Hope Act of 2024 H.R. 9532, Renewed Hope Act of 2024 S. 5015, Renewed Hope Act of 2024 H.R. 9593, MANAGER Act H.R. 9667, Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act H.R. 9689, DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program Act H.R. 9722, CATCH Fentanyl Act H.R. 9749, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to abolish the reorganization authority of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes H.R. 9813, Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2024 S. 5279, Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2024 S. Res. 165, A resolution recognizing the work of Federal law enforcement agencies, condemning calls to "defund" the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and rejecting partisan attempts to degrade public trust in law enforcement agencies. S. Res. 218, A resolution expressing support for the law enforcement officers of the United States. S. 86, Members of Congress Pension Opt Out Clarification Act S. 87, EPIC Act S. 149, TSP Fiduciary Security Act of 2023 S. 166, HEALING Mothers and Fathers Act S. 206, END FENTANYL Act S. 210, Job Protection Act S. 222, Border Airport Fairness Act of 2023 S. 339, Department of Defense Improved Hiring Act S. 342, Access to Counsel Act of 2023 S. 349, Military Spouse Employment Act S. 383, Federal Skills Act of 2013 S. 393, Social Security Expansion Act S. 666, Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act S. 669, Increasing Mental Health Options Act of 2023 S. 670, IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act S. 693, Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Trading Act S. 717, Clear and Concise Content Act of 2023 S. 774, Veterans Border Patrol Training Act S. 780, Duplication Scoring Act of 2023 S. 794, CTPAT Pilot Program Act of 2023 S. 812, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2023 S. 885, Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act S. 986, STOP Act 2.0 S. 1011, Federal Employees and Retirees with Delinquent Tax Debt Initiative (FERDI) Act S. 1030, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 1051, Protect Taxpayers' Privacy Act S. 1054, IRS Improper Payments Act S. 1060, Global Trade Accountability Act S. 1111, ADVANCE Act of 2023 S. 1253, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2023 S. 1295, Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency Act S. 1337, Increase Reliable Services Now Act S. 1464, Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act S. 1569, Back the Blue Act of 2023 S. 1629, Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act S. 1640, Empowering Law Enforcement Act of 2023 S. 1733, POLICE Act of 2023 S. 1811, Military Merit, Fairness, and Equality Act of 2023 S. 1822, Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act S. 1897, Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act S. 1925, HERO Act S. 1964, A bill to abolish the Office of Financial Research S. 2150, Unity through Service Act of 2023 S. 2193, Fly PETS Act S. 2256, Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act S. 2266, Strengthening American Communities Act of 2023 S. 2440, Exploitative Workplace Surveillance and Technologies Task Force Act of 2023 S. 2533, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to allow certain military spouses employed by the Department of Defense to telework full time. S. 2665, Federal Firefighter Cancer Detection and Prevention Act of 2023 S. 2679, LEAD Act of 2023 S. 2866, Improving Government Services Act S. 2925, CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2023 S. 2949, Ensuring Military Access to Higher Education Benefits Act of 2023 S. 3015, Telework Reform Act of 2023 S. 3104, Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2023 S. 3112, Ensure Uniform Border Inspection Practices Act S. 3199, IRS Act S. 3252, Abolish Government DEI Act S. 3268, Direct Hire to Fight Fires Act of 2023 S. 3320, TERM Act S. 3374, REWARD Experience Act of 2023 S. 3431, Customs Modernization Act of 2023 S. 3479, Southwest Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2023 S. 3480, CREEPS Act S. 3600, Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 2024 S. 3680, Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act S. 3767, Justice for Fallen Law Enforcement Act S. 3796, Keeping International Land Ports of Entry Open Act S. 3901, Time Off to Vote Act S. 3965, Deploy Fentanyl Scanners Act of 2024 S. 4003, Guaranteed Paid Vacation Act S. 4021, A bill to place restrictions on the official display of flags, seals, or emblems other than the United States flag. S. 4043, Telework Transparency Act of 2024 S. 4062, CATCH Fentanyl Act S. 4082, Ensure Accountability in De Minimis Act of 2024 S. 4085, Export Controls Enforcement Improvement Act of 2024 S. 4183, A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 relating to authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to consolidate, modify, or reorganize Customs revenue functions. S. 4266, Back to Work Act of 2024 S. 4361, Border Act of 2024 S. 4655, Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act of 2024 S. 4656, A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, concerning restrictions on the participation of certain Federal employees in partisan political activity, and for other purposes. S. 4667, Risky Research Review Act S. 4681, Enhanced Oversight and Accountability in Screening Act S. 4698, DHS Joint Task Forces Reauthorization Act of 2024 S. 4707, DHS Border Services Contracts Review Act S. 4711, DOOBIE Act of 2024 S. 4780, Supporting Employees in the Guard and Reserve Act S. 4833, Federal Employee Locality Accountability in Retirement Act S. 4834, Federal Employee Return to Work Act S. 4889, Federal Jobs for STARs Act of 2024 S. 4991, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2024 S. 5017, Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2024 S. 5066, No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2024 S. 5092, Northern Border Security Enhancement and Review Act

Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Energy, Dept of, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Merit Systems Protection Board, Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Special Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, White House Office

H.R. 82 Support for Social Security Fairness Act (S. 597) Support for Social Security Expansion Act (H.R. 1046 and S. 393) Support for Equal COLA Act (H.R. 866) Support for H.R. 5995, Federal Retirement Fairness Act

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

No bill number. Discussed the Department of Labors Retirement Security Rule. H.J.Res.140 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02. H.J.Res.141 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24" H.J.Res.142 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary" H.J.Res.143 - Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128" S.J.Res.79 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary. S.4398, /H.R. 6007, the Retirement Investment in Small Employers Act. S. 3102/H.R. 6065, the Retirement Savings for Americans Act. H.R. 7293, the Automatic IRA Act of 2024. S. 2517/H.R. 4924, the Auto Reenroll Act of 2023. No bill number. Discussed retirement issues. No bill number. Discussed improving retirement disclosures. No bill number. Discussed Social Security solvency and financing. No bill number. Discussed fast track entitlement and fiscal commission. S. 597/H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023. H.R. 5342, the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2023. H.R. 4206, the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2023. H.R. 9385, the Protecting Americans from Social Security Clawbacks Act. H.R. 7697, the Dignity and Autonomy for Our Supplemental Security Income PNA Beneficiaries Act. No bill number. Discussed customer service at the Social Security Administration. No bill number. Discussed employment information and denied Social Security disability benefits. No bill number. Discussed payroll tax for federal catastrophic long-term care insurance and Social Security. S. 2767/H.R. 5408, the SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act. No bill number. Discussed Social Security Administration improper benefit payments. H.R. 716, the Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2023.

Client expense: $4,820,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

HR 82, S 597- Social Security Fairness Act Discharge Petition #16- Regarding Social Security Fairness Act S 1174- Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act

Client expense: $720,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Older Americans Act Reauthorization. The Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S. 4776): Proposals to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965 and to increase the authorization of appropriations for OAA programs, which is the major federal discretionary funding source for home and community-based services for older adults and their caregivers. Programs supported through the OAA include home-delivered and congregate nutrition services, in-home supportive services, transportation, caregiver support, community service employment, health and wellness programs, the long-term care ombudsman program, services to prevent the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of older adults, and other supportive services. Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers (ABC) Act (H.R. 8018 and S. 3109): Proposals would require HHS and SSA to review application processes, procedures, forms, and communications for Medicare, Medicaid, Childrens Health Insurance Program, and Social Security programs in order to reduce administrative barriers facing family caregivers. The bill requires agencies to identify and report to Congress on actions that can be taken to streamline eligibility and assistance for family caregivers within existing programs. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). The Fair COLA for Seniors Act (H.R. 716) and the Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act (H.R. 1688): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries; the Boosting Benefits and COLAs for Seniors Act (S. 3974): Proposal to calculate COLAs using the current Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) or the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E), whichever is greater. Social Security Expansion. The Social Security 2100 Act (H.R. 4583 and S. 2280): Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes. The Social Security Expansion Act (S. 393 and H.R. 1046): Proposals to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program. The Strengthening Social Security Act (H.R. 3261): Proposals to extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds and improve benefits. The Safeguarding American Families & Expanding Social Security Act (S. 5017): Proposals to update and modernize Social Security benefits and to extend solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds. The Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act (H.R. 9300 and S. 4877): Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs for Social Security beneficiaries and to ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program by altering the payroll tax cap. The Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act (H.R. 3926): Proposals to improve benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act (SWIFT Act) (S. 2741): Proposal to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses. Social Security Funding. The Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act (H.R. 4535 and S. 1174): Proposals to close the loophole for wealthy individuals who bypass paying the net investment income tax (NIIT) and directing the revenue to the Social Security Trust Funds and to the Hospital Insurance Fund, which pays for Medicare Part A that covers inpatient care in hospitals. Social Security Privatization and Benefit Cuts. (No bill): Proposals to borrow funds to invest in the stock market, to raise the Social Security retirement age and to cut Social Security benefits for future retirees promoted by Senator Bill Cassidy and Senator Angus King. Caregiver Social Security Credits. The Social Security Caregiver Credits Act (S. 1211 and H.R. 3729): Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives. Social Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (H.R. 82 and S. 597) and the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act (H.R. 4260): Proposals to repeal or modify the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. Social Security Notch. (No bill): Proposals to ensure that Social Security benefits for individuals born in 1960 and 1961 are not reduced as a result of the coronavirus-related drop in the average wage index. Protecting Seniors from Garnishment. (No bill): Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans. Social Security Disability Insurance Claim Adjudication. (No bill): Proposal to nullify the rule finalized by the Social Security Administration on November 16, 2020, that outlines when its administrative appeals judges may hold hearings and issue decisions on individual cases. Currently, these judges serve an appellate function where they review, at the request of Social Security claimants, the decisions of the administrative law judges who issue decisions in individual cases. Social Security Overpayments. (No bill): Proposals to protect retirees, survivors and people with disabilities from being forced to repay extra Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits they received through no fault of their own. Strengthening Beneficiaries Rights. (No bill): Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. Social Security Benefit Statements. The Know Your Social Security Act (No bill): Proposal to implement section 1143 of the Social Security Act by clarifying the Social Security Administration is required to mail annual benefit statements to all workers over age 25. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act (H.R. 7138 and S. 2767): Proposals to strengthen and restore the SSI program. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program. The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act (S. 2767 and H.R. 5408): Proposal to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for Supplemental Security Income eligibility. The Fairness in Social Security Act (H.R. 4348): Proposal to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude the portion of a lump-sum Social Security benefit payment that relates to periods prior to the taxable year from the determination of household income as it relates to SSI eligibility. Retirement Plan Distribution: IRS Notice relating to Use of an Electronic Medium to Make Participant Elections and Spousal Consents (RIN 1545-Bq50). House Committee on Aging. (H. Res. 1029): A Resolution amending the Rules of the House to reestablish a Permanent Select Committee on Aging. Retirement Plan Fiduciary Rule: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Office of Regulations and Interpretations - RIN 1210-AC02; Application No. D-12057; Application No. D-12060. Supporting the Department of Labor proposed regulation to modernize the fiduciary rule to strengthen protections for retirement investors who seek professional investment advice. (H.J. Res 142 and S.J. Res 79): Opposing resolutions providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary". Social Security Administration. The Improving Social Securitys Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act (H.R. 3765 and H.R. 3784): Proposal to improve Social Security's service to victims of identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. Social Security Administration. Comments in support of Omitting Food from In-Kind Support and Maintenance Calculations, Docket No. SSA-2021-0014; Comments in support of Expanding the Rental Subsidy, Docket No. SSA-2023-0010; Comments in support of Intermediate Improvement to the Disability Adjudication Process Including How We Consider Past Work, Docket No. SSA-2023-0024; Comments in support of Rulemaking Expanding the Definition of a Public Assistance Household, Docket No. SSA-2023-0015; Comments supporting and strengthening rule regarding the Use of Electronic Payroll Data to Improve Program Administration, Docket No. SSA-2016-0039. Social Security Administration: Comments submitted regarding Social Security Form SSA-827 proposal (Medical Record Collection Process) and the Disability Applicant Evidence Simplification Act (DAESA) draft. Womens Retirement Security. The Womens Retirement Protection Act (S. 2627 and H.R. 5060): Proposal to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans. Food Security for Seniors. Farm bill reauthorization (The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, H.R. 8467; No Senate bill): opposing any cuts to future Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits or other harmful policies that would worsen the problem of hunger for Americas older adults and other food insecure individuals.

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

Government targets: Administration on Aging, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of

Support of Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees, H.R. 856/S. 274 Support of Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82/S. 597 Support of Improving Access to Workers Compensation for Injured Federal Workers, H.R. 618/S. 131 Support of Equal COLA Act, H.R. 304 Protecting collective bargaining rights of employees throughout the federal and postal workforces Opposition to cuts to federal and postal employees healthcare and retirement benefits Support of expanding the non-deduction service that may be creditable under the Federal Employee Retirement Service Support of Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act, H.R. 5883/S.3029 Support of the Federal Retirement Fairness Act, H.R. 5995 Opposition to the Fiscal Commission Act, H.R. 5779 Opposition to the Fiscal Stability Act, S. 3262

Client expense: $7,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Lobbied against passage of H.R. 139, the "SHOW UP Act" and its provisions that would abrogate collective bargaining agreements. Lobbied to explain the benefits of telework and remote work for federal employees, for the economy and the environment. Lobbied for a 7.4% increase in federal by for 2025 in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, H.R. 8773. Lobbied in support of the FAIR (Federal Adjustment of Income Rates) Act, H.R. 7127 and S. 3688 to provide a 7.4% increase to federal employees pay in 2025. Lobbied for a minimum of parity in the 2025 pay between military and civilian employees to provide at least a 4.5% pay raise. Lobbied against cutting services at federal agencies, pay and benefits of federal employees, Social Security and Medicare as a precondition of raising the debt ceiling. Lobbied against enactment of new excepted service and direct-hire authorities proposed in various bills including the NDAA. Lobbied for greater ethics disclosures for contractors working within the federal government, e.g., within the Cyber Reserve service. Lobbied in favor of higher bonuses for federal workers who recommend cost-saving improvements in their agencies. Lobbied against passage of H.R. 140, the "Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act;" lobbied to limit the definition of censorship, to reduce or eliminate penalties for rank-and-file government workers, and to defeat the Perry amendment related to use of union official time. Lobbied in support of the "DC Admissions Act," H.R. 51 and S. 51 to make the D.C. a state. Lobbied in support of the joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, S.J. Res. 4. Lobbied in support of inclusion of public financial disclosure provisions in S. 885, the "Department of Homeland Security Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Act." Lobbied in support of H.R. 866, the "Equal COLA Act" for Federal Employee Retirement System beneficiaries' cost-of-living adjustment to be the same as Civil Service Retirement System benefits rather than arbitrarily cut by one full percentage point. Lobbied for passage of H.R. 159 / S. 59, the "Chance to Compete Act of 2023," and lobbied against proposed changes to weaken provisions of the bill by providing opt-outs, delaying implementation, and eliminating the passing score requirement. Lobbied on behalf of Social Security workforce on agency funding, the collective bargaining agreement, telework, and recruitment and retention benefits. Lobbied in support of S. 393, the "Social Security Expansion Act" to expand Social Security benefits, improve solvency and repeal GPO and WEP. Lobbied in support of the Presidents FY 2025 budget request to continue GS-level pay for Transportation Security Officers and an end to the diversion of the passenger security fee. Lobbied in support of the Fund the "TSA Act," H.R. 3394. Lobbied in support of the Rights for the "TSA Workforce Act," H.R. 8370 / S. 4334 to provide full title 5 collective bargaining rights for transportation security officers. Lobbied in support of the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," H.R. 871, granting public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty. Lobbied in support of additional security measures for scheduled charter flights so they are fully subject to TSA screening. Lobbied against expansion of a GAO study on remote work considered as an amendment to S. 349, the "Military Spouse Employment Act." Lobbied for passage of H.R. 82 and S. 597, the "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023" to fully repeal GPO and WEP. Lobbied for passage of S. 3029, the Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act. Lobbied against FY 2025 appropriations amendments to require excessive reporting on telework and remote work, ban mask mandates, and reduce federal spending below Fiscal Responsibility Act targets. Lobbied for changes to S. 3015, the Telework Reform Act of 2023 to protect competitive service hiring. Lobbied for changes to S. 4043, the Telework Transparency Act of 2024 to prevent arbitrary office space reductions and/or telework restrictions. Lobbied against a proposed Romney amendment to S. 4043 to impose remote surveillance on teleworking federal employees. Lobbied against the Perry amendment to the NDAA bill (H.R. 8070) to question to role of official time by ordering a biased reporting its use in the federal workplace. Lobbied against a proposed Scott amendment to the NDAA bill (H.R. 8070) to curtail collective bargaining rights for dual status technicians employed by the Defense Department. Lobbied against H.R 4848, the Censorship Accountability Act, which would expose federal employees performing their lawful duties to personal civil liability over purported intrusions into the First Amendment. Provided technical assistance to House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce for its September 14, 2023, hearing: Oversight of Federal Agencies Post-Pandemic Telework Policies. Lobbied against Senate proposal to expand excepted hiring in the Defense Departments Artificial Intelligence Office. Lobbied for expansion of FMLA eligibility expansion to credit military service, provision which was enacted in the NDAA. Lobbied for changes to OPMs proposed governmentwide cybersecurity workforce proposal to preserve title 5 provisions, protect collective bargaining rights, and avoid pay banding systems that are associated with arbitrary or discriminatory treatment. Lobbied against H.R. 9594 the Protect Taxpayers Wallets Act which would effectively end official time for federal unions. Lobbied against H.R. 8314 the No Foreign Election Interference Act which would have interfered with the functioning of union political action committees. Lobbied against S. 4321 the No Taxpayer-Funded Pensions for Sex Criminals Act which may have punished federal healthcare providers who provided reproductive care. Lobbied against S. 4667 the Risky Research Review Act which would impose criminal penalties and other sanctions on federal workers reviewing or performing medical research. Lobbied in favor of S. 131 to improve federal workers ability to access workers compensation benefits in case of work-related injury. Lobbied for passage of H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to continue to fund the federal government through December 20, 2024. Submitted requests for appropriations, report language and legislative language affecting the federal workforce in the following appropriations bills: Agriculture Commerce, Justice, Science Defense Energy and Water Financial Services and General Government Homeland Security Interior, Environment Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Military Construction, Veterans Affairs State, Foreign Operations Transportation - HUD

Client expense: $590,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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