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Reported covered position: Legislative Positions: Law Clerk for the Office of Sen. John McCain (Jan. 2013-May 2013); Law Clerk for the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation, Office of Ranking Member Sen. John McCain (May 2013-May 2014)
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Student Veteran COVID-19 Protection Act of 2021
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS (NACUBO) · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS (NACUBO)
Recommendation for implementing Isakson Roe. Requesting technical corrections on provisions in Isakson Roe and the THRIVE Act including: consumer information requirements, Incentive Compensation, dual certification, and requiring HEA Title IV participation as a condition of eligibility. Support for H.R. 5509 which includes important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits and provides technical corrections to legislation enacted earlier this year. Support for REMOTE Act, which includes important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits and provides technical corrections to legislation enacted earlier this year Support for a legislative fix to the VA's "rounding out" policy
Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY BUSINESS OFFICERS (NACUBO) · Firm:
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Recommendation for implementing Isakson Roe. Requesting technical corrections on provisions in Isakson Roe and the THRIVE Act including: consumer information requirements, Incentive Compensation, dual certification, and requiring HEA Title IV participation as a condition of eligibility. Support for H.R. 5509 which includes important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits and provides technical corrections to legislation enacted earlier this year. Support for REMOTE Act, which includes important provisions to help ensure veterans can continue to receive their education benefits and provides technical corrections to legislation enacted earlier this year Support for a legislative fix to the VA's "rounding out" policy
Source: Senate LDA
Support for doubling the Pell Grant, increasing appropriations for various student aid programs, efforts to provide COVID-19 relief for higher education institutions and students, and the advancement of Kvaal as ED Undersecretary. Opposition to the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act (S. 1585). Efforts to collaborate with the Department of Education to clarify requirements of Sec. 117 of the Higher Education Act and get guidance on questions related to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). Suggestions to ED for topics on upcoming negotiated rulemaking (including but not limited to Title IX and financial responsibility regulations). Request that the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) delay request related to the single audit cycle until 2022
Requests for funding for higher education institutions, especially minority serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Build Back Better Act. Requests for consideration of higher education in any infrastructure spending.
Reinstate the advance refunding of tax-exempt bonds. Expand debt issuance with a Direct Pay Bonds Program. include tax-exempt bond priorities including restoration of advance refunding and support for small issuers as part of any infrastructure legislation. Extend and expand the universal charitable deduction created under the CARES Act.
Requesting extension of flexibilities on I9 travel restrictions. Comments on USCIS-2021-0013 requesting that the future rulemaking announced in the ANRPM undo the previous administration's public charge rules and ensure that new rules do not "cause undue fear among immigrant communities or present other obstacles to immigrants and their families accessing public services available to them." Request for F-1 and J-1 visa flexibilities for Afghan students and scholars displaced by the crisis in their country. Responses to DHS Docket Number USCSIS-2021-0006 regarding an NPRM on DACA including: -urge DHS to expand the criteria -urge DHS not to separte the forms and process for deferred action and work authorization -allow new flexibilities for Title IV eligibility for DACA recipients Request that international students and scholars be allowed flexibility to be vaccinated against COVID-19 upon entering the United States.
Filing targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Repeal the taxability of scholarship and grant aid, including for Pell Grants. Reinstate the advance refunding of tax-exempt bonds. Expand debt issuance with a Direct Pay Bonds Program. include tax-exempt bond priorities including restoration of advance refunding and support for small issuers as part of any infrastructure legislation.
Requesting clarification from DHS and DOS on travel restrictions due to COVID-19 and the national interest exemption for students starting on or after August 1. Such questions include issues surrounding students on different types of visas, documentation required at entry to the United States, and whether agencies can provide additional guidance. Requesting extension of flexibilities on I9 travel restrictions
Support for doubling the maximum Pell Grant award and repealing the grant's taxability when combined with the American Opportunity Tax Credit. Suggestions to ED for topics on upcoming negotiated rulemaking (including but not limited to Title IX and financial responsibility regulations). Repeal of the requirement of citizenship for participation in federal TRIO programs. Responding with recommendations to the Department of Education on its proposed Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund Annual Data Collection Form.
Broadband infrastructure support for students and institutions of higher education.
Recommendation for implementing Isakson Roe. Requesting technical corrections on provisions in Isakson Roe and the THRIVE Act including: consumer information requirements, Incentive Compensation, dual certification, and requiring HEA Title IV participation as a condition of eligibility.
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Repeal the taxability of scholarship and grant aid, including for Pell Grants. Enhance tax-exempt financing and expand the Section 179D energy efficient construction tax deduction and extend the deduction to nonprofit organizations. Reinstate the advance refunding of tax-exempt bonds. Expand debt issuance with a Direct Pay Bonds Program. Modernize restrictions imposed by tax-exempt bond financing. Enhance higher education tax credits. Enhance charitable giving. Repeal the private nonprofit institutional investment income excise tax (the endowment tax). Expand and modernize employer provided education assistance (Section 127). Enact Lifelong Learning and Training Accounts (LLTAs). Repeal the Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) basketing provision. Support for Legacy IRA Act. Support for expansion of tax-exempt bond priorities including restoration of advance refunding and support for small issuers.
Increased FY22 Energy star funding. Increased FY22 funding for numerous institution and student facing Department of Education programs.
Comments in response to USCIS Docket No. 2021-0004, concerning how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can reduce administrative and other barriers and burdens within its regulations and policies, including those that prevent foreign citizens from easily obtaining access to immigration services and benefits.
Support for doubling the Pell Grant, increasing appropriations for various student aid programs, efforts to provide COVID-19 relief for higher education institutions and students, and the advancement of Kvaal as ED Undersecretary. Opposition to the Improving Mental Health Access for Students Act (S. 1585). Efforts to collaborate with the Department of Education to clarify requirements of Sec. 117 of the Higher Education Act and get guidance on questions related to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF). Suggestions to ED for topics on upcoming negotiated rulemaking (including but not limited to Title IX and financial responsibility regulations). Request that the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) delay request related to the single audit cycle until 2022
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Support for the American Rescue Plan Act, which provided COVID-19 relief for institutions of higher education and students
Support for the Dream Act of 2021, support for prioritizing student visa processing and waivers of in-person interviews, consideration of student exemptions from travel restrictions
Support for doubling the Pell Grant, support for increases in appropriations for various student aid programs, support for efforts undertaken by the House Committee on Education and Labor to provide COVID-19 relief for higher education stakeholders as part of a budget reconciliation bill, efforts to collaborate with the Department of Education to clarify requirements for foreign gift and contract reporting under Section 117 of the Higher Education Act, requests for guidance on numerous questions related to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund(s)
Restoration of tax-exempt bonds, support for policies that expand charitable giving
Support for the TREAT Act
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of
Recommendations for the Protect GI Bill Act
COVID-19 relief through avenues including: support for state governments and replacement of lost revenues; request that FEMA issue new guidance on the eligibility of Category B Emergency Protective Measures, clarifying that FEMA Public Assistance funding can be used by public and non-profit higher education institutions to support their critical public health and safety work.
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, Section 117,
Encouraging support for Telemedicine Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act
comments in response to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Docket Number: USCIS-2020-0019 proposed rule regarding the Modification of Registration Requirements for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions.
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues (campus sexual assault); implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; recognition of higher education institutions and students in coronavirus stimulus and relief efforts; further student loan relief for borrowers, liability protections for higher education institutions; additional relief funding for institutions, guidance for how to higher education institutions can use and report HEERF allocations, guidance for international students and exchange visitors, repeal of DoL's action on President Trump's Executive Order on combatting race and sex stereotyping
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, protection of GI Bill benefits for student veterans whose institutions are forced to close due to coronavirus
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127, implementation of coronavirus relief efforts (inclusion of public institutions in Families First payroll tax credit, tax deadline extension as part of coronavirus response)
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, protection of GI Bill benefits for student veterans whose institutions are forced to close due to coronavirus, extension of veteran benefits for student veterans affected by coronavirus
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127, implementation of coronavirus relief efforts including: taxability of CARES Act grant aid to students and expansion of FMLA tax credit for employers
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, protection of GI Bill benefits for student veterans whose institutions are forced to close due to coronavirus, extension of veteran benefits for student veterans affected by coronavirus
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues (campus sexual assault); implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; recognition of higher education institutions and students in coronavirus stimulus and relief efforts including internet infrastructure and connectivity for coronavirus affected students with financial need, further student loan relief for borrowers, liability protections for higher education institutions, additional relief funding for institutions
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues (campus sexual assault); implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; recognition of higher education institutions and students in coronavirus stimulus and relief efforts; internet infrastructure and connectivity for coronavirus affected students with financial need, liability protections for higher education institutions
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127, implementation of coronavirus relief efforts including: taxability of CARES Act grant aid to students and expansion of FMLA tax credit for employers
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, protection of GI Bill benefits for student veterans whose institutions are forced to close due to coronavirus
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations, appropriations for ENERGY STAR
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127, implementation of coronavirus relief efforts (inclusion of public institutions in Families First payroll tax credit, tax deadline extension as part of coronavirus response)
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues(campus sexual assault);Implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; FUTURE Act
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues(campus sexual assault);Implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; FUTURE Act; Section 117;
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues(campus sexual assault);Implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; FUTURE Act; Section 117;
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues(campus sexual assault);Implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; FUTURE Act; Section 117;
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues(campus sexual assault);Implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; FUTURE Act
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues (campus sexual assault); implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; Section 117; recognition of higher education institutions and students in coronavirus stimulus and relief efforts
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations, appropriations for ENERGY STAR
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues (campus sexual assault); implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; recognition of higher education institutions and students in coronavirus stimulus and relief efforts; internet infrastructure and connectivity for coronavirus affected students with financial need, liability protections for higher education institutions
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, Section 117, implementation of coronavirus relief efforts including: taxability of CARES Act grant aid to students and expansion of FMLA tax credit for employers
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits, protection of GI Bill benefits for student veterans whose institutions are forced to close due to coronavirus, extension of veteran benefits for student veterans affected by coronavirus
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues (campus sexual assault); implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; Section 117; recognition of higher education institutions and students in coronavirus stimulus and relief efforts
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act; Title IX issues(campus sexual assault);Implementation of financial responsibility provisions of HEA; FUTURE Act
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Tax-exempt bonds; 179D; issues related to implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (UBIT transportation fringe benefit tax); charitable giving, implementation of the net investment income tax on colleges and universities, implementation of the "Cadillac Tax" on employer provided health insurance, Section 127
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Improvement of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits for higher education, changes to definition of a "term" for post 9/11 GI Bill benefits
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Appropriation for federal student aid programs including higher education-specific appropriations
Filing targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)