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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4766-12
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6. House ID# 308460000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Drew Schneider, Legislative Assistant |
Date | 04/21/2014 |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 109 / H.R. 436, the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act; S. 2178 / H.R. 4320, Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act; H.R. 4321, Employee Privacy Protection Act; H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Life Long Skills Act; Workforce Investment Act; Davis-Bacon Act; National Labor Relations Act reform; Project labor agreements;
DOL-ETA/WHD (REG) Title: Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program (RIN 1205-ZA00);
DOL-OLMS (REG) Title: Persuader Agreements: Consultant Form LM-21 Receipts and Disbursements Report (RIN 1245-AA05);
DOL-OLMS (REG) Title: Persuader Agreements: Employer and Labor Relations Consultant Reporting under the LMRDA (RIN 1245-AA03);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Confined Spaces in Construction (RIN 1218-AB47);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Cranes and Derricks in Construction (RIN 1218-AC01);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (RIN 1218-AC49);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Injury and Illness Prevention Program (RIN 1218-AC48);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Occupational Injury and Illness Recording and Reporting Requirements - Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) Column (RIN 1218-AC45);
DOL-OSHA (LOI) Letter of Interpretation on OSHA Inspections (February 21, 2013);
DOL-WHO (AAM) Applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act to survey crews (March 22, 2013);
DOL-WHO (REG) Title: Right To Know Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (RIN 1235-AA04);
NLRB (REG) Title: Representation-Case Procedures (RIN 3142-AA08);
DOL-OFCCP Final Rule on affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations of contractors and subcontractors regarding individuals with disabilities (RIN 1250-AA02) and veterans (RIN 1250-AA00)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Geoff |
Burr |
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Sean |
Thurman |
Mr. |
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Karen |
Livingston |
Ms. |
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Kristen |
Swearingen |
Ms. |
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Ben |
Brubeck |
Mr. |
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Lauren |
Williams |
Ms. |
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Liam |
Donovan |
Mr. |
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Brooke |
Kintz |
Ms. |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014;
The following provisions in FY 14 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts (House/Senate) and FY 15 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts (House/Senate):
DOL-ETA/WHD (REG) Title: Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program (RIN 1205-ZA00);
DOL-OLMS (REG) Title: Persuader Agreements: Employer and Labor Relations Consultant Reporting under the LMRDA (RIN 1245-AA03);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (RIN 1218-AC49);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70);
DOL-OSHA (LOI) Letter of Interpretation on OSHA Inspections (February 21, 2013);
DOL-WHO (AAM) Applicability of the Davis-Bacon Act to survey crews (March 22, 2013);
NLRB (REG) Title: Representation-Case Procedures (RIN 3142-AA08);
Davis-Bacon Act; National Labor Relations Act reform; Specialty Healthcare, 356 NLRB No. 56 (2010)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Geoff |
Burr |
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Sean |
Thurman |
Mr. |
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Kristen |
Swearingen |
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Lauren |
Williams |
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Brooke |
Kintz |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code SMB
16. Specific lobbying issues
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses (RIN 1218-AC49);
DOL-OSHA (REG) Title: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica (RIN 1218-AB70);
DOL-OSHA (LOI) Letter of Interpretation on OSHA Inspections (February 21, 2013)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Small Business Adminstration (SBA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Geoff |
Burr |
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Sean |
Thurman |
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Lauren |
Williams |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1493, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act; H.R. 2122, Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 2542, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act; H.R. 2641, Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2804, Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act; H.R. 2804, All Economic Regulations Are Transparent Act; Comprehensive regulatory reform
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Geoff |
Burr |
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Sean |
Thurman |
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Brooke |
Kintz |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2641, Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2804, Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency Act;
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act included in S. 601, Water Resources Development Act; Public-Private Partnerships in H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act; House / Senate conference on H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act and S. 601, Water Resources Development Act;
EPA (REG) Title: Definition of "Waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act (RIN 2040-AF30);
EPA (REG) Title: Lead, Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program for Public and Commercial Buildings (RIN 2070-AJ56);
EPA (REG) Title: Stormwater Regulations Revision to Address Discharges from Developed Sites (RIN 2040-AF13)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Other) , Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Geoff |
Burr |
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Sean |
Thurman |
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Karen |
Livingston |
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Kristen |
Swearingen |
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Ben |
Brubeck |
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Lauren |
Williams |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Public-Private Partnerships
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Geoff |
Burr |
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Drew |
Schneider |
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Ben |
Brubeck |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Tax extenders; Comprehensive tax reform; Effective tax rates; Section 179D tax deduction; Depreciation rates; 179 expensing; Cost recovery periods; Independent contractors/Section 530, Estate tax, S-Corp payroll tax, Section 460 (e); Completed contract method; Amendment 4 to Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency Act; H.R.1993, American Job Builders Tax Reform Act of 2011 (112th Congress)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Burr |
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Liam |
Donovan |
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Brooke |
Kintz |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act of 2013, S. 1188 / H.R. 2988, Forty Hours Is Full Time Act of 2013; The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148); Section 213 of H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; H.R. 763, To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the PPACA; H.R. 3367, Small Business Family Relief Act; S. 603, Jobs and Premium Protection Act; S. 1647, Restoring Access to Medication Act;
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Draft 2015 Letter to Issuers in the Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Burr |
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Karen |
Livingston |
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Kristen |
Swearingen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4238, To amend the Immigration Nationality Act to provide requirements for employers of H-2B immigrants; H-2B visas; low-skilled visas
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Kintz |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: Federal Pell Grant Program (Title IV); S. 1904, Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2013; Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-270); Career and technical education programs
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Livingston |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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