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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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City | WASHINGTON |
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Zip Code | 20006 |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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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: Cynthia Chetti |
Date | 7/20/2021 9:53:57 AM |
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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Building Codes / Building Efficiency Standards
Building performance disclosure
H.R. 1512-To build a clean and prosperous future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health and welfare of all Americans, and putting the Nation on the path to net-zero greenhouse has economy by 2050, and for other purposes. Title III- Efficiency
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Building Codes / Resiliency
Lead hazards in housing
H.R. 8713 (116th) Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to provide additional procedures for families with children under the age of 6. and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Housing Affordability
Balanced Housing Policy Issues
Proposals to expand the availability of affordable and workforce housing
Rent Control
Housing Affordability and Infrastructure Issues
General Rural Housing/U.S. Department of Agriculture
COVID-19-Related Housing Issues (Rental Assistance, Housing Development/Construction/Supply, Displacement and Eviction Moratoriums, Liability, Fair Housing, Debt Collection, Resident Screening and Reporting)
H.R.1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. In particular Subtitle B - Housing Provisions.
Implementation of rental assistance program enacted in Public Law 116-260.
Legislation
Section 8 voucher program updates/improvements
Housing Supply and Affordability Act
S. 1820, Choice in Affordable Housing Act
Stable Families Act
S.2182 - Eviction Crisis Act of 2021
H.R. 3913, the Renter Protection Act
Fair Housing Act (Revision of the Disparate Impact Rule, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, Screening and Reporting)
Housing and Infrastructure Issues: Promoted policy that reinvests in the nations infrastructure and drives new investment in housing by eliminating barriers to development, reducing the cost of regulations and incentivizing apartment construction.
The American Jobs Plan (Housing and Building/Community Infrastructure and Transportation Provisions)
H.R. 5187, Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019, to facilitate the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act
S. 768, Better PLAN Act
H.R. 4351 / S. 1919, Yes in My Backyard (YIMBY) Act
H.R. 4307, Build More Housing Near Transit Act
Housing Supply and Affordability Act
H.R.2126 - To authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of housing supply and affordability plans, and for other purposes.
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Enforcement and Compliance (Related to Eviction Moratoriums, Resident/Consumer Protections, Debt Collection)
Housing Development and Construction (Zoning and Land Use Practices, Affordability, Outreach to Department on Commerce on Lumber Cost Escalation)
NMHC commented on the House Financial Services Committee, hearing entitled Building Back Better: Examining the Need for Investments in Americans Housing and Financial Infrastructure.
NMHC commented on the Senate Banking hearing entitle 21st Century Communities: Expanding Opportunity Through Infrastructure Investments.
NMHC commented on the House Financial Services Committee, hearing entitled Universal Vouchers: Ending Homelessness and Expanding Economic Opportunity in America.
Violence Against Women Act
(116 Congress) S. 2843, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, Title VI- Safe Homes For Victims, Sections 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606
(116 Congress) S. 2920, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019, Title VI, Subtitle A and B, Sections 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 611, 612, 613, 614
(116 Congress) H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization of 2019, Title VI, Safe Homes for Victims, Section 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606
H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021, Title Safe Homes for Victims, Sections 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Adrianne Todmans nomination to become Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Solomon Greenes nomination to become Assistant Secretary of HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
HOME
Project-Based Voucher Programs
Section 8 Source of Income Issues
HUD Regulatory Reform Issues
Fair Market Rents (FMRs) & Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs)
HUD Quarterly Real Estate Meeting
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Eviction Moratorium Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19" and Guidance
FY 22 Funding
Bureau of Labor Statistics funding
HUD Housing Program Funding - Section 8 Programs
Treasury Department, U.S. Department of Housing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Emergency Rental Assistance Implementation and federal eviction moratorium issues
General Accounting Office
Real Estate issues related to COVID-19
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Treasury - Dept of, Government Accountability Office (GAO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Community Reinvestment Act, Docket No. R-1723; RIN 7100-AF94.
Eligibility of multifamily owners and developers to access Paycheck Protection Program loans
Access to capital related to FHFA conservatorship of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Change to radon testing protocols by FHFA
Climate change RFI by FHFA
Implementation of the beneficial ownership and corporate transparency provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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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15. General issue area code CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Safe drinking water including revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule
S. 914, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize programs under those Acts, and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Taxation of Pass-Through Entities
Section 199A Qualified Business Income Tax Deduction: Oppose any reduction to or repeal of the 20-percent deduction for qualified business income under Section 199A, including phasing out the deduction above certain income thresholds.
H.R. 1381, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions.
S. 480, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions.
Depreciation Rules
Implementation of 30-year alternative depreciation system schedule for rental real estate placed in service prior to 2018 for taxpayers electing out of limits on interest deductibility as enacted in Public Law 116-260: Requested that the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service issue guidance permitting an automatic change in the method of accounting for taxpayers that are impacted by the legislative changes made in P.L. 116-260. Also requested that guidance be issued consistent with the relief granted pursuant to Rev. Proc. 2020-22 and Rev. Proc. 2020-23, allowing partnerships subject to the BBA centralized partnership audit regime to file an amended return (Form 1065) and make a late Section 163(j) election and issue amended Schedules K for tax years beginning in 2018 and 2019.
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit
H.R. 2573, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 1136, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 3077 (116th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 1703 (116th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 3365 (115th Congress), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2018, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-119890-18, RIN 1454 BO92, Section 42, Low-Income Housing Credit Average Income Test Regulations
Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones: No bill introduced, but support legislative change reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes. Also, support maintaining current-law capital gains rate applicable to deferred capital gains invested in Opportunity Funds.
Rehabilitation Tax Credit
H.R. 1483, Revitalizing Economies, Housing, and Businesses Act of 2021 or the REHAB Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rehabilitation credit, all provisions.
Adaptive Reuse
Discussed potential for tax incentives to spur adaptive reuse of non-residential commercial buildings into multifamily buildings.
Energy Tax Incentives
H.R. 848, Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now Act of 2021 (GREEN Act of 2021), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency, and for other purposes, Section 303: Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction; Section 304: Extension, Increase, and Modifications of New Energy Efficient Home Credit; and Section 405: Alternative Fuel Refueling Property Credit.
H.R 2346, Energy Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2020, or the E-QUIP Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 10-year straight line depreciation for energy efficient qualified improvement property, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 1298, Clean Energy for America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for increased investment in clean energy: Title II -- Incentives for Clean Transportation, Section 202: Transportation Electrification (portion of provision impacting the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit) and Title III -- Incentives for Energy Efficiency, Section 301: Credit for new energy efficient residential buildings and Section 303: Enhancement of energy efficient commercial buildings deduction; and Title VI -- Workforce Development Requirements, Section 601: Use of qualified apprentices.
S. 2118, Clean Energy for America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for increased investment in clean energy: Title III -- Incentives for Energy Efficiency, Section 301: Credit for new energy efficient residential buildings and Section 303: Enhancement of energy efficient commercial buildings deduction; and Title V -- Workforce Development Requirements, Section 501: Use of qualified apprentices.
Support long-term extension of New energy efficient home credit (IRC 45L).
Support expansion of Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (IRC 179D) to establish a sliding scale of energy improvements, which would help spur investment in energy efficient improvements in older buildings.
Title I of the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189 in the 113th Congress), amending IRC 179D to preserve the deductions application for new construction and public buildings, while also meaningfully incentivizing private-sector investment in building performance retrofits.
Assessed efficacy of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit (IRC 30C) as it pertains to the multifamily industry.
Davis-Bacon
Oppose requiring Davis-Bacon for projects authorized as part of any forthcoming infrastructure legislation and to be required to be able to benefit from tax incentives, including energy tax incentives, generally.
Infrastructure
Support: Expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (H.R. 2573 / S. 1136), enacting the Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit, enacting the REHAB Act (H.R. 1483), Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) Repeal, enacting the Efficient Qualified Improvement Property Act of 2020 (E-QUIP) (H.R. 2346), making permanent the Section 45L New energy efficient home credit, and reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes.
Biden Tax Proposals
Department of the Treasury, General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals, American Families Plan: Increase the Top Marginal Income Tax Rate for High Earners, Reform the Taxation of Capital Income, Rationalize Net Investment Income and Self-Employment Contribution Act Taxes, Tax Carried (Profits) Interests as Ordinary Income, and Repeal Deferral of Gain from Like-Kind Exchanges.
Biden Administration, The American Families Plan, tax proposals impacting: tax rates on individual income, capital gains tax rates, carried interest, the Medicare surtax on net investment income, stepped-up basis and taxation of unrealized capital gains at death, like-kind exchanges, and the limitation of excess business losses.
Biden campaign tax proposals impacting multifamily housing (tax rates on individual income, capital gains tax rates, value of itemized deductions, elimination of stepped-up basis and taxation of unrealized capital gains at death, elimination of like-kind exchanges, expansion of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, establishment of renter's tax credit, depreciation of multifamily property, and $15,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit).
Like-Kind Exchanges
Like-kind exchanges: Support retaining current law.
Carried Interest
Carried interest: NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year.
H.R. 1068, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions.
S. 1598, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-thru entities, all provisions.
Stepped-Up Basis at Death and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death
Support retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale.
H.R 2286, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat property transferred by gift or at death as sold for fair market value, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Senator Van Hollen Discussion Draft, Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion Act of 2021, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to realize gains from property at the time of death, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA)
H.R. 2210 (116th Congress), Invest in America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain provisions applicable to foreign investment in United States real property, all provisions.
H.R. 3123, Parity for Non-Traded REITs Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide the same treatment to publicly offered, non-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts as is provided to exchange-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, all provisions.
Down payment Assistance
H.R. 1360, American Dream Down payment Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish qualified down payment savings programs, all provisions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 842, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S. 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021, to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes, all provisions.
H.R. 3185, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions.
S. 1636, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions.
Opposed requiring Davis-Bacon for projects authorized as part of any forthcoming infrastructure legislation and to be required to be able to benefit from tax incentives generally.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Broadband deployment, maintenance, access and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services.
FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making and Declaratory Ruling: Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments (GN Docket No. 17-142)
H.R. 1604, the Broadband Justice Act of 2021
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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15. General issue area code CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the multifamily industry.
Federal policies surrounding music copyright law and licensing.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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15. General issue area code POS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies affecting mail and parcel delivery service to multifamily housing communities.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
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15. General issue area code HOM
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Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification and privacy policies affecting owners, developers, managers and suppliers of the multifamily industry.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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15. General issue area code INS
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Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and other lines of insurance utilized by multifamily firms.
National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.
HUD Radon testing protocols
Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program.
FEMAs Risk Rate 2.0 program
Cost of insurance for the multifamily industry.
Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2020
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Chetti |
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Blackwell |
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Ratliff |
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Donnelly |
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Paula |
Cino |
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Lee |
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Matthew |
Berger |
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David |
Borsos |
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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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 (Personnel, Housing)
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, 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 |
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Cino |
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Chetti |
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Eileen |
Lee |
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Donnelly |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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