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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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Address1 | 601 ELMWOOD AVE. #706 |
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City | ROCHESTER |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 14642 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 301937-12
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6. House ID# 378090000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2013 |
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
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: Joshua P. Farrelman, Director for the Office of Government & Community Relations |
Date | 10/21/2013 |
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 ART
16. Specific lobbying issues
National Endowment for the Arts
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
P.L. 112-25, Budget Control Act, Sequestration
P.L. 112-240, American Taxpayer Relief Act
H.Con. Res. 25, FY 2014 House Budget Resolution
S.Con.Res. 8, FY 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
H.J.Res. 59, FY 2014 Continuing Resolution
S. 788, bill to suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending
H.R. 2787, S. 1329: Fiscal Year 2014 - Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
H.R. 2397, S. 1429: Fiscal Year 2014 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, Army Medical Research Technology, University Research, 6.1 Basic Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
H.R. 2609, S. 1245: Fiscal Year 2014 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, National Nuclear Security Administration/Inertial Confinement Fusion Program, Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Fiscal Year 2014 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
S. 1284, Fiscal Year 2014 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, National Institutes of Health, student aid, graduate education, international education, Title VII and Title VIII of Public Health Service Act, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
H.R. 2610, S. 1243, Fiscal Year 2014 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 112-29, H.R. 1249 - America Invents Act
H.R. 2981, Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act (TRANSFER) Act
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
Student aid Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Work-Study, LEAP, TRIO and GEAR UP.
Graduate education programs Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program
Title VI International education programs Fulbright-Hays program
Subsidized student loan interest rate extension
National Endowment for the Humanities
Higher Education Act Reauthorization
H.R. 1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act
S. 953, Student Loan Affordability Act
S. 1238, Keep Student Loans Affordable Act
S. 1241, The Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act
H.R. 2637, Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act
Public Law 113-28, S. 1334, Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Energy research, high-density physics, inertial confinement fusion, DARPA-E, energy efficiency
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 |
Joshua |
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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
P.L. 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Health Information Technology
Health workforce shortage issues, Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, nursing, graduate nursing education, nursing-managed health clinics
Health wellness and prevention 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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
Immigration Reform
S. 744 - Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744)
S. 616 - Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Act
S. 169 - Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 (I-Squared)
H.R. 1354 - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act (JOLT Act)
H.R. 2131, SKILLS Visa Act
H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act (E-Verify)
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM Act) Act
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Medicare Physician Payment/Sustainable Growth Rate
Graduate Medical Education
H.R. 1180, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
S. 577, Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act
Disproportionate Share Hospital payments
The 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act
Medicare Wage Index
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Extension
Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Bad debt/charity care
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 |
Joshua |
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
America COMPETES Act Reauthorization
Public Access
S. 994, Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act
H.R. 2687, NASA Authorization Act of 2013
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 |
Joshua |
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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 Reform
S. 835, American Opportunity Tax Credit Permanence and Consolidation Act of 2013
H.R. 1738, American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2013
Hope Tax Credit
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit
Tuition Deduction
Charitable Income Tax Deduction
Section 127 Employer-provided Educational Assistance
Section 117 Qualified Scholarships
Student Loan Interest Deduction (SLID)
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts
Section 529 Education Savings Plans
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Programs
IRA Charitable Rollover
Tax-exempt Bonds
R&D Tax Credit
Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)
New Market Tax Credits
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 |
Joshua |
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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
Reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
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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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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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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