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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 | 815 16TH STREET, NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 363-12
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6. House ID# 310190000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2016 |
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 |
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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: Maneesh Sharma |
Date | 10/20/2016 3:06:53 PM |
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
Currency Reform
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 |
Brett |
Gibson |
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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
Nominations, Judicial
Presidential appointments
Democratic Agenda
HR 4768: Separation of Powers Restoration Act
HR 5982: Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2016
HR 5226:Regulatory Integrity Act of 2016
HR 3438: Review Act of 2016: worker rights and protections
HR 4361: Government reform and Improvement Act of 2016: worker rights and protections
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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 |
Cecilie |
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Thomas |
Trotter |
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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: Employer responsibility requirements insurance coverage expansions
P.L. 111-152 Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010: Employer responsibility requirements insurance coverage expansions
H.R.2050/S. 2045 Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2015: Provisions repealing the tax on high cost health care plans
H.R.2712/S. 1996 Commonsense Reporting and Verification Act of 2015: Provisions reducing employers' requirements to report compliance with the ACA employer responsibility requirement
S. 2075: American Worker Health Care Tax Relief Act of 2015: repealing the tax on high cost health care plans
S. 2698: Preserving Consumer Health Accounts Act of 2016: Provisions that exempt health savings accounts and flexible spending arrangements from excise tax on high cost health plans
S. 2499/H.R. 4469: Health Savings Act of 2016: Provisions that permit expanded use of Health
S. 1809, H.R. 863 (STARS Act): Provisions affecting definition of seasonal employment for purposes of ACA employer responsibility
S. 3056: CREATES Act of 2016, prescription drug approvals, provisions
H.R. 879: Ax the Tax on Middle Class Americans' health plans Act: Provisions repealing the tax on high cost health care plans
H.R. 1270: Restoring access to medication and improving health savings act of 2016: provisions
H.R. 210: Student worker exemption act: provisions
H.R. 5573: PRICED Act: provisions
H.R. 5410: Health Coverage state flexibility act of 2016: provisions
H.R. 5589: Plan verification & fairness act of 2016: provisions
Health Care prescription drug pricing
HR 4832: Health Savings Protection Act: Provisions that exempt health savings accounts and flexible spending arrangements from excise tax on high cost health plans
Legislation to increase the allowed variation in exchange plan premiums based on age: provisions
Premium Credit Proposed Rule
Form 5500 Revision Proposed Rule
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 |
Raymond |
Leibfried |
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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 Appropriations: H-2B: reform
EB-5: reform
Inter-agency Task Force-MOU Addendum
Immigration: CIR
ICE Operating Instructions: Worker Protections
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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 |
Joleen |
Rivera |
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William |
Samuel |
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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Retirement Security
H.R. 711: Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2015: state and local government employees
ERISA Fiduciary duties
Senate LHHS appropriations (SSA funding)
Medicare: CMS proposed rule re: medicare part B prescription payment
Social Security Benefit expansion & solvency bill
H.R. 5747: Save Our Security Act
My SSA verification
SSA Budget: Appropriations, solvency projections
H.R. 5952: Strengthen Social Security Act
H.R. 5731: SAVE UP Act: retirement savings accounts
S. 3371: Medicare Affordability and Enrollment Act of 2016
Retirement Savings: workplace retirement plan coverage
Prescription Drugs Prices
Open Multiple Employer Plans
DOL Proposed rule on state-based retirement plans
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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 |
Gail |
Dratch |
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Lauren |
Rothfarb |
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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 TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Trans-Pacific Partnership
US EU Trade Agreement (TTIP): Trans-Atlantic Trade & Investment Partnership: Reform
Labor Rights in Colombia: support, prepping labor complaint
Market Economy status for China: opposition
TISA (Trade in services agreement)
UNCTAD 14th session conference statement: contents
US-China BIT
H.R. 1295: Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015: implementation
AGOA Public Law 106: support pr-worker reforms in AGOA
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM Bank), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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 |
Brett |
Gibson |
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William |
Samuel |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 2867/S. 1659 Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2015
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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 |
Cecilie |
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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
DoD Roundtable
Veterans Issues
Performance Management
Design Team
L/M Roundtable, PDI
H.R. 2577 Military construction, veterans affairs and related agencies appropriations act of 2017: provisions, jobs, worker rights and protections, Buy America
H.R. 5325: Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017: provisions to provide appropriations for a public health response to the Zika virus
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Defense - Dept of (DOD), 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 |
Byron |
Charlton |
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Raymond |
Leibfried |
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 3713/S. 2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice - Dept of (DOJ)
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 |
Byron |
Charlton |
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Cecelie |
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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
S. 2848/H.R. 5303: Water Resources Development Act of 2016: funding, jobs
H.R. 636: FAA Extension, safety, and security Act of 20
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 |
Thomas |
Trotter |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
S.2042/H.R.3514: WAGE Act: NLRA
H.R. 1619/S. 862: Paycheck Fairness Act-equal pay: EEOC guidelines on retaliation
H.R. 5813: Overtime Reform and Enhancement Act
Tax Code: employee benefits regulation
H.R. 3080: Tribal Employment and Jobs Protection Act: provisions
DOL & NLRB issues
Paid Family leave
DOL Overtime regulations
H.R. 5926: HHS Appropriations: DOL appropriations
H.R. 3999: American Safe Act of 2015: FMLA/Comp time/overtime
Paid Sick days: DOL rule on contractors
Regulatory Issues/OIRA
H.R. 5926/S.3040: Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2017
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Treasury - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Cecilie |
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William |
Samuel |
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Thomas |
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Raymond |
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Joleen |
Rivera |
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Byron |
Charlton |
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Gregory |
Jefferson |
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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
H.R. 5421: Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016
H.R. 5485/S. 3067: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2017
H.R. 5745: Putting Main Street FIRST: speculation tax
H.R. 5983: Financial CHOICE Act of 2016
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 |
Gregory |
Jefferson |
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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
S. 2012: North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: funding, jobs
H.R. 4622: Carbon Capture Act: Funding, jobs
HR 8: North American Energy Security & Infrastructure Act: jobs, funding
Paris Climate Agreement: labor provisions
45Q tax provision for carbon capture and storage
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, State - Dept of (DOS)
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 |
Thomas |
Trotter |
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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 URB
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 212/H.R. 4479: Families of Flint Act: Funding assistance
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 |
Thomas |
Trotter |
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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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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