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15. General issue area code AGR

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FY 2021 Agriculture Appropriations - lobbied for provisions relating to pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of USDA employees. Lobbied to prohibit funds from being spent to create a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef slaughter plants.

Lobbied for language to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from implementing any performance appraisal system applicable to employees of the Department of Agriculture, other than Departmental Regulation DR 4040-430, dated February 6, 2019 expiring February 6, 2024.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

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FY 2021 Budget Resolution - lobbied against the Presidents FY 2021 budget.

Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' compensation and benefits including requiring employees to pay additional salary towards retirement.

Lobbied against privatizing of airport screening jobs.

FY 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations--Lobbied in support for additional funding of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Specifically, lobbied for retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in CIS related to investigating and adjudicating immigration rights benefits.

Lobbied for funding to restore health insurance for part-time Transportation Security Officers and to restore cleaning of checkpoint lanes at airports.

FY 2021 Defense Appropriations -- Lobbied in support of limitations on use of appropriated funds for service contracts unless their planning, programming and budgeting is in compliance with section 2329 of title 10 and related total force management statutes. House directive report language (pp. 12-13)

FY 2021 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations--Lobbied in support for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements.

FY 2021 Interior and Environment Appropriations - Lobbied for adequate funding of EPA, National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, issues related to contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs and proposed EPA spending cuts.

FY 2021 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations-Lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural health care services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied against Administration proposal to close and transfer Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers. Lobbied for increased Social Security Administration funding and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration.

FY 2021 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--Lobbied for full funding for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and to prohibit any funds from being spent to merge OPM with the General Services Administration (GSA) or Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

FY 2021 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--Lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons.

FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--Lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees.

FY 2021 Agriculture Appropriations-Lobbied against provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Lobbied against creation of a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef slaughter plants.

FY 2021 Energy and Water Appropriations - Lobbied against any cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratories (NETL).

Lobbied against any limitation or elimination of official time to all appropriations bills.

Lobbied for prohibition of realigning the Army Civilian Works program from Corps of engineers to Department of transportation and Department of Interior.

Lobbied in support to provide FY 2021 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including Treasury, Executive office of the President, the Judiciary, DC, and several independent agencies.

Lobbied to prohibit the merger of OPM and GSA.

Lobbied in support of the "Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act" (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriations act for any fiscal year.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 5885/S. 3104, the "Federal Employee Parental Leave Technical Correction Act."

FY 2021 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--Lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons.

Lobbied for higher funding levels for the United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Economic Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics relocation

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army - Dept of (Other), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

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FY 2021 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations-Lobbied against proposals to compromise the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC) ability to protect employees from employment discrimination, including staffing cuts and contracting out.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6427, the "PANDEMIC ACT" to prevent the transfer of prisoners between Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lobbied in support of increasing BOP funding levels, language to end augmentation of corrections workers, hire more correctional officers, and phase out the use of private prisons. Lobbied in support of H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act" which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime. Lobbied in support of H.R. 3980 and S. 2264 "Eric's Law," to require that crimes punishable death receive a unanimous jury verdict or a new jury be impaneled.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1, the "For the People Act," in particular it provision to expand the participation of eligible voters in elections and end voter suppression.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 5, the "Equality Act," which prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in a wide variety of areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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Lobbied for support of provisions in H.R. 6395/S. 4049 the "National Defense Authorization for Fiscal Year 2021."

Lobbied Personal Protective Equipment issues related to Defense Product Act in H.R. 6390, the "Medical Supply Chain Emergency Act."

Lobbied Armed Services Committees against TRANSCOM household goods management privatization.

Lobbied HASC and SASC regarding Commissary and Child Care Personal Protective Equipment shortages.

Lobbied HASC and SASC related to GAO review of DoD Plans to merge DeCA with Exchanges.

Lobbied HASC and SASC related to NDAA 2020 GAO and FFRDC directed studies on borrowed military manpower, total force management, term and temporary abuses and hiring process.

Lobbied in favor of H.R. 2581 and S. 1357, the "Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2019" being included in markup of National Defense Authorization act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA 2021).

Lobbied HASC, SASC, HAC-D, SAC-D, HAC-FSGG and SAC-FSGG to defund implementation of national security exception under chapter 71 of title 5 related to collective bargaining agreements.

Lobbied for Congressional letters to Secretary of Defense Esper and President Trump regarding his delegation of authority to the Secretary of Defense to exclude collective bargaining from DoD or components of DoD. Lobbied HASC and SASC with language to condition implementation of Trump delegation of authority on Pentagon report to Congress subject to GAO review.

Lobbied HAC-FSGG and SAC-FSGG for continuation of public-private competition moratorium.

Lobbied HAC-D, HAC-FSGG and SAC-D, and SAC-FSGG for aligning Wage Grade and General Schedule localities related to pay.

Lobbied HAC-D and SAC-D to conform section 8012 to Fiscal Year 2020 NDAA section 1103 regarding the repeal of personnel caps in DoD.

Lobbied to prohibit misusing term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions.

Lobbied to create fiscal constraints against reducing DoD civilian workforce absent report to Congress on workload and readiness impacts.

Lobbied HAC-D and SAC-D to turn FY2020 HAC-D directive report language prohibiting use of appropriated funds for services contracts unless section 2329 of title 10 related to planning, programming and budgeting of contracted services and establishing compliance mechanisms for enforcing statutory outsourcing restrictions related to total force management.

Lobbied HASC and SASC to include in markup of NDAA 2021 language aligning Wage Grade with General Schedule pay localities.

Lobbied HASC and SASC to include within NDAA 2021 markup total force management amendment limiting prohibiting any reduction of DoD civilian workforce conditioned on reporting workload and readiness impacts to Congress; provision also prohibited misuse of term or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions.

Lobbied HASC and SASC to include within NDAA 2021 amendment that improved compliance wit contract services planning, programming and budgeting requirements and statutory limitations on outsourcing government jobs.

Lobbied HASC and SASC to include within NDAA 2021 an amendment chaining the definition of "commercial items" to pre-1994 definition in order to improve governmental access to cost and pricing data and access to technical data rights.

Lobbied HASC and SASC to include within NDAA 2021 an amendment that would change the order of retention in reductions in force giving priority to seniority and veterans preference over performance evaluations.

Lobbied HASC and SASC against proposed changes to compensation and hiring as recommended by the National Commission on Public Service currently being considered for inclusion in NDAA 2021.

Lobbied HASC and SASC against proposed changes to hiring and expansion of Cyber excepted service recommended by National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence currently being considered for inclusion in NDADA 2021.

Lobbied against Thornberry Acquisition Reform proposal that would institutionalize they SecDef Night Court process.

Lobbied for restorer of job cuts to Defense Agencies resulting from SecDef Defense Wide Review reprogramming $5 Billion

Lobbied in favor of Pentagon proposal to provide greater governmental access to technical data and cost and pricing data for commercial items.

Lobbied against GAO recommended civilian under- execution cuts to Army, Air Force, DCMA.

Lobbied for the Houlahan amendment to 10 USC 129a that prohibits the Secretary of Defense from making arbitrary cuts to the civilian workforce and requires consideration of impacts of any cuts on workload, fully burdened costs, lethality, stress of the force, military force structure and readiness.

Lobbied in favor of the Larsen amendment for directive report language on services contract compliance checklists to preclude inappropriate privatization and to ensure contract services are competed and scrubbed in the programming and budgeting processes of DOD.

Lobbied in favor of the Norcross amendment striking Chairmans mark language and replacing it with appropriated fund limitations against excluding an component of DOD from collective bargaining.

Lobbied in favor of the Brown amendment changing framework for contractor and civilian employee accountability in public private talent exchanges.

Lobbied against expansion of Acquisition Demo to Space Force.

Lobbied to revise Bishop amendment that would repeal 180 day waiting period for hiring retired military by excluding direct hire features of amendment.

Lobbied for inclusion of H.R.5885/S.3104 the Federal Employee Parental Leave Technical Correction Act that would ensure certain federal employees who were excluded due to a technical error would receive the benefit in the FY2021 NDAA

Lobbied for inclusion of H.R.1174/S.1942 the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act that would provide federal worker's compensation to firefighters who contract certain illnesses because of their service. of 2019 to be included in the FY2021 NDAA

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6373, the "To increase the amount available under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to respond to the coronavirus epidemic."

Lobbied in support of S. 3570, the "A bill to provide for the expedited procurement of equipment needed to combat COVID-19 under the Defense Production Act of 1950."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6410, the "To direct the President to use authority under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure an adequate supply of equipment necessary for limiting the spread of COVID-19."

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Navy - Dept of, U.S. Marines, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

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Budget allocations involving the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DC Government employees.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1, the "For the People Act, in particular its provision in support of statehood for the District of Columbia.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 51 the "Washington, D.C. Admission Act."

Lobbied for a provision in H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act to fix the fact that D.C. was treated as a territory, instead of as a state, in the Coronavirus Relief Fund in H.R. 748, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. As a result, D.C. was deprived D.C. of $755 million.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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FY 2021 Agriculture Appropriations--lobbied on the contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public risks. Lobbied against funding cuts of the meat and poultry inspection program. Lobbied against further expanding the program of putting plant employees, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination.

Lobbied to prohibit funds from being spent to create a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef slaughter plants.

Continued participation with coalition of labor and consumer groups to oppose the Food Safety and Inspection Services' (FSIS) proposed rule on hog slaughter to eliminate hundreds of FSIS online inspector positions and transfer their responsibilities to rank and file hog company employees.

Lobbied for language to prohibit the Department of Agriculture from implementing any performance appraisal system applicable to employees of the Department of Agriculture, other than Departmental Regulation DR 4040-430, dated February 6, 2019 expiring February 6, 2024.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)

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FY 2021 Foreign Operations Appropriations--lobbied on the provisions related to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of Department of State employees.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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FY 2021 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--Lobbied against implementation of pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76, contracting out, and contractor compensation. Lobbied for protection of blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, federal retirement systems, and union representation. Lobbied for full funding for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and to prohibit any funds from being spent to merge OPM with the General Services Administration (GSA) or Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

FY 2021 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--Lobbied in support of protecting federal employee collective bargaining rights.

FY 2021 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations--Lobbied in support of a 3.5% pay increase for federal workers.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 5690/S. 3231, the "FAIR Act" in support of a 3.5% pay increase for federal workers.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 5399/S. 3015, the "Locality Pay Equity Act" to limit the number of local wage areas allowable within a General Schedule pay locality.

Lobbied in support of S. 944, the "Strengthening American Transportation Security Act," which would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) rights under Title 5 of the U.S. code and for inclusion of H.R. 1140, the Rights for TSA Officers Act in H.R. 2 and lobbied for passage of H.R. 2, the INVEST Act.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1534, the "Federal Employee Paid Leave Act" that would grant federal workers 12 weeks of paid FMLA.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 372, the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," granting public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1174/S. 1942, the "Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2019," to amend chapter 81 of title 5, creating a presumption that a disability or death of a federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee's duty.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1255, the "Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act," to provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits for federal firefighters.

Lobbied in support of S. 858, the "Protecting Military Firefighters from PFAS Act," requiring the Secretary of Defense to provide blood testing for firefighters in the Department of Defense to determine potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1195/S. 473, the "Law Enforcement Officer Equity Act," to include certain federal positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes.

Lobbied for H.R. 748, the "Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019," to the excise tax on employer-sponsored health care coverage for which there is an excess benefit (high-cost plans).

Lobbied for H.R. 860, Social Security 2100 Act, to increase various Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and related taxes.

Lobbied to support S. 478 and H.R. 1170, Social Security Expansion Act, to enhance Social Security benefits and ensure the long-term solvency of the Social Security program.

Lobbied on effects on workforce of proposed Sustainability Awareness Act.

Lobbied on appointees to the Merit Systems Protection Board and Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Lobbied in support of S. 2525, guaranteeing the "Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 582, the "Raise the Wage Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 2474, the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019."

Lobbied against H.R. 4090, the "Do Your Job Act of 2019."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 3607, the "Fossil Energy Research and Development Act."

Lobbied in support of COVID-19 related legislation including H.R.6139 the COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020.

AFGE testified at the Frontline Feds: Serving the Public During a Pandemic hearing in the Government Operations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Thursday, June 25, 2020.

AFGE testified at the Business as Usual? Assessing How DHS Can Resume Operations Safely hearing in the Oversight, Management, & Accountability Subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

AFGE provided a statement for the record for the hearing on No Worker Left Behind: Supporting Essential Workers hearing in the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday, June 10, 2020.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1534/S. 1174, the "Federal Employee Paid Leave Act" that would grant federal workers 12 weeks of paid FMLA.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6906 the Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act that would provide compensation for injuries to any individual, or their families, who are deemed an essential worker and required to leave their home to perform services and who have become ill or died as a result of COVID-19.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6139 the COVID-19 Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2020 that would direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an emergency temporary standard that requires certain employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect employees in the health care sectors and other employees at elevated risk from exposure to SARS-CoV-2.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6955 the Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act of 2020 that would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of death and hospitalization benefits for essential workers who die as a result of COVID-19 or related complications.

Lobbied in support of development of a labor management taskforce to address COVID-19.

Lobbied in support of a presumption of worksite illness for employees who apply for workers comp who get COVID-19.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6246, the "Protecting Collective Bargaining and Official Time for Federal Workers Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6909, the Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act.

Lobbied in support of S. 3677/H.R. 6559, the "COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act."

Lobbied in support of introduction of the Fair and Accurate Information Reporting (FAIR) Act to assist consumers with their credit reports during pandemic job loss.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6733, the "Federal Frontline Worker Leave Protection Act."

Lobbied in support of S. 3561, the "Emergency Telework Act of 2020."

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)

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Lobbied to increase the federal government's share of health benefits for its employees and retirees.

Lobbied against proposal to increase Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)employee premiums.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 748 the "Middle Class Health Benefits Tax Repeal Act of 2019."

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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FY 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on the pay, benefits, contracting out, staffing levels, funding, and job security of DHS employees in CIS, ICE, CIS, FEMA, FPS, USCG, and TSA.

Lobbied on issues surrounding safe workplaces under the coronavirus pandemic and standards for reopening of all agencies within Homeland Security.

Lobbied in support of S. 944, the "Strengthening American Transportation Security Act," which would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) rights under Title 5 of the U.S. code and H.R. 1140, the Rights for TSA Officers Act.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 372, the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Heroes Act," ensuring public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty.

Lobbied against ending the full-time health care subsidy for new part-time TSOs.

Lobbied against transferring airport exit lane monitoring responsibilities to airports.

Lobbied against S. 3730 which allows for the privatization of airport ID checks and allowing private companies to determine whether a passenger is subject to secondary screening.

Lobbied in support of increased funding for TSO compensation and effects of pandemic related pay cuts.

Lobbied in support of collective bargaining protections.

Lobbied on proposed Air Travel Task Force legislation.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1433, the "DHS MORALE Act" to address workforce morale at the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS)

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1171/S. 472, the "Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration (FASTER) Act," to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

Lobbied in support of reauthorizing the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program and for changes to address workforce needs.

Lobbied against Ready Reserve Corps in the Public Health Service.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 4020 the "Checkpoint Safety Act," to require armed law enforcement at checkpoints in large airports.

Lobbied for more PPE for TSOs, for requiring passengers to wear masks and on the notion of TSOs doing temperature screenings at checkpoints.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6647, the "Health Care Opportunities for Transportation Security Administration Employees Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6655, the "Hazardous Duty Pay for Frontline Federal Workers Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 6656, the "Coronavirus Workers' Compensation for TSA Employees Act."

Lobbied in support of USCIS employees and in opposition to the furlough of 13,400 employees.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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FY 2021 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on CPB, CIS, and ICE relating to contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, safety, and job security of these DHS employees.

Lobbied against furloughs of more than 70% of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) workforce, effectively shutting down the agencys operations indefinitely.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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FY 2021 THUD Appropriations; Military Construction and Veterans Appropriations; Energy and Water Appropriations; Financial Services Appropriations; and Interior and Environmental Appropriations--Lobbied for report language in FY 2021 Mil-Con VA to direct the VA Secretary to use appropriated funds to hire new employees to fill vacancies.

Lobbied on the confirmations of Chad Bungard, Dennis Dean Kirk, and Julia Clark to serve on the MSPB.

Lobbied against confirmation of Catherine Bird to be General Counsel of FLRA.

Lobbied against any attempts the expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act government-wide.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1254, the "Equal COLA Act," to achieve parity between the cost of living adjustment to an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System.

Lobbied in support of S. 165, the "Federal Unemployment Compensation Equality Act of 2019," to amend current law to clarify that Federal employees excepted from a furlough are eligible for unemployment compensation.

Lobbied in support of S. 222, to require payment of interest on back pay for employees affected by a lapse in appropriations.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 953, to help prevent negative credit reporting due to a government shutdown.

Lobbied in support of S. 464, Protecting Employees' Security Clearances Act (PESCA), which requires consideration of a lapse in appropriations as a mitigating condition when assessing financial consideration for security clearances.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 5690/S. 3231, the "Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act" to provide federal employees with a 3.5% salary adjustment in 2021.

Lobbied in support of S. 521 and H.R. 141, Social Security Fairness Act, to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.

Lobbied in support of S. 530 and H.R. 1316, the "Federal Labor-Management Partnership Act," to establish the Federal Labor-Management Partnership Council.

Lobbied in support of S. 24, Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, so employees of the federal government or a District of Columbia public employer who are furloughed or required to work during a lapse in appropriations beginning on or after December 22, 2018, to be compensated for the period of the lapse.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 7, the "Paycheck Fairness Act," To amend the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.

Lobbied against H.R. 605, Official Time Reporting Act, to require that the Office of Personnel Management submit an annual report to Congress relating to the use of official time by Federal employees.

Lobbied for H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require DOL to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors

Lobbied for H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act, to increase the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 7-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 4328, the "Protecting Innocent Consumers Affected by the Shutdown Act of 2019."

Lobbied Education and Labor Committee on collective bargaining contract effects on the Education workforce and Secretary's actions to alter the Department's work on student loans and civil rights enforcement.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 3463/S. 1970, the "Public Service Freedom to Negotiated Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 2474/S. 1306, the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act."

Lobbied against the nomination of Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan as NSF Director.

Lobbied against the nomination of Keith Sonderling (R) and Andrea Lucas (R) nominees for the EEOC.

Lobbied in support of Jocelyn Samuels (D) nominee for the EEOC.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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FY 2021 Interior and Environmental Appropriations--lobbied on provisions relating to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior (DOI) employees.

Lobbied against reopening of EPA offices without adequate health and safety protocols.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

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Lobbied against the Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) decision to change standards for Veterans Service Representatives and potentially dismiss employees.

Lobbied for comprehensive changes to internal VBA processes for claims, including changes to the VBA National Work Queue.

Lobbied against contracting out of Compensation and Pension Exam positions.

Lobbied against draft legislation that would expand the eligibility of contractors to perform C&P Exams

Lobbied against the severe reduction of "excluded time" proposed by the VA in the "#bestyearever" plan.

Lobbied on the processing of complex claims within the Veterans Benefits Administration, including how it relates to Military Sexual Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury. Lobbied against the elimination of Claims Assistant positions across the VBA.

Lobbied for the specialization of claims processing for highly complex cases.

Lobbied to change the performance standards for Legal Administrative Assistants in the VBA National Call Centers.

Lobbied for the inclusion of an OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard at the VA.

Lobbied on reforms related to VA police.

Lobbied on changes to the VA Accountability Act.

Submitted written statements/recommendation to the VA on walk-in clinic use and access standards as they begin the regulation writing process for the "VA MISSION Act."

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1133 and S. 462 to restore full Title 38 collective bargaining rights.

Lobbied for AIR Act funding moratorium.

Lobbied for AIR Act repeal.

Lobbied MilCon-VA for staffing language to address vacancies.

Lobbied on the ongoing negotiations of the VA Employee Contract.

Lobbied for Congressional oversight on the VA's behavior during the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement.

Lobbied against Section 501 of S. 785 that would convert VA psychologists from hybrid Title 38 to full Title 38.

Lobbied to change Section 601 of S. 785 to prevent outsourcing of telehealth.

Lobbied to improve S. 221 because original bill would eliminate right of every VA employee to obtain clear record agreements and would report VA Providers to state licensing boards and National Practitioner Data Bank for minor infractions.

Lobbied to improve H.R. 3530, the "Improving Confidence in Veterans' Care Act." Specifically sections on clinician reporting and clear record agreements.

Lobbied against S. 1906/H.R. 3495, the "Improve Well-being for Veterans Act" to provide grants to outside groups to provide mental health treatment referrals for mental health treatment and wraparound services to veterans.

Lobbied for Representative Takano's "Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3495"

Lobbied against S. 221, the "Department of Veterans Affairs Provider Accountability Act" to report every Title 38 clinician adverse action to national practitioner data bank and state licensing board and prohibit every VA employee from entering into a clear record agreement.

Lobbied against H.R. 3996, the "VA Design Build Construction Enhancement Act of 2019" that would force the VA to use the designed build process.

Lobbied against H.R. 3995, the "Veterans, Employees, and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2019."

Lobbied against S. 1101, the "Better Examiner Standards and Transparency for Veterans Act of 2019."

Lobbied against certain provision in the draft legislation, the Reducing Veteran Homelessness Act of 2020.

Lobbied for the expanded use of telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Lobbied for the VA providing equipment to employees to facilitate their ability to telework during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Lobbied against keeping in person computer trainings active during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Lobbied for expanded use of Safety and Weather Leave for employees who cannot telecommute during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Lobbied for additional PPE to be sent to VA Medical Centers and Regional Offices.

Lobbied for the presumption that VA Medical Workers who contract COVID-19 did so while on duty.

Lobbied for VA Medical Workers to get Pandemic Premium Pay.

AFGE provided a statement for the record for the hearing on Assessing VAs Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: 90 Days Later in the House Committee on Veterans Affairs on June 11, 2020.

AFGE testified at the Virtual Forum: Veterans' Disability Examinations in the Time of COVID-19: A Way Forward on May 27, 2020.

AFGE provided a statement for the record for the hearing on Building a More Resilient VA Supply Chain in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on July 9, 2020.

AFGE participated in a roundtable about compensation and pension exams with the House Veterans Affairs Committee.

FY 2020 Emergency Supplemental Coronavirus Pandemic Response Appropriations - Lobbied for passage of and inclusion of federal workforce provisions in H.R. 6379, the "Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act;" H.R. 266 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; H.R. 6800 the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

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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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