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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 | 512 10TH STREET NW |
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City | WASHINGTON |
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Zip Code | 20004 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 28481-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Douglas Johnson, Legislative Director |
Date | 10/17/2012 |
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
Abortion-related policy issues pertaining to FY 2013 appropriations bills are reported on the FAM (Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption) pages.
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
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 CON
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts regarding revised version on the Parental Rights Amendment ("PRA"), H.J.Res. 110, on which NRLC is neutral. Contacts in opposition to S.J. Res. 29, proposed constitutional amendment to severely curtail First Amendment protections for free speech on political and legislative matters.
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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McCrum |
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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 DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts in support of laws to protect unborn children within the Federal District, including the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803, S. 2103), which is legislation to prohibit killing of pain-capable unborn children within the District of Columbia, beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (22 weeks LMP), except to prevent the death of the mother, (continued)
thereby superseding current District policy under which abortion is legal for any reason until the moment of birth. Contacts in opposition to weakening amendments to H.R. 3803 prior to House Judiciary Committee markup of July 18, 2012. Contacts in support of H.R. 3803 on consideration under suspension of the rules, July 31, 2012. Contacts in support of Lee Amendment (SA 2716) to S. 3414 (cybersecurity bill) and in opposition to pre-emptive cloture on S. 3414; text of SA 2716 was drawn from S. 2103.
Contacts in support of preservation of the "D.C. Hyde Amendment," a prohibition on the use of any congressionally appropriated funds for abortions (with certain exceptions) in the Federal District (District of Columbia), in FY 2013 financial services and general government appropriations bills (H.R. 6020, S. 3301).
Contacts in opposition to all versions so far proposed of "D.C. Budget Autonomy" legislation, including H.R. 345, H.R. 980, H.R. 3002, S. 2345, and other draft proposals, to weaken congressional control over spending by the local administrative government of the Federal District, unless and until satisfactory language is added on abortion policy issues. Contacts in opposition to related "budget autonomy" language added to S. 3301 (FY 2013 Financial Services appropriations bill, as approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee). Contacts regarding legal effects of Paul Amendment to S. 2345.
Response to inquiries on proposal for so-called "District of Columbia Respect for Life and Conscience Act of 2012," draft legislation in House (Amash, R-Mi.); not supported.
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 |
Douglas |
Johnson |
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McCrum |
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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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, S. 906 / H.R. 3 and abortion funding restrictions for individuals in federal custody. Contacts in support of legislative proposals to block or reduce federal funds for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's largest abortion provider. Contacts in support of the Protect Life Act (H.R. 358). Contacts in support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 3803, S. 2103). (continued)
Contacts in support of the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (H.R. 1179, S. 1467). Contacts in support of Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 361, S. 165). Response to inquiries regarding H.R. 6097.
Contacts in support of inclusion of pro-life provisions in FY 2013 HHS appropriations bill, both carryover of past provisions and inclusion of conscience protection provisions and limitations on subsidies for certain abortion providers, including H.R. 5326, S. 2323, H.R. 6020, S. 3301, S. 3295, H.R. 5857, S. 3241, and House Appropriations draft Labor-HHS appropriations bill (unnumbered).
Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (S. 1241, H.R. 2299).
Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 3541, S. 3290) including letter to House members dated May 31, 2012.
Contacts in support of Heartbeat Informed Consent Act (H.R. 3130) and Ultrasound Informed Consent Act (H.R. 3805).
Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 5646), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of similar Aderholt amendment to Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5855) for FY 2013; approved by House Appropriations Committee and included in H.R. 5855 as passed by the House.
Contacts regarding legal effects of "Sanctity of Human Life Act" (H.R. 212). Contacts regarding legal effects of Paul Amendment (text of Life at Conception Act, S. 91) to S. 1940 (flood insurance revisions).
Contacts in support of the SAFE Act (H.R. 4971)(Akin) to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management under PL 111-148; contacts in support of similar Nunnelee Amendment to Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 6020) adopted by House Appropriations Committee June 20, 2012.
Contacts in support of the Telemedicine Safety Act (H.R. 5731) and other potential legislative initiatives to curb telemed abortions.
Response to inquiry regarding draft legislation pertaining to federal funding of school-based clinics.
Contacts in support of H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act. Contacts in opposition to pre-emptive cloture on S. 3414 (cybersecurity) because cloture would prevent votes on McConnell Amendment (SA 2684), drawn from text of H.R. 6079, and Lee Amendment (SA 2716), drawn from text of S. 2103. Cloture failed, August 2, 2012.
Review of S. 3313 (Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act) for possible pro-life concerns.
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 |
Douglas |
Johnson |
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Muskett |
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Megan |
McCrum |
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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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts pertaining to State, Foreign Operations (SFOPS) appropriations measures for FY 2013 (H.R. 5857, S. 3241), including support for retention and strengthening of limitations on funding of abortion-promoting organizations, including but not limited to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Responses to inquiries regarding potential ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRP); no position taken on ratification as of close of this reporting period.
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 |
Douglas |
Johnson |
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McCrum |
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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
Contacts in opposition to various versions of "DISCLOSE Act," including S. 3369 and cloture on S. 3369 (cloture attempts failed on July 16 and July 17, 2012), and H.R. 4010. Contacts in opposition to S. J. Res. 29, proposed constitutional amendment to severely curb First Amendment protections for speech about political and legislative matters.
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 |
Douglas |
Johnson |
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Megan |
McCrum |
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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
See abortion-related policy issues reported under FAM (Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption).
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 |
Douglas |
Johnson |
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Megan |
McCrum |
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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
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Contacts in support of H.R. 6079, the Repeal of Obamacare Act, which would repeal Public Law 111-148, because repeal would 1) eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Boards duty to make recommendations to limit growth in private, nongovernmental spending on health to below the rate of medical inflation, (continued)
2) eliminate the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to implement those recommendations by imposing quality and efficiency measures on health care providers, limiting the circumstances in which treatments can be given to their patients, 3) eliminate the authority of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services effectively to limit the amount of funds senior citizens may voluntarily add on top of the government contribution in order to obtain Medicare Advantage private-fee-for-service health insurance less likely to deny care and more likely to offer health care providers reimbursement rates high enough to induce them to accept Medicare patients, 4) eliminate the requirement that state health insurance exchanges administrators exclude from their exchanges insurance plans offered by any insurers the administrators believe allow their policyholders inside or outside the exchange to spend what the administrators consider an excessive or unjustified amount on their own health care, thereby restricting the medical treatment, 5) eliminate the provisions related to shared decisionmaking because they are likely to be used, on balance, to dissuade patients from choosing life-saving treatment, and 6) eliminate the authority of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to use the Star Rating System to incentivize health insurers to stay within the quality measures to get high-star ratings and to get bonus payments which can have the effect of limiting the circumstances in which treatments can be given to their patients.
Contacts in response to inquiries regarding implementation of certain elements of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, related to the denial of life-saving medical treatments.
Contacts relating to H.R.6097, the Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2012, regarding the need for safeguards that would prevent the bill from authorizing discriminatory denial of life-saving treatment, or of medically assisted provision of food and fluids, to vulnerable patients, such as those with disabilities.
U.S. Senate
Contacts in support of repealing The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, because repeal would 1) eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Boards duty to make recommendations to limit growth in private, nongovernmental spending on health to below the rate of medical inflation, 2) eliminate the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to implement those recommendations by imposing quality and efficiency measures on health care providers, limiting the circumstances in which treatments can be given to their patients, 3) eliminate the authority of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services effectively to limit the amount of funds senior citizens may voluntarily add on top of the government contribution in order to obtain Medicare Advantage private-fee-for-service health insurance less likely to deny care and more likely to offer health care providers reimbursement rates high enough to induce them to accept Medicare patients, 4) eliminate the requirement that state health insurance exchanges administrators exclude from their exchanges insurance plans offered by any insurers the administrators believe allow their policyholders inside or outside the exchange to spend what the administrators consider an excessive or unjustified amount on their own health care, thereby restricting the medical treatment, 5) eliminate the provisions related to shared decisionmaking because they are likely to be used, on balance, to dissuade patients from choosing life-saving treatment, and 6) eliminate the authority of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to use the Star Rating System to incentivize health insurers to stay within the quality measures to get high-star ratings and to get bonus payments which can have the effect of limiting the circumstances in which treatments can be given to their patients.
Contacts in response to inquiries regarding implementation of certain elements of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, related to the denial of life-saving medical treatments.
Contacts relating to S.1467, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011, providing assurances that its current language contained safeguards that would prevent the bill from authorizing discriminatory denial of life-saving treatment, or of medically assisted provision of food and fluids, to vulnerable patients, such as those with disabilities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Abortion-related policy issues are reported under FAM (Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption). Issues related to health care rationing are reported under HCR (Health Issues).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 MED
16. Specific lobbying issues
Reviewed H.R. 2104 ("Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act," "CARE Act"); suggested possible amendments.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Abortion-related policy issues are reported under FAM (Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption). Issues related to health care rationing are reported under HCR (Health Issues).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Jennifer |
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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
Contacts in opposition to H.R. 2376, DeGette-Dent bill to promote federal funding of the types of stem cell research that require the killing of human embryos, including federal funding of human clone-and-kill research.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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
Contacts regarding possible abortion-related amendments to the defense authorization bill (S. 3254).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE
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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