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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 2111 WILSON BOULEVARD, #700 |
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City | ARLINGTON |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22201 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 82658-12
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6. House ID# 363700000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: MICHAEL GESSEL |
Date | 7/17/2017 6:11:49 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 ECN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio region; securing funding for Military Construction (MILCON) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Springfield Air National Guard Base in future years; supporting exploring third-party and creative financing of construction on military bases; supporting the adoption of criteria by the Defense Health Agency for downsizing medical treatment facilities; supporting a proposal related to pediatric care at Wright-Patterson Medical Center; supporting maintaining positions in the Defense Civilian Acquisition Workforce; supporting additional statutory authority so AFIT can accept a limited number of non-government students from homeland security industries; supporting Hilltop Campus concept of developing a campus-like environment for Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); supporting increasing funding for infrastructure improvements and minor military construction under the Section 219 program; providing authority to Defense laboratories to bank Section 219 funds as intended in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); clarifying existing statute that defense laboratories can use nonappropriated and reimbursable funding for Section 219 purposes; supporting a pilot program using innovative tools for business outreach and communication to increase technology transfer from AFRL; supporting funding for the Air Force Minority Leaders program of the AFRL; supporting recommendations of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on the role of experimentation in the Air Force innovation cycle; supporting reauthorizing the SBIR/STTR Administration Pilot Program; maintaining the presidential aircraft collection at the National Museum of the United States Air Force; increasing Air Force RDT&E funding for research in hypersonics, electrical power systems, technology transition, unmanned aircraft systems applications, autonomy, and adaptive manufacturing; encouraging continued collaboration on research involving UAS between the Department of Defense and the FAA; urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to support a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) establishing a VA History Center in Dayton; reauthorizing the National Aviation Heritage Area.S. Res. 161 and S. Res. 170, both supporting the designation of May 18, 2017 as the Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017; implementing and publishing guidance related to direct hiring authorities pursuant to the S. 2943, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law No: 114-328); H.R.244, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017 (Division C, Defense), RDT&E, Air Force, Line 37, Tech Transfer; H.R.244, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017 (Division C, Defense), Section 8012, regarding civilian personnel end strength; S. 690, to extend redesignated hub zones from 3 years to 7 years; H.R. 2810, FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 571, Expansion of United States Air Force Institute of Technology Enrollment Authority to Include Civilian Employees of the Homeland Security Industry; the following sections from H.Rep. 115-200, the report to accompany H.R. 2810, FY 2018 National Defense Authorization Act: Page 168, Improvements to the Hiring and Training of the Acquisition Workforce, Page 74, Accumulation of section 219 funds, Page 315, Collaboration with Federal Aviation Administration on Unmanned Aerial Systems, Page 316, Enhanced Use Leases, Page 317, Infrastructure Master Plan for Defense Laboratory and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Infrastructure, Pages 73, 439, Reusable hypersonic vehicle structure, Pages 74, 441, Technology transition efforts, Pages 73, 440, Robust electrical power system for aircraft.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Interior - Dept of (DOI)
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
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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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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