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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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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2018 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
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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: Jennifer Popik |
Date | 7/19/2018 4:08:01 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
Contacts in support of including "Hyde Amendment" protections on any funds that might be appropriated to stabilize Obamacare healthcare markets such as those found in S.1835, the Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017 (Collins) and The Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017 (Alexander).
Contacts in support of language to the FY 2019 State, Foreign operations appropriations bill to create funding limitation on organizations that promote or perform abortion and organizations that participate in coercive abortion programs.
Consultations regarding possible amendments for FY 2019 appropriations measures, including support for retention of all current pro-life limitation amendments and other pro-life provisions.
Contacts in support of the Child Tax Credit for Pregnant Moms Act of 2018 (H.R. 5006, S. 2420), to extend child tax credit to cover unborn children.
Contacts in regards to the FY 2019 Financial Services appropriations bill related to ICE detainees and access to abortion services.
Consultations regarding use of the Congressional Budget Impound Act with regards to use to reduce funding of clinics that provide elective abortion. (Not introduced.)
Contacts regarding FY18 Omnibus Appropriations Act (H.R. 1625) to clarify that while the FY18 omnibus did not include new pro-life measures, it did retain all previously enacted pro-life limitation riders and did not include any "line item" designating money for abortion providers including Planned Parenthood.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), 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 |
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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 in opposition to H.J. Res. 33, S.J.Res.6, proposing to add certain language termed an "Equal Rights Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution, unless an "abortion-neutral amendment" is added.
Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions to buttress the constitutionally flawed notion ("three-state theory") that the long-dead 1972 "Equal Rights Amendment" is still pending before the state legislatures for potential ratification, including but not limited to opposition to H.J.Res 53 and S.J.Res 5, resolutions embracing the erroneous concept that Congress can pass ex post facto legislation declaring inoperative the ratification deadline contained in the 1972 ERA resolution.
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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
For activity pertaining to abortion-related components of reconciliation legislation, see BUD (Budget/Appropriations) page. For activity pertaining to other health-care reform ("Obamacare replacement") legislation, see HCR (Health Issues) page.
Contacts in support of the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 1192, Smith), to prohibit a physician from knowingly performing a dismemberment abortion.
Contacts in support of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act or PRENDA (H.R. 4660, S. 2326), to prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race.
Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 4712, S. 220), to require any health care practitioner who is present when a child is born alive following an abortion or attempted abortion to exercise the same degree of care as reasonably provided to any other child born alive at the same gestational age, and ensure that such child is immediately admitted to a hospital, including a letter to the House dated January 16, 2018, and a letter to the House on Rule resolution H. Res. 694 dated January 17, 2018. (The House passed the bill on January 17, 2018.)
Contacts in support of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 184), including letter to House dated January 19, 2017, to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 24, 2017).
Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R.692, S. 224), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions.
Contacts in support of the Conscience Protection Act (H.R. 644, S. 301), to enhance federal remedies for health-care providers who face government-based discrimination for non-participation in abortion.
Contacts regarding Defund Planned Parenthood Act (H.R.853) to prohibit federal funding to entities that do not certify the entities will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, an abortion, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Defund Planned Parenthood Act (H.R. 354, S.241), to deny for one year the availability of federal funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates or clinics that provide elective abortion.
Contacts in support of Women's Public Health and Safety Act (H.R. 656), to allow a state to exclude certain abortion providers from participation in the state's Medicaid program.
Consultations regarding various bills intended to tighten federal limitations on trafficking in tissue from induced abortions (including H.R. 524, H.R. 1203, H.R. 1895, and other draft bills not introduced); no specific legislation endorsed during this quarter. Contacts in support of The Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act (H.R. 718), to make it a federal crime to dispose of non-cremated "fetal remains" (from abortions) in a landfill or navigable waterway.
Contacts in support of the Every Child is a Blessing Act (H.R. 684), to eliminate wrongful birth and wrongful life" lawsuits, when they arise under federal law or from claims involving health care services affecting interstate or foreign commerce.
Contacts in response to inquiries regarding the Heartbeat Bill (H.R.490) to prohibit abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detectable; no position taken this quarter.
Contacts expressing support for addition of language to prevent subsidies for abortion and other pro-life components in proposed legislation to revise laws dealing with health benefits for Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 2259 and S. 2286).
Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 1322, S. 510), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion.
Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 771), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans."
Contacts in support of the Patients First Act (H.R. 2918) to require the federal National Institutes of Health to intensify research on types of stem-cell research that do not involve harming human embryos.
Responses to inquiries regarding "Life at Conception Act" (H.R. 681, S. 231); nonsupport due to lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises.
Contracts regarding abortion-pill reversal and informed consent requirements. Legislation not introduced.
Responses to inquiries regarding H.R.4844, the Ultrasound Informed Consent Act, which provides that prior to an abortion, a provider must perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman; provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting and display the ultrasound images so that the pregnant woman may view them.
Inquiries regarding S.2266, the Abby Honold Act, regarding contract grantees to improve the handling of crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. No position taken this quarter.
Inquiries regarding H.R.767, the SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2018, related to contract grantees in regards to sex-trafficking victims. No position taken this quarter.
Contacts regarding the Maternal Health Accountability Act (S. 1112 and H.R. 1318), related to reporting factors, contract grantee criteria, and potential issues surrounding recommending expansion of abortion access. No position taken this quarter.
Contacts regarding the Veterans Mission Act of 2018, HR 5674, to give the Secretary wide authority to establish access standards for furnishingmedical services to covered veterans. No position taken this quarter.
Contacts in support of a letter requesting that HHS issue new Title X regulations to bar grantees from co-locating with abortion clinics or referring clients for abortions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
For activity pertaining to budget reconciliation legislation, see also the BUD (Budget/Appropriations) page.
Contacts in support of certain provisions for incorporation into health care reform ("repeal and replace") legislation, including: elimination of multiple abortion-subsiding and abortion-expanding components of PL 111-148; inclusion of strong language to prevent federal subsidies of elective abortion coverage; retention of untaxed and uncapped private health insurance coverage, including postponement or nullification of the so-called "Cadillac tax" of PL 111-148; no limitation on what Americans can spend from private resources on health care; and strengthen provisions in PL 111-148 to enforce the segregation of funds for abortion services.
Contacts regarding advance care planning legislation (not introduced) to (1) ensure the legislation provides for adequate oversight regarding the creation of advance planning materials, websites, etc. in order to protect against the materials being crafted in a way that persuades patients to reject treatment they might otherwise choose, (2) ensure that there are not Federally funded unmonitored practitioner consultations could lead to patients forgoing treatment they would otherwise have wanted, (3) ensure that there are not adverse changes to the Assisted Suicide Funding and Restriction Act, (4) include oversight for grant approval for physician orders for life-sustaining treatment, and (5) protect the right of states to ensure informed consent in choosing and rejecting treatment.
Contacts regarding potential legislation related to strengthening Federal policy against physician-assisted suicide.
Contacts in support of H.Con.Res. 80, expressing the sense of the Congress that assisted suicide puts vulnerable patients at risk and undermines the integrity of the health care system.
Contacts in support of eliminating "advance care planning services" from the CMS list of services in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule payment rule.
Contacts in support of H.R. 4131 (Pittenger) to amend the Internal Revenue Code to impose federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers.
Contacts regarding H.R. 3922 to extend community health center funding and potential impact on funding for elective abortion.
Contacts in support of adding "Hyde Amendment" protections to prevent allowing funds to flow to health plans that cover elective abortions to the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017 and the Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017(S.1835). Contacts in support of regulatory changes to enforce the fund-segregation requirements of the 2010 "Affordable Care Act" with respect to abortion and to adopt penalties for noncompliance.
Contacts in support of Graham-Cassidy proposal to convert the Obama Health law federal subsidies to state block grants that would be protected by the Hyde amendments restriction on funding elective abortion.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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
Insurance-related issues pertaining to reconciliation legislation are reported under BUD (Budget/Appropriations). Insurance-related provisions pertaining to health-care ("Obamacare replacement") legislation are reported on the HCR (Health Issues) page.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Insurance-related issues pertaining to reconciliation legislation are reported under BUD (Budget/Appropriations). Insurance-related provisions pertaining to health-care ("Obamacare replacement") legislation are reported on the HCR (Health Issues) page.
Contacts in support of the Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act (S. 1530/H.R. 3181), to give beneficiaries and others online access to model advance directives that choose life-saving treatment, food and fluids equally with those that reject them in order to offset widespread efforts to nudge patients to agree to forego life-saving treatment.
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
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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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts in support of limitations on funding of abortion-promoting groups in any FY 2018 continuing resolution and any other Foreign Operations appropriations vehicle.
Contacts in opposition to S. 210, to remove the authority of the President to apply certain conditions to U.S. funds directed to foreign nongovernmental organizations.
Response to inquiries regarding S. 1730, the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2017, which directs the President to establish a five-year strategy to achieve the goal of ending preventable child and maternal deaths globally and ensure healthy and productive lives by 2030. No position taken this quarter.
Contacts in support of eliminating abortion language in Organization of American States document from June 4th at Forty-Eighth Regular Session of the General Assembly. Offending language was eliminated.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Contacts in support of nomination of practitioners of judicial restraint to current and future vacancies on U.S. Courts of Appeals and federal district courts. Contacts is support of adjustments in committee and floor procedures to allow timely processing of nominations.
Consultations regarding legislation purporting to expand safe harbor for election-related speech by churches; no position on the legislation in the form introduced as the Free Speech Fairness Act (H.R. 781, S. 264).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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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