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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 2425 WILSON BOULEVARD |
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City | ARLINGTON |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22201 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4722-12
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6. House ID# 315190000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2015 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Jerry L. Sinn, Lieutenant General, USA(R), VP Finance & Administration |
Date | 7/10/2015 10:45:08 AM |
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
General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA Ret. (CEO & President, AUSA) sent a letter to Senator Murray thanking her for introducing an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that would add military affiliation as a report-only subgroup of the act. (4/10/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Senator Harry Reid, thanking him for sponsoring the Retired Pay Restoration Act (S. 271). (4/14/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Representative Walter B. Jones, thanking him for sponsoring the Military Retiree Survivor Comfort Act (H.R. 454). (4/14/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Representative Gus M. Bilirakis, thanking him for sponsoring the Retired Pay Restoration Act (H.R.303). (4/14/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Coalition to Save our Military Shopping Benefits sent a letter to HASC & SASC leadership urging Congress to reject the Department of Defense (DoD) FY 2016 budget proposal to cut $322 million in funding for commissaries along with changes to legislation that would enable these cuts. (4/16/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Senators Boozman & Donnelly, thanking them for introducing S.743, the Honor Americas Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2015. (4/20/15)
General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA Ret. (CEO & President, AUSA) sent a letter to Senator Vitter, Senator Inhofe & Representative Fleming supporting their amendment to the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization bill that would keep the Armys active component level at the FY 15 NDAA level of 490,000. (4/27/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Senator Wyden, Senator Boozman & Representative Takano, thanking them for introducing S.602 and H.R.1141, the GI Bill Fairness Act of 2015. (4/30/15)
General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA Ret. (CEO & President, AUSA) along with Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) visited with Senator Tom Cotton at his Capitol Hill office. (5/7/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Coalition to Save our Military Shopping Benefits sent a letter to SAC & HAC leadership urging Congress to reject the Department of Defense (DoD) FY 2016 budget proposal to cut $322 million in funding for commissaries along with changes to legislation that would enable these cuts. (5/8/15)
General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA Ret. (CEO & President, AUSA) sent a letter to Representatives Duckworth & Rigell, thanking them for introducing The Military Spouses Achieving College Education for Survivors (ACES) Act. (5/14/15)
LTG Guy C. Swan III, USA Ret. (VP, AUSA) submitted testimony for the record before the Committees on Veterans Affairs. (5/20/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Coalition to Save our Military Shopping Benefits sent a letter to HASC & SASC leadership strongly urging the Senate to roll back multiple attacks on the commissary benefit proposed by the Pentagon and passed by the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Committees version of the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act. (5/28/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging rejection of several harmful provisions in the FY16 NDAA (S. 1376). (6/5/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Representative Kennedy, thanking him for supporting the Survivor Benefit Improvement Act of 2015. (6/8/15)
Julie Rudowski (Asst. Director - Government Affairs, AUSA), in her weekly newsletter, urged AUSA members to send a web letter to their elected officials requesting the protection of Army benefits. (6/8/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Coalition to Save our Military Shopping Benefits sent a letter to Senator Mikulski, thanking her for introducing an amendment to the FY16 NDAA (S. 1376) that restores the cuts from the commissary program. (6/9/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to SVAC & HVAC leadership urging passage of The Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2015 (S.901 / H.R.1769). (6/11/15)
Mr. Bill Loper (Director - Government Affairs, AUSA) in conjunction with The Military Coalition (TMC) sent a letter to Senator Harry Reid, thanking him for sponsoring the Military Surviving Spouses Equity Act (S.979). (6/22/15)
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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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
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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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