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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 4025 FAIR RIDGE DRIVE |
Address2 | Suite #300 |
City | FAIRFAX |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22033 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 45788-12
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6. House ID# 344110000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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 | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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: Kenneth LaSala, Jr., Director of Government Relations and Policy |
Date | 04/18/2014 |
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
P.L. 113-76, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to the U.S. Fire Administration; the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, including the SAFER program; State and Local Grant Programs, including the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Areas Security Initiative, and the Metropolitan Medical Response System; the Urban Search and Rescue System; the DHS Office of Emergency Communications; the DHS Office of Health Affairs;
the National Institute of Standards and Technology; the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds at the U.S. Departments of Interior (DOI) and Agriculture (USDA); the Hazardous Fuels programs at the USDA and DOI; the USDA's State Fire Assistance program; the USDA's Volunteer Fire Assistance program; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of the National Stockpile, and the HHS' Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.
For the FY 2015 appropriations legislation, provisions relating to the U.S. Fire Administration; the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, including the SAFER program; State and Local Grant Programs, including the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Areas Security Initiative, and the Metropolitan Medical Response System; the Urban Search and Rescue System; the DHS Office of Health Affairs; the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Funds at the DOI and the USDA; the Hazardous Fuels programs at the USDA and DOI; the USDA's State Fire Assistance program; and the USDA's Volunteer Fire Assistance program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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 |
Kenneth |
LaSala |
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Evan |
Davis |
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Jim |
Goldstein |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 501/H.R. 3747, the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013, provisions to exclude certain state and local benefits for volunteer firefighters from federal taxation. S. 1163, the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, provisions to encourage building owners to retrofit their buildings with fire sprinklers. Legislation to cap the tax-exemption of municipal bonds.
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 |
Evan |
Davis |
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Kenneth |
LaSala |
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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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the First Responder Network Authority and the development of a nationwide public safety broadband network. Issues relating to funding and technology for local government's 9-1-1 capability, including victim location technology. Issues relating to public safety communications operability and interoperability. Issues relating to the requirement that public safety cease operations on the "T Band."
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 |
Jim |
Goldstein |
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Kenneth |
LaSala |
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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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1878/S. 905/S. 924, the Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013, provisions that would encourage states to adopt model building codes. H.R. 3333/S. 1396, the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013, provisions to provide post-wildland fire mitigation funding to states. H.R. 3300, the FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013, provisions to reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) through FY 2016; authorize the Urban Search and Rescue System; and authorize the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. Issues relating to the reimbursement of fire departments for mutual aid operations. Issues relating to the Administration's National Preparedness Grant proposal, which would consolidate the FEMA's homeland security preparedness grants.
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 |
Kenneth |
LaSala |
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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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the installation of fire sprinklers in residential buildings. H.R. 1609/S. 750, the Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2013, provisions relating to grants for fire safety education programs in colleges and universities. S. 1163, the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, provisions to encourage building owners to retrofit their buildings with fire sprinklers.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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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Davis |
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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
Issues relating to the emergency medical services. H.R. 1791, the Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act, provisions that would allow the FEMA grants to be used for the distribution of medical countermeasures to first responders and their families. H.R.3685/H.R. 3979/S. 1798, the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, provisions to clarify that fire departments do not have to provide health insurance to volunteer firefighters under the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (P.L. 111-148). H.R. 809, the Field EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act of 2013, provisions relating to grant programs for the emergency medical service (EMS).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
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 |
Evan |
Davis |
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Kenneth |
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Needs of the fire service in responding to incidents in the wildland urban interface. Support for the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy. H.R. 3333/S. 1396, the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013, provisions to provide post-wildland fire mitigation funding to states. H.R. 3992/S.1875, the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2013 , provisions to fund some of the cost of wildland fire suppression out of the Disaster Relief Fund.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, U.S. Forest Service
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 |
Evan |
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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
S. 2000, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, and P.L. 113-93, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, provisions to reinstate bonuses for ambulance transport.
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 CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 113-79, the Agricultural Act of 2014, provisions relating to state laws and the manufacture of agricultural products, including fire-safe cigarettes.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Jim |
Goldstein |
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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
Federal employee attendance at conferences by non-profit organizations.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kenneth |
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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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to emergency response to hazmat transportation incidents, including those involving crude oil.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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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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