Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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

Pending legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for fiscal year 2021 (provisions relating to funding for NIH and biomedical research programs; health workforce development and training; research on gun violence and developmental disabilities; and the Department of Education's post-secondary aid programs).

Pending legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, the National Science Foundation, and related agencies for fiscal year 2010 (provisions relating to funding for NOAA research programs and the NSF).

Pending legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Certain Independent Agencies, for fiscal year 2021 (provisions relating to funding for University transportation research and the National Transit Institute).

Pending legislation making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related agencies for fiscal year 2021 (provisions relating to NIFA and other agricultural research programs, extension, and education programs and to waive matching requirements for specialty crop research).

Pending legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 2021 (provisions relating to funding for basic and applied research as well as extended range propulsion technology).

Pending legislation making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2021 (provisions relating to funding for Science and Technology Directorate, University Centers of Excellence).

Pending legislation making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related agencies for fiscal year 2021 (provisions relating to funding for National Endowment for the Humanities).

Pending legislation making appropriations for energy and water development for fiscal year 2020 (provisions relating to funding for the Department of Energy-Office of Science).

H.R. 6074: Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes (provisions relating to medical research).

H.R. 6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes (provisions relating to nutrition assistance and virus testing).

H.R. 748: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
Vehicle for the third coronavirus supplemental relief package (provisions relating to relief for students, institutions of higher education and medical providers and funding for medical research).

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

H.R. 36: Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019
To provide for research to better understand the causes and consequences of sexual harassment affecting individuals in the scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce and to examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 539 and S. 118: Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019
To require the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies, and for other purposes (ALL).

S. 937: Protecting American Technologies Act of 2019
A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to require institutions of higher education and other research facilities to obtain deemed export licenses for foreign nationals conducting scientific research at such institutions and facilities, and for other purposes (ALL).

S. 2133: Secure American Research Act of 2019
A bill to establish an interagency working group for coordination and development of Federal research protection, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 4091 and S. 2714: ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019
To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 3666 and S. 2082: Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act of 2019
A bill to strengthen the position of the United States as the world's leading innovator by amending title 35, United States Code, to protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the country's economy (ALL).

H.R. 4866: National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019
To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to provide for designation of institutions of higher education that provide research, data, and leadership on continuous manufacturing as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and for other purposes (ALL).

Pending federal policy changes regarding fetal tissue research.

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

H.R. 655: Student Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2019
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for employers providing student loan payment assistance for employees (ALL)

S. 460: Employer Participation in Repayment Act of 2019
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for employer-provided education assistance to employer payments of student loans (ALL).

H.R. 1223 and S. 501: Stop the Tax Hike on Charities and Places of Worship Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase in unrelated business taxable income by amount of certain fringe benefit expenses (ALL).

H.R. 1545 and S. 632: Lessen Impediments From Taxes for Charities Act
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion of certain fringe benefit expenses for which a deduction is disallowed in unrelated business taxable income (ALL).

S. 1732: College Admissions Fairness Act
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide rules for the disallowance and recapture of certain charitable contributions to colleges and universities, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 2772: Investing in Our Communities Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance refunding bonds (ALL).

H.R. 3300: Economic Mobility Act of 2019
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for workers and families, and for other purposes (provision relating to repealing the tax on transportation-related fringe benefits for employees of non-profits).

H.R. 3301: Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide disaster relief, and for other purposes (provision relating to extending the tuition tax deduction).

H.R. 1994: Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings, and for other purposes (provision relating to correcting the Kiddie Tax on low- and middle-income families receiving scholarships for college room and board expenses).

H.R. 748: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act
To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (tax provisions relating to nonprofit organizations and to charitable giving).

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 EDU

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 4674: College Affordability Act
To amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act of 1965 to lower the cost of college for students and families, to hold colleges accountable for students' success, and to give a new generation of students the opportunity to graduate on-time and transition to a successful career (ALL).

S. 2557: Student Aid Improvement Act of 2019
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve the financial aid process for students, to provide continued support for minority-serving institutions, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 1571 and S. 672: Debt-Free College Act of 2019
To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 899: A bill to terminate the Department of Education on December 31, 2020 (ALL).

H.R. 1766 and S. 800: College Transparency Act
To establish a postsecondary student data system (ALL).

H.R. 1707 and S. 768: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 2321 and S. 888: Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2019
A bill to require a standard financial aid offer form, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 1915 and S. 889: Net Price Calculator Improvement Act
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system so that prospective students may have a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (ALL).

H.R. 640: Student Aid Simplification Act
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Higher Education Act of 1965 to facilitate the disclosure of tax return information to carry out the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes (ALL).

S. 1346: Simplifying Financial Aid for Students Act of 2019
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to provide for the use of data from the second preceding tax year to carry out the simplification of applications for the estimation and determination of financial aid eligibility, to increase the income threshold to qualify for a student aid index equal to or less than zero, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 2129 and S. 1496: Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act
A bill to amend the loan counseling requirements under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 5 and S. 788: Equality Act
To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 3334: Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act of 2019
To expand access to graduate education by amending the Federal Pell Grant program to include postbaccalaureate study (ALL).

H.R. 2168 and S. 1074: Restoring Education And Learning Act of 2019
A bill to reinstate Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes (ALL).

S. 976: Campus Accountability and Safety Act
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual assault, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 2026 and S. 984: Safe Equitable Campus Resources and Education Act of 2019
A bill to address the needs of individuals with disabilities within the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (ALL).

S. 1198: Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2019
A bill to ensure that significantly more students graduate college with the international knowledge and experience essential for success in today's global economy through the establishment of the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program in the Department of Education (ALL).

S. 939: Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States (CONFUCIUS) Act
A bill to establish limitations regarding Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 68: Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2019
To provide that none of the funds made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (ALL).

H.R. 748: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act
To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (provisions relating to aid to students and institutions of higher education).

Pending congressional actions on student-athlete compensation.

Pending administrative actions regarding Title IX.

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 6: American Dream and Promise Act of 2019
To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes (ALL).

S. 874: Dream Act of 2019
A bill to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain individuals who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 5971: Case Backlog and Transparency Act of 2020
To amend the Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000 to provide for additional rules regarding processing of immigration applications, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 1044 and S. 386: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes (ALL).

Presidential executive orders and administrative actions on immigration and international travel.

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

Administration proposals relating to biomedical research, health care reform and Medicaid funding.

H.R. 1763 and S. 348: Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2019
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the distribution of additional residency positions, and for other purposes (ALL).

H.R. 1554: Resident Education Deferred Interest Act
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program (ALL).

H.R. 748: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) Act
To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (provisions relating to reauthorizing health and nurse workforce training programs).

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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

Pending defense authorization legislation for Fiscal Year 2021 (provisions relating to funding for basic and applied research, foreign language instruction, international engagement, and research security).

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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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 AGR

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 4714 and S. 2458: America Grows Act of 2019
A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in agriculture research (ALL).

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

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
No Yes