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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 8001 FORBES PLACE, #102 |
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City | SPRINGFIELD |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22151 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 17192-12
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6. House ID# 311730000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2011 |
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: John Velleco, Director of Federal Affairs |
Date | 11/22/2011 |
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 FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 58 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions
H.R. 126 - To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition
H.R. 58 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions
H.R. 126 - To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition
H.R. 227 - To prevent children's access to firearms
H.R. 263 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to restrict the ability of a person whose Federal license to import, manufacture, or deal in firearms has been revoked, whose application to renew such a license has been denied, or who has received a license revocation or renewal denial notice, and to transfer business inventory firearms
H.R. 308 - To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices
H.R. 496 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the carrying of a firearm near a place where a senior Federal official is holding an official public event or carrying out an official or representational duty, or where any person is campaigning for Federal elective office
H.R. 505 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to place limitations on the possession, sale, and other disposition of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children
H.R. 591 - To require criminal background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows
H.R. 615 - To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense
H.R. 645 - To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia
H.R. 822 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State
H.R. 1093 - The `Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform Act of 2011'
H.R. 1181 - To amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate
H.R. 1443 - To protect the use of traditional hunting and fishing implements and to prevent unnecessary and unwarranted restrictions on the implements used by the hunting and fishing communities
H.R. 1445 - To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle
H.R. 1506 - Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2011
H.R. 1552 - To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the possession of a firearm by a person who is adjudicated to have committed a violent act while a juvenile
H.R. 1642 - Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act
H.R. 1781 - Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011
H.R. 1865 - Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2011
H.R. 1898 - Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
H.R. 2252 - Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2011
H.R. 2554 - Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011
H.R. 2613 - Citizens Protection Act of 2011
H.R. 2615 - Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011
H.R. 2900 - Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2011
H.R. 2619 - Veterans Affairs Active Shooter Training Act of 2011
H.R. 2900 - Secure Access to Firearms Enhancement (SAFE) Act of 2011
H.R.3065 - Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
H.AMDT.653 to H.R.2354 Amendment prohibits the use of funds for enforcement of any regulation prohibiting firearm possession that complies with State law on Corps projects and lands.
S 32 - To prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices
S 34 - To permit the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists
S 35 - To establish background check procedures for gun shows
S 176 - To establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of concealed firearms
S 381 - To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes
S 436 - The `Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011'
S 570 - To prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns
S798 - Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2011
S835 - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Reform and Firearms Modernization Act of 2011
S838 - Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act
S1305 - No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2011
S1588 - Recreational Land Self-Defense Act of 2011
BATFE - Study on the Importability of Certain Shotguns
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms (ATF)
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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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
1 | 5 | 9 |
2 | 6 | 10 |
3 | 7 | 11 |
4 | 8 | 12 |