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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 4795 Meadow Wood Drive |
Address2 | Suite 100 |
City | Chantilly |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22033-4209 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 45788-12
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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) |
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: Kenneth LaSala, Jr. |
Date | 10/22/2018 12:07:22 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
H.R. 6072/S. 3023, the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions in S. Rept. 115-268 relating to funding for the Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to train first responders.
H.R. 6147/S. 3073, the FY 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for wildland fire suppression operations at the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service, and funding for the Volunteer Fire Assistance program and the State Fire Assistance program.
S. 3109/H.R. 6776, the FY 2019 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, provisions relating to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (including the SAFER grant program); U.S. Fire Administration; Urban Search and Rescue System; State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP); Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) and Office of Emergency Communications.
S. 3158, the FY 2019 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and P.L. 115-245, provisions relating to funding for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Forest Service, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), 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 |
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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
H.R. 5085/S. 3347, the Don't Break Up the T-Band Act, provisions to repeal the auction of public safety spectrum on the T-Band (470-512 MHz).
H.R. 2825, the DHS Authorization Act, provisions to protect the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) from reorganization.
H.R. 3359, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017, provisions to create an Emergency Communications Division at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security based on the Office of Emergency Communications.
Issues relating to public safety interoperability:
- Protecting public safety spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band from auction
- FirstNet and a nationwide public safety broadband network.
- Improvements to the nation's 9-1-1 systems, including efforts to improve the accuracy of information about the location of indoor 9-1-1 callers.
- Funding for the OEC, including the SAFECOM program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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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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
Corrections to P.L. 115-97, including to clarify full expensing for building owners that retrofit their buildings with automatic fire sprinklers.
H.R. 1550/S. 1238, the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act, provisions to protect state and local benefits to volunteer firefighters from federal taxation.
H.R. 5282/S. 2526, the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act, provisions to protect state and local benefits to volunteer firefighters from federal taxation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4460/S. 3041, the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, and P.L. 115-254, provisions relating to wildland fire mitigation and the adoption of building codes to prevent death and property loss.
The nomination of Mr. Peter Gaynor to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the importance of federal homeland security grants.
H.R. 3359, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017, provisions to create an Emergency Communications Division at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security based on the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC).
H.R. 2825, the DHS Authorization Act, provisions to:
- Authorize funding for the UASI and SHGP programs.
- Allow the use of homeland security grants for medical preparedness and surge capacity in the case of a bioterrorist attack.
- Authorize a grant program to help emergency response providers plan, train, and prepare for complex, coordinated attacks.
- Expand the role of the Chief Medical Officer to authorize the development of policies to protect first responders from the medical effects of acts of terrorism.
- Protect the OEC from reorganization.
The nomination of Mr. Peter Gaynor to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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
Initiatives to improve the reimbursement of local fire and emergency medical services departments that transport Medicare and Medicaid patients to hospitals, including the development of a cost reporting system for EMS agencies.
H.R. 2825, the DHS Authorization Act, provisions to allow the use of homeland security grants for medical preparedness and surge capacity in the case of a bioterrorist attack.
H.R. 1445, the Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Service Act, provisions to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services.
Issues relating to the notification of firefighters and EMS personnel if they were exposed to bloodborne pathogens while they are providing emergency aid.
H.R. 5429/S. 2830, the SIREN Act, and H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act, provisions relating to support rural fire and EMS agencies.
Issues relating to federal support for pre-hospital emergency health care.
S. 3024, the FY 2019 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions in S. Rept. 115-269 relating to the prompt payment of ambulance service claims by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Issues related to federal ambulance standards.
H.R. 6378/S. 2852, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018, provisions relating to first responder preparedness.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), General Services Administration (GSA)
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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to wildland fire suppression.
H.R. 6147/S. 3073, the FY 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for wildland fire suppression operations at the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service, and funding for the Volunteer Fire Assistance program and the State Fire Assistance program.
Issues relating to community preparedness to reduce the risk of wildland fires, including the adoption of model building codes.
S. 1991/H.R. 4208, Wildland Fires Act, provisions to support local wildland fire community preparedness efforts, including through a new grant program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
H.R. 4460/S. 3041, the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, and P.L. 115-254, the FAA Reauthorization Act, provisions relating to wildland fire mitigation.
H.R. 6235/S. 3132, the Securing Airspace For Emergency Responders Act, provisions to make it a felony to fly an unmanned aerial system over a wildland fire without governmental approval.
Nomination of James Hubbard to serve as the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Under Secretary of Natural Resources and the Environment.
H.R. 2, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, provisions to extend Good Neighbor authority between federal and private land for land management and funding for cross-border fuel removal projects.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the emergency response to hazardous materials incidents, including the authorization of the Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
H.R. 6072/S. 3023, the FY 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions in S. Rept. 115-268 relating to funding for the ALERT grant program at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to train first responders.
Issues relating to fire and emergency services use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
H.R. 6235/S. 3132, the Securing Airspace For Emergency Responders Act, provisions to make it a felony to fly an unmanned aerial system over a wildland fire without governmental approval.
Issues relating to autonomous vehicles and roadside safety.
P.L. 115-254, provisions establishing the fire service's use of UAS and obstacles to greater adoption of this technology.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program and the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor program.
H.R. 6378/S. 2852, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018, provisions relating to eligibility of National Disaster Medical System volunteers for the PSOB program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Bureau of Justice Assistance, 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
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. 746/S. 246, the Campus Fire Safety Education Act, provisions to promote fire safety education programs and fire safety awareness programs at colleges and universities.
S. 2207, the Volunteer First Responder Loan Forgiveness Act, provisions to allow volunteer firefighters to participate in the U.S. Department of Education's Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
H.R. 4508, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act, provisions to require colleges and universities to report fire incident data.
Issues relating to college/university reports of fire loss data.
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
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. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act, provisions relating to the manufacture of agricultural products like fire-safe cigarettes.
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
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
Issues related to federal ambulance standards.
H.R. 3834, 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 2017, provisions to make eligible for the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor a public safety officer who: (1) participated in the response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and (2) died because of such participation as a result of a WTC-related health condition (i.e., a World Trade Center-related health condition).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
General Services Administration (GSA), U.S. SENATE, 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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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