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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1811 Commons Point Drive |
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| City | Knoxville |
State | TN |
Zip Code | 37932 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 40015118-48
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6. House ID# 398160000
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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
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Josh Ulman, Chief Government Relations Officer |
Date | 10/16/2014 |
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, concerns over impact to existing state laws for campus police and emts; oppose efforts to implement provisions of the Employee Free Choice Act, like the elimination of federally supervised private ballot union elections or mandatory arbitration for first contracts, via the NLRB, including concerns with rulemakings by the NLRB and DOL, RIN 3142-AA07, RIN 3142AA08 and RIN 1215-AB79/ RIN 1245-AA03; concerns with the
Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act, oppose the classification of teaching assistants as employees under the NLRA; oppose the classification of student athletes as employees under the NLRA; concern over NLRB actions in higher education cases on graduate student and faculty collective bargaining, New York University, Polytechnic Institute of New York University and Point Park University cases; concerns over mandatory paid leave requirements; concerns with NLRB appointees; concerns with NLRB proposal to change rules for bargaining unit determinations; support for the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act; support for the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act; support for challenging the NLRB union election rule; support for H.R. 1406, the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, allowing employers the ability to offer employees the choice of comp time; concerns with the ramifications of the upcoming overtime regulations making changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act; concerns with the actions of the NLRB to expand the joint employer standard; and concerns with the ramifications of the executive order on new reporting requirements and debarment procedures for federal contractors; concerns with OSHA rulemaking on Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, RIN 1218AC49.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Labor - Dept of (DOL), White House Office
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 |
Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
Layman |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Promoting an effective employment verification process; promoting preemption of state regulation of employment verification; concerns with mandatory use of E-Verify; HR 1772, Legal Workforce Act, concerns about re-verification of workforce; support promoting continued access to high skilled foreign workers through the H-1B visa program; concerns with the backlog of prevailing wage determinations within OFLC; support for the STEM Jobs Act, and the establishment of a green card program for
outstanding STEM advanced degree graduates; S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, support for the DREAM Act, STEM jobs and high skilled visa sections of the bill; and support for immigration reform.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 |
Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
Layman |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 377/S 84/S 2199, the Paycheck Fairness Act, oppose over concerns over unlimited punitive and compensatory damages for Equal Pay Act violations and concerns with efforts to implement other provisions via the OFCCP; support for S.815, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act; oppose the prohibition or unnecessary restriction of credit or criminal background checks in the hiring process; concerns with cost/benefit of OFCCP proposed regulations, RIN 1250AA02, RIN 1250AA00;
and RIN 1250AA03; concerns with drafting amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act; and support for H.R. 4959, the EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act, H.R. 5422, the Litigation Oversight Act, and H.R. 5423, the Certainty in Enforcement Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Small Business Adminstration (SBA), Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 |
Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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
Tax Parity for Health Plan Beneficiries Act, support uniform tax treatment for employer supported health insurance; the Employee Education Assistance Act of 2012, support a permanent extension of tax free employer provided education assistance; concerns with the implementation of certain provisions of shared responsibility for employers regarding the PPACA; concerns with repealing the IRS's safe harbor (section 530) for determining independent contractor status;
and support for current voluntary and flexible tax treatment of employer-provided retirement plans and individual savings arrangements within tax reform; support for inclusion of extensions of the above-the-line deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses (tuition deduction) and the Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Charitable Rollover in any tax extenders legislation; concerns with provisions in the discussion draft of the Tax Reform Act of 2014; and concerns with H.R. 3393, the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act.
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 |
Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Oppose changes to ERISA and mandating retiree health benefits; support follow up temporary provisions to help employers responsibly address the financial crisis impacting pension funds; support preserving and enhancing the voluntary, flexible employer-provided retirement system and the tax incentives that support it; Section 530 of the Revenue Act of 1978; and support for H.R. 4719, the Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2014 which contained H.R. 4619, a bill to permanently extend the
Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Charitable Rollover.
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 |
Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
Layman |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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
Concerns with the application of health care reform to student health plans and concerns with the application of breaks for nursing mothers requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; concerns with the treatment of student employment in higher education under theACA concerning employer shared responsibility for employee health insurance coverage, RIN 1545-BL33; support for H.R. 5262, the Student Worker Exemption Act, and H.R. 5298, the Student Job Protection Act of 2014, both bills
would exempt students enrolled half-time or more who have campus jobs from the employer mandate under the ACA.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Treasury - Dept of, 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 |
Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support maintaining current funding levels for historically black colleges and universities, predominantly black institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, tribal colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.
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
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Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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
the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, concerns with provisions limiting government employee attendance at association conferences.
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
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Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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 INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014 (TRIA).
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
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Josh |
Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Support for gainful employment (GE) regulations that would exclude from Title IV federal financial aid eligibility to those
programs that fail to serve their students well, regardless of where such GE programs are offered, as required by the Higher Education Act, Docket ID: ED-2014-OPE-0039.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Education - Dept of
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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
Support for and concerns with aspects of Sen. Harkin's Higher Education Act reauthorization discussion draft and comments on S. 2692, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA).
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
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Ulman |
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Christine |
Layman |
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House Judiciary: 1)Asst to CoS 2) Clerk/Sec Off |
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Christine |
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Paid Intern for Rep. Joel Hefley |
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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