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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1825 K STREET, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 1200 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4174-12
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6. House ID# 304860000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2017 |
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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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: Martha E. Ford |
Date | 7/20/2017 11:44:28 AM |
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
L-HHS-ED appropriations for 2017 and 2018; T-HUD Appropriations for 2018: all provisions dealing with human services and employment for people with disabilities and Social Security Administration Limitation on Administrative Expenses (LAE), family support, housing, and voting. President's 2018 budget request.
Budget reconciliation and discussions relating to block grants, deficit reduction, Balanced Budget Amendment, employment initiatives, Social Security disability issues, and automatic enforcement mechanisms.
Funding for HUD's Section 811 Supportive Housing for Person with Disabilities Program and the Lifespan Respite Act, the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, various Department of Education programs, the Assistive Technology Act Programs, and funding for Zika virus prevention efforts in FY 2018.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Tracey |
Sutcliffe |
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Annie |
Acosta |
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Julie |
Ward |
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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
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148 and P.L. 111-192 and opposing repeal of the law. (The American Health Care Act, HR 1628) and Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA).
National Long Term Supports and Services Policy.
Home and Community-Based Settings Rule.
Protection of basic structure of Medicaid program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Julie |
Ward |
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Nicole |
Jorwic |
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Annie |
Acosta |
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Tracey |
Sutcliffe |
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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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Disability community concerns regarding employment.
Implementation of work incentives in Social Security disability programs.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, P.L. 113-128 implementation.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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 |
Tracey |
Sutcliffe |
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Nicole |
Jorwic |
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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
Preservation of Medicaid as an entitlement program and avoiding cuts, including per capita caps and block grants, opposing repeal of ACA & Medicaid Expansion. (American Health Care Act, HR 1628; BCRA)
Implementation of and improving the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act, P.L. 113-295
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148 and P.L. 111-192
HCBS Settings Rule
Transition to Independence Medicaid Buy-In Option.
ABLE Age Adjustment Act, S. 817 and H.R. 1874
ABLE Financial Planning Act, S. 816 and H.R. 1897
ABLE to Work Act, S. 818 and H.R. 1896
Benefit Enrollment Notification and Eligibility Simplification (BENES) Act of 2017 (H.R. 2575)
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)
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Julie |
Ward |
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Nicole |
Jorwic |
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Annie |
Acosta |
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Tracey |
Sutcliffe |
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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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Improvements to Social Security Act Title II and Title XVI for people with disabilities.
Supplemental Security Income program issues, provisions dealing with persons with disabilities.
Social Security Disability program issues, provisions dealing with persons with disabilities.
Solvency of the Social Security Trust funds.
Disability claims processing.
Social Security Provisions of The Bipartisan Budget Act, P. L. 114-74, implementation.
Social Security's Representative Payee Program.
S. 959, Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act.
S. 1255, Social Security Caregiver Credit Act.
H.R. 2855, Social Security for Future Generations Act.
H.R. 1902, Social Security 2100 Act.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Martha |
Ford |
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Tracey |
Sutcliffe |
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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
Implementation of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, P.L. 113-295
Improvements to ABLE Act
ABLE Age Adjustment Act, S. 817 and H.R. 1874
ABLE Financial Planning Act, S. 816 and H.R. 1897
ABLE to Work Act, S. 818 and H.R. 1896
Tax Reform Principles
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Annie |
Acosta |
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Tracey |
Sutcliffe |
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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 UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Implementation of Social Security Work Incentives provisions dealing with employment for individuals with disabilities.
Efforts to improve administration of SSI and Title II programs affecting people with disabilities.
Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Tracey |
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Nicole |
Jorwic |
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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
HUD Appropriations for FY 2018.
Implementation of the Melville Act.
HUD Fair Housing 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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Sutcliffe |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Deinstitutionalization and community integration.
Enforcement of U.S. Supreme Court's Olmstead decision.
Disability Integration Act (S. 910, H.R. 2472)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. SENATE, 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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Nicole |
Jorwic |
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Tracey |
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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
Implementation of the Every Student Success Act.
Introduction of the IDEA Full Funding Act (H.R. 2902)
Development of the Improving Access to Higher Education Act.
School Choice Incentives.
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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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
Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017 (S. 1405), 21 Century AIRR Act (H.R. 2997), Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2017 (S. 1318)
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
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
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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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