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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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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 | 2016 |
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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| 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: Christopher Stone |
Date | 4/20/2016 4:02:39 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 FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
114th Congressional Legislation
H.R.47: To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices.
H.R.86: Safe Students Act
H.R.131: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
H.R.224: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
H.R.225: Firearm Safety Act of 2015
H.R.226: Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act
H.R.307: Buyback Our Safety Act
H.R.368: Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act
H.R.376: Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015
H.R.377: Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2015
H.R.378: Responsible Body Armor Possession Act
H.R.402: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015
H.R.410: Pause for Safety Act of 2015
H.R.528: Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act
H.R.578: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2015
H.R.596: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes.
H.R.923: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015
H.R.1076: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015
H.R.1114: To modify the definition of "antique firearm".
H.R.1180: Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015
H.R.1217: To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.
H.R.1316: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015
H.R.1329: To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, transfer its functions relating to the Federal firearms, explosives, and arson laws, violent crime, and domestic terrorism to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and transfer its functions relating to the Federal alcohol and tobacco smuggling laws to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and for other purposes.
H.R.1365: Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act
H.R.1385: Preserving American Privacy Act of 2015
H.R.1449: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act
H.R.1488: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015
H.R.1739: FIREARM Act
H.R.1745: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act
H.R.1858: To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes.
H.R.2137: Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015
H.R.2216: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act
H.R.2246: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform
H.R.2380: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015
H.R.2546: Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2015
H.R.2578: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
H.R.2699: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015
H.R.2753: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act
H.R.2767: Airport Security Act of 2015
H.R.2871: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act
H.R.2917: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2015
H.R.2939: Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
H.R.2994: Safer Communities Act of 2015
H.R.3020: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
H.R.3051: Background Check Completion Act
H.R.3115: Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act
H.R.3125: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2015
H.R.3138: Military Recruiter Right to Carry Act of 2015
H.R.3139: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act
H.R.3146: Military Base Self-Defense Act
H.R.3224: Gun Look-Alike Case Act
H.R.3126: To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective.
H.R.3227: Protecting America's Warriors Act
H.R.3375: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee.
H.R.3395: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act
H.R.3411: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015
H.R.3425: Firearm Rights Equally Enforced Act
H.R.3455: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015
H.R.3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act
H.R.3569: Good Neighbor Gun Dealer Act
H.R.3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
H.R.3722: Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015
H.R.3799: Hearing Protection Act of 2015
H.R.3853: Gun Dealer Accountability Act
H.R.3888: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015
H.R.3830: Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015
H.R.3926: Gun Violence Research Act
H.R.4145: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, secure gun storage or safety devices.
H.R.4214: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015
H.R.4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015
H.R.4278: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2015
H.R.4315: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2016
H.R.4320: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2016
H.R.4348: DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act
H.R.4379: Defending Gun Rights Against Executive Overreach Act
H.R.4703: Family Firearm Protection Act
H.R.4928: Firearms Transfer Improvement Act
H.RES.467: Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention.
H.AMDT.947 to H.R.2406 Amendment sought to prohibit an individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm by the Gun Control Act from using a public target range.
S.173: A bill to modify the definition of "antique firearm"
S.213: Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act of 2015
S.225: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act
S.263: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.
S.339: ObamaCare Repeal Act
S.405: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015
S.407: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2015
S.477: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 201
S.551: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015
S.670: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015
S.995: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015
S.1308: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
S.1351: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
S.1385: Firearm Act of 2015
S.1473: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
S.1520: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015
S.1529: Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2015
S.1594: Arm All Pilots Act of 2015
S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016
S.1735: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015
S.1738: Safer Communities Act of 2015
S.1751: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act
S.1760: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015
S.1815: A bill to require a process by which members of the Armed Forces may carry a concealed personal firearm on a military installation.
S.1819: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act
S.1821: Armed Forces Self-Defense Act
S.1823: A bill to safeguard military personnel on Armed Forces military installations by repealing bans on military personnel carrying firearms, and for other purposes.
S.1839: Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2015
S.1977: Gun Violence Intervention Act of 2015
S.1992: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act
S.2002:Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015
S.2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
S.2198: Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015
S.2213: Background Check Completion Act of 2015
S.2236: Hearing Protection Act of 2015
S.2330: SAFE Check Act
S.2434: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act
S.2469: A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
S.2495: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act
S.2594: A bill to provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings.
S.CON.RES.11: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Amendments to S.Con.Res.11:
Sen. Blumenthal amendment #1071
Sen. Blumenthal amendment #1069
Sen. Murphy amendment #1061
Sen. Schumer amendment #1010
Sen. Schumer amendment #1009
Sen. Durbin Amendment #962
Sen. Durbin Amendment #964
Sen. Inhofe Amendment #382
Sen. Inhofe Amendment #383
Sen. Inhofe Amendment #384
Sen. Inhofe Amendment #385
Sen. Heller Amendment #454
Sen. Daines Amendment #465
Sen. Vitter Amendment #511
Sen. Lee Amendment #748
Sen. Inhofe Amendment #649
Arms Control Import Act
S.AMDT.2914: Amends: H.R.3762 , S.AMDT.2874
Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer
S.AMDT.2908: Amends: H.R.3762 , S.AMDT.2874
S.Amdt. 2910 to S.Amdt. 2874 to H.R. 3762
S.Amdt. 2908 to S.Amdt. 2874 to H.R. 3762
S.Amdt. 2915 to S.Amdt. 2874 to H.R. 3762
Oppose: Arms Control Import Act
Oppose: BATFE M855 framework
Oppose: Loretta Lynch nomination in U.S. Senate
Oppose: Merrick Garland nomination in U.S. Senate
Oppose: Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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
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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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