|
LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 2840 W Bay Dr |
Address2 | #364 |
City | Belleair Bluffs |
State | FL |
Zip Code | 33770 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | St. Petersburg |
State | FL |
Zip Code | 33702 |
Country | USA |
|
5. Senate ID# 91650-12
|
||||||||
|
6. House ID# 368070000
|
TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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 |
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
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. | ||||||||
Method A.
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: Greg Mitchell |
Date | 1/20/2022 5:32:57 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 FOR
16. Specific lobbying issues
On behalf of 106 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts in support of the immediate confirmation of Rashad Hussain as the new Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. It is vitally important that this position be filled. For even as we speak, the cause of religious freedom finds itself in an increasingly precarious position, as we see restrictions on religion rising around the world. Mr. Rashad Hussain is impeccably qualified for the position of Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He has worked to promote religious freedom for people of all faiths for more than a decade, having served as U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation from 2010-2015 and U.S. Special Envoy for strategic counterterrorism communications from 2015-2017. He currently serves as the Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement at the U.S. National Security Council. The appointment of the new IRF Ambassador will reaffirm the importance of this fundamental human right and assure persecuted communities that America continues to stand for their freedoms.
On behalf of 70 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts to express concerns about the fate of vulnerable religious minorities
in Afghanistan, who face abuses at the hands of the Taliban and its affiliates solely because of their religious beliefs; and to urge the White House and the State Department to create an
additional P-2 refugee status category for these Afghan religious minorities or to support
Congressional efforts to enlarge the P-2 category on an emergency basis. In short, for many religious minorities their status as believers in a faith not approved by the Taliban is a death sentence. Reports of killings of religious minorities are increasing, and many
are in hiding. Hundreds of Shia worshippers were killed or wounded in successive ISIS-K suicide bombings at mosques in Kunduz and in Kandahar on October 2 and October 15, 2021. The
United States must act to protect these communities now. Unfortunately, religious minorities were not included when the State Department created a P-2 category for certain Afghan nationals who are at risk of harm on August 2, 2021. Eligibility for a P-2 visa allows individuals who are members of a group that the U.S. government has identified as of special humanitarian concern to apply directly to the US refugee admission program (USRAP), without first having to obtain a US Embassy or NGO referral or having to apply, be processed, and be referred by the UNHCR. Our request is supported by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recommendation that the U.S. State Department create a Priority 2 (P-2) category for vulnerable Afghan religious minorities. Similarly, Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA-14) introduced H.R. 4736 on July 28, 2021, with 45 co-sponsors, which would require the State Department to provide for priority refugee slots for Afghans at special risk of persecution, including those at risk due to their religion, race or nationalities. Other groups, including those representing humanists and atheists, have asked for P-2 visas for Afghan religious minorities.
Made contacts to secure a meeting for client to discuss the Churchs current situation in Russia, where their religious freedom is being violated.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
State - Dept of (DOS), U.S. SENATE, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Executive Office of the President (EOP)
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 |
Greg |
Mitchell |
|
|
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.
20. Client new address
Address |
|
||||||
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
|
|
||||||||
1 |
|
3 |
|
||||||
2 |
|
4 |
|
ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
Name | Address |
Principal Place of Business (city and state or country) |
||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
1 | 2 | 3 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
Name | Address |
Principal place of business (city and state or country) |
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities | Ownership percentage in client | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
% |
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 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |