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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1800 Duke Street |
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City | Alexandria |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22314 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 2150-12
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6. House ID# 326070000
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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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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: Rebecca Peters |
Date | 1/22/2018 11:59:31 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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
White House, Office of the Vice President:
- J-1 Visas (short term cultural exchanges)
DHS:
- Buy American Hire American Executive Order (instruction to federal agencies for proposal of new rules to protect U.S. workers and reforms to the H-1B program)
-Transformation (project to move the filing and adjudication of USCIS benefits from the current paper-based model to a person-centric, account-based business model)
-Known employer pilot program (intended to create efficiencies and save resource by allowing under 10 employers to voluntarily engage in a one-time registration of their bona fides with the government
-Trusted Employer Concept (intended to create efficiencies and save resources by requiring DHS to create a voluntary program whereby any employer may engage in a one-time registration of their bona fides, and recurring job classifications and descriptions with the government)
-H-1B pre-registration (USCIS initiative to move away from todays H-1B lottery system and require employer pre-filing or registration of H-1B requests to reduce wasted government and employer resources)
U.S. Senate:
- Immigration Innovation Act of 2017 (High-skilled, employment-based immigration bill addressing concerns over displacement of U.S. workers in the H-1B program, and providing better access to talent).
-S. 1615 - The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and Dreamers, creating a green card and citizenship solution)
-S. 1852 - The Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation (SUCCEED) Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and create a green card and eventual citizenship solution with restrictive eligibility requirements and stringent education and work requirements)
-S. 1720 - The Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE) Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the employment-based green card system and replace it with a merit or points based system)
-S. 2192 - The Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts (SECURE) Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients with temporary status, increase border and interior enforcement, including strengthening E-Verify, and limit asylum and family sponsored immigration)
U.S. House:
H.R. 3711 - The Legal Workforce Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to create mandatory requirements for use of the E-Verify system).
H.R. 1468 - The Recognizing Americas Children Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, creating a green card and eventual citizenship solution with restrictive eligibility requirements)
H.R.3440 - The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and Dreamers, creating a green card and citizenship solution)
H.R. 3591 - The Hope and Opportunity through the Power of Employment (HOPE) Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients and Dreamers, creating a green card and citizenship solution)
H.R. 3775 - Immigration in the National Interest Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the employment-based green card system and replace it with a merit or points based system)
H.R. 170 - The Protect and Grow American Jobs Act (Increases the wage below which H-1B employers must make special attestations and eliminates the attestation exemption for those employing personnel with masters degrees or higher)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
White House Office, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), 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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Intern, Dept of Justice, Legacy Imm. & Naturalization Svcs. |
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.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address: 1800 Duke Street
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Society for Human Resource Management |
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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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