Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

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 ECN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Funding for economic development of Dayton, Ohio region; securing approval and funding for Military Construction (MILCON) for the Acquisition Management Complex Phase 5 for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; allowing the administrative fund from Foreign Military Sales to be used for construction; securing an increase in the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) budget for additive manufacturing; changing the management structure of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) to include a civilian executive director; securing a decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish a National Veterans Health Administration archives at the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center; securing funding for the purchase of the Wright Company Factory buildings for the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; keeping the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center from closing; allowing the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to hire non-governmental patent attorneys to speed technology transfer activities; allowing the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to form Educational Partnership Agreements (EPA) with law and business schools in support of the laboratorys technology transfer program; increasing funding for Air Force technology transfer programs; reducing the burden for government scientists, educators, and researchers for travel and conference attendance; continuing the Air Force Minority Leaders Program; expanding the authority of the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) to enroll non-government civilian students; monitoring the use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) acquisition strategy; getting a response to a study by the National Research Council of the National Academies making recommendations for the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT); maintaining the Presidential Collection at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF); funding construction of an Assault Strip at Springfield Air National Guard Base for the 445th Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve); establishing a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center-Lima (JSMC); increasing research at the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center and promoting collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; getting the National Park Service to conduct studies to complete the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park; increasing operating funds for the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Historic Monument in Xenia; reusing the Wilmington Air Park for a Federal Aviation Administration test center; securing federal funding to help develop the Dayton Region Riverfront; securing federal funding to help move the Montgomery County Fairgrounds; ensuring that the Defense Department has the right of first refusal for excess real and personal property that it helped develop; amending Section 403 of H.R. 810, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2014, to add the Secretary of Defense among the required NASA partners on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) research; passing H.R. 202 and its companion bill S. 1007, to amend Section 101(b)(5) of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 410ww(b)(5)) by striking Aviation Center and inserting National Museum; the following sections in the House-passed version of H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2016: Section 221, Expansion of Education Partnerships to support technology transfer and transition; Section 591, Authority for United States Air Force Institute of Technology to Charge and Retain Tuition for Instruction of Persons Other Than Air Force Personnel Detailed for Instruction at the Institute; Section 713, Reports on Proposed Realignments of Military Medical Treatment Facilities; Section 2851, Renaming Site of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Ohio; Subtitle E-Military justice, including sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and response; the following sections in the Senate-passed version of H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2016: Section 211, Centers for science, technology, and engineering partnership; Section 216, Expansion of eligibility for financial assistance under Department of Defense science, mathematics, and research for transformation program to include citizens of countries participating in the technical cooperation program; Section 1109, Expansion of temporary authority to make direct appointments of candidates possessing bachelors degrees to scientific and engineering positions at science and technology reinvention laboratories; Section 1111, Pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the technical skills and expertise at certain department of defense laboratories; Section 2805, Lab modernization pilot program; H.R. 2685, Defense Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; S.1558, Defense Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; H.R.1784, Making the Education of Nurses Dependable for Schools Act (MEND Act), all provisions; increasing research funds for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the Departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security and other federal agencies.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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Internet Address:

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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