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 TAX

16. Specific lobbying issues

TCJA Permanency, Tax Issues in Biden Administrations Fiscal Year 2025 Budget, and Other Proposals Impacting Pass-Through Entities

NMHC supports making permanent individual tax rates and the 20 percent qualified business income tax deduction that expires at the end of 2025.

S. 1706, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions.

H.R. 4721, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions.

H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, Title II -- American Innovation and Growth, Section 202: Extension of allowance for depreciation, amortization, or depletion in determining the limitation on business interest, Section 203: Extension of 100 percent bonus depreciation, and Section 204: Increase in limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets; Title V -- More Affordable Housing, Section 501: State housing credit allowance ceiling increase for low-income housing credit and Section 502: Tax-exempt bond financing requirement.

General Explanations of the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 Revenue Proposals: Provide a neighborhood homes credit; Expand and enhance the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through business income of high-income taxpayers; Increase the net investment income tax rate and additional Medicare tax rate for high-income taxpayers; Increase the top marginal income tax rate for high-income earners; Reform the taxation of capital income (tax capital income for high-income earners at ordinary rates and treat transfers of appreciated property by gift or on death as realization events); Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income; Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges; and Require 100 percent depreciation recapture of depreciation deductions as ordinary income for certain depreciable real property.

Senator Wyden Pass-Through Reform Discussion Draft (2021), all provisions.



Promotion of partnerships as business entity



Estate Tax, Stepped-Up Basis, and Taxation of Unrealized Capital Gains at Death

NMHC supports making permanent the Estate Tax rules enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). In TCJA, Congress, doubled the estate tax exclusion through 2025 while retaining a top tax rate of 40 percent and stepped-up basis rules.

NMHC supports retaining current law providing for stepped-up basis at death and taxation of capital gains upon actual sale. NMHC opposes taxing unrealized gains at death.

Carried Interest

NMHC believes that carried interest should be treated as a long-term capital gain if the underlying asset is held for at least one year. 

Like-Kind Exchanges

NMHC supports retaining current law.

Depreciation

Biden Administration legislative proposal to cap rent increases at 5 percent by denying faster depreciation write offs to available to owners of rental housing.

Congress should oppose measures to increase the 25 percent depreciation recapture rate applicable to sales.

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit

S. 3436, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.

H.R. 6686, Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.

H.R. 3238, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements.

S. 1557, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing credit, and for other purposes, all provisions, in particular issues relating to increased tax credit authority and tax-exempt bond financing requirements.

H.R. 10195, No Discrimination in Housing Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow the low-income housing tax credit to taxpayers that have diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, all provisions.

NMHC supports an increase in the private-activity bond volume cap to enhance the use of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.

Analyzed proposals to potentially modify Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act in 119th Congress, including those pertaining to: Increasing state allocations; modifying student occupancy rules; clarifying Violence Against Women Act provisions; eliminating the 10-year rule and reducing the related party prohibition period to two years; revising and clarifying the treatment of refunding issues; increasing LIHTC program transparency; easing the Section 38(c)(1)(B) cap on the ability to use LIHTCs; extending the carryback period for Housing Credits; exempting multifamily bond authority used for recapitalization and rehabilitation of Housing Credit developments from state private activity bond cap; repealing the qualified contract rule prospectively; providing a purchase option as an alternative to the right of first refusal for limited partnership agreements entered into by nonprofits after the date of enactment; allowing states to extend the placed in service deadline by up to 12 months; requiring owners to provide notice of expiring affordability to local governments and tenants; excluding the value of certain energy benefits, such as grants and rebates, from gross income for tax purposes; and facilitating GSE investment in rural Housing Credit properties.

Adaptive Reuse

H.R. 9002, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions.

S. 4693, Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for converting non-residential buildings to affordable housing, all provisions.

H.R.419 - Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions.

S. 2511 (117th Congress), Revitalizing Downtowns Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an investment credit for the conversion of office buildings into other uses, all provisions.



Opportunity Zones

NMHC supports: (1) Enabling States to recertify and/or redesignate Opportunity Zones to account for current economic realities and changes since Zones were originally designated; (2) Establishing new deferral deadlines so that taxpayers are incentivized to receive both a longer deferral period and the potential for a 10 percent or 15 percent basis increase with respected to reinvested capital gains; and (3) Reducing the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes.

H.R. 5761, Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to qualified opportunity zones, and for other purposes, all provisions.

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

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15. General issue area code HOU

16. Specific lobbying issues

Administration: Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and a Resident-Centered Housing Challenge. Administration Two-part plan. Part One: protect renters and promote rental affordability. Part Two: federal actions to pursue a Renters Bill of Rights. In addition, Administration White House Fact Sheets on Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Boost Housing Supply and Lower Housing Costs, "The Price Isnt Right: How Junk Fees Cost Consumers and Undermine Competition, and President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs, and Economic Report of the President, March 2024. Administration rent caps/ rent control proposals and changes to annual income determination changes for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities. Biden Administration proposal to cap rent nationwide.



House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance

Housing Solutions: Cutting Through Government Red Tape testimony



House Financial Services Committee, hearing entitled Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance



Policies affecting apartment operations and management, specifically consumer reporting, resident screening (financial, criminal, resident history), consumer debt collection and eviction.



H.R. 4606 and S. 32, Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023, all provisions.



H.R. 3507 and S. 1688, Yes In My Backyard Act, all provisions.



H.R. 802 and S. 3755, Respect State Housing Laws Act, all provisions.



H.R. 5533, Healthy Homes Act of 2023, all provisions.



H.R. 7673 - Liberty in Laundry Act



S.3216, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023

S.3684, H.R. 7132, Housing Supply and Affordability Act

H.R. 6785, The Rural Housing Service Reform Act

Housing Supply and Innovation Frameworks Act draft bill/legislation

H.R.10351 - To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, to publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks, and for other purposes. Draft legislation and Legislation.

Draft legislation to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to promote the establishment of tenant organizations and provide additional amounts for tenant organizations, and for other purposes.



S.4460/H.R. 8604 - Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Housing Act - A bill to reduce regulatory barriers to housing, and for other purposes

S.4146 - Neighborhood Revitalization and Land Banking Act of 2024

provisions

S. 5027, H.R. 9990, ROAD to Housing Act, Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act

H.R.1605 - Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2023

S. 3793, H.R. 7075, HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2024 *

S. 3216, H.R. 6199, Build More Housing Near Transit Act of 2023*

H.R. 10465, the Know Who Owns Your Home Act

Draft legislation establishing a national rental property registry.

Draft legislation First Generation College Affordability Success Act, all provisions.



Draft legislation to assist in streamlining the process for households to identify appropriate available rental dwelling units, and for other purposes



Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) Implementation



Department of Housing and Urban Development, FR-6436-N-01-Changes to the Methodology Used for Calculating Section 8 Income Limits Under the United States Housing Act of 1937, HUD-2024-0003.



Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notice PDR-2024-02, Transmittal of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Income Limits for the Public Housing and Section 8 Programs.



Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Proposed Rule on Reducing Barriers to HUD Assisted Housing - Docket No. FR-6362-P-1 (the Proposed Rule).





Department of Housing and Urban Development. FR-6387-P-01 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent.



Department of Housing and Urban Development, HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Program Updates and Streamlining proposed rule - Docket No. FR-6144-P-01



Department of Housing and Urban Development Docket No. FR-6466-N-01

Request for Information; Direct Rental Assistance

Improvements to Department of Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan program to encourage transit-oriented multifamily development.



Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Proposed Rule, on Adoption of 2020 Core Based Statistical Area Standards, Docket No. FR-6464-P-01.



Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Draft Notice on Solar, Cell Tower and Rooftop Leases, November 8, 2024



Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD Final Rule, 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent, Docket No. FR-6387-F-02



Fees in rental housing.



Fair Housing Act (Disparate Impact Rule, Screening, Criminal History Policy, and Reporting)

S.1293 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023

H.R.2918 - Fair Housing for Survivors Act of 2023

Eviction Crisis Act - Unintroduced Draft

Draft Proposals: Rent Control, Rent Stabilization

Government Funding Proposals



Request for Extension of Build America, Buy America Act Public Interest Phased

Implementation Waiver for HOME Investment Partnerships Program

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

FY 2024 and 2025 DOT, USDA Rural Housing and HUD Appropriations funding levels and specific programs that include:



Community Development Block Grants (CDBG);

HOME

Project-Based Voucher Programs

Section 8 Source of Income

Section 8 Voucher Program

Fair Market Rent (FMRs) and Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMR)

Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD)

Davis Bacon and Related Acts

Violence Against Women Act 2022 (VAWA)

PRO Housing Grant Program

Homelessness Programs

Rural Rental Assistance (RA)



Implementation of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 and 2022



Opposition to rent control



Regulatory burden making it more costly to develop and operate multifamily housing



Draft policy proposal (Housing Production Partnership Act of 2025) for Federal subsidy for state and local multifamily property tax abatements to be administered through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing program.



Additional Proposals to address the housing affordability crisis: Appoint a White House Housing Czar & Require the Council of Economic Advisors to Create a Housing Production Goal; Enable GSEs to Use Below-Market Interest Rates to Promote Production and Preservation; Remove Regulatory Barriers to Housing Construction, Including Permitting Use of Project Labor Agreements to Meet Davis-Bacon Wage Rule Requirements for Multifamily Projects; Incentivize Localities to Modify Building Code Requirements to Reduce Cost of Building; Allow FHA Programs to Use Below-Market Interest Rate Debt for Development and Preservation; Modify TIFIA to Promote Transit-Oriented Development; Exempt Infill Housing Development from the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA); Reform HUD Programs to Promote Housing Production: Establish Commission to Address Elevated Property Insurance Premiums; Authorize the Free Disposition of Federal Land and Buildings to Spur Affordable Housing; and Reform the Housing Choice Voucher Program.



Issues pertaining to addressing the nations housing affordability crisis and undersupply of housing.







S. 5078, The Homes Act of 2024, to establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.



H.R. 9662 / S. 5078, The Homes Act of 2024, to establish an independent entity within the Department of Housing and Urban Development to acquire and maintain distressed real estate to stabilize communities and increase the supply of affordable housing, and for other purposes, all provisions.



Issues pertaining to housing affordability

FHFA RFI on multifamily tenant protections



Proposals for rental assistance for emergencies

Administration Proposal: Housing Supply Action Plan



The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, 2025 funding

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

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15. General issue area code LBR

16. Specific lobbying issues

H.R. 2700 and S. 1201, Employee Rights Act, to reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes, all provisions.

H.R. 2826 and S.1261, Save Local Business Act, to clarify the treatment of 2 or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, all provisions.

H.R. 5513 and S. 3018, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the standard for determining whether an individual is an employee, and for other purposes, all provisions.

H.J.Res. 98 and S.J Res 49, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to "Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status," all provisions.

Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA39, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees.

Depart of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5, RIN 1235-AA40, Final Rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon, and Related Acts Regulations.

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office, Labor - Dept of (DOL)

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15. General issue area code FIN

16. Specific lobbying issues

Implementation of Corporate Transparency Act and potential of delay of deadline of reporting requirements.

Draft Legislation, Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025, Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, Title V -- Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act of 2024, Subtitle B -- Prohibition and Notification on Investments Relating to Covered National Security Transactions, Sec. 122: Extension of filing deadline for certain pre-existing reporting companies.



Request that Department of Housing and Urban Development revert Federal Housing Administration multifamily insured loan provisions pertaining to loan to cost and debt service coverage ratio thresholds to their January 2010 standards.

GSE multifamily loan improvements that would allow loan take outs at certificate of occupancy

GSE loan issues related to multifamily housing

Comment RE: Request for Input: Federal Home Loan Bank Core Mission Activities and Mission Achievement

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

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)

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15. General issue area code INS

16. Specific lobbying issues

Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, business interruption, liability, builders risk, workers compensation, pandemic and the cost and availability of insurance utilized by multifamily firms.

Issues pertaining to the rising cost of insurance for multifamily housing providers and its impact on housing affordability.

Issues pertaining to pre disaster mitigation and climate resiliency efforts.

National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.

Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs.

H.R. 6944, INSURE Act, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a catastrophic property loss reinsurance program, and for other purposes.

Draft legislation to prohibit discrimination in insurance coverage for affordable housing, and for other purposes.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), White House Office, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Treasury - Dept of

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15. General issue area code HOM

16. Specific lobbying issues

Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification, privacy policies and artificial intelligence affecting owners, developers, managers, and suppliers of the multifamily industry.

Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber pandemic, and other areas of risk faced by multifamily firms.

H.R. 8818, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA)

Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements Rulemaking: Docket Number CISA-2022-0010

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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15. General issue area code TEC

16. Specific lobbying issues

Broadband deployment, maintenance, access, affordability, and adoption issues at multifamily communities. Federal policies impacting availability, affordability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services.

Issues surrounding the risks and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies on rental housing financing, development, and property operations.

Federal policies affecting usage of data, artificial intelligence, software, and other emerging technologies used in real estate operations, development, or finance.

Issues related to Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program

Reform and funding of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) or similar broadband affordability program

Federal Communications Commission, forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to restrict bulk billing arrangements for broadband, cable, and satellite communications services.

Federal Communications Commission, 47 CFR Parts 0, 1, and 16, The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination, Final Rule.

H.R.6929/S.3565 - Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024

S.3692/HR 8622 - Preventing the Algorithmic Facilitation of Rental Housing Cartels Act of 2024

S.3686 - Preventing Algorithmic Collusion Act of 2024

Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, Request for The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), White House Office

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15. General issue area code CPT

16. Specific lobbying issues

Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the multifamily industry.

Federal policies surrounding music and audiovisual copyright law and licensing.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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15. General issue area code POS

16. Specific lobbying issues

Federal policies affecting mail and parcel delivery service to multifamily housing communities.

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

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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15. General issue area code IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

Issues related to immigration reform and other related proposals that affect the multifamily housing industry.

Reforms to the Department of Labor (DOL) H-2B Program and other foreign worker visa programs.

S. 2705, the State Executive Authority for Seasonal Occupations Needing Additional Labor (SEASONAL) Act (all provisions) Draft legislation, the Seasonal Employer Protection Act of 2023, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve the H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker program, and for other purposes, all provisions.

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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15. General issue area code DEF

16. Specific lobbying issues

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025 (Personnel, Housing, Quality of Life Proposals)

Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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15. General issue area code CAW

16. Specific lobbying issues

Waters of the U.S. Rule (WOTUS)-Issues related to New Rule Promulgation and Implementation

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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15. General issue area code ENG

16. Specific lobbying issues

Building Codes / Building Performance Standards

Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards

Electrification / Fuel Switching

Climate Change / Sustainability

Green Building Impacts on Housing Affordability

Electric Vehicle Charging Initiatives

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)

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15. General issue area code ENV

16. Specific lobbying issues

Building Codes / Resiliency

Climate Change

Building Health and Performance Requirements (Indoor Air Quality; HVAC)

EPA Refrigerant Transition Issues

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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)

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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

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

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

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?
No Yes