|
LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 1505 PRINCE STREET, #300 |
Address2 | |
| City | ALEXANDRIA |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22314 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
| City | |
State | |
Zip Code | |
Country | |
|
5. Senate ID# 2981-12
|
||||||||
|
6. House ID# 310990000
|
||||||||
| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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: Jon Hymes, Washington Office Director |
Date | 07/16/2008 |
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 CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2012, To amend the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act to require contact lens sellers to provide a toll-free telephone number and a dedicated email address for the purpose of receiving communications from prescribers, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 2260, To prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services, and to require the identification of the license of certain health care providers, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Chappell |
|
|
|
Allicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 3222, Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 5658, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 5892, To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to modernize the disability benefits claims processing system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of compensation to veterans and their families and survivors, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 567, A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1548, An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
Alicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 4137, To amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, all provisions.
S 1642, A bill to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
Alicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 507, To establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR1343 , To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 1931, The Currency for All Act, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 1884 , To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 2012, Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 2260, The Health Care Truth and Transparency Act of 2007, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 2915, To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1117, A bill to establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1693, Wired for Health Care Quality Act, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 2408/HR 4296, Medicare Electronic Medication and Safety Protection (E-MEDS) Act, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 2708, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to attract and retain trained health care professionals and direct care workers dedicated to providing quality care to the growing population of older Americans, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 2795, Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
Alicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1328, To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 1983, To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require Medicaid coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
HR 6331, To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 2785, Save Medicare Act of 2008, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 3101 , A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 3118, A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
Alicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 MON
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1931, To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the production of Federal reserve notes in a manner which enables an individual who is blind to determine the denomination of each such note, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
Alicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 2642, Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1065, A bill to improve the diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members of the Armed Forces, to review and expand telehealth and telemental health programs of the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1147, A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to terminate the administrative freeze on the enrollment into the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs of veterans in the lowest priority category for enrollment (referred to as "Priority 8"),sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1233, A bill to provide and enhance intervention, rehabilitative treatment, and services to veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
S 1548, An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, sections as it relates to optometry and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Jon |
Hymes |
|
|
|
David S |
Danielson |
|
|
|
Jodi |
Mitchell |
|
|
|
Alicia Kerry |
Jones |
|
|
|
Adrianne |
Drollette |
|
|
|
Julie L |
Trute |
|
|
|
Matt |
Willette |
|
|
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 |
|
5 |
|
||||||
| 2 |
|
6 |
|
||||||
| 3 |
|
7 |
|
||||||
| 4 |
|
8 |
|
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 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 4 | 6 |
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 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | 8 | 12 |