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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2021 |
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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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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: Dr. Everett B. Kelley |
Date | 7/19/2021 5:20:16 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 AGR
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2022 Agriculture Appropriations - lobbied for provisions relating to pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of USDA employees.
Lobbied against the contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public risks.
Lobbied against funding cuts of the meat and poultry inspection program.
Lobbied against further expanding the program of putting plant employees, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination.
Lobbied for an increase FSISs budget for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies of Food Inspectors and Consumer Safety Inspectors.
Lobbied to fully fund the budgets of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute on Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies and return ERS and NIFA to a full staffing complement.
Lobbied to prohibit funds from being spent to create a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef, poultry, or hog slaughter plants.
Lobbied for H.R. 1815 and S. 713, the "Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act."
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Sheagley |
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Livingston |
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Liddell |
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Alana |
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Orlovich |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Nemecio |
Rivera |
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Sandra |
Salstrom |
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Gabriel |
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Schott |
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Tippens |
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James |
Harley |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Herb |
Smith |
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Barbara |
Ehimika |
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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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' compensation and benefits including requiring employees to pay additional salary towards retirement.
FY 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations--Lobbied in support for additional funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
FY 2022 Defense Appropriations--Lobbied in support of limitations on use of appropriated funds for service contracts unless their planning. programming and budgeting is in compliance with section 2329 of title 10 and related total force management statutes.
FY 2022 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations (H.R. 4355)-Lobbied in support for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements.
FY 2022 Interior and Environment Appropriations (H.R. 4372)--Lobbied on provisions relating to full funding and staffing, implementation of Executive Order 14003, preventing the relocation, consolidation or closure of any EPA facility, and adequate health and safety protocols.
FY 2022 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations-Lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural healthcare services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining.
Lobbied against Administration proposal to close and transfer Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers.
Lobbied for increased Social Security Administration funding and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration for field operations and for telework and a review of legal assistant positions in the Office of Hearing Operations. Lobbied on status of reopening offices, downsizing of office space, status of contract in light of Executive Order 14003 to renegotiation portions of contract affected by previous Trump executive orders.
FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (H.R. 4345) -Lobbied for a 3.2% pay increase for all federal employees, for parity in locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees and for paid family and medical leave.
FY 2022 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - Lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. Lobbied in support of language to end augmentation of corrections workers, hire more correctional officers, and phase out the use of private prisons.
FY 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--Lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees. Lobbied to fully fund authorized rail inspector positions at the Federal Rail Administration and for an upgrade to the GS-13 level for inspectors and for safety equipment for hazardous materials inspectors.
FY 2022 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 4356)--Lobbied for provisions relating to pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of USDA employees. Lobbied against the contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public risks. Lobbied against funding cuts of the meat and poultry inspection program. Lobbied against further expanding the program of putting plant employees, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination. Lobbied for an increase FSISs budget for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies of Food Inspectors and Consumer Safety Inspectors. Lobbied to fully fund the budgets of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute on Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies and return ERS and NIFA to a full staffing complement.
FY 2022 Energy and Water Appropriations--Lobbied on provisions relating to consolidation or closure of any National Energy Technology Laboratories (NETL) facilities, human capital authority at NETL and cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at NETL. Lobbied in support of full official time rights for federal workers including monitoring and ensuring the EEOC official time final rule is not implemented.
Lobbied in support of expanded EEOC agency work place rights.
Lobbied in support of a Congressional Review Act disapproval for the EEOC conciliation final rule and lobbied in support of empowering EEOC employees by granting subpoena power to administrative judges.
Lobbied in support of the "Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act" (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriations act for any fiscal year.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 564/S. 1158, the "Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act and AFGE President Kelley testified at a hearing entitled, Leading by Example: The Need for Comprehensive Paid Leave for the Federal Workforce and Beyond" on Thursday, June 24, 2021.
Lobbied for higher funding levels for the United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Economic Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics relocation.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army - Dept of (Other), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Energy - Dept of, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Voice of America, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), General Services Administration (GSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Marilyn |
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Sowards |
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Sheagley |
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Livingston |
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Liddell |
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Shannon |
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Fiona |
Kohrman |
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Alana |
Lewis |
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Orlovich |
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Perpich |
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Friedman |
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Salstrom |
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Anderson |
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Pedreira |
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Schott |
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James |
Harley |
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Muchowski |
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Barbara |
Ehimika |
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Herb |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Lobbied BOP to provide additional safety measures for correctional officers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
FY 2022 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations--Lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. Lobbied in support of language to end augmentation of corrections workers, hire more correctional officers, and phase out the use of private prisons.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 72, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would make murdering a law enforcement officer an aggravated factor in sentencing for a capital crime.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 3151 and S. 1721, Erics Law, which would allow the empaneling of a new jury if a jury fails to reach a unanimous verdict in a trial involving the murder of a law enforcement officer.
Lobbied Department of Justice to maintain the statutory labor rights of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ) and to review and urge reversal of the Federal Labor Relations Authoritys (FLRA) November 2, 2020 decision that stripped the NAIJ of their unit certification by incorrectly classifying all of the 500 non-supervisory Immigration Judges as management officials.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1, the "For the People Act," in particular its provisions to expand the participation of eligible voters in elections and its support for statehood for the District of Columbia.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 5, the "Equality Act," which prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in a wide variety of areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system.
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 1065, the "Pregnant Workers Fairness Act."
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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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Sowards |
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Sheagley |
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Livingston |
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Liddell |
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Kohrman |
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Rivera |
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Pedreira |
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Schott |
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Salstrom |
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Tippens |
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Harley |
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Muchowski |
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Ehimika |
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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
Lobbied on Department of Defense Senate Confirmed Nominations with Questions and Questions for Record and Proposed Advanced Policy Questions related to Secretary of Defense Austin and Deputy Secretary of Defense Hicks.
Lobbied on the following issues for the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act by requesting House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Members submit Member Requests Amendments on the following issues:
1.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that clarifies the civilian personnel cap prohibition in Section 129 of title 10 by removing ambiguous and contradictory language and clarifying prohibitions against using erm or temporary hiring authorities for enduring functions.
2.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that requires compliance with contract service planning, programming, and budgeting statutory requirements and Total Force Management statutory limitations on privatization (including compliance with the public-private competition moratorium).
3.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that aligns the Federal Wage System Areas with General Schedule Locality Pay Areas.
4.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that requires compliance of Reductions in Force procedures under Section 3502 of Title 5 (Seniority, Veterans Preference, Performance) repealing inconsistent provisions included in Section 1597(f) of title 10, United States Code, enacted in section 1101 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.
5.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that prohibits the downsizing of military medical treatment facilities by requiring Military Department Surgeon General Certifications and Government Accountability Office reviews addressing TRICARE quality of care standards and capacity; third party collections; readiness impacts; and efforts to backfill military structure with government civilian employees.
6.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 prohibiting the merger of commissaries with exchanges, carrying forward and making permanent the prohibition in the FY 2021 NDAA.
7.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA prohibiting global household goods contracts, repealing the authority for this exception to normal procurement practices and the public-private competition moratorium that was provided in Section 375 of the FY 2020 NDAA.
8.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA clarifying governmental access to technical data for spare parts for major weapon systems, repealing Section 865 of the FY 2019 NDAA.
9.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA to improve workforce planning for major weapon systems sustainment by mandating the manpower estimate requirement of the military civilian and contract support requirements for operating, maintaining, and sustaining major weapon systems, formerly required by Section 2434 of title 10 that was repealed in the FY 2017 NDAA.
10.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA that would require reporting of borrowed military manpower, reviving the reporting requirement that was in Section 482 of title 10, prior to repeal in the FY 2013 NDAA.
11.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 NDAA requiring a Government Accountability Office review on whether DoD security clearance determinations have been applied in a discriminatory manner.
12.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 to provide paid family and medical leave to Federal employees by including care of a sick child, spouse, or parent.
13.Inclusion of language repealing Section 1599e of title 10 that provides a two-year probationary period to DoD employees as an exception to the one-year probationary period applicable across the rest of the federal government in sections 3321 and 3393(d) of title 5.
Lobbied against proposals under consideration for the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act from the Final Recommendations and Report of the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service in the following sections:
Subtitle C: Modernization of Federal Personnel System
Sec. 344. Noncompetitive eligibility for high-performing civilian employees.
Sec. 345. Flexibility for Temporary and Term Appointments.
Sec. 346. Criteria for granting direct hire authority to agencies.
Sec. 347. Cafeteria Plan for Federal Employees.
Sec. 348. Modern Benefits Pilot Program.
Sec. 349. Demonstration Project Flexibility for Office of Personnel Management.
Sec. 350. Advanced Assessment Tools for Executive Agency Hiring.
Sec. 351. Competency Standards for Human Resources Specialists for downsized HR offices to better service their customers.
Sec. 352. Evaluation of Improvements to the Federal Civil Service Personnel System.
Sec. 353. Proposals for Modern Talent Management System.
Sec. 354. Annual Report on Blended Federal Workforce.
Subtitle D: Students, Recent Graduates, and Critical Skills
Sec. 361. Federal Fellowship and Scholarship Center.
Sec. 362. Public Service Corps.
Sec. 363. Public Service Academy Grants.
Sec. 364. Public Service Cadet Programs at Military Service Academies.
Sec. 366. Establishment of Pathways Program.
Sec. 368. Aggregate Number of Hires of Recent College Graduates and Post-Secondary Students.
Sec. 372. Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve Pilot Project.
Sec. 374. Personnel Policy Demonstration Project for federal Agencies with Employees in STEM fields.
Sec. 375. Development of proposal for simplified personnel system for Veterans Health Administration.
Lobbied against the following proposals under consideration for the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act from the Final Recommendations of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence:
1.Part-time reserve digital service corps; and
2.Digital Academy as pathway into Civil Service.
Lobbied against three proposals from industry coalitions related to commercial items determinations by contracting officers.
Lobbied on the following issues for the Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Appropriation by requesting of House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense and Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense members that they submit the following amendment proposals for committee markup:
1.Reintroducing House section 8012 markup language from the FY 2021 Defense Appropriation that had been rendered ambiguous in Conference for the FY2021 Omnibus.
2.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill that mandates compliance with contract service planning, programming, and budgeting statutory requirements and Total Force Management statutory limitations on privatization (including compliance with the public-private competition moratorium).
3.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill that requires compliance of Reductions in Force with Section 3502 of Title 5, which provides for the order of retention for Reductions in Force in the following order: seniority, veterans preference, followed by the performance rating.
4.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill prohibiting the downsizing of military medical treatment facilities.
5.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill prohibiting the merger of commissaries and exchanges.
6.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill prohibiting a global household goods contract.
7.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 Defense Appropriations bill providing for temporary supplemental funding similar to language included by the House in the HEROES Act last year, for salaries and other needs for non-appropriated fund employees in child-care centers, lodges, food operations, exchanges and other recreational activities that are normally paid for by revenue generating accounts that have been detrimentally affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 3086 and S. 1561, Locality Pay Equity Act of 2021, sponsored by Rep. Matt Cartwright (8th C.D., PA) and Sen. Robert Casey (PA).
Lobbied House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, House Armed Services Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee in support of directive report language relating to DoD civilian career programs and human capital planning in effort to strengthen title 5 and require plans for eliminating title 10 exceptions to title 5.
Lobbied House Armed Services Committee to repeal title 10 personnel caps on headquarters in sections 143, 194, 7014, 8014 and 9014 of title 10.
Lobbied against Army and Air Force legislative proposals for exceptions to section 2461 of title 10 limitations on privatization in the case of Cyber functions.
Lobbied against changes proposed in the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee for public-private talent exchanges inconsistent with what was negotiated for section 1599g in title 10 in the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.
Lobbied against extension of the Acquisition Demonstration pay for performance system in section 1762 of title 10.
Lobbied against proposals to create preference for hiring military family member dependents in overseas areas.
Lobbied against reductions in the Naval audit service.
Lobbied to ask Senator Mark Kelly (AZ) and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (1st C.D. AZ) assistance in sending a letter to the Pentagon on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base resistance to implementing Presidents Executive Order on strengthening the federal workforce based on Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) litigation against the base.
Developed letters to lobby on the following defense issues:
Letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on stealth privatization and services contracts budgeting dated April 5, 2021, copied to Defense committees in Congress.
Letter to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on title 10 exceptions to title 5 and their adverse impacts in recruiting and retaining civilian employees in DoD dated May 5, 2021, copied to Defense committees in Congress and Office of Personnel Management.
Letter to Acting Director of Office of Management and Budget, Shalanda Young on commercial items impediments to governmental access to certified cost and pricing data and technical data packages needed by depots, dated June 4, 2021, copied to Defense committees in Congress and Office of Secretary of Defense.
Prepared Testimony for Record for the House Armed Services Committee opposing recommendations from the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service, dated May 19, 2021.
Submitted questions for record on civilian reductions in the planning, programming and budgeting and services contracts planning, programming and budgeting and privatization management controls for confirmation hearing on Department of Defense Comptroller Michael McCord and Director of Cost Assessment Program Evaluation Susannah Blume.
Submitted questions for record for the U.S. Transportation Command budget hearing with the SASC.
Submitted questions for record for Department of Defense Cyber Workforce Hearing with the SASC.
Submitted questions for record for Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Hearing with SASC.
Submitted questions for record on modernizing organic industrial base with HASC.
Submitted questions for record on Department of Defense financial audit with HASC and SASC.
Submitted questions for record on Defense Health Program with Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense.
Submitted questions for record on National Guard budget with House Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Defense.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Navy - Dept of, U.S. Marines, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Sowards |
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Sheagley |
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Livingston |
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Liddell |
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Kohrman |
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Anderson |
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Schott |
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Harley |
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Sandra |
Salstrom |
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Matt |
Muchowski |
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Barbara |
Ehimika |
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Herb |
Smith |
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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 DOC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1, the "For the People Act," in particular its provision in support of statehood for the District of Columbia.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 51, and S. 51, the "Washington, D.C. Admission Act."
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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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Livingston |
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FY 2022 Agriculture Appropriations--lobbied against the contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public risks. Lobbied against funding cuts of the meat and poultry inspection program. Lobbied against further expanding the program of putting plant employees, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination. Lobbied for an increase FSISs budget for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies of Food Inspectors and Consumer Safety Inspectors. Lobbied to fully fund the budgets of the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute on Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for full-time employees in order to fill all current vacancies and return ERS and NIFA to a full staffing complement.
Lobbied to prohibit funds from being spent to create a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef, poultry, or hog slaughter plants.
Lobbied for H.R. 1815 and S. 713, the "Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act."
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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FY 2022 Foreign Operations Appropriations--lobbied on the provisions related to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of Department of State employees.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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Lobbied for House passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act to protect the right to vote.
Lobbied for H.R. 302, Preventing a Patronage System Act or the PPSA Act.
Lobbied for H.R. 326, Saving the Civil Service Act.
Lobbied for H.R. 1272 and S. 392, the COST of Relocations Act.
Lobbied in support of reintroduction of the "Federal Firefighters Fairness Act" to amend chapter 81 of title 5, creating a presumption that a disability or death of a federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee's duty.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 393, the "Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act," to provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits for federal firefighters.
Lobbied in support of H. R. 521 / S. 129, the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, to ensure federal firefighters, law enforcement officials, Border Patrol officers, and other federal first responders qualify for full retirement benefits if they are injured on the job.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 938, the Wildland Firefighter Classification bill, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to create a classification that more accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters.
Lobbied in support of S. 231, the PFAS bill, which directs FEMA to train employees on PFAS cancer causing chemicals in firefighting foam materials.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 962 and S. 1888, the "Law Enforcement Officer Equity Act," to include certain federal positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes.
Lobbied on effects on workforce of proposed Sustainability Awareness Act.
Lobbied in support of the "Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 603, the "Raise the Wage Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 842, the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act."
Lobbied against H.R. 1902 the "Do Your Job Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 564/S. 1158, the "Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act," that would grant federal workers 12 weeks of paid FMLA and AFGE President Kelley testified at a hearing entitled, Leading by Example: The Need for Comprehensive Paid Leave for the Federal Workforce and Beyond on Thursday, June 24, 2021.
Lobbied in support of an emergency temporary standard that requires certain employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect employees in the health care sectors and other employees at elevated risk from exposure to SARS- CoV-2.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 900 the Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act of 2020, that would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of death and hospitalization benefits for essential workers who die as a result of COVID-19 or related complications.
Lobbied in support of reintroduction of the Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act.
Lobbied in support of a presumption of worksite illness for employees who apply for workers comp who get COVID-19.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 249, the Protecting Federal Workers Act, To provide that certain Executive orders with respect to Federal employee collective bargaining and workplace rights shall have no force or effect.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1357 / S. 476, the Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act.
Lobbied in support of introduction of the Fair and Accurate Information Reporting (FAIR) Act to assist consumers with their credit reports during pandemic job loss.
Lobbied in support of restoration of annual leave lost by certain Federal employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lobbied in support of maximum telework benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.
Lobbied in support of restoration of leave that is lost by federal employees during a public health emergency relating to a pandemic. Specifically, restoration of leave for employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government that was lost because the employee's accumulated leave exceeded the maximum amount that is otherwise allowable.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 978, the Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act to ensure that personal protective equipment and other equipment and supplies needed to fight coronavirus are provided to employees required to return to Federal offices, and for other purposes.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 212, the COVID PREPARE Act, to require Federal agencies to submit plans for responding to any resurgence of COVID-19.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 348, the Wear Your Mask Act, to require face masks in Federal facilities to prevent the transmission of SARS- CoV-2.
Lobbied in support of reintroduction of the Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act, to establish a Coronavirus Rapid Response Federal Labor-Management Task Force, and for other purposes.
Lobbied in support of increasing the amount available under the "Defense Production Act of 1950," to respond to the coronavirus epidemic and expedited procurement of equipment needed to combat COVID-19 under the "Defense Production Act of 1950.
Lobbied in support of a flexible award for front line health care workers who have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic that can be used to pay off existing student loans, to obtain further education or to establish a savings account LD2.
Lobbied in support of directing the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of ventilators, N-95 respirator masks, and specified personal protective equipment to address COVID-19.
Lobbied in support of a program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers.
Lobbied in support of providing Americans with paid sick time and paid leave so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
Lobbied in support of a congressional resolution recognizing COVID-19 frontline workers.
Lobbied for legislation to make the payroll tax deferral optional for federal employees.
Lobbied against forced retirement or termination of federal employees who have been injured on the job and have had their medical treatment delayed because of COVID-19.
Lobbied for lawmakers to support efforts to restart collective bargaining with Department of Education employees and provide adequate funding and oversight of the Departments mission, including protecting students civil rights and fairly and equitably provide student loans.
Lobbied on behalf of Social Security workforce on agency funding, the collective bargaining agreement, telework, Covid response and return to office space. Lobbied for the dismissal of SSA Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black.
Lobbied on the following issues with the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee Members to submit amendments on the following issues for the Fiscal Year 2022 FSGG Appropriation:
1.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG Appropriations bill that adjusts federal employee pay by 3.2 percent.
2.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG Appropriations bill that upholds the Public-Private competition moratorium from Section 742 of the FY 2021 FSGG Appropriations bill.
3.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG bill that aligns Federal Wage System Areas with General Schedule Locality Pay Areas.
4.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG bill that prohibits any limitation of, reduction of, constraint to, or interference with official time in representing federal employees with respect to workplace discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.
5.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG bill for additional funds for the Office of Personnel Management to allow OPM to increase staffing, invest in information technology, improve overall human capital services and shift away from the fee-for-service model.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 392 /S. 561, the "Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act," to increase pay for federal employees by 3.2%.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 903 and S. 1856, the "Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act," which would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs)rights under Title 5 of the U.S. code.
Lobbied in support of the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," H.R. 2616, granting public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty.
Assisted Local 2814 in provision of a statement on Railroad Safety Inspectors needs before the Federal Railroad Administrations Railroad Safety Advisory Committee, April 16, 2021.
Lobbied for lawmakers to support efforts to restart collective bargaining with Department of Education employees and provide adequate funding and oversight of the Departments mission, including protecting students civil rights and fairly and equitably provide student loans.
Lobbied for confirmation of Kiran Ahuja to be director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Lobbied for passage of H.R. 2062, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021
Lobbied to address direct hire and employee rights concerns in H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act and S. 1260, the Endless Frontier Act.
Provided technical background and comment on S. 1097 - Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act, S. 1330 - Facilitating Federal Employee Reskilling Act, S. 1324 - Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Act, and S. 407 the Air America Act.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 2337, the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021 and H.R. 82 / S. 1302 to would fully repeal GPO and WEP.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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Lobbied to protect the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan and against any premium increases, particularly with any effects of postal reform legislation.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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FY 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on the pay, benefits, contracting out, staffing levels, funding, and job security of DHS employees in CIS, ICE, CIS, FEMA, FPS, USCG, and TSA. Lobbied on issues surrounding safe workplaces under the coronavirus pandemic and standards for reopening of all agencies within Homeland Security.
Lobbied in support of hiring more Title 5 full time employees at FEMA and FPS.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 903 and S. 1856, the "Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act," which would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) rights under Title 5 of the U.S. code and for preparation for reintroduction of similar legislation in the Senate. Presented testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee in support of the legislation, May 4, 2021.
Lobbied to encourage original cosponsors for reintroduction of the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Heroes Act," ensuring public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty and for additional cosponsors after introduction as H.R. 2616.
Lobbied against any legislation that would allow for the privatization of airport ID checks and allowing private companies to determine whether a passenger is subject to secondary screening.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1813 the "Funding for Aviation Screeners and Threat Elimination Restoration (FASTER) Act," to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that revenues collected from passengers as aviation security fees are used to help finance the costs of aviation security screening by repealing a requirement that a portion of such fees be credited as offsetting receipts and deposited in the general fund of the Treasury, and allowing funds to be used to pay the TSA workforce in the event of a government shutdown. Lobbied for original cosponsors prior to Senate introduction of the same legislation.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1893, the Transportation Security Preparation Act of 2021 to provide for planning and preparation in the event of a future communicable disease outbreak.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1877, the Security Screening During COVID-19 Act of 2021 to develop safe screening procedures during the ongoing pandemic.
Lobbied in support the "Checkpoint Safety Act," to require armed law enforcement at checkpoints in large airports.
Lobbied in support of Hazardous Duty Pay for frontline employees and reintroduction of legislation.
Lobbied for more PPE for TSOs, for requiring passengers to wear masks and on the notion of TSOs doing temperature screenings at checkpoints. Provided comment on the introduction of legislation addressing health safety at checkpoints and in airports.
Provided Statement for the Record on Building the Coast Guard America Needs: Achieving Diversity, Equity and Accountability within the Service. before the House Homeland Security Committee (June 23, 2021).
Provided statement for the record of the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittees hearing, TSA: Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Implications for Budget and Operations. May 5, 2021.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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FY 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations--lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees in the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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FY 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations--lobbied on provisions on CPB, CIS, and ICE relating to contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, safety, and job security of these DHS employees.
Lobbied for full implementation of the Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act, authorized in 2020. Lobbied for more stable funding for USCIS that does not rely on fees for non-fee elements of the agencys mission.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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Provided statement for the record for the Senate Finance Committees hearing on Social Security During COVID: How the Pandemic Hampered Access to Benefits and Strategies for Improving Service Delivery. April 29, 2021.
Provided comments to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions staff on behalf of Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employees on the qualifications of Catherine Lhamon to head the office.
Lobbied for appointment and confirmation of a quorum to the Merit Systems Protection Board to address the growing case backlog.
Lobbied against any attempts the expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act government wide.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 304, the "Equal COLA Act," to achieve parity between the cost-of-living adjustment to an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System.
Lobbied in support of the right of federal employees who are furloughed to be eligible for unemployment compensation.
Lobbied in support of back pay for employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations.
Lobbied in support of extended leave carryover due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Lobbied in support of reintroduction of Protecting Employees' Security Clearances Act (PESCA), which requires consideration of a lapse in appropriations as a mitigating condition when assessing financial consideration for security clearances.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 392/S. 561, the "Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act," to provide federal employees with a 3.2% salary adjustment in 2022.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 82, the "Social Security Fairness Act," to repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 7/S. 205, the "Paycheck Fairness Act," to amend the "Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938" to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Lobbied against H.R. 1902 to eliminate the use of official time by federal employees.
Lobbied for H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require DOL to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors.
Lobbied for H.R. 603/S. 53, the Raise the Wage Act, to increase the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 7-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old.
Lobbied in support of the "Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act."
Lobbied in support of H.R. 842/S. 420, the "Protecting the Right to Organize Act."
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2022 Interior and Environmental Appropriations--lobbied on provisions relating to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior (DOI) employees.
Lobbied on provisions relating to full funding and staffing, implementation of Executive Order 14003, preventing the relocation, consolidation or closure of any EPA facility, and adequate health and safety protocols.
FY 2022 Energy and Water Appropriations--Lobbied on provisions relating to consolidation or closure of any National Energy Technology Laboratories (NETL facilities, human capital authority at NETL and cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at NETL.
Lobbied to address direct hire and employee rights concerns in H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act and S. 1260, the Endless Frontier Act.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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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
Lobbied for changes to Veterans Benefits Administration's (VBA) employee performance standards.
Lobbied for increased oversight and changes to performance standards for Legal Administrative Assistants in the VBA National Call Centers.
Lobbied for comprehensive changes to internal VBA processes for claims, including changes to the VBA National Work Queue.
Lobbied on the processing of complex claims within the Veterans Benefits Administration, including how it relates to Military Sexual Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Lobbied for the specialization of claims processing for highly complex cases.
C&P Exams:
Submitted a Statement for the Record on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee titled Supporting Disabled Veterans: The State of Claims Processing During and After COVID-19.
Lobbied against contracting out of Compensation and Pension (C&P) Exams and bringing those exams back into the VA.
Lobbied to keep all specialty C&P Exams including but not limited to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), veterans who served as Prisoners of War (POWs), veterans who suffered catastrophic injuries, and veterans who are currently eligible (or will likely soon be eligible) to pursue toxic exposure claims.
Lobbied for the VA to utilize more internal C&P Providers by hiring more staff and returning staff to C&P positions who had previously been reassigned.
Lobbied to keep Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) Exams within the VA.
Collective Bargaining Rights:
Shared proposals for a bill to eliminate two provisions of the, VA Accountability Act
Lobbied for the withdrawal of President Trumps May 2018 Executive Orders 13836, 13837, and 13839.
Lobbied in support of the implementation of President Bidens January 2021 Executive Order 14003: Protecting the Federal Workforce in a timely fashion.
Lobbied for oversight into the Biden Administrations implementation of Executive Order 14003.
Submitted a Statement for the Record for a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation titled, Transforming the VA Workforce: Assessing Progress on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives.
VA Infrastructure:
Lobbied for Asset Infrastructure Review (AIR) Act repeal.
Submitted comments to Federal Register on AIR Commission scope.
Lobbied for the VA to hire staff to fill its tens of thousands of vacancies.
Lobbied for the nomination of Mr. Richard C. Loeb as a nominee for the VA AIR Commission
Submitted a Statement for the Record on a House Veterans Affair Committee hearing titled INVESTING IN A BETTER VA: Examining the Role of Infrastructure in Veterans Access to Care and Benefits.
VA Budget:
Submitted a Statement for the Record on a House Veterans Affair Committee hearing titled U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request For Fiscal Year 2022.
Specific Legislation:
Lobbied in support of H.R. 1948/S. 771 the VA Employee Fairness Act.
Submitted a Statement for the Record for a House Veterans Affairs Committee markup on pending legislation in support of H.R. 1948.
Lobbied in support of H.R. 962/S. 1888 the Law Enforcement Officer Equity Act and the importance of this bill to the VA Police Force.
Lobbied in support of certain provisions of H.R. 2429, the VA Police Improvement and Accountability Act.
Lobbied for H.R. 3693, the VA CPE Modernization Act, and its importance to VA Clinicians.
Lobbied against S. 2041 the, VA Provider Accountability Act.
Lobbied for S. 458, the Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2021.
Lobbied for small changes to S. 1031, To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on disparities associated with race and ethnicity with respect to certain benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Lobbied against S. 1071, the VA AID Act of 2021.
Lobbied in support of prior changes made to S. 1093, To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish in the Department the Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration, and for other purposes.
Milcon-VA:
Lobbied MilCon-VA for staffing language to address vacancies.
Lobbied Milcon-VA for language to defund the VA AIR Commission.
Lobbied Milcon-VA for specific funding related to the Veteran Benefits Administration to hire additional staff, pay for additional overtime, fix technological issues, expand telework, and restore the pre-decisional review process.
Lobbied the VA Committee to insert language into Milcon-VA to limit the contracting out of specialty C&P Exams.
Toxic Exposure Legislation:
AFGE commented in support of the following House bills on how they would help with the presumption of toxic exposure in processing claims:
H.R. 1273, the Vietnam Veterans Liver Fluke Study Act.
H.R. 2268, the Keeping Our Promises Act.
H.R. 2607, the FASTER Presumptions Act.
H.R. 2825, the Fort McClellan Health Registry Act.
H.R. 2436, the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act of 2021.
H.R. 2372, the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act.
H.R. 2742, PFAS Registry Act of 2021.
H.R. 2530, the Enewetak Atoll Cleanup Radiation Study Act.
H.R. 1585, the Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021.
H.R. 1355, the K2 Veterans Care Act of 2021.
H.R. 2368, the COVENANT Act.
H.R. 2580, the Palomares Veterans Act of 2021.
H.R. 1972, the Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021.
H.R.2569, the Veterans Exposure Equity Act; and H.R. 2127, the TEAM Act.
AFGE commented on the following Senate bills on how they would help with the presumption of toxic exposure in processing claims:
S. 437, Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act.
S. 565, the Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act of 2021.
S. 657, To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.
S. 810, the Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act of 2021.
S. 927, the TEAM Act; S. 952, the Presumptive Benefits for War Fighters Exposed to Burn Pits and Other Toxins Act of 2021.
S. 1039, To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve compensation for disabilities occurring in Persian Gulf War veterans, and for other purposes.
S. 1188, the SFC Heath Robinson Burn Pit Transparency Act.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA)
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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
Lobbied to increase funding for the IRS and better target IRS tax enforcement.
Lobbied for H.R. 1786 and S. 725, a bill to end offshore corporate tax avoidance, and for other purposes, known as the, No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act.
Lobbied for S. 994, a bill to reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes, and for other purposes, known as the, For the 99.5% Act.
Lobbied for H.R. 3007 and S. 1545, the Disclosure of Tax Havens and Offshoring Act, require large, publicly-traded corporations to disclose high-level financial information (i.e., profits, revenues, taxes, number of employees, and assets) on a country-by-country basis to shine a spotlight on tax avoidance strategies and contribute to a fair and transparent tax system.
Lobbied in support of $3.6 trillion in new tax revenues outlined in President Bidens Made in America Tax Plan to finance the important investments included in the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan.
American Jobs Plan: Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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,
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