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 SMB

16. Specific lobbying issues

House:
-H.R. 928, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act - support.
-H.R. 636, the Americas Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 596, to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and healthcare-related
provisions in the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes
support.
-H.R. 550, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) Transparency and
Accountability Act - support.
-H.R. 549, the Litigation Oversight Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 548, the Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 1189, the Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - support.
-H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 1199, the Innocent Sellers Fairness Act - support.
-H.R. 1671, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support.
-H.Con. Res. 27, the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Resolution - support.
-H.R. 1147, the Legal Workforce Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 863, the STARS Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 1270, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 1624, Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act - support.
-H.R. 622, State and Local Sales Tax Deduction Fairness Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 2911, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support.
-Section 105 to H.R. 2028, the FY2016 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act - support.
-H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support.
-Sections 113, 407, and 408 of FY2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act - support.
-H.R. 540 and S. 255, the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act, or FAIR Act - support.
-H.R. 1932, a bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 - support.
-H.R. 2042, the Ratepayer Protection Act - support.
-H.R. 2524, Support Our Start-Ups Act - support.
-H.R. 758, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2015 - support.
-H.R. 2310, Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs (HOME) Act - support.
-Mulvaneys (R-S.C.) amendment ensuring fair and open competition for federal construction
contracts authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2016 (H.R. 1735) -
support.
-Section 132 and 134 of the Houses Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation-Housing Appropriations Bill -
support.
-Section 913 of S 1269 - oppose.
-H.R. 629, the Permanent S Corporation Built-in Gain Recognition Period Act of 2015 - support.

Senate:
-S. 183, the Jobs and Premium Protection Act of 2015 - support.
-S. 341, Start-up Jobs and Innovation Act - support.
-S. 168, the Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2015 - support.
-S. 30, Forty Hours is Full-Time Act of 2015 - support.
-S. 860, the Death Tax Repeal Act of 2015 - support.
-S.J. Res. 8, a Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval in response to the National
Labor Relations Boards (NLRB) ambush election rule related to the union election process -
support.
-S. 620, Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act - support.
-S. 71, Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - support.
-S. 709, the Restoring Access to Medication Act of 2015 - support.
-S. 1697, the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act - support.
-S. 1141, Small Business Tax Certainty and Growth Act - support.
-S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act - support.
-S. 1536, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015 - support.
-S. 1324, the Affordable Reliable Electricity Now Act of 2015 - support.
-Small Business Tax Compliance Relief Act - support.
-S. 1281, Helping Our Middle Class Entrepreneurs (HOME) Act - support.
-S. 1099, the PACE Act - support.
-S. 1487, the Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015 - support.
-Sec. 134 (HOS) and 135 (insurance) of H.R. 2577, FY2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Bill - support.
-Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Subcommittee on Regulatory
Affairs and Federal Management - NFIB letter in response to their March 18, 2015 request seeking
assistance in identifying existing and proposed regulations that have had or will have a real
impact on members of the National Federation of Independent Business. April 24, 2015.
-Senate Finance Committee, Tax Reform Working Groups, April 15, 2015.

Hearings:
-Holly Wade testified before the Joint Economic Committee on Small Business, Big Taxes: Are Taxes
Holding Back Small Business Growth? April 15, 2015.
-Scott Lipps testified before the House Committee on Small Business on Tax Reform: Enduring that
Main Street Isnt Left Behind, April 15, 2015.
-Elizabeth Milito testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
on An Examination of Proposed Environmental Regulations Impacts on Americas Small Businesses,
May 19, 2015.
-Joe Sergio testified before the Joint Economic Committee on Examining the Effectiveness of the
ACA, June 3, 2015.

Comments:
-Internal Revenue Service, Notice 2015-16 - Section 4980I-Excise Tax on High Cost Employer-
Sponsored Health Coverage May 15, 2015
-U.S. Department of Labor, RIN 1210-AB32 - Request of comment deadline extension for the
Definition of the Term Fiduciary; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice and
associated proposed exemptions, May 5, 2015.
-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Docket ID No. FWS-R5-ES-2011-0024 - Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for the Northern Long-Eared Bat with 4(d) Rule,
April 24, 2015.

Other Issues:
-5-year recognition period for built-in gains, basis adjustment for charitable giving by S
corporations.
-Tax Reform
-Regulatory Reform
-Expansion of the small group health insurance market
-Estate tax repeal
-The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, Public Law No. 113-76, authorized this grant funding
for for activities to address the misclassification of workers.
-H-2B visas

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

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

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

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

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

20. Client new address

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

22. New General description of client’s business or activities

LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

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Internet Address:

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

FOREIGN ENTITIES

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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization