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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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Address1 | 4795 Meadow Wood Lane |
Address2 | Suite 100 |
City | Chantilly |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 20151 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 45788-12
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6. House ID# 344110000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2018 |
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 |
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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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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: Kenneth LaSala, Jr. |
Date | 4/16/2018 2:47:11 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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 115-141, Fiscal Year 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (including the SAFER grant program); U.S. Fire Administration; Urban Search and Rescue teams; State Homeland Security Grant Program; Urban Areas Security Initiative; Office of Health Affairs, including an anthrax vaccine program for first responders; and the Office of Emergency Communications. Also, funding for wildland fire suppression operations at the U.S. Forest Service; funding for the Volunteer Fire Assistance program and State Fire Assistance program; funding for the U.S. Department of Interior's wildland fire suppression funding; and issues relating to fixing the funding of the Disaster Cap Adjustment and the Disaster Relief Fund. Also, funding for the Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Forest Service, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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 |
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LaSala |
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Goldstein |
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Davis |
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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 COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 5085, the Dont Break Up the T-Band Act, provisions to repeal auction of the T-Band (470-512 MHz).
H.R. 2825, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Authorization Act, provisions to protect the .Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) from reorganization
Issues relating to public safety communications interoperability:
- FirstNet and a nationwide public safety broadband network.
- Improvements to the nation's 9-1-1 systems, including efforts to improve the accuracy of information about the location of indoor 9-1-1 callers.
- Funding for the DHS OEC, including the Assuring a Safer America through Effective Public Safety Communications (SAFECOM) program.
H.R. 4986, Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act of 2018, provisions relating to notification of the public about the repacking of broadcast television channels.
P.L. 115-141, Fiscal Year 2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to notification of the public about the repacking of broadcast television channels.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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 |
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Goldstein |
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LaSala |
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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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 115-120, provisions to delay implementation of the Cadillac tax on high-value medical insurance plans until 2022.
H.R. 1550/S. 1238, the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act, provisions to protect state and local benefits to volunteer firefighters from federal taxation.
Full expensing of the retrofit installation of automatic fire sprinklers.
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
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Davis |
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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 DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act, provisions to provide hazard mitigation assistance to communities that suffer from wildland fires and to promote the adoption of model building codes to reduce the cost of disasters.
Issues relating to the use of the Disaster Relief Fund and the Disaster Cap Adjustment to cover the cost of federal wildland fire suppression operations.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Forest Service
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 |
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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 HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the importance of federal homeland security grants.
H.R. 2825, the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act, provisions to:
- Authorize funding for the UASI and SHSGP programs through FY 2022.
- Allow the use of homeland security grants for medical preparedness and surge capacity in the case of a bioterrorist attack.
- Authorize a grant program to help emergency response providers plan, train, and prepare for complex, coordinated attacks.
- Expand the role of the Chief Medical Officer to authorize the development of policies t protect first responders from the medical effects of acts of terrorism.
- Protect the Office of Emergency Communications from reorganization.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Goldstein |
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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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Initiatives to improve the reimbursement of local fire and EMS departments that transport Medicare and Medicaid patients to hospitals, including the extension of add-on payments for Medicare transport.
P.L. 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act, provisions to extend the Ambulance Add-On payments for the transport of Medicare patients to hospitals and the development of a cost survey system to ascertain the cost of treatment of Medicare patients to EMS providers.
H.R. 2825, the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act, provisions to allow the use of homeland security grants for medical preparedness and surge capacity in the case of a bioterrorist attack.
H.R. 931/S. 382, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act, provisions to establish a voluntary national registry of firefighters to examine the prevalence of cancer in firefighters.
H.R. 1445, the Veterans Reimbursement for Emergency Ambulance Service Act, provisions to treat ambulance services as reimbursable emergency services.
Issues relating to the notification of firefighters and EMS personnel if they are exposed to bloodborne pathogens while they are providing emergency aid.
H.R. 5429, legislation to create a grant program to support rural fire and EMS agencies.
H.R. 3729, the Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017, provisions relating to the reimbursement of fire and emergency services for treating Medicare patients.
Senate discussion draft legislation relating to the reimbursement of fire and emergency services for treating Medicare patients.
S. 967, Medicare Ambulance Access, Fraud Prevention, and Reform Act, provisions relating to the reimbursement of fire and emergency services for treating Medicare patients.
Issues relating to the Bureau of Labor Statistics classification of firefighters and EMTs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act, provisions to provide hazard mitigation assistance to communities that suffer from wildland fires and to promote the adoption of model building codes to reduce the cost of disasters.
Issues relating to wildland fire suppression operations:
- Issues relating to the use of the Disaster Relief Fund and the Disaster Cap Adjustment for federal wildland fire suppression operations.
- Funding for federal wildland fire suppression operations at the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior, including the Volunteer Fire Assistance and State Fire Assistance programs.
- Issues relating to community preparedness to reduce the risk of wildland fires, including the adoption of model building codes.
S. 1991/H.R. 4208, Wildland Fires Act of 2017, provisions to support local wildland fire community preparedness efforts, including through a new grant program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to emergency response to hazardous materials incidents, including the Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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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 GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 115-123, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, provisions to grant authority to governors to lower American flags upon the deaths of first responders in their respective states.
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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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
H.R. 746/S. 246, the Campus Fire Safety Education Act, provisions to promote fire safety education programs and fire safety awareness programs at colleges and universities.
S. 2207, the Volunteer First Responder Loan Forgiveness Act, provisions to allow volunteer firefighters to participate in the U.S. Department of Education's Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
H.R. 4508, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act; provisions to require colleges and universities to report fire incident data.
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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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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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
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