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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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Zip Code | 20037 |
Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2011 |
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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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: DAVID B. MOORE |
Date | 7/14/2011 3:36:12 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 ANI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issue: Recommending NIH delay implementation of the Guide to Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
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 |
Tannaz |
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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
P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII
Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology).
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act.
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services
Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft)
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments.
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III
Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation
Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V
H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503
Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps.
H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.
Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.
S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011
Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies.
H.R. 1852/S. 958
Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospital Graduate Medical Education
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research
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 |
David B. |
Moore |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Len |
Marquez |
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Shannon |
Curtis |
J.D. |
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Matthew |
Shick |
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Travis |
Crytzer |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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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 CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 23/H.R. 1249, The America Invest Act.
Issue: Preserve intellectual property rights for medical schools and teaching hospitals, support first-inventor-to-file patent reform, oppose expansion of the prior user rights defense.
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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Shick |
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David B. |
Moore |
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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
President's Budget, 2012, Department of Education
H.R. 2117, Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
Issues: Oppose elimination of graduate/professional student loan subsidies, increase graduate/professional subsidized Stafford loan limits, decrease graduate/professional Stafford loan interest rates, and maintain Perkins Loan benefits. Definition of academic credit hour and state authorization.
Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft)
Issues: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
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 |
Matthew |
Shick |
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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
P.L. 111-5, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII
Issues: Role of medical schools and teaching hospitals in the economic stimulus and recovery, Title VII and VIII health professions training, National Health Service Corps, health information technology (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology).
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose cuts to Childrens Hospitals GME and HRSAs Bureau of Health Professions. Clarify eligibility for Area Health Education Centers under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act.
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services
Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft)
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Title VII and Title VIII health professions and nursing education programs, National Health Service Corps, Childrens Hospitals graduate medical education (GME), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants. Oppose elimination of Childrens Hospitals GME. Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments.
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Section 4002 and Title V
H.R. 1217, To Repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Issue: Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund and preserve PPHF funds for workforce training.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V and Section 10503
Issue: Funding for Community Health Centers and the National Health Service Corps.
H.R. 1216, To amend the Public Health Service Act to convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.
Issue: Oppose conversion of funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations.
Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvement in health care.
Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals.
Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation
Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools
Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements
Medical student loans reform bill proposal (draft)
Issue: Reduce student loan interest rates, expand National Health Service Corps State Loan Repayment program, align Department of Education and Health Resources and Services Administration student loan programs.
Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.
P.L. 111-148, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Title V
Issues: Implementing provisions reauthorizing health professions education programs under Title VII of the Public Health Service Act, and reauthorizing of National Health Service Corp.
Health Equity and Accountability Act (draft)
Issue: Addressing disparities in health care.
P.L. 111-148, Affordable Care Act, Sec. 5602
Issue: Negotiated Rulemaking on Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Health Professional Shortage Areas.
Issues: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis.
Issue: Support language directing Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program.
Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform
Issue: Address workforce shortages & Primary Care workforce development.
Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act.
Issue: Educate about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services.
H.R. 1852/S. 958
Issue: Support reauthorization of Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical education.
Issue: Promoting Interprofessional education and training of the health care workforce.
H.R. 5, Help, Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare(HEALTH) Act of 2011
Issue: Support Medical Malpractice Reform
S. 799, Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011
Issue: Collection, retention, and dissemination of personal health information.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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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Shick |
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Atul |
Grover |
M.D. |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Travis |
Crytzer |
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Len |
Marquez |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Shannon |
Curtis |
J.D. |
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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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issue: Medicare Resident Limits-Support lifting the cap on the number of residents Medicare will count when determining teaching hospitals' Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education and Indirect Medical Education payments.
Issue: Oppose Graduate Medical Education recommendations in report of National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
President's Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services
Issues: Support maintaining Medicare, Medicaid, DSH, and CHIP payments
Issue: Education about geographic variations in Medicare spending on hospital and physician services.
Issue: Clarify that multi-hospital systems are eligible for American Recovery and Reinvestment act (ARRA) Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments on a hospital-by-hospital basis.
Issue: Implementation of Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program under section 340G of the Public Health Service Act.
Issue: Support Medicare Physician Payment Reform
Issue: Support languague directing CMS to consider Graduate Medical Education (GME) affiliation agreements when identifying unused residency slots under the redistribution program
Issue: Preserve Medicare Direct Graduate Medical Education payments to teaching hospitals.
Issue: Preserve Medicare Indirect Graduate Medical Education (IME) payments to teaching hospitals.
Issue: Support National Strategy for Quality Improvememnt in health care.
Issue: Modify Medicare Value-Based purchasing Program for Hospitals.
Issue: Modify Accountable Care Organization (ACO) proposed rules and Implementation
Issue: Federal Support for For-Profit Medical Schools
Issue: Modify Medicaid Maintenance of Effort Requirements
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), White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Len |
Marquez |
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Travis |
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Christiane A. |
Mitchell |
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Clark |
Thomason |
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Atul |
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M.D. |
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Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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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 SCI
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title VIII
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Health and Human Services
Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (draft)
Issues: Support funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH), human embryonic stem cell research, and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Oppose statutory mandates regarding number and average size of NIH grants.
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research and research infrastructure.
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title III
Presidents Budget, 2012, National Science Foundation
Issue: Support funding for the National Science Foundation.
S. 23/H.R. 1249, The America Invents Act.
Issues: Preserve intellectual property rights for medical schools and teaching hospitals, support first-inventor-to-file patent reform, and oppose expansion of the prior user rights defense.
S. 493, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011
Issue: Oppose increasing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside for federal research agencies.
Issue: Recommending NIH delay implementation of the Guide for Care and use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)
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 |
Tannaz |
Rasouli |
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Atul |
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M.D. |
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David B. |
Moore |
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Matthew |
Shick |
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Shannon |
Curtis |
J.D. |
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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 VET
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 112-10, Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Division B, Title X
Presidents Budget, 2012, Department of Veterans Affairs
H.R. 2055, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Issues: Support funding for Veterans Affairs medical research, research infrastructure, and health care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Veterans Affairs - Dept of (VA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, White House Office
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 |
Matthew |
Shick |
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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 LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
No activity
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Shick |
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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 IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Conrad State 30 Improvement Act (draft)
Issue: H-1B visa numerical cap exemption for non-profit teaching hospitals affiliated with medical schools, and reauthorization of State 30 visa waiver program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Labor - Dept of (DOL), U.S. SENATE
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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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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