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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 444 N. CAPITOL STREET, NW, #351 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20001 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City | New Brunswick |
State | NJ |
Zip Code | 08901 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 33977-12
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6. House ID# 307380000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2015 |
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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INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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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: FRANCINE N. PFEIFFER |
Date | 4/20/2015 4:07:10 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
H. Con.Res.27 and H.Con.Res.11: Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025.
Pending House and Senate legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, NASA, the National Science Foundation, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes (provisions relating to funding for NOAA research programs and the NSF).
HR. 4903 and S.2534; legislation making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes(provisions relating to funding for Science and Technology Directorate, University Centers of Excellence).
Pending House and Senate legislation making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes (provisions relating to funding for NEH and USGS research programs).
Pending House and Senate legislation making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes(provisions relating to funding for NIFA and other agriculture research programs.)
Pending House and Senate legislation making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes (provisions relating to funding for the Department of Energy - Office of Science).
Pending House and Senate legislation making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes(provisions relating to funding for University transportation programs and the National Transit Institute).
Pending legislation making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes(provisions relating to funding for NIH and health research programs; funding for Department of Education's post-secondary aid programs.)
Pending House and Senate legislation making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes (provisions relating to funding for basic and applied research).
Pending House and Senate legislation: : Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes(NEH and EPA funding).
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 |
Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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Alexandria |
Hermann |
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Rachel |
Marcus |
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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
H.R.9
Innovation Act
Official Title: To amend title 35, United States Code, and the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act to make improvements and technical corrections, and for other purposes(ALL).
S.632
STRONG Patents Act of 2015
Official Title: A bill to strengthen the position of the United States as the world's leading innovator by amending title 35, United States Code, to protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the country's economy(ALL).
HR 1441 and S.771: S.771
Manufacturing Universities Act of 2015
Official Title: A bill to emphasize manufacturing in engineering programs by directing the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and National Science Foundation, to designate United States manufacturing universities(ALL).
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 |
Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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Alexandria |
Hermann |
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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
HR. 1030
Secret Science Reform Act of 2014
Official Title: To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible(ALL).
HR.962 and S.181: Startup Act 3.0, A bill to jump-start the economic recovery through the formation and growth of new businesses, and for other purposes (ALL)
HR 2981 and S 2551: Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of 2013 (ALL).
HR 2996 and S1468:
Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2014
A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation and for other purposes(ALL).
HR. 1398 and S.747
American Innovation Act
Official Title: A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in basic science research(ALL)
S.289
American Cures Act
Official Title: A bill to prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research(ALL).
H.R.2
Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
Official Title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Pending America COMPETES Re-authorization Act of 2015 (ALL).
Pending legislation relating to 21st Century Cures initiative(NIH, funding for pharmaceutical and manufacturing innovation.)
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 |
Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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Alexandria |
Hermann |
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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
HR 1260 and S.699: American Opportunity Tax Credit Act of 2015
Official Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit, and for other purposes(ALL).
HR 644: America Gives More Act of 2015
Official Title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory(IRA Chartiable rollover).
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 |
Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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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
HR1310 and S.590: Campus Accountability and Safety Act
Official Title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to combat campus sexual violence, and for other purposes(ALL)
S108: Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency Act of 2015
Official Title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to improve access for students to Federal grants and loans to help pay for postsecondary, graduate, and professional educational opportunities, and for other purposes(ALL)
HR. 1434 and S793: Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
Official Title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans, and for other purposes(ALL).
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 |
Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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Alexandria |
Hermann |
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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
S.153
I-Squared Act of 2015
Official Title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the United States, and for other purposes(ALL).
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 |
Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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Alexandria |
Hermann |
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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
Pending legislation to reauthorize surface transportation programs(transportation research and training programs).
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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Francine |
Newsome Pfeiffer |
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Alexandria |
Hermann |
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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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