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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 601 ELMWOOD AVE. #706 |
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City | ROCHESTER |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 14642 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 301937-12
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6. House ID# 378090000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2012 |
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 | |
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: Joshua P. Farrelman, Director for the Office of Government & Community Relations |
Date | 01/18/2013 |
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
American Taxpayer Relief Act
H.Con. Res. 112, FY 2013 Budget Resolution
H.R. 2560 - Cut, Cap, and Balance Act
P.L. 112-25, S. 365 - Budget Control Act
H.J.Res.117 Continuing Appropriations Act
H.R. 5973, S. 2375 - Fiscal Year 2013 - Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, National Science Foundation
H.R. 5856 - Fiscal Year 2013 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, Army Medical Research Technology, University Research, 6.1 Basic Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
H.R. 5325, S. 2465 - Fiscal Year 2013 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, National Nuclear Security Administration/Inertial Confinement Fusion Program, Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
H.R. 6091 - Fiscal Year 2013 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
S. 3295, Fiscal Year 2013 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, National Institutes of Health, student aid, graduate education, international education, Title VII and Title VIII of Public Health Service Act.
H.R. 5972, S. 2322 - Fiscal Year 2013 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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. 6621 - Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Technical Corrections Bill
P.L. 112-29, H.R. 1249 - America Invents Act
S. 23 - The America Invents Act of 2011
H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
S. 968 - Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
P.L. 112-81, H.R. 1540, S.1867 - National Defense Authorization Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
Student aid Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, Federal Work-Study, LEAP, TRIO and GEAR UP.
Graduate education programs Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need program
Title VI International education programs Fulbright-Hays program
H.R. 2117, S.1297 Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act
Subsidized student loan interest rate extension
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
H.R. 3433 - Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011
H.R. 2146 - Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act)
S. 1222 - Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act)
H.R. 3699 - Research Works Act
S. 2096, H.R. 4004 - Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Energy research, high-density physics, fusion, DARPA-E, energy efficiency
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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. 111-148 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Health Information Technology
H.R. 2224 - Improving Physician Access in Teaching Hospitals (PATH) Act
S. 1052, H.R. 1970 - National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act
Health workforce shortage issues, Title VII and Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, nursing, graduate nursing education, nursing-managed health clinics
Health wellness and prevention programs
H.R. 5707 - Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act
H.R.5651, Food and Drug Administration Reform Act of 2012
H.R. 6352 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act (Schock Bill combines Schumer/Nelson/Reid bill and Reed RI bills)
H.R. 6562 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2012
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
H.R. 901, S. 473 - Continuing Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Security Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
Farrelman |
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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
Immigration Reform
S. 952, HR 1842 - Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act
S. 1979, Conrad State 30 Improvement Act
H.R. 5869, Studying Towards Adjusted Status (STARS) Act
S. 3217 - Start-Up Act 2.0
S. 3185 - STAR Act (Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century Act)
H.R. 3012 - Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2011 (Per-country cap bill)
S. 3192 - SMART Jobs Act (Sustaining our Most Advanced Researchers and Technology Act)
S.3553 Benefits to Research and Innovation through National Statutes (BRAINS) Act of 2012 (Schumer bill)
HR 6412 Attracting the Best and Brightest Act of 2012
HR 6429 STEM Jobs Act of 2012
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 MMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Medicare Physician Payment/Sustainable Growth Rate
Graduate Medical Education
H.R. 3765, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011
H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act
Disproportionate Share Hospital payments
H.R. 2674 - The 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act
Medicare Wage Index
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Extension
Inpatient Prospective Payment System
Outpatient Prospective Payment System
Bad debt/charity care
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 |
Joshua |
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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
H.R. 1425, S. 493 - SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
American Opportunity Tax Credit
Hope Tax Credit
Lifetime Learning Tax Credit
Tuition Deduction
Charitable Income Tax Deduction
Section 127 Employer-provided Educational Assistance
Section 117 Qualified Scholarships
Student Loan Interest Deduction (SLID)
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts
Section 529 Education Savings Plans
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Programs
IRA Charitable Rollover
Tax-exempt Bonds
R&D Tax Credit
Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT)
New Market Tax Credits
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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
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
Reauthorization of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 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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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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