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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 | 1775 Eye St, NW |
Address2 | Suite 1100 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
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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: Cynthia Chetti |
Date | 4/22/2019 6:06:55 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 ENG
16. Specific lobbying issues
Building Codes: Building Energy Performance and Efficiency / Resiliency
Residential non-weatherized gas furnace rule (10 CFR 430)
Fiscal year 2020 appropriations for the Department of Energy
EPA Energy Star Program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Energy - Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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 ENV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Building Codes / Resiliency
Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (40 CFR 745 subpart E)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Small Business Administration (SBA)
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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Housing Affordability Issues
Affordable/Workforce Issues related to Infrastructure
Balanced Housing Policy Issues
Proposals to expand the availability of affordable and workforce housing
Rent Control
Evictions
Housing and Infrastructure Issues
Infrastructure: Promoted policy that reinvests in the nations infrastructure and drives new investment in housing by reducing barriers to development and the cost of regulations.
Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)
HOME
Draft legislation for S. 3342 (115th Congress), Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2018
S. 787/ H.R. 1737, American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019
Housing Finance Reform
Coalition letter to FHFA Acting Director Otting asking that FHFA continue making allocations to the Capital Magnet Fund and the National Housing Trust Fund in FY2019 and going forward.
GSE Reform: Proposals to ensure liquidity in multifamily mortgage market in a post Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac environment
General Housing Finance Reform and the Multifamily Industry
Fair Housing
Fair Housing Act and related HUD Rulemaking and Guidance - Disparate Impact, Reasonable Accommodations and Accessibility, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
Emotional Support Animals
H.R. 5 and S 788, Equality Act, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system
Draft legislation for S. 3612 (115th Congress), Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2018
H.R. 232, Landlord Accountability Act of 2019
Violence Against Woman
H.R. 1585: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
H.R. 1741: Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2019
H.R. 1310: VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2019
Rural Housing Issues related to the Violence Against Women Act
General Rural Housing Issues
Homelessness Issues
H.R. 1856, Ending Homelessness Act of 2019
Building Codes / Resiliency
Housing Choice Voucher Programs Issues/HUD
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Programs
Project-Based Voucher Programs
H.R. 1122, Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019
Housing Voucher Mobility Funding
HUD: Housing Choice Voucher Research - Evidence Matters, Transforming Knowledge into Housing and Community Development Policy
HUD: Landlord Task Force Meetings - Inspections/REAC
HUD: Interagency Task Force to Streamline Inspection
HUD: Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaign and Training Initiative
Section 8 Source of Income Issues
Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD)
General FHA Multifamily Program Issues
FHA Multifamily Programs
FHA: Expands Pilot Program to Accelerate Financing of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Projects
HUD Regulatory Reform Issues
Miscellaneous HUD Regulatory Issues Davis Bacon Reform as related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Labor
HUD: REAC Notice PIH-2019-02-(HA) H-2019-04, Standardization of REAC Inspection Notification Timelines
Government Shutdown HUD Issues
HUD: Issues Related to the Government Shutdown, related to Multifamily Production and Asset Management Activities
S.72, HR 588 Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
Federal Employees Civil Relief Act
Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
Fair Market Rent (FMRs) & Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs)
Budget/Appropriations
-Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
-Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Act
-Department of Defense Appropriations
-Agriculture, Rural Housing Service (RHS)
-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
-HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program funding as it relates to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program
-Funding for the U.S. Census Bureau- Census/American Community Survey
-Community Development Block Grant
Implementation of H.R. 3700 (114th Congress), Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
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 FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
GSE Reform: Proposals to ensure liquidity in multifamily mortgage market in a post Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac environment Public Proposals for the Future of the Housing Finance System
GSE Reform: NMHC testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs during a hearing entitled Chairmans Housing Reform
FHFA: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Quarterly Market Update
GSE Reform, Senate Banking Committee Chair Crapo Housing Reform Outline Released February 1, 2019
Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
Federal Laws Addressing Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism
Community Reinvestment Act
Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund
FHFA Scorecard
Enterprise Capital Standard
Credit and consumer reporting issues impacting Multifamily business operations
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Treasury - Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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 CAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
Rule to define scope of waters protected under the Clean Water Act (final; 2015); recertification of pre-existing rule; proposed revised definition
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers)
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 TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Depreciation Rules
Requested Congress pass legislation or, alternatively, that the Treasury Department revisit Rev. Proc. 2019-08 and clarify through the regulatory process that firms electing out of limits on business interest deductibility may depreciate multifamily buildings placed in service prior to 2018 over 30 years
Business Interest Deductibility
Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-106089-18, RIN 1545-BO73, Limitation on Deduction for Business Interest Expense, issues pertaining to: (1) the interaction between the small business exception and the real estate trade or business election; and (2) the application of the REIT safe harbor to certain controlled partnerships.
Section 199A Qualified Business Income Deduction
Tax Technical and Clerical Corrections Act (published as discussion draft on January 2, 2019), Section 4: Amendments Related to Public Law 115-97, provision clarifying that REIT dividends attributable to mutual funds qualifies for Qualified Business Income Deduction.
H.R. 216, Main Street Tax Certainty Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction for qualified business income, all provisions.
Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, TD 9847, RIN 1545-BO71, Final Regulations, Qualified Business Income Deduction
Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-107892-18, RIN 1545-BO71, Proposed Regulations, Qualified Business Income Deduction
Opportunity Zones
Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, 26 CFR Part 1, REG-115420-18, RIN 1545-BP03, Investing in Qualified Opportunity Funds
Opportunity Zones: No bill introduced but support legislative change to reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes.
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit, and Incentives for Housing Affordability
Support making permanent the 12.5 percent increase in LIHTC authority enacted in March 2018 for 2018-2021 and further augmenting credit authority by 50 percent. Also support establishing a minimum 4 percent LIHTC tax credit rate
Draft Legislation, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing tax credit, and for other purposes, all provisions with a specific focus on those expanding LIHTC allocations; establishing a minimum 4 percent credit; and impacting domestic violence, Qualified Contracts, and Right of First Refusal.
Potential Draft legislation for S. 548 (115th Congress), Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the low-income housing tax credit, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Potential Draft legislation for S. 3365 (115th Congress), Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2018, to provide a credit for middle-income housing, and for other purposes, all provisions. Also engaged in discussions about feasibility of expanding proposal to enable use of tax-exempt bonds.
S. 787, American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019, to make housing more affordable and for other purposes, all provisions.
Potential Draft legislation for S. 3250 (115th Congress), Rent Relief Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for a credit against tax for rent paid on the personal residence of the taxpayer, all provisions.
Potential Draft legislation for S. 3342 (115th Congress), Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2018, to require Community Development Block Grant recipients to develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for other purposes, all provisions.
Requested that any infrastructure bill include tax incentives to expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, enact the Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit, reduce the basis increase necessary to qualify a multifamily rehabilitation project for Opportunity Zone purposes, and repeal or further reform the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act.
Studied additional housing affordability legislative tax incentive proposals, including 80/20 bonds and establishing Qualified Equitable Housing Zones
Energy
Support extending Energy efficient homes credit (IRC 45L) and Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction (IRC 179D)
S. 617, Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide disaster tax relief, and for other purposes. Section 110: Energy efficient homes credit. Section 113: Energy efficient commercial buildings deduction.
Legislative tax proposal to establish a 10-year depreciation period for high-performance energy-efficient qualified improvement property (i.e., heating, cooling, ventilation and water temperature; lighting; and envelope) installed in a covered building, including a multifamily building.
Carried Interest
H.R. 1735, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-through entities, all provisions.
S. 781, Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2019, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the proper tax treatment of personal service income earned in pass-through entities, all provisions.
Like-Kind Exchanges
Support like-kind exchanges for real estate as maintained in Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Public Law 115-97)
Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA)
We support repeal or further reforms to promote foreign investment in the U.S. multifamily industry.
Draft legislation (became H.R. 2210 that was introduced on April 10, 2019), Invest in America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain provisions applicable to foreign investment in United States real property, all provisions.
H.R. 6726 (115th Congress), Invest in America Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal certain provisions applicable to foreign investment in United States real property, all provisions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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 LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
National Labor Relations Board, 29 CFR Chapter 1, RIN 3142-AA13, The Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status
Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, 29 CFR Part 541, RIN 1235-AA20, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees
H.R. 5, Equality Act, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes, provisions of the Equality Act that amend Title VII of the
Civil Rights Act to provide employment non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
S. 788, Equality Act, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes, provisions of the Equality Act that amend Title VII of the
Davis Bacon Reform as related to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on the Department of Labor
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
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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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15. General issue area code IMM
16. Specific lobbying issues
EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Reauthorization and Reform
Immigration reforms related to multifamily industry labor shortages
E-verify as it relates to Immigration reform
H2-B Worker Program
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Treasury - Dept of
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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15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies impacting availability and reliability of voice, video and data services to multifamily housing communities, including but not limited to inside wiring, broadband and cellular services.
Federal policies surrounding FCC rulemaking Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet/Network Neutrality.
Federal policies surrounding music copyright law and licensing.
FCC review of wiring access issues.
Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments, GN Docket No. 17-142
Petition of the Multifamily Broadband Council, GN No. 17-91
Accelerating Broadband Deployment, GN Docket No. 17-83
Pub.L. 115-264, The Music Modernization Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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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
Federal policies on patent enforcement and litigation impacting the multifamily housing industry.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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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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15. General issue area code POS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies affecting mail and parcel delivery service to multifamily housing communities.
U.S. Postal Service reform issues impacting the multifamily housing industry
Task Force on the United States Postal System and their report and proposal United States Postal Service: A Sustainable Path Forward Report from the Task Force on the United States Postal System
H.Res.33 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should take all appropriate measures to ensure that the United States Postal Service remains an independent establishment of the Federal Government and is not subject to privatization. All provisions.
H.Res.78 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States postal facility network is an asset of significant value and the United States Postal Service should take appropriate measures to maintain, modernize and fully utilize the existing post office network for economic growth. All provisions.
H.Res.23 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers. All provisions.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
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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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15. General issue area code HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Federal policies affecting data security, breach notification and privacy policies affecting owners, developers, managers and suppliers of the multifamily industry.
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, and other lines of insurance utilized by multifamily firms.
National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.
Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program
Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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15. General issue area code INS
16. Specific lobbying issues
Public policies affecting risk management for flood, terrorism, disaster, cyber, and other lines of insurance utilized by multifamily firms.
National Flood Insurance Program policies, guidance, and requirements affecting existing and future multifamily and single-family properties.
Public Law No: 113-89, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014
Public Law No. 112-141, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012
Reauthorization and reform of the National Flood Insurance Program
FY 2019 & 2020 Budget/Appropriations for NFIP/FEMA in House and Senate
OCC/FDIC, et al: Status of Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards-Private Flood Insurance
Reauthorization of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
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15. General issue area code DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 (Personnel, Housing)
Military Housing Privatization Initiative / Basic Allowance for Housing
S. 703: Ensuring Safe Housing for Our Military Act
H.R. 1792: Ensuring Safe Housing for Our Military Act
H.R. 1403: Base Commander Housing Oversight Act
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U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following 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
1 | 3 | 5 |
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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