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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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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2022 |
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
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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 |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Nathan Green |
Date | 10/20/2022 3:30:12 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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues related to FY 2023 appropriations for science and engineering research and education at agencies including NIH, DOD, DOE, ED (research, such as IES, international education programs, and federal student aid including Pell Grants and campus-based aid programs), NSF, NASA, NEH and Title VIII nursing workforce development programs
H.R. 8256/S. 4664, the FY 2023 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for NSF and NASA (including Science and STEM Education)
H.R. 8236 /S. 4663, the FY 2023 Defense Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including Defense-Wide basic research initiatives and funding at DARPA; provisions related to research programs within Army Futures Command
H.R. 8255 /S. 4660, the FY 2023 Energy-Water Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for the Dept. of Energys Office of Science and ARPA-E
H.R. 8262 /S. 4686, the FY 2023 Interior Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities
H.R. 8295 /S. 4659, the FY 2023 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for federal student aid programs (including Pell Grants, work-study and SEOG), the National Institutes of Health, Title VI international education programs, the Institute of Education Sciences (and National Center for Special Education Research), Title VIII nursing workforce programs and traineeship/fellowship program to support future nursing faculty, AHRQ, CDC, and National Health Service Corps
H.R. 8294/S. 4670, the FY 2023 Transportation-HUD Appropriations Act - provisions related to transportation research
H.R. 8204, the FY 2023 Appropriations package - provisions related to DOE's Office of Science and ARPA-E; and NEH
Issues related to FY 2024 appropriations for science and engineering research and education at agencies including NIH, DOE, IES, NSF, and NASA
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 |
Christina |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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
H.R. 8236 /S. 4663, the FY 2023 Defense Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including Defense-Wide basic research initiatives and funding at DARPA; provisions related to research programs within Army Futures Command
S. 4543/H.R. 7900, the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act - provisions related to national security and research; FY 2023 authorization levels for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including DARPA; research programs within Army Futures Command; supporting STEM students and workforce development; cybersecurity; the Minerva social science research program; high skilled immigration and visa processing; SBIR/STTR reauthorization; anti-money laundering
General issues related to funding for DOD basic 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 research and DARPA in FY 2023
General issues related to research partnerships with the Army Futures Command and the Pathfinder program
General issues related to research security at DOD
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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. 8295 /S. 4659, the FY 2023 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for federal student aid programs (including Pell Grants, work-study and SEOG), Title VI international education programs, the Institute of Education Sciences (and National Center for Special Education Research), and Title VIII nursing workforce programs and traineeship/fellowship program to support future nursing faculty
H.R. 8262 /S. 4686, the FY 2023 Interior Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities
H.R. 8204, the FY 2023 Appropriations package - provisions related to NEH
Issues related to FY 2024 appropriations for research and education at agencies including IES
P.L. 117-167/H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act - general exclusion of higher ed provisions
H.R. 8548, the New Essential Education Discoveries Act - provisions related to authorization of a National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE)
H.R. 5152, the Higher Education Endowment Reform Act - provisions that would reform the tax to require schools to provide significant grant aid to financially needy students to earn relief from the tax
H.R. 2832, the Dont Tax Higher Education Act - provisions that would repeal the net investment income (NII) tax
H.R. 8128 - provisions that would increase the NII tax to offset an expansion of 529 savings plan
H.R. 8447, the Protecting Endowments from our Adversaries Act - provisions that would impose a 100% excise tax on income from investments in interests included on the Commerce Entity List, MEU List, Unverified List, and FCC Covered List
H.R. 8883, the Higher Education Accountability (HEAT) Act - provisions that would increase the NII tax and changes to eligibility criteria
S. 4772, the Changing Our Learning, Loans, Endowments and Graduation Expectations (COLLEGE) Act - provisions that would require institutions to discount cost of attendance for students based on endowment size
S. xxxx, the Student Loan Reform Act - provisions related to institutional skin in the game related to federal student loans, provisions related to the NII excise tax
S. 1547 Ivory Tower Tax Act - provisions that would impose 1% tax on the fair market value of private higher ed institution with assets of $2.5 billion and above and impose a 30% excise tax on undistributed excess endowment amounts
S. 4912, the Make the Universities Pay Act - provisions that would impose institutional skin in the game related to federal student loans and defaults and add reporting requirements related to post-graduate outcomes
H.R. 6843/S. 4530, the Building Civic Bridges Act - provisions related to a new grant program within AmeriCorps to support university efforts to foster civil discussion
S. 4588, the College Athlete Compensation Rights Act - provisions related to NIL for student athletes
General issues related to doubling the maximum Pell Grant to increase access to and affordability of higher education
General issues related to access to and affordability of higher education as well as completion and accountability
General issues related to IES reauthorization including provisions that relate to constituting the National Board on Education Sciences; maintaining a separate authorization for NCSER; and providing robust authorization levels
General issues related to the FY 2023 budget request for IES and NCSER and the need to support early career faculty
General issues related to the proposal to create a National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE) within IES
General issues around college athletics, including potential federal legislation related to name/image/likeness and healthcare for student-athletes
General issues related to data privacy proposals that could impact private institutions of higher education
General issues related to the Dept. of Educations Title IX NPRM
General issues related to EDs Title IV NPRMs
General issues related to campus climate surveys as mandated in VAWA (P.L. 107-113)
General issues related to advanced practice nursing education and faculty shortages; proposals related to building a more robust pipeline of nursing faculty, including through HRSA Title VIII traineeships or fellowships for future nursing faculty
General issues related to VA education regulatory issues, including proposed revisions to the 85/15 rule and the 35% exemption
General issues related to administering VA educational benefits
General issues related to Title VI National Resource Center and Latin America research and education
General issues related to NEHs role in research and education on ethics in AI
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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
H.R. 8295 /S. 4659, the FY 2023 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions around funding for Title VIII nursing workforce development programs and traineeship/fellowship program to support future nursing faculty
General issues related to advanced practice nursing education and faculty shortages; proposals related to building a more robust pipeline of nursing faculty, including through HRSA Title VIII traineeships or fellowships for future nursing faculty
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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. 4543/H.R. 7900, the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act - provisions related to high skilled immigration and visa processing
General issues related to the status of student/scholar visa processing
General issues related to visa and green card pathways for high skilled immigrants
General issues related to the DACA regulations
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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
General issues related to potential NPRM related to FLSA and impact on institutions of higher education and employees
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Labor - Dept of (DOL)
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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 MED
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 8295 /S. 4659, the FY 2023 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for the National Institutes of Health and ARPA-H
H.R. 5585/S. 3819, the ARPA-H Act - provisions related to the authorization of ARPA-H
Issues related to FY 2024 appropriations for research at agencies including NIH
General issues related to the outlook for NIH funding FY 2023
General issues related to the authorization and funding of ARPA-H
General issues related to regulatory and policy priorities for NIH including research security
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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
General provisions related to science and engineering research at NSF, DOE, DOD, NASA, NIH, and IES in FY 2023
Issues related to FY 2024 appropriations for science and engineering research at agencies including NIH, DOE, IES, NSF, and NASA
H.R. 8256/S. 4664, the FY 2023 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for NSF and NASA (including Science and STEM Education)
H.R. 8236 /S. 4663, the FY 2023 Defense Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including Defense-Wide basic research initiatives and funding at DARPA; provisions related to research programs within Army Futures Command
H.R. 8255 /S. 4660, the FY 2023 Energy-Water Appropriations bill - provisions related to funding for the Dept. of Energys Office of Science, ARPA-E, and language related to independent review
H.R. 8295 /S. 4659, the FY 2023 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act - provisions related to funding for the National Institutes of Health, and the Institute of Education Sciences (and National Center for Special Education Research)
S. 4543/H.R. 7900, the FY 2023 National Defense Authorization Act - provisions related to national security and research; FY 2023 authorization levels for basic and applied research (6.1-6.3) including DARPA; research programs within Army Futures Command; supporting STEM students and workforce development; the Minerva social science research program; SBIR/STTR reauthorization
H.R. 8204, the FY 2023 Appropriations package - provisions related to DOE's Office of Science and ARPA-E; and NEH
P.L. 117-167/H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act - general provisions related to research and science; provisions related to authorizations for NSF, DOE Office of Science, and NASA; EPSCoR language, including proposed 20% set-aside and modified language; broader provisions related to geographic and institutional diversity; research security provisions included and those excluded, including provisions that require disclosure of certain foreign gifts and contracts to NSF; tech transfer provisions; general provisions related to NIST; general provisions related to Dept. of Commerce Regional Technology Hubs; excluded provisions related to high-skilled immigration; provisions related to sexual harassment
S. 4900, SBIR/STTR reauthorization Act - provisions related to the reauthorization of the SBIR/STTR programs; provisions that would add disclosure and reporting requirements
General issues related to innovation legislation and the need for supplemental funding
General issues related to building research capacity, the EPSCoR program, and proposals to require a set-aside
General issues related to implementation of EPSCoR language in the CHIPS and Science Act (P.L. 117-167)
General issues related to research partnerships with the Army Futures Command and the Pathfinder program
General issues related to SBIR/STTR re-authorization
General issues related to the authorization and funding of ARPA-H
General issues related to DOT University Transportation Center research grant proposal
General issues related to NSF Regional Innovation Engines grant proposal
General issues related to research security
General issues related to the Administrations open access proposal
General issues related to DOEs plans for fundamental and applied research related to climate change
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 |
Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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
H.R. 5152, the Higher Education Endowment Reform Act - provisions that would reform the net investment income excise tax to require schools to provide significant grant aid to financially needy students to earn relief from the tax
H.R. 2832, the Dont Tax Higher Education Act - provisions that would repeal the net investment income (NII) excise tax
H.R. 8128 - provisions that would increase the NII tax to offset an expansion of 529 savings plan
H.R. 8447, the Protecting Endowments from our Adversaries Act - provisions that would impose a 100% excise tax on income from investments in interests included on the Commerce Entity List, MEU List, Unverified List, and FCC Covered List
H.R. 8883, the Higher Education Accountability (HEAT) Act - provisions that would increase the NII tax and changes to eligibility criteria
S. xxxx, the Student Loan Reform Act - provisions related to institutional skin in the game related to federal student loans; provisions related to the NII excise tax
S. 1547 Ivory Tower Tax Act - provisions that would impose 1% tax on the fair market value of private higher ed institution with assets of $2.5 billion and above and impose a 30% excise tax on undistributed excess endowment amounts
S. 4912, the Make the Universities Pay Act - provisions that would impose institutional skin in the game related to federal student loans and defaults and add reporting requirements related to post-graduate outcomes
General issues related to potential legislative modifications to IRC Sec. 4968, the net investment income excise tax
General issues related to potential tax provisions in a reconciliation package that could impact research universities
General issues related to potential year-end tax bill and inclusion of provisions that could impact research universities
General tax issues that impact students and universities including, provisions that incentivize saving and paying for college; charitable giving; UBIT; the endowment tax and general issues related to endowments and financial aid
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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Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Heather |
Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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
H.R. 8198/S. 4458, the Ensuring the Best Schools for Veterans Act - provisions related to revising the 85/15 rule and the 35% exemption
General issues related to VA education regulatory issues, including proposed revisions to the 85/15 rule and the 35% exemption
General issues related to administering VA educational benefits
General issues related to attracting veterans as students and employees
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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Christina |
West |
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Associate V/C, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
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Bloemhard |
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Associate Director, Vanderbilt University Federal Relations |
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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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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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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