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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 | 750 FIRST STREET, NE, #700 |
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City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20002 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 27137-12
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2008 |
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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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: Carolyn I. Polowy, General Counsel |
Date | 07/18/2008 |
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
HR 5447: Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act, to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work; S. 2858: Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act, to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated
with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. HR 1338/S 766: Paycheck Fairness Act: Working on elements that provide women with pay commensurate with their male counterparts, in addition to seeking the expansion of federal resources to enable women to pursue litigation and remedies provided economic disparity exists.
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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Franklin |
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Lawrence |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR, L-HHS FY 09 Appropriations Bill Issues: Social work Reinvestment Commission (social work workforce), National Institute of Health (social work research), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (social work research). Appropriations legislation specific to the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies; S. L-HHS FY 09 Appropriations Bill Issues: Social Work Reinvestment Commission (social work workforce), National Cancer Institute (social work
research), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (social work research). Appropriations legislation specific to the Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies; fiscal year 2009 Labor, Health and Human Services portion, specifically, NIH funding and health professions funding under Title VII and VIII and social work commission and social work research report language.
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 |
Elizabeth |
Franklin |
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Asua |
Ofosu |
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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
Higher Education Act (HR 4137 and S 1614) NASW is advocating for loan forgiveness for social workers in this bill. Dorothy Height/Whiney Young Social Work Reinvestment Act (HR 5447). This bill will improve the social work workforce.
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 |
Nancy |
McFall Jean |
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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 FAM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Foster Care Medicaid Coverage Act of 2007 (HR 1376). Working to provide Medicaid for youth in foster care.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Nancy |
McFall Jean |
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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 CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 1585/S 1105: Hate Crimes: The expansion of the statute to cover crimes committed on federal property, in addition to pursuing elements of the initiative that enhance federal resources for law enforcement; HR 2015 sought introduction in the Senate, no bill number assigned: Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Seeking protections on behalf of marginalized communities who historically continue to endure workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, in addition to advocating for the overt
extension of federal employment law to include protection relative to one's sexual orientation; HR 4611/ S 2481: End Racial Profiling Act, assail the practice of racial profiling by creating a federal prohibition against such; provide funding the training of law enforcement officials, and hold law enforcement personnel and agencies accountable for the dispensation of racial profiling.
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 |
Lawrence |
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
HR 5447/S 2858: Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act; support establishing a social Work Reinvestment Commission to address recruitment, retention, research and reinvestment in the social work profession.
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 |
Asua |
Ofosu |
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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
Judicial Nominations: Oppose federal judges who espouse philosophies that contradict affirmative action policies and/or inconsistent with NASW's position relating to undeserved Americans (no bill numbers are assigned to judicial nominees).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
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 |
Lawrence |
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 HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 5447/S 2858: Social Work Reinvestment Act: Working on elements that enhance the capacity of the profession of social work to provide distinguishable social service delivery and also seek to remove systemic barriers such as educational debt which impede professional social workers from adequately engaging their clientele; HR 5447/ S 2858: Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act; support establishing a Social Work Reinvestment Commission to address recruitment, retention,
research, and reinvestment in the social work profession; HR 2165: Teri Zenner Social Worker Safety Act, support establishing a grant program to assist in the provision of safety measures to protect social workers and other professionals who work with at risk populations; S 106, National Center for Social Work Research Act, support establishing the National Center for Social Work Research as an agency of the National Institutes of health (NIH) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern; S 2708/ HR 6337, Caring for an Aging America Act of 2008, support the need to address the emerging care gap between the increasing numbers of older Americans and the lack of providers who are trained in caring for the medical, health and social needs of the aging population; HR 493 and S 358, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 2007: Support the passage of the bill that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment; HR 3333/ S 1576: Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act Support research, grants and demonstration projects to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority groups; HR 3014: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007: Support the bill designed to improve the health of minority individuals. S 588/HR 1424 "Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Parity Act" Issues: Mental Health Insurance Coverage. Support bills to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services; S 1693 (Kennedy) "Wired for Health Care Quality Act" Issues: Mental Health and Health Privacy. Modify a bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce the costs of healthcare in the United States; HR 5442 (Markey) "TRUST in Health Information Act" Issues: Mental Health and Health Privacy. To Modify a bill providing individuals with access to health information, to ensure personal privacy, security, and confidentiality with respect to health related information in promoting the development of a nationwide interoperable health information infrastructure, to impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of personal health information, to provide for the enforcement of these rights, to protect States' rights, and for other purposes. HR 6357 (Dingell) "PRO(TECH)T Act" Issues: Mental Health and Health Privacy. Seek modifications in a bill amending the Public Health Service Act to promote the adoption of health information technology, providing limited privacy protections and for other purposes. HR 3800 (Eshoo) "Improving the Interoperability of Health Information Technology." Issues: Mental Health and Health Privacy. Seek modifications in a bill amending the Public Health Service Act to promote the adoption of health information technology, and for other purposes. HR 5447 (Towns) "Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act" Issue: Health/Social Work Workforce. Support a bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. S. 2858 (Mikulski) "Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act: Issue: Health/Social Work Workforce. Support a bill to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress on policy issues associated with the recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. S. 3102 (Snowe) "Small Business Information Security Act"
Issues: Mental health and health Privacy. Seek modifications in a bill to establish a Small Business Information Security Task Force, to protect health information privacy and for other purposes.
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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Moore |
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Asua |
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James |
Finley |
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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
HR 1663 (Stark) Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act. Issues: Medicare Mental Health Coverage/Payment. Support a bill to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand and improve coverage of mental health services under the Medicare Program. HR 3162 (Dingell) "Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act" Issues: Medicare/Medicaid/Mental Health Coverage Policy and Payment. Support a bill to amend Titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the children's
health insurance program, to improve beneficiary protections under the Medicare, expand social work coverage under Medicare, protect Medicaid, and the CHIP program, and for other purposes. S. 1212 (Mikulski) "Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act" Issues: Medicare Mental Health Coverage/Payment. Support a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities. S 2785 (Stabenow) "Save Medicare Act" Issues: Medicare Coverage/Payment. Support a bill to amend title XVIII of the Security Act to preserve access to clinical social work services and physicians' services under the Medicare program. HR 6331 (Rangel) "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers" Issues: Medicare Mental Health Coverage/Payment. Support a bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access and for other purposes. HR 5613 (Dingell) "Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act" Issues: Medicaid mental health and social work coverage policy. Support a bill to extend certain moratoria and impose additional moratoria on certain Medicaid regulations through April 1, 2009, protecting social work professional services, and for other purposes.
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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Finley |
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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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