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Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
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Address1 | 11250 WAPLES MILL ROAD |
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State | VA |
Zip Code | 22030 |
Country | USA |
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Mary Rose Adkins, Fiscal Officer |
Date | 07/15/2014 |
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
H.R. 575; Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013, expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so.
H.R. 577, H.R. 602 & S. 572; Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the conditions under which certain persons may be treated as adjudicated mentally incompetent for certain purposes.
H.R. 751; Protect America's Schools Act of 2013, a bill to make supplemental appropriations for the Cops in Schools program for fiscal year 2013.
H.R. 1290; A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
H.R. 1565; Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013, a bill to protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process.
H.R. 3689; Second Amendment Enforcement Act, to restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
H.R. 3917; Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013, a bill to overhaul the mental health system.
H.R. 3933; Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014, to amend title 11 of the United States Code to include firearms in the types of property allowable under the alternative provision for exempting property from the estate.
H.R. 4380; Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act, a bill that prohibits any of the funds made available through the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 or the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program from being provided to any jurisdiction which: (1) maintains a registry of gun ownership, or (2) conducts a program of gun confiscation directed at any firearm which is not prohibited by federal law or any group of persons who are not prohibited from possessing a firearm under federal law.
H.R. 4660 & S. 2437; FY15 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
H.R. 4783; Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014, a bill to protect individuals by strengthening the Nation's mental health infrastructure, improving the understanding of violence, strengthening firearm prohibitions and protections for at-risk individuals, and improving and expanding the reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
H.R. 4806 & S. 2445; Pause for Safety Act of 2014, a bill to provide family members and close associates of an individual who they fear is a danger to himself, herself, or others new tools to prevent gun violence.
H.R. 4886: FY15 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill
FY 15 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
H.R. 4946 & S. 1337; Crime Gun Tracing Act, a bill to promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes.
H.CON.RES23; Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.
S.CON.RES.7; A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, or to any similar agreement on the arms trade.
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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Benjamin |
Cassidy |
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Chris W. |
Cox |
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Charles H. |
Cunningham |
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Ronald David |
Frash |
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Wayne |
LaPierre |
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David |
Lehman |
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Jason |
Ouimet |
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Brandi |
Pensoneau |
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Erica |
Rhoad |
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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
H.R. 578; Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013, amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, who is entitled and not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence or who is carrying a valid state license or permit to carry a concealed weapon, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document, to carry a concealed
handgun (which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, other than a maching gun or destructive device) in any state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
H.R. 2408; a bill to prohibit the Department of Justice from tracking and cataloguing the purchases of multiple rifles and shotguns.
H.R. 2541; Police Officers Protecting Children Act, a bill to allow certain off-duty law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.
H.R. 2959; National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013, to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.
H.R. 3199; Safe Military Bases Act, to safeguard military and civilian personnel on military bases by repealing bans on military personnel carrying firarms, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3335; Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act; Amends the federal criminal code to (1) allow licensed firearms importers, manufacturers, dealers, or collectors (licensees) to sell or deliver any firearm (currently, rifles, or shotguns) to a resident of a state other than the state in which the licensee is located or temporarily located if the licensee meets with the purchaser to complete the sale or delivery and the transaction complies with the laws of the state in which the transfer is conducted and the purchaser's state of residence; and (2) eliminate the requirement that a licensee must conduct business at a gun show only in the state that is specified on the licensee's license.
H.R. 4405; Preventing Gun Violence Act, a bill that amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the trafficking in or possession of a firearm by a person who has been adjudicated of commiting a violent juvenile act.
H.R. 4660 & S. 2437; FY15 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
H.R. 4906 & S. 2483, Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect more victims of domestic violence by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms, and for other purposes.
S. 729; Disarm Criminals and Protect Communities Act, a bill to protect law abiding citizens by preventing criminals from obtaining firearms.
S. 1908; Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014, amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, who is entitle and not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence or who is carrying a valid state license or permit to carry a concealed weapon, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document, to carry a concealed handgun (which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, other than a machine gun or destructive device) in any state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
S. 1290; Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2013, amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to revise the definition of (1) "intimate partner" to include a dating partner and any other person similarly situated to a spouse who is protected by the domestic or family violence laws of the state or tribal jurisdiction in which the injury occurred or where the victim resides; and (2) "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" to include the use or attempted use of physical force or a deadly weapon by a current or former intimate partner.
Prohibits:(1) the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and (2) the shipment or possession of a firearm or ammunition in interstate or foreign commerce, or the receipt of a firearm or ammunition that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce, by an individual who has been conficted of a misdemeanor crim of stalking.
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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James Jay |
Baker |
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Brian |
Calabrese |
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Benjamin |
Cassidy |
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Chris W. |
Cox |
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Charles H. |
Cunningham |
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Ronald David |
Frash |
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Wayne |
LaPierre |
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David |
Lehman |
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Jason |
Ouimet |
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Brandi |
Pensoneau |
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Erica |
Rhoad |
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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 FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 137 & S. 374; Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013/Protecting Responsible Gun Sellers Act of 2013, a bill to ensure that all individuals
who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a
background check for every firearm sale.
H.R. 329; Strengthening Background Checks Act of 2013, amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to require each state, for each fiscal year after a two-year period after this Act's enactment.
H.R. 449; Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2013, to provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firarmsm Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1883, Secure Firarms Act of 2013, amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a deduction, up to $1,200 in any taxable year, for the cost of secure gun storage or safety devices for the securing of firearms.
H.R. 2247; Collectible Firearms Protection Act, amends the Arms Export Control Act to allow the importation of certain firearms listed as curios and relics into the United States by a licensed importer without the requirement of an authorization from or payment to the Department of State or the Department of Defense (DOD) upon certification to the Attorney General that such firearms are lawfully possessed under the laws of the exporting country.
H.R. 3018; Gun Violence and Safe Communities Act of 2013, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms and to increase the transfer tax on any other weapon, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4135; Firearms Importation Fairness Act of 2014, to clarify the standard required for the importation of sporting arms into the United States, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4660 & S. 2437; FY15 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
FY 15 Labor, Health and Human Services, ducation, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
HR. 4749; To modify the definition of "antique firearm". a bill to amend U.S. Code to modify the definition of an "antique firearm" to the calendar year that is 100 years before the calendar year in which the determination as to whether the firearms meets the requirement.
H.R. 4870; FY Defense Appropriations Bill.
S. 649; Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013, a bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, 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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James Jay |
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Benjamin |
Cassidy |
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Chris W. |
Cox |
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Charles H. |
Cunningham |
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Ronald David |
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Wayne |
LaPierre |
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Lehman |
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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.
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16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 322 & S. 1505; Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act; (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equiment components
H.R. 1819; Restoration of the U.S.-Russian Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013, amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada.
H.R. 1825; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or sem-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting.
H.R. 2046; Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2013, prohibits the Secretary of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.
H.R. 2609 & S. 1245; Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3728 & S. 1194; Wild Game Donation Act of 2013; amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat.
H.R. 3992 & S. 1875; Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014, a bill that amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), with regard to sequestration adjustments, to require any adjustments in enacted appropriations for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior for a fiscal year, to be the amount of additional new budget authority provided for wildfire suppression operations in the appropriations Act, but not to exceed $2.689 billion in such authority in each FY 2014-FY2021.
H.R. 4923; FY15 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.
S. 170; Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act, a bill to recognize the heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and recreational shooting on Federal public land and ensure continued opportunities for those activities.
S. 847; Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013, a bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date on which the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
S. 1335; Sportsmen's Act, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.
S. 1996; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes.
S. 2410; Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
S. 2363; Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014, a bill to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting,and for other purposes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Natl Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Ronald David |
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Wayne |
LaPierre |
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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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