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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 | 8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102 |
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City | Springfield |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22151 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 17192-12
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6. House ID# 311730000
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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: Christopher Stone, Director of Federal Affairs |
Date | 07/21/2014 |
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 FIR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R.34 : Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2013
H.R.35: Latest Title: Safe Schools Act of 2013
H.R.65 : Child Gun Safety and Gun Access Prevention Act of 2013
H.R.93 : Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
H.R.117 : Handgun Licensing and Registration Act of 2013
H.R.133 : Citizens Protection Act of 2013
H.R.137 : Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013
H.R.226 : Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Red
H.R.138 : Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Actuction for our Streets Act
H.R.141 : Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2013
H.R.142 : Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013
H.R.226 : Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act
H.R.227 : Buyback Our Safety Act
H.R.236 : Crackdown on Deadbeat Gun Dealers Act of 2013
H.R.238 : Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act
H.R.321 : Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013
H.R.329 : Strengthening Background Checks Act of 2013
H.R.332 : Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act
H.R.339 : Fairness in Firearm Testing Act
H.R.404 : Straw Purchaser Penalty Enhancement Act
H.R.427 : Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act
H.R.431 : Gun Transparency and Accountability (Gun TRAC) Act of 2013
H.R.437 : Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
H.R.449 : To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
H.R.452: Latest Title: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013
H.R.538 : PLEA Act
H.R.575 : Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013
H.R.577 : Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
H.R.578: Latest Title: Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013
H.R.602 : Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act
H.R.619 : Keep Kids Safe Act of 2013
H.R.661 : Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act
H.R.720 : Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013
H.R.722 : Detectives Nemorin and Andrews Anti-Gun Trafficking Act of 2013
H.R.793 : Firearm Safety and Buyback Grant Act of 2013
H.R.848 : Armed Prohibited Persons Act of 2013
H.R.868 : Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2013
H.R.955 : Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013
H.R.965 : To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials.
H.R.1290 : To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition.
H.R.1369 : Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2013
H.R.1474: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
H.R.1565: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013
H.R.1605: Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013
H.R.1728: Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act
H.R. 1764: Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013
H.R.1883 : Secure Firearms Act of 2013
H.R.1914: Preventing Victims of Stalking Act of 2013
H.R.2247:Collectible Firearms Protection Act
H.R.2277 : To eliminate the sporting purposes distinction in the gun laws
H.R.2465: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health.
H.R.2566 : To modify the definition of armor piercing ammunition to better capture its capabilities.
H.R.2625: Student Protection Act
H.R.2665: To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices
H.R.2910: Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013
H.R.2959: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013
H.R.3018: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2013
H.R.3199: Safe Military Bases Act
H.R. 3484: Airport Security Act of 2013
H.R.3335: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act
H.R.3590: SHARE Act of 2013
H.R.3626: To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years
H.R.3689: To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia
H.R.3933: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2014
H.R.4380: Gun Confiscation and Registration Prevention Act
H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act
H.R.4135: Firearm Importation Fairness Act of 2014
H.R.4405: Preventing Gun Violence Act
H.R.4547 : To modify the definition of "antique firearm
H.R.4707: To authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
H.R.4783 : Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014
H.R.4784: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2014
H.R.4806: Pause for Safety Act of 2014
H.R.4946: Crime Gun Tracing Act
H.AMDT.704 to H.R.4660
H.AMDT.727 to H.R.4660
H.AMDT.769 to H.R.4660
H.AMDT.729 to H.R.4660
H.CON.RES.23 : 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.
H.RES.35 : Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States and calling for his immediate resignation.
H.RES.40 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
H.RES.258: Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1565) 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.RES.318: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence.
H.AMDT.123 to H.R.2217 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to enter into a new contract for the purposes of purchasing ammunition before the date the report required by section 567(a) is submitted to Congress.
H.RES.468: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that gun violence is a public health issue and Congress should enact by the end of the 113th Congress comprehensive Federal legislation that protects the Second Amendment and keeps communities safe and healthy, including expanding enforceable background checks for all commercial gun sales, improving the mental health system in the United States, and making gun trafficking and straw purchasing a Federal crime.
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S.2 : Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act
S.22 : Gun Show Background Check Act of 2013
S.33 : Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2013
S.34 : Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2013
S.35 : Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2013
S.54: Latest Title: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013
S.82 : Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013
S.146: Latest Title: School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013
S.147 : Common Sense Concealed Firearms Permit Act of 2013
S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
S.174: Ammunition Background Check Act of 2013
S.179: Latest Title: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2013
S.261: No Firearms for Foreign Felons Act of 2013
S.374: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013
S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013
S.443: Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act of 2013
S.480: NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013
S.572: Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act
S.649: Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013
S. 649 Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.649; 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.
S.AMDT.730 Amends: S.649 Harkin Amdt. No. 730; To reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.
S.AMDT.717 Amends: S.649 Barrasso Amdt. No. 717; To withhold 5 percent of Community Oriented Policing Services program Federal funding from States and local governments that release sensitive and confidential information on law-abiding gun owners and victims of domestic violence.
S.AMDT.714 Amends: S.649 Lautenberg Amdt. No. 714; To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.
S.AMDT.720 Amends: S.649 Burr Amdt. No. 720; To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families.
S.AMDT.711 Amends: S.649 Feinstein Amdt. No. 711; To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
S.AMDT.719 Amends: S.649 Cornyn Amdt. No. 719; To allow reciprocity for the carrying of certain concealed firearms.
S.AMDT.713 Amends: S.649 Grassley Amdt. No. 725; To address gun violence, improve the availability of records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, address mental illness in the criminal justice system, and end straw purchases and trafficking of illegal firearms, and for other purposes.
S.AMDT.715 Amends: S.649 Manchin Amdt. No. 715; 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.
S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
S. 744: Leahy Amdt. No. 1183, As Modified; To strengthen border security and enforcement.
S. 744: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Leahy Amdt. No. 1183 As Modified; To strengthen border security and enforcement.
S. 744: Motion to Table Cornyn Amdt. No. 1251; Requiring Enforcement, Security and safety while Upgrading Lawful Trade and travel Simultaneously (RESULTS).
S. 744: Heller Amdt. No. 1227; To include a representative from the Southwestern State of Nevada on the Southern Border Security Commission.
S. 744: Lee Amdt. No. 1208 As Modified; To require fast-track congressional approval when the Secretary of Homeland Security notifies Congress of the implementation of the border security strategies and certifies that the strategies are substantially operational.
S. 744: Manchin Amdt. No. 1268; To provide for common sense limitations on salaries for contractor executives and employees involved in border security.
S. 744: Motion to Table Paul Amdt. No. 1200; To provide for enhanced border security, including strong border security metrics and congressional votes on border security and for other purposes.
S. 744: Tester Amdt. No. 1198; To modify the Border Oversight Task Force to include tribal government officials.
S. 744: Vitter Amdt. No. 1228; To prohibit the temporary grant of legal status to, or adjustment to citizenship status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT System (a biometric border check-in and check-out system first required by Congress in 1996) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and airport of entry and Congress passes a joint resolution, under fast track procedures, stating that such integrated entry and exit data system has been sufficiently implemented.
S. 744: Thune Amdt. No. 1197; To require the completion of the 350 miles of reinforced, double-layered fencing described in section 102(b)(1)(A) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted and to require the completion of 700 miles of such fencing before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be adjusted to permanent resident status.
S. 744: Motion to Table Grassley Amdt. No. 1195; To prohibit the granting of registered provisional immigrant status until the Secretary has maintained effective control of the borders for 6 months.
S. 744: Motion to Proceed to S. 744; A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes
S. 744: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 744; A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes.
S.843: Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013
S.903: Alien Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2013
S.1149: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
S. 1486: Postal Reform Act
S.1660: SPORT Act
S.1774: Undetectable Firearms Reauthorization Act of 2013
S.1908: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2014
S.2105: Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act
S.1996: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014
S.2363 - Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014
S.2105 - Gun-Owner Registration Information Protection Act
S.2445 - Pause for Safety Act of 2014
S.2373 - A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
S.2426 - Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2014
S.2483 - Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act
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.
S.AMDT.673 to S.CON.RES.8 To create a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the right of law-abiding Americans to own a firearm.
S.1505: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms (ATF), Executive Office of the President (EOP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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