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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 2425 WILSON BOULEVARD |
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| City | ARLINGTON |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22201 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4722-12
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6. House ID# 315190000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2010 |
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 | |
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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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: Thomas G. Rhame, Lieutenant General, USA(R), VP Finance & Administration |
Date | 07/19/2010 |
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
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-Endorsing the "Improving Veterans Electronic Transition Services (iVets) bill that directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to conduct a feasibility assessment of the value of creating a veteran-specific enterprise Web portal
-National defense spending priorities in the coming years (urging a more comprehensive look at personnel decison for DOD post-Iraq/Afghanistan be made before making incremental cuts to quality of life programs)
-Endorsing the Senate version of H.R. 4213 that would reverse the 21% reduction in the Medicare Physician Payment rate
-Urging the completion of action on the 2010 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill
-SBP-DIC offset (urging members to send a letter to Congress supporting a discharge petition for H.R. 775)
-Opposing a carve out for auto dealers in the financial reform legislation
-Support for H.R. 4947 to correct inequity in crediting active duty performed by reservists for retirement credit
-Medicare/TRICARE Physician Payment formula (urging members to send a letter to Congress to pass legislation that would repeal the Medicare/TRICARE Physician Payment Formula)
-H.R. 816 (Urging members to send a letter to Congress supporting H.R. 816 which would change the authority to increase military health care fees from DoD to Congress)
-Support for S. 3234, the Veterans Employment Assistance Act of 2010
-Urging DoD to implement the legislative provisions that provided health care for gray area reservists
-Support for H.R. 3787 to recognize certain reserve component personnel as veterans
-Defense budget (expressing concern that soldier pay and benefits might be bill payers for smaller future defense budgets)
-Urging members to send a letter to Congress to pass defense supplemental legislation
-Support for H.R. 3406 to correct inequity in crediting active duty performed by reservists for retirement credit
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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Loper |
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Rudowski |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
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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
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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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