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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 1660 L STREET, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 701 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20036 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4174-12
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6. House ID# 304860000
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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 |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Paul A. Marchand, Assistant Executive Director for Policy and Advocacy |
Date | 04/20/2010 |
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 BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
L-HHS-ED Appropriations for FY 2011, all provisions dealing with education (IDEA), NCLB, human services
and employment for persons with disabilities and Social Security Administration Limitation on Administrative
Expenses (LAE), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
SSA's Limitation on Administrative Expenses budget proposal, provisions dealing with having enough SSA staff support for
beneficiaries.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - The Medicaid relief for states in economic stimulus and Social Security provisions.
Stop Over Spending Act, provisions dealing with a proposed new budget process and control of Federal spending.
FY 2011 HUD Appropriations (no bill number yet).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Education - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Social Security Administration (SSA), White House Office,
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 |
Paul |
Marchand |
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Martha |
Ford |
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N/A |
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Elizabeth |
Savage |
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N/A |
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
P.L. 108-446, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Implementation.
Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Protection Act, all provisions dealing with voter protections.
U.N. Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
Enforcement activities of DOJ regarding CRIPA, ADA, Section 504, Olmstead decision, aversives and restraints, civil rights
policy regarding people with disabilities.
Seclusion and restraints legislation.
Mental retardation terminology legislation, S. 2781.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office,
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 |
Paul |
Marchand |
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N/A |
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Elizabeth |
Savage |
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N/A |
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
NCLB regulations for students with disabilities.
Assistive Technoloby Act implementation, regulations govern ing assistive devices for persons with disabilities.
H.R. 4188, IDEA Fairness Restoration Act.
Implementation of P.L. 110-315, the Higher Educatrion Opportunity Act
Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, 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 |
Paul |
Marchand |
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N/A |
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Elizabeth |
Savage |
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N/A |
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
Family Support provisons in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of
Rights pending reauthorization.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office
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 |
Savage |
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N/A |
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
P.L. 108-171, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, implementation of provisions dealing with Medicaid, TANF, other human
services.
Funding for Lifespan Respite Care Act, provisions that address respite care services for family caregivers of individuals
with special needs.
Increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP).
Health Care Reform, including long term services and supports, and the Community Living Assistance Services and
Supports (CLASS Act).
S. 700 and H.R. 1708, End the Medicare Disabilities Waiting Period Act.
H.R. 868, Direct Support Professional Fairness and Security Act.
H.R. 2390, Guidance, Understanding, and Information for Dual-Eligibles (GUIDE) Act of 2009.
H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009.
S. 1679, Affordable Health Choices Act.
Senate Finance Committee bill: America's Healthy Future Act of 2009 (no number yet).
S. 1213, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Act of 2009.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148.
H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act.
Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, P.L. 111-152.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Education - Dept of, Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office, President of the U.S.
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Elizabeth |
Savage |
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N/A |
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Annie |
Acosta |
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N/A |
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 HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
FY 2011 HUD appropriations for Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program, Section 8
Housing Choice Vouchers--Omnibus Budget Appropriations, H.R. 3288.
H.R. 1675 and S. 1481, Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009.
Implementation of Department of Homeland Security Appropriations, provisions dealing with the needs of persons with
disabilities.
Transportation/HUD appropriations bill, provisions dealing with housing for persons with disabilities.
H.R. 3288, Transportation, HUD FY 2010 approprations bill and the companion Senate bill (no number yet).
S. 1482, Frank Melville Supportive Housing Act.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development - Dept of (HUD)
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 |
Savage |
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N/A |
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
Disability community concerns regarding employment, including implementation of P.L. 106-170, Ticket to Work
and Work Incentives Improvement Act.
Proposals to modernize the the Javits-Wagner-O'day Act, provisions dealing with employment for individuals with disabilities.
Implementation of the Ticket to Work and other work incentives in the Social Security proposals.
Proposals to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act and the Rehabilitation Act.
Employment of people with disabilities in the federal government.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Education - Dept of, Labor - Dept of (DOL), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA)
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 |
Paul |
Marchand |
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Martha |
Ford |
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N/A |
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
S. 683 and H.R. 1670, Community Choice Act, provisions providing independence for individuals with disabilities, and the
Community First Choice Option proposal for Medicaid.
P.L. 109-171, implementation of the Deficit ReductionAct, provisions dealing with Medicaid.
H.R. 868, Direct Support Professionals Fairness and Security Act.
Implementation of Medicaid Section 1917 (d) regarding trusts and transfer of asset rules.
The Empowered at Home Act of 2009, H.R. 2688 and S. 434, to amend the Medicaid Section 1915 (i) Home and Community
Based Services Option.
Implementation of the Olmstead decision regarding community integration.
Health Care Reform, including numerous long term services and supports provisions.
Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP increase.
S. 493 and H.R. 1205, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009.
Home and Community Based Services Waiver (Section 1915(c)) and Option (Section 1915 (i)).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), White House Office
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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Elizabeth |
Savage |
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Annie |
Acosta |
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N/A |
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 RET
16. Specific lobbying issues
Improvements to Title II and Title XVI for people with disabilities.
Protection of disabled adult child benefits.
Issues regarding the future of disability policy.
Supplemental Security Income program issues, provisions dealing with persons with disabilities.
Social Security Disabililty program issues.
Regulations affecting Title II or Title XVI of the Social Security Act, provisions dealing with persons wth disabilities.
Implementation of Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act.
Work incentives and other improvements for people with disabilities in Titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act.
SSA's Limitation on Administrative Expenses issues.
SSA's proposal for Expedited Records Requests (ERR) and privacy issues.
Representative payee issues.
Attorneys' representatives' fees issues.
Electronic Records Request and privacy issues.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), White House Office
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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N/A |
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
S. 493 and H.R. 1205, Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2009.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Treasury - Dept of, Social Security Administration (SSA),
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 |
Paul |
Marchand |
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Martha |
Ford |
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N/A |
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 UNM
16. Specific lobbying issues
Implementation of Social Security Work Incentives provisions dealing with employment for individuals with disabilities.
P.L. 110-328, SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees. Attorneys' representatives' fee issues.
Marriage penalties, SSI issues. Efforts to improve administration of SSI and Title II programs affecting people with disabilities.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA)
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 |
Martha |
Ford |
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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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