4th Quarter - Report

AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION) for AIR AND SPACE FORCES ASSOCIATION (F/K/A AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$120,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

One issue area, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Defense DEF

S.4638/H.R.8070 Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and S.4921/H.R.8774 Fiscal Year 2025 Defense Appropriations Act. Provisions relating to: 1.Increasing the personnel strength of the United States Space Force (USSF) to meet emerging requirements and threats; 2.Recapitalizing the aircraft strength of the Air Force, Reserves, and Air National Guard, specifically by seeking to procure additional F-35s and F-15EXs and delaying the retirement of Block 20 F-22s; 3.Affording additional flexibility in the funding of software development and maintenance; 4.Securing additional funding and authorizations for additional pay and resources to be used for the on-installation center-based childcare and Family Childcare homes; 5.Increasing the ability of the USSF to purchase commercial space services, integrate those capabilities into organic Space Force capabilities, and deliver those forces to Combatant Commands; 6.Requiring a report on Pass-Through where funding passes through the Department of the Air Force to other government agencies; 7.Seeking the continued development and deployment of the Sentinel ICBM and preventing the reduction in the current number of ICBMs deployed; 8.Supporting an increase in military personnel pay by 19 percent for junior enlisted personnel and 4.5 percent for all other ranks; and 9.Supporting the adoption of H.R.5071, the Legacy Guardian Recognition Act, and seeking its incorporation into the enacted version of the FY'25 Defense Authorization Act; In addition, the AFA members will work on the following issues: 1.Correcting Veterans' Survivors Dependency and Indemnity Compensation; 2.Improving Air Force and Space Force dormitories; 3.Increasing to $300 million the level at which the Department of Defense can begin new starts during Continuing Resolutions; 4.Creating a Defense Civilian Training Corporation (DCTC) to attract and train future members of the civil service. The DCTC would operate much like a civilian ROTC program; 5.Establishing a fair Cost of Living Adjustment formula for all ranks; and 6.Ensuring all Reservists and National Guard service members receive TRICARE;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM CASTLE —
KASSIDY LEMMINN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 8070 (118th), S. 4921 (118th), H.R. 5071 (118th), S. 4638 (118th), H.R. 8774 (118th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.