1st Quarter - Report

UNIDOSUS (FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA) for UNIDOSUS (FKA NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA)

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$190,000
Expense method
B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Immigration IMM

Updates to the Immigration and Nationality Act, deportation policy, U.S./Mexico border management, and treatment of families of mixed immigration status, immigration application backlog reduction.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Access to and expansion of tax credits, elimination of harmful overdraft fees, expanded access to financial services for LMI communities, protections against "Buy Now Pay Later and other high-interest financial products.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —
ALVARO ZARCO —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY2024 appropriations; adult vaccines; access to health coverage; Title III of ESSA; college affordability retention, and completion; housing counseling; access to citizenship and backlog reduction.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —
ALVARO ZARCO —

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Banking BAN

Elimination of harmful overdraft fees, expanded access to financial services for LMI communities, protections against "Buy Now Pay Later products, and the Community Reinvestment Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALVARO ZARCO —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Housing HOU

Community Reinvestment Act, increased and more affordable housing supply, access to homeownership, protections from institutional investors. Department of Treasury to advance equitable implementation of the Homeowners Assistance Fund, and with the Federal Housing Finance Agency to discuss targeted equity investments needed to improve access to mortgages for minority communities.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALVARO ZARCO —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Treasury, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

Agriculture AGR

Advocated for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the WIC program, child nutrition.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —
ALVARO ZARCO —

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Access to the internet and broadband, digital discrimination, voting rights, privacy protections.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

In preparation for the end of the Public Health Emergency, worked to prevent Medicaid losses and reduce red tape in Medicaid redeterminations and automatic enrollment.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —
ALVARO ZARCO —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; SENATE

Education EDU

Sufficient funding to educate English learners, for Pell grants, and college retention and completion; student debt relief; testing in public education to ensure education equity.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN COLLINS —

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office

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.