3rd Quarter - Report

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA for JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

Period 3rd Quarter 2014 Filed Oct 15, 2014 Signed by JONATHAN S. WESTIN

Official filing
Firm
THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
Client
JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA
Income
—
Expenses
$210,527
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Administration on Aging

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Emergency Food & Shelter Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG —

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Administration on Aging; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Administration for Children & Families (ACF)

Welfare WEL

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Holocaust Survivor Issues: Legislation promoting social service funding / programs for Holocaust survivors; Lautenberg Amendment; Kosher food related legislation; Older Americans Act; Responding to the Urgent needs of Survivors of the Holocaust (RUSH) Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —
STEPHAN KLINE —
SHELLEY ROOD —

Contacted: White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Administration on Aging; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

defined benefit pension issues; charitable tax and donor advised fund issues; General Tax Exempt Organization Issues; Achieve a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act; Health reform implementation issues as they relate to the U.S. Tax Code; CFTC registration exemption for charitable organizations

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —
STEPHAN KLINE —
JONATHAN WESTIN —
STEVEN WOOLF —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Administration on Aging; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Health Issues HCR

FY 2014 Budget; FY 2015 Budget; Medicaid; Medicare; Older Americans Act; Older Americans Act Title IV Demonstrations; Health Reform Implementation; economic stimulus initiatives related to healthcare; Health Information Technology; Disability issues; Holocaust Survivor Aging Issues; Long-Term Care; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Behavioral Health Information Technology; Excellence in Mental Health Act & Related Pilot Demonstration Program Implementation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG —
STEPHAN KLINE —
SHELLEY ROOD —
JONATHAN WESTIN —
STEVEN WOOLF —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Administration on Aging; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS)

Foreign Relations FOR

State Department Authorization; U.S. - Israel Relationship; Iran Sanctions; Foreign Military Financing Program; Joint Missile Defense Programs; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —

Contacted: Administration on Aging; Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicaid Reform; Medicare Reform, Affordable Care Act Implementation related to Medicaid & Medicare; Excellence in Mental Health Implementation (Medicaid -related provisions)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —
STEPHAN KLINE —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Administration on Aging; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2014 Appropriations FY 2015 Appropriations Extension of unemployment benefits Farm Bill reauthorization EFSP Funding (Homeland Security Appropriations bills. FY 2014 and 2015) Community Innovations for Aging in Place program Funding (FY 2014 and FY 2015 Labor-HHS Appropriations bills) Holocaust Survivor Assistance Fund funding (FY 2015 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill) Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding (Homeland Security Appropriations bills. FY 2014 and 2015) Terrorism Risk Insurance Act reauthorization Nonprofit Energy Efficiency (within Energy Savings bill S 2262) Valor Initiative Funding (local law enforcement training initiative) (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriation bill for FY2015) Census Bureau program funding (Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriation bill for FY2015) Nonprofit Conservation amendment within Tax Extenders package Workforce Reinvestment Act reauthorization Older Americans Act reauthorization Senior Transportation Refugee Assistance Census Bureau Appropriations Housing & Urban Development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
DAVID ERIC FEINMAN —
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG —
STEPHAN KLINE —
SHELLEY ROOD —
JONATHAN WESTIN —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Administration on Aging; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Workforce Investment Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG —

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Administration on Aging; State, Dept of (DOS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF)

Homeland Security HOM

HLS Appropriations (non-profit security grant program), Emergency Food and Shelter program; Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Activities (LETPA); economic stimulus initiatives; Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Reauthorization

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM C DAROFF —
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); State, Dept of (DOS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Administration for Children & Families (ACF); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Administration on Aging

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