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Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 3043/S.1710, L-HHS-ED Appropriations for FY 2008, all provisions dealing with education (IDEA), NCLB, human services, and employment for persons with disabilities.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); UNDETERMINED; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Council on Disability; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Social Security Administration (SSA); Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 3043 (110th), S. 1710 (110th)

Immigration IMM

Extension of benefits for legal residents who entered after August 22, 1996 and refugees and asylees.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Education, Dept of; Natl Council on Disability; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office; UNDETERMINED; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Social Security Administration (SSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Education EDU

Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization, provisions dealing with employment for person with disabilities.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Education, Dept of; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); UNDETERMINED; Natl Council on Disability; Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Social Security Administration (SSA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Disability community concerns regarding employment, including implementation of P.L. 106-170, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act.

Contacted: Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Council on Disability; Social Security Administration (SSA); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE; UNDETERMINED; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Health Issues HCR

P.L. 108-173, Medicare Prescription Drug Modernization ACt of 2003, implementation of provisions for dual eligibles.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; UNDETERMINED; Natl Council on Disability; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Education, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office; Treasury, Dept of; Social Security Administration (SSA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

P.L. 108-446, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act implementation. Olmstead implementation.

Contacted: SENATE; UNDETERMINED; Social Security Administration (SSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Treasury, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Education, Dept of; Natl Council on Disability; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Transportation TRA

Implementation of SAFETEA-LU and H.R. 3985, over the road bus accessibility.

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); UNDETERMINED; Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Social Security Administration (SSA); Natl Council on Disability; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Bills named: H.R. 3985 (110th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 2206, Emergency Supplemental - U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraqi Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007, provisons dealing with the Work Opporutnity Tax Crerdit., H.R. 2370, Financial Security Accounts for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2007.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); White House Office; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; UNDETERMINED; Education, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Natl Council on Disability; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Election Assistance Commission (EAC); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2370 (110th), H.R. 2206 (110th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

H.R. 1809, Medicare Independent Living Act of 2007, provisions that assist persons with disabilties. P.L. 109-171, Choice Act, Direct Support Professioinals Fairness and Security Act, H.R. 1279.

Contacted: UNDETERMINED; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Natl Council on Disability; Social Security Administration (SSA); White House Office; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Treasury, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 1809 (110th), H.R. 1279 (110th)

Unemployment UNM

Implementation of P.L. 106-170, Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, provisions dealing with employment for individuals with disabilities.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Natl Council on Disability; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Social Security Administration (SSA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Education, Dept of; White House Office; UNDETERMINED; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

Retirement RET

Privatization of Social Security Trust Funds; improvements to Title II and Title XVI.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; UNDETERMINED; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Social Security Administration (SSA); Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Education, Dept of; Natl Council on Disability; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Telecommunications TEC

Implementation of the Assistive Technology Act, provisions dealing with assistance to persons with disabilities.

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); UNDETERMINED; White House Office; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Council on Disability; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Social Security Administration (SSA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Housing HOU

S. 771, H.R. 1999, State and Local Housing Flexiblity Act, provisions that address the needs of persons with disabilities.

Contacted: Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; UNDETERMINED; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Social Security Administration (SSA); Natl Council on Disability; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 1999 (110th), S. 771 (110th)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

Family and Medical Leave Act regulations. Family support provisions in the Developmental Disabililties Assistance and Bill of Rights pending reauthorization.

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); UNDETERMINED; Social Security Administration (SSA); Natl Council on Disability; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Election Assistance Commission (EAC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Local Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2007, provisions dealing with protections for persons with disabilities.

Contacted: SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Council on Disability; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Education, Dept of; UNDETERMINED; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Treasury, Dept of; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Social Security Administration (SSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

Welfare WEL

Regulations and policy to implement Supplemental Security Income and immigration changes in law for persons with disabilities.

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Social Security Administration (SSA); UNDETERMINED; Education, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; Election Assistance Commission (EAC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Council on Disability; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)