1st Quarter - Report

NAFSA: ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS for NAFSA: ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$40,687
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

Promoting freedom to travel to Cuba for Americans including H.R. 664 - Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015 and S. 299 - Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015; Removing the U.S. embargo on Cuba including H.R. 3238 - Cuba Trade Act of 2015

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK FARMER —

Contacted: SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: S. 299 (114th), H.R. 3238 (114th), H.R. 664 (114th)

Immigration IMM

Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Foreign Study Issues to include: SEVIS/SEVP Foreign Student Tracking System; Optional Practical Training (OPT); DACA; H-1B and Green Card Reform; Visa Policy, and Processing; the Exchange Visitor Program; U.S. Competitiveness to enhance student and scholar mobility; S. 153 - Immigration Innovation Act of 2015 (or the I-Squared Act of 2015) to support international education and expands ability to attract talented foreign students and scholars; H.R. 4380/S.2449 Equal Protection in Travel Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RACHEL H BANKS —
LISA ROSENBERG —
HEATHER M STEWART —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Education, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); White House Office

Bills named: S. 2449 (114th), H.R. 4380 (114th), S. 153 (114th)

Education EDU

Expanding and diversifying Study Abroad; 100,000 Strong in the Americas, an initiative to increase student exchanges in the Western Hemisphere, and to strengthen U.S. relations with countries of the Americas through student mobility; health and safety in study abroad

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARK FARMER —
LISA ROSENBERG —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); White House Office; State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of

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.