4th Quarter - Report — THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA for JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (2021)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Charitable tax and donor advised fund issues; Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act; Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act; Legacy IRA Act; Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act; ABLE Age Adjustment Act; Employee Retention Tax Credit; Earned Income Tax Credit; and Child Tax Credit.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
ELIZABETH CULLEN	—
DARCY HIRSH New	—
AARON KAUFMAN	—
STEPHAN KLINE	—
JONATHAN WESTIN	—

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

Education EDU

Build Back Better Act; Child Care Development Block Grant; Universal Pre-K; and American Rescue Plan Act Implementation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
DARCY HIRSH	—

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

Health Issues HCR

Better Care Better Jobs Act; Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act of 2021; Build Back Better; Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021 ABLE Age Adjustment Act; Coronavirus Families First Act Implementation; CARES Act Implementation; Medicaid Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentage Rate Public Health Emergency Legislation and Regulatory Implementation; telehealth (audio-only authority/geographic-site and other restrictions/for mental health and long-term services and supports in the CARES Act and to make permanent in both Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance), including the Telemental Health Care Access Act; crisis response, mobile behavioral health crisis response, and the Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) Act; suicide prevention and the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act implementation; Parity Implementation Assistance Act; Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act (Observation Stay);; Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act of 2021; Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (Helping MOMS) Act; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 implementation; ; Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act; Childrens Health Insurance Program permanent authorization; Well Being Insurance for Seniors to be at Home (WISH) Act; and Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage Loan Repayment Program Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
ELIZABETH CULLEN	—
DARCY HIRSH New	—
AARON KAUFMAN	—
JONATHAN WESTIN	—

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

Homeland Security HOM

Homeland Security Appropriations; Non-profit Security Grant Program; Antisemitism & related Homeland Security matters; Pray Safe Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG	—
DARCY HIRSH New	—

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FY 2022 Appropriations); Emergency Food and Shelter Program Southwestern Border Assistance (FY 2022 Appropriations); Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding (FY 2022 Appropriations & Build Back Better); Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program (FY 2022 Appropriations); Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs; Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; WORK NOW Act; Child Care Development Block Grant; Universal Pre-K; health provider relief; and behavioral health funding (FY 2022).

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
ELIZABETH CULLEN	—
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG	—
DARCY HIRSH New	—
AARON KAUFMAN	—
STEPHAN KLINE	—
JONATHAN WESTIN	—

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

Foreign Relations FOR

Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021; support for Iron Dome funding; State Department nominations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
DARCY HIRSH	—

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Increase in the Medicaid FMAP and increase in the FMAP for HCBS; Stabilize Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program; Medicaid Funding Threats/Reform; Permanent authorization for Money Follows the Person demonstration; Permanent authorization for the Spousal Impoverishment Protection for HCBS; Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act; Coronavirus Families First Act implementation; American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 implementation; COVID-19 vaccine mandate proposed regulation for healthcare workers; behavioral health information technology funding; Helping Moms Act; Medicare Telehealth; and Provider Relief via the Public Health Emergency Social Services Fund; Telehealth Improvement for Kids Essential Services (TIKES) Act; Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act; Medicaid Bump Act; Mental Health Access Improvement Act; and Improving Access to Mental Health Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
ELIZABETH CULLEN	—
DARCY HIRSH New	—
AARON KAUFMAN	—
JONATHAN WESTIN	—

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

Welfare WEL

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; The Emergency Food Assistance Program; Legislation promoting social service funding/programs for Holocaust survivors; Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Older Americans Act programs; Earned Income Tax Credit; Child Tax Credit; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program; Coronavirus Families First Act implementation; CARES Act implementation; and American Rescue Plan Act implementation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELANA BROITMAN	—
ROBERT BRUCE GOLDBERG	—
DARCY HIRSH New	—
STEPHAN KLINE	—

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