4th Quarter - Report — THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA for JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA (2020)

Firm

THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

Client

JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

Income

—

Expenses

$202,997

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Foreign Relations FOR

The Partnership Fund for Peace Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DARCY HIRSH New	—
STEPHAN KLINE	—

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Emergency Food and Shelter Program (FY 2021 Appropriations); Nonprofit Security Grant Program Funding (FY 2021 Appropriations); Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program (FY 2021 Appropriations); Older Americans Act Nutrition Programs; Senior Community Service Employment Program; Lautenberg Amendment; health provider relief; and Behavioral Health funding (FY 2021 Appropriations and the Heroes Act); Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

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

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Charitable tax and donor advised fund issues; IRA Charitable Rollover; The Universal Charitable Giving Act; The Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act; The Legacy IRA Act; The LIFT for Charities Act; The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act; The Coronavirus Families First Act Implementation; The CARES Act Implementation, The Investment in America Act; The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act; The Universal Giving Tax Act; The Protecting Nonprofits from Catastrophic Cash Flow Strain Act of 2020; The Prioritized Paycheck Protection Program Act; The Heroes Act; the HEALS Act; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

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

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

Health Issues HCR

The Mental Health Access Improvement Act; The Improving Access to Mental Health Act; Treatment Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment (TREAT) Act; The Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2019; The Coronavirus Families First Act Implementation; The CARES Act Implementation; Efforts related to increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) and to increase the FMAP for Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS); telehealth (audio-only authority/geographic-site restrictions/for mental health and long-term services and supports in the CARES Act and to make permanent in both Medicare and private insurance); The Heroes Act; crisis response, suicide prevention and The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act implementation; The Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services (Helping MOMS) Act.

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

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Increase in the Medicaid FMAP and increase in the FMAP for HCBS; Medicaid Funding Threats/Reform; Reauthorization of the Money Follows the Person demonstration ; reauthorization of the Medicare Independence At Home Act; reauthorization of the Spousal Impoverishment Protection for HCBS; reauthorization of the delay in cuts for Disproportionate Share Hospitals; reauthorization of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Program; Retainer Payments / Appendix K Regulatory Issues; implementation of The Coronavirus Families First Act; The CARES Act; and The Heroes Act.

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

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

Homeland Security HOM

Homeland Security Appropriations; Non-profit Security Grant Program; Emergency Food and Shelter Program; Anti-Semitism & related Homeland Security matters; The Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act; The Protecting Faith Based and Nonprofit Organizations from Terrorism Act; The Domestic Terrorism Data Act; The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act; and The National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act.

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

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

Welfare WEL

Nutrition Programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Legislation promoting social service funding/programs for Holocaust survivors; Emergency Food and Shelter Program and Older Americans Act programs; Violence Against Women Act; Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program; ; The Coronavirus Families First Act Implementation; The CARES Act Implementation; and The Heroes Act.

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

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

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.