WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT for WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Lobbying in support of the Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers (HEARTS) and Rural Relief Act (H.R. 3429, H.R. 3416) to align TRICARE, Medicare, and Social Security laws to improve access and costs for severely wounded military retirees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRIAN DEMPSEY | Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent for Congressman John L. Mica |
Defense DEF
Lobbying in support of the Health Equity and Access for Returning Troops and Servicemembers (HEARTS) and Rural Relief Act (H.R. 3429, H.R. 3416) to align TRICARE, Medicare, and Social Security laws to improve access and costs for severely wounded military retirees; FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1790), provisions related to veterans; FY20 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), to establish and fund a pilot program providing care for veterans experiencing Military Sexual Trauma; Draft legislation to provide concurrent pay under Chapter 31.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRIAN DEMPSEY | Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent, Rep. John L. Mica |
| DEREK FRONABARGER | Joining Forces Representative, Office of the First Lady, Executive Office of the President |
| JOSE RAMOS | N/A |
Veterans VET
Lobbying in support of the Incorporating Measurements and Providing Resources for Outreach to Veterans Everywhere (IMPROVE) Well-Being for Veterans Act (H.R. 3495, S. 1906), to establish a mental health and suicide prevention grant program; the Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act (S. 2022), to improve VAs Specially Adaptive Housing program; the ABLE Age Adjustment Act (H.R. 1814, S. 651) to extend veteran access to Achieving a Better Life Experience accounts; the Veterans Expedited TSA Screening (VETS) Safe Travel Act (H.R. 3356, S. 1881) to provide TSA Pre-Check to veterans with disabilities; the Deborah Sampson Act (H.R. 3224), to improve VA programs and services for women veterans; the Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act (S. 2950), to concede certain veterans exposure to airborne hazards and toxins; the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (S. 2661), to establish a three-digit dialing code to access the National Suicide Hotline; the Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act (H.R. 2846), to allow members of Congress access to VA facilities; Draft legislation to improve maternal care for women veterans; Draft legislation to improve research and healthcare for toxic exposure-related illnesses; Draft legislation to provide grants to Veteran Service Organizations to upgrade facilities to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Protect Veterans from Financial Fraud Act (H.R. 592), to expand VAs ability reissue stolen benefits through the Fiduciary Program; the Veteran Spouses Equal Treatment Act (H.R. 1030), to amend VAs definition of a spouse to include same-sex couples; the Fallen Warrior Battlefield Cross Memorial Act (H.R. 1424), to permit a Fallen Soldier Display in any national cemetery; the VA Overpayment Accountability Act (H.R. 4360), to improve VAs IT system to avoid overpayments; the Identifying Barriers and Best Practices Study Act (H.R. 4183), to examine benefits provided to Reservists who served in special missions; the Justice for ALS Veterans Act (H.R. 4748), to reduce criteria for the receipt of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for survivors of veterans who died of service-connected ALS; the VA Tele-Hearing Modernization Act (H.R. 4771), to expand access to Board of Veterans Appeals tele-hearings. Lobbying in opposition to the Working to Integrate Networks Guaranteeing Member Access Now (WINGMAN) Act (H.R. 628), to increase congressional staff access to veterans benefits records; the SFC Brian Woods Gold Star and Military Survivors Act (H.R. 1911), to expand benefits for survivors; the Improving Benefits for Underserved Veterans Act (H.R. 4615), to publish a report on VA benefits received disaggregated by sex and minority group status.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRIAN DEMPSEY | Legislative Assistant and Legislative Correspondent for Congressman John L. Mica |
| DEREK FRONABARGER | Joining Forces Representative, Office of the First Lady, Executive Office of the President |
| JOSE RAMOS | N/A |
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.