2nd Quarter - Report

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY for WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY

Period 2nd Quarter 2024 Filed Jul 22, 2024 Signed by Michele McCarver

Official filing
Firm
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Client
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Income
—
Expenses
$81,998
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Locally owned small business advocacy, economic development, infrastructure

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

Healthcare, broadband access, substance use disorder, Education, health professional education/training

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director Health Sciences Public Policy & Advocacy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Transportation TRA

University Transportation Centers, Sustainable aviation fuels, hydrogen

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Energy, Dept of

Sports/Athletics SPO

Name Image Likeness, student athletes health & education, scholarship, mental health

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Health Issues HCR

Public Health, behavioral health, graduate medical education, medical simulation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director, Health Sciences Public Policy and Advocacy

Contacted: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Water infrastructure, Stormwater

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

medical simulation, Advanced Materials, Ceramics, hydrogen, cyber security, research funding, sleep/ cognitive performance research funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director, Health Sciences Public Policy and Advocacy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Aerospace AER

Sustainable aviation fuels, hydrogen, manufacturing and STEM, NASA and workforce development

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Energy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Veterans VET

Health care, education, health professional education/training

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement and Advocacy Executive Director Washington D.C. Office
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director Health Sciences Public Policy & Advocacy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs MED

neonatal abstinence syndrome research, substance use disorder research, maternal mental health; womens health/perimenopause/menopause

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement and Advocacy Executive Director Washington D.C. Office
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director, Health Sciences Public Policy and Advocacy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Foreign Relations FOR

Budget, Global Health, disease surveillance

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement and Advocacy Executive Director Washington D.C. Office
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director, Health Sciences Public Policy and Advocacy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Graduate Medical Education, Medicare funded GME/rural health

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director Health Sciences Public Policy & Advocacy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Education EDU

Access to Higher Education, Affordability of Higher Education, research development, STEM Programs, Pell Grants, Federal Student Aid, special education, Title IX, budget, TRIO, post-grad international zoonotic infectious disease training, HEP, CAMP, student athletes, distance learning

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director Health Sciences Public Policy & Advocacy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Pell, FY24 funding for NIH, NSF, DOD & DOE, Agriculture Research, Small business development centers, Deferred maintenance and infrastructure needs, HRSA Title VII & Title VIII, SAMHSA-Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Centers, CDC, SAMHSA and AHRQ, USDA

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director, Health Sciences Public Policy and Advocacy

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Grid security, Sciences & engineering laboratory partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Research Agenda and Development, DOE funding (NNSA, STEM), Office of Science, quantum, biofuels, artificial intelligence, workforce development, nuclear clean up, hydrogen, STEM Education, advanced materials, Hydrogen, cyber security, fusion

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Army, Dept of (Other); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Natural Resources NAT

WSU bioproducts, sciences & engineering laboratory partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Research Agenda, ForestryManagement, wildfire on federal lands, cross laminated timber, invasive species, water, stormwater and endangered species

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE

Science/Technology SCI

Grid security, sciences & engineering laboratory, partnerships with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Research Agenda and Development, federal research funding, FAA center of excellence, aviation biofuels, STEM, DOE Office of Science, NASA Reauthorization, NSF Reauthorization, cyber security, artificial intelligence, hydrogen

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Energy, Dept of; Natl Science Foundation (NSF)

Agriculture AGR

Farm bill, agriculture research funding, global animal health, antimicrobial resistance, Snap ED, trade, conservation, agriculture infrastructure,extension, opioids, facilities and infrastructure, rural broadband, rural healthcare, specialty crop research initiative, functional genomics, herbicideinitiative, digital agriculture, food supply chain, One Health, Farmer Resiliency & Suicide Prevention, artificial intelligence

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director, Health Sciences Public Policy and Advocacy

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Immigration IMM

DACA pathways program (1-17) (1-20) Visas H 1B visas and duration of status, F1/F2 Visa for international students

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Noise emissions, FAA implementation, unmanned aerial systems, sustainable aviation fuels, hydrogen

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE

Small Business SMB

Small business development center funding

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

Broadband deployment, infrastructure and precision agriculture, broadband infrastructure, broadband mapping, access to broadband. Artificial Intel programs and legislation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant VP for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Science Foundation (NSF); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Nuclear clean up, hydrogen, water, stormwater

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
JACOB ANDREW DOWD Assistant Director, Federal Relations

Contacted: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Opioids, mental health and behavioral health, substance use disorder, suicide prevention, rescheduling of marijuana

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GLYNDA ANN BECKER FENTER Assistant Vice President for Federal Engagement & Advocacy
PATTI ANN STAUFFER Director Health Sciences Public Policy & Advocacy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE

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.