RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION for RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION
No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Defense DEF
lobbying on proposals included in or being considered to be in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2017 HR4904, S2943 including preserving the commissary and exchange benefits; opposing the privatizing of the commissaries, preserving the TRICARE Prime,TRICARE Standard and TRICARE Extra; opposing a new TRICARE Choice plan in place of Standard which would include a requirement to enroll yearly and pay $900 yearly enrollment fee; working to coordinate DoD and VA mental health drug prescriptions; supporting the end of the SBP/DIC offset HR1594;in opposition of a yearly enrollment fee for TRICARE for Life and increases in TRICARE pharmacy co-pays in support of improvements for TRICARE coverage of medical care ;lobbying on behalf of more mental health services and other TRICARE improvements; lobbying in opposition to cuts in the BHA (Basic Housing Allowance); lobbying in support of a Cold War decoration
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DEIRDRE PARKE HOLLEMAN | — |
| LARRY DAVID MADISON | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
in support of S2759 Credit for Caring Act and S2712 Combat Injured Veterans Tax Fairness Act of 2016 lobbying to stop improper federal taxation of severance payments of Chapter 61 medically retired servicmembers
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DEIRDRE PARKE HOLLEMAN | — |
Veterans VET
lobbying Congress to further and improve the Veterans Access Choice and Accountability Act and to combine all the present VA programs that provide out of VA medical facility healthcare.(present community care programs) lobbying to decrease medical care waiting lists at the VA; lobbying to continue lowering the backlog for initial and appellate adjudications of service connected disabilities; lobbying to require more accountability for VA employees; in support of improving VA mental healthcare ;in support of hiring more mental health care specialists ; in support of improvements in the treatment of service connected hearing loss;in behalf of enlargement and improvements in CAREGIVERS program lobbying in support of improving survivors of active duty death servicemembers by increasing the DIC payments as in HR2539; lobbying on behalf of the creation of Toxic Exposure Research for children of servicemembers S901 lobbying on behalf of extending and enlarging the SSIA program for DIC recipients who are effected by the SBP/DIC offset; lobbying in support of S2331 and HR4161 that would make predispute arbitration agreement invalid under the SCRA and other improvement in SCRA S3042 HR5426 to protect Service members from mandatory arbitration employment agreements while protected under the Service members protection act; in favor of HR3216 VET Act; lobbying in favor of Veterans Status for certain members of the NG & R Amendment to HR5485 lobbying in favor of improved GI Bill enforcement mechanisms/protections lobbying in favor of improved service in Veterans National Cemeteries including automated burial plots and VetSucess on college campuses
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| DEIRDRE PARKE HOLLEMAN | — |
| LARRY DAVID MADISON | — |
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.