2nd Quarter - Report

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY for PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$140,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Sports/Athletics SPO

Expressing concern with S.4668, the Protect College Sports Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE

Bills named: S. 4668 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Defense Appropriations Act - In support of funding for Submarine Acoustic Warfare Development: CRAW, MK-48 Advanced Capability, Lightweight Torpedo Development: MK-54 MOD 2, Navy Manufacturing Technology Program, and Next Generation Attack Submarine. In support of funding for Navy Advanced Manufacturing, Facility Upgrades, Defense Wide Manufacturing, and University Research Initiatives. Education Appropriations - In support of funding for the Pell Grant Program, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, Federal Work-Study program, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Agriculture Appropriations - In support of funding for Regional Rural Development Centers, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension, Hatch Act, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research, and Sun Grant. In support of NIFA Buildings and Facilities Congressionally Directed Spending project. Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - In support of funding for National Science Foundation. In support of funding for NOAA Sea Grant program. In support of funding for NASA, including Science Mission Directorate and Space Grant. Energy Appropriations - In support of funding for Fossil Energy R&D, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Science, and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. In support of funding for domestic mining workforce development. Health and Human Services Appropriations - In support of funding for the National Institutes of Health, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - In support of FTA Bus Testing Facility, FRA Railroad R&D, and FAA Federal Contract Tower program. In support of HUD Economic Development Initiative Congressionally Directed Spending projects. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - In support of funding for SBA Veterans Outreach. Interior, Environment, and Related Appropriations - In of funding for the Water Resources Research Act Program, National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Endowment for the Arts. Labor Appropriations - In support of Education and Training Administration Congressionally Directed Spending project.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Education EDU

Education Appropriations - In support of funding for the Pell Grant Program, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, Federal Work-Study program, and the Institute of Education Sciences. Expressing concern with the omission of professions in the proposed rule for student loan limits.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

Defense Appropriations Act and Authorization Act - In support of funding for Submarine Acoustic Warfare Development: CRAW, MK-48 Advanced Capability, Lightweight Torpedo Development: MK-54 MOD 2, Navy Manufacturing Technology Program, and Next Generation Attack Submarine. In support of funding for Navy Advanced Manufacturing, Facility Upgrades, Defense Wide Manufacturing, and University Research Initiatives.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Agriculture AGR

Agriculture Appropriations - In support of funding for Regional Rural Development Centers, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, Smith-Lever Cooperative Extension, Hatch Act, McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research, and Sun Grant. In support of NIFA Buildings and Facilities Congressionally Directed Spending project. Expressing concern with provisions of the General Terms and Conditions related to historical and broadly applicable foreign engagements.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

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

Health Issues HCR

Health and Human Services Appropriations - In support of funding for the National Institutes of Health, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. In support of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Health relief. In opposition to effort to impose site-neutral payment mechanisms. In support of H-1B visa fee carve-out for graduate medical education faculty. Expressing concern with H.R.9504, the Tax Exempt Hospital Transparency Act. In support of FEMA release of COVID-19 relief funds. In support of H.R.8355, the Accountable Produce in Medicine Act.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 9504 (119th), H.R. 8355 (119th)

Science/Technology SCI

Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations - In support of funding for National Science Foundation. In support of funding for NOAA Sea Grant program. In support of funding for NASA, including Science Mission Directorate and Space Grant. Expressing concern with NSF plan to dissolve Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Transportation TRA

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - In support of funding FTA Bus Testing Facility, FRA Railroad R&D, and FAA Federal Contract Tower program. In support of highway, rail, and transit research and development, and bus testing in surface transportation reauthorization.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Energy Appropriations - In support of funding for Fossil Energy R&D, Office of Nuclear Energy, Office of Science, and Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy. In support of funding for domestic mining workforce development.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Environment/Superfund ENV

Interior, Environment, and Related Appropriations - In support of funding for the Water Resources Research Act Program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Arts/Entertainment ART

Interior, Environment, and Related Appropriations - In support of funding for National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment for the Arts.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Labor Appropriations - In support of Education and Training Administration Congressionally Directed Spending project.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Economics/Economic Development ECN

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations - In support of HUD Economic Development Initiative Congressionally Directed Spending projects.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Small Business SMB

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - In support of funding for SBA Veterans Outreach.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Government Issues GOV

Expressing concern with provisions of the Office of Management and Budget Uniform Guidance that negatively affects education, research, and workforce grants.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SHEILAH ANN BORNE —
MICHAEL STEFAN —
MALCOLM WARBRICK —
AMANDA WINTERSTEEN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.