2nd Quarter - Report

AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO for AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$420,000
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.

Natural Resources NAT

FY 2015 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security, and contracting out of Department of Interior employees. Enabling Innovation for Science, Technology, and Energy in America Act, or EINSTEIN America Act, lobbied against Section 122that required a study be conducted to determine how to convert the award-winning National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) from a government owned and operated facility (GO-GO) facility into a government owned, contractor-operated (GO-CO) outfit. HR 3080, Water Resources Development Act, lobbied against Young/Petri amendment that would prevent the Corps of Engineers (CoE) from using lower-cost, higher-performing alternatives to contractors for surveying and mapping functions.

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); U.S. Marines; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Air Force, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense Commissary Agency; Navy, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Other); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: H.R. 3080 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2015 Budget Resolution - provisions to increase the Department of Veterans Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time.FY 2015 Budget Resolution - conference agreement providing for an increase for veterans health care programs. Lobbied against H. Con. Res. 96 that would negatively impact federal employees' retirement by workers paying additional 5.5% of salary toward retirement; working conditions by replacing one employee for every three who leave; elimination of student loan reimbursements; continued and increased staffing cuts; privatizing of more airport screening jobs and reduction in benefits for on the job injuries. FY 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on funding for Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Federal Emergency Management Agency. DHS Personnel Plan - provisions to halt the Administration's plan to reduce the Federal Protective Service workforce. Retention of longstanding prohibitions against the use of the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) related to investigation and adjudication of immigration rights and benefits. FY 2015 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide funding for VA health and benefits programs, and contracting out. FY 2015 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs. FY 2015 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing backlog of more than 600,000 disability claims. FY 2015 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make the A-76 process less unfair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement retained in the comparable Senate bills as well as in the ultimate conference reports. HR 2786 and exclusion of the government-wide prohibition on new A-76 studies. FY 2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC; to continue with provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" as it relates to prison inmate overcrowding; correctional understaffing; and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the need to improve safety and security at BOP institutions. Also necessary funding for BOP Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions. Ensure there is no provision for funding for new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds owned by private prison companies to incarcerate illegal/undocumented immigrants. FY 2015 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2015 Defense Appropriations - lobbied on issues of concern to civilian personnel related to sourcing and workforce management.Lobbied for floor amendments that would prevent arbitrary downsizing, sourcing, and workforce management of the civilian workforce: Hanabusa (HI)/Bishop (UT) Amendment - to extend a cap on service contract spending to offset cap on civilian workforce. Bordallo (GU) Amendment - impose guidelines to regulate conversions from civilian and contractor to military. Shea-Porter (NH) - to require DoD to use costing methodology to assign new work where sole criterion is cost and give this work to civilian employees when they are most cost-effective. Loebsack (IA) Amendment - to promote compliance with sourcing laws department-wide to prevent illegal and wasteful contracting out. Barber (AZ) Amendment: to prohibit the Air Force from retiring the A-10 close air support aircraft. Lobbied against: Jenkins (KS) Amendment - to force DoD to use contractors for the performance of inherently governmental functions regardless of the risk to the public interest. HR 4257 to slash the size of DoD civilian workforce by 15%, or almost 120,000 positions. Lobbied against the bill because it would not reduce the Departments workloadinstead, DoD would do the same with less. Lobbied against any amendments that would have a detrimental impact on the Federal Prison Industries prison inmate work program. FY 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations -- proposed reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing.

Contacted: U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Air Force, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Army, Dept of (Other); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Navy, Dept of; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); U.S. Marines; SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense Commissary Agency; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 4257 (113th), H.Con.Res. 96 (113th), H.R. 2786 (113th)

Defense DEF

FY 2015 Defense Appropriations and Authorization - provisions on contracting out and downsizing of federal employee jobs. Civilian employee furloughs and contractor provisions related to programs and policies impacting industrial facilities, specifically related to depot maintenance, arsenals, and organic facilities.Lobbying to include more favorable language on direct conversions and contractor inventories and to lift the cap on civilian employees. FY 2015 Financial Services Appropriations bill - provisions regarding pay, benefits, and sourcing, and to retain government-wide prohibition against A-76. FY 2015 National Defense Authorization (NDAA).

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense Commissary Agency; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Marines; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Navy, Dept of; Air Force, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Army, Dept of (Other); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

FY 2014 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - provisions on reorganization plan that may compromise EEOC's ability to protect employees from employment discrimination.Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to prohibit employers from hiring, refusing to promote, or refusing to hire employees because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense Commissary Agency; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); U.S. Marines; Air Force, Dept of; Navy, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Army, Dept of (Other); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers)

Agriculture AGR

FY 2015 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions relating to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of USDA employees. Continue to strongly lobby against FSIS proposed chicken slaughter plant rule, Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection, and to support DeLauro Amendment to HR 4800 providing for no funds to be used to implement it.

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Marines; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Navy, Dept of; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Defense Commissary Agency; Army, Dept of (Other); Air Force, Dept of; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: H.R. 4800 (113th)

Health Issues HCR

Possible bill to increase the federal government's share of health benefits premiums for its employees and retirees. Lobbied on proposed changes to FEHBP that could benefit some federal employees and harm others, while shifting more of cost burden on federal employees and retirees. And to ensure any legislation to implement these changes will not harm FEHBP enrollees.

Contacted: Defense Commissary Agency; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Navy, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); U.S. Marines; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Other); Air Force, Dept of; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Veterans VET

Lobbied for advance appropriations for VA health care to shield most employees during in anticipation of furloughs. Lobbied on Veterans Benefits Continuing Appropriations Resolution to fund benefits paid to veterans and personnel costs for processing disability payments, GI Bill, education training, and VA home loans.HR 813/S 932 - to extend advance appropriations to benefits, cemeteries, and other VA operations to further stabilize VA operations and staffing. Incorporate into S 1950 and S 1982. HR 1907 - the Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2013. HR 2785 - to extend veterans' preference rights to over 80,000 VA health care employees (both HR 2785 and S 1320). S 928, Claims Processing Improvement Act of 2013 - lobbying to establish a working group to improve work credit and work management systems of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and mandate of additional help to veterans to secure federal records. Lobbied for HR 3230/S 2450, Veterans' Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, in particular emergency funding for the VA. These bills provide a comprehensive, balanced, and evidence-based approach to improving health care access to our veterans and ensure fair evaluation of VA frontline physicians' performance and the critical emergency funding necessary. HR 4399, Comprehensive Department of Veterans' Affairs Performance Management and Accountability Reform Act of 2014 - lobbied against its drastic changes to market pay and performance pay elements that would adversely affect recruitment and retention of front-line clinicians providing direct care to our veterans. HR 4810, the Veterans Access to Care Act of 2014, specifically, lobbied against the portion requiring VA utilize a single approach to expanding access by allowing contractors to handle inpatient and outpatient veterans' care. Also against provisions to ban all bonuses and awards to VA employees. Lobbied for S 1556/HR 4580, Improving Clinical Care Workforce for Our Vets - provisions restoring equal bargaining rights, significantly strengthening VA's ability to recruit and retain health care professionals, and cutting down on turnover and contract care costs. Continue lobbying efforts on legislation to: --Provide and expand title 38 bargaining rights; --Provide emergency funding for VA health care. --Provide VA Canteen Service employees with Title 5 rights to appeal terminations. --Request for oversight of VA health care personnel issues, including recruitment and retention of VA physicians and registered nurses. --Expand veterans preference rights for Title 38 employees. --Mandate a new work credit system for VBA employees based on a data driven time motion study. --Issue a moratorium on VA spending on any downgrades of employees before a study can be done to determine the impact on protected EEO classes.

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Army, Dept of (Other); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Air Force, Dept of; SENATE; Defense Commissary Agency; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Navy, Dept of; U.S. Marines; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 3230 (113th), H.R. 813 (113th), H.R. 4810 (113th), H.R. 1907 (113th), H.R. 2785 (113th), H.R. 4399 (113th), H.R. 4580 (113th)

Foreign Relations FOR

FY 2015 Foreign Operations Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of the Department of State employees. Provisions that adversely affect Voice of America employees, particularly in Greenville Transmitting Station in North Carolina.

Contacted: Air Force, Dept of; Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Army, Dept of (Other); U.S. Marines; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense Commissary Agency; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Navy, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)

Housing HOU

FY 2015 Financial Services Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of HUD employees. HR 4745, FY 2015 Transportation, HUD, and Related agencies Appropriations Act - Waters Amendment - lobbied that no fundsmay be used by HUD to relocate any Multi-Family Housing asset management positions as part of its reorganization plan.

Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Air Force, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Army, Dept of (Other); U.S. Marines; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Defense Commissary Agency; Navy, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 4745 (113th)

District of Columbia DOC

FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - provisions on contracting out A-76. Budget Reconciliation with regard to the pay, benefits, staffing levels, and job security of DC Government employees. Enforcement of DC and federal law, and collective bargaining agreements involving increased oversight of the conversion of publicworker jobs to private contractors.

Contacted: Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Navy, Dept of; Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Army, Dept of (Other); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Air Force, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense Commissary Agency; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); U.S. Marines; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Government Issues GOV

FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; union representation; and contractor compensation caps.HR 3278 and S 1809, bills to overturn the Conyers decision on the due process of federal employees holding sensitive positions. Lobbied to gain cosponsors for both bills. S 1276 -- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act (SCORE) providing oversight on use of funds OPM uses to fund security clearance background investigations and requirement that OPM fire any federal worker who engaged in misconduct while conducting background investigations with no appeal rights. S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions aimed to reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence. S 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2014, lobbied in support of Tester Amendment #2, to strike Title V of S 1486, the title relating to FECA; and Tester Amendment #3, to apply the Title V changes to FECA only to federal employees hired after the date of enactment of S 1486. HR 4306, the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act - to provide both General Schedule and wage-grade federal employees a 3.3% pay raise in 2015. HR 2450, the Locality Pay Equity Act - to prohibit OPM from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate (blue collar) employees within a General Schedule pay locality. HR 4964, the Senior Access to Social Security Act of 2014 - lobbied in support of Social Security Administration continuing to provide Social Security number print outs and continue to provide benefit verification forms. H. Res 97, lobbied that the government should preserve paper-based services for millions of Americans who cannot access technology or don't like it, thereby preserving the right of Americans to receive paper information and services unless they choose the digital option. HR 39976, SSA Accountability Act of 2014, lobbied to keep the SSA field offices and trained in-person staff available to respond to the needs of beneficiaries and not a computer system as the only means of service. HR 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - lobbied to curb the explosive growth of the BOP prison population by helping to reduce lengthy sentences for those convicted of non-violent drug offenses thereby making it safer and more secure workplace.

Contacted: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense Commissary Agency; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); U.S. Marines; Army, Dept of (Other); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Air Force, Dept of; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Navy, Dept of; SENATE; U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 4964 (113th), H.R. 3382 (113th), H.R. 39976 (113th), H.R. 3278 (113th), H.Res. 97 (113th), H.R. 2450 (113th), H.R. 4306 (113th)

Immigration IMM

FY 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the Border Patrol and INS, with particular attention to contracting out, pay, benefits, staffing levels, job security of DHS employees, and equal treatment of female TSOs.

Contacted: Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); SENATE; Army, Dept of (Other); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); U.S. Marines; Air Force, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense Commissary Agency; Navy, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.) FOO

FY 2015 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and potential food and public safety risk. Funding cut of meat and poultry inspection program and recommendations to further expand that inspection program putting plant managers, not inspectors, in charge of quality control and contamination.Continued lobbying against proposed Modernization of Poultry Slaughter Inspection--slaughter inspection rule. Additionally, lobbied against partially privatizing the inspection system; reducing the number of FSIS Inspectors from 4 to just 2 inspectors; and permitting faster line speeds than are allowed under the traditional inspection systems.

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Air Force, Dept of; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Navy, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Other); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Defense Commissary Agency; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Marines

Homeland Security HOM

FY 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions on the pay, benefits, contracting out and staffing levels, funding, and job security of DHS employees in Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (reform of current overtime system), Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration.HR 4026, Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers, a bill granting public safety officer status to Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) who die in the line of duty. Lobbied to gain Title 5 and MSPB rights for TSOs.

Contacted: Navy, Dept of; SENATE; Army, Dept of (Other); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Marines; Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Transportation Security Administration (TSA); U.S. Customs & Border Protection; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Defense Commissary Agency; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Air Force, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4026 (113th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

FY 2015 THUD Appropriations - lobbying on Gingrey (GA) amendment in House to eliminate official time for all federal employees in agencies covered by the bill (Transportation, HUD, Merchant Marine Academy, FAA, and NTSB).S 815, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 2013 (ENDA), lobbied for extension of worker protections against discrimination to all workers. This would include hiring, firing, and other personnel actions based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age, and disability. This would also include sexual orientation or gender identity. Lobbied for Julie Akins Clark to be confirmed to a second term and the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. HR 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - lobbied for this bill as a means to curb the explosive growth of the BOP prison population by helping to reduce lengthy sentences for those convicted of non-violent drug offenses thereby making it safer and more secure workplace. HR 3474 portion of tax extenders package, SA 3205, Toomey (PA) amendment to restore tax fairness to certain BOP correctional officers by providing an exemption from the 10% penalty tax on early distributions from Thrift Saving Plan fund for BOP correctional officers who retire before age 55.

Contacted: SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Air Force, Dept of; Army, Dept of (Other); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Navy, Dept of; U.S. Marines; Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS); Defense Commissary Agency; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Bills named: H.R. 3382 (113th), H.R. 3474 (113th)

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.