1st Quarter - Report

MARTHA BRADDOCK for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGERS

Firm
Client
Income
$10,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

HR 1471, FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015. Support of provisions in the bill to improve disaster assistance for local areas. Issues of interest to local emergency managers such as reauthorizing the urban search and rescue program and provide additional liability protection, reauthorization of the emergency management assistance compact grants, providing a 3 year statute of limitations on recoupment of public assistance disaster grants when no fraud, improving field transition after disasters, making mitigation funding available after fire grants, and providing management costs to subgrantees.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARTHA BRADDOCK —

Contacted: SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 1471 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Issues in the President's FY 2016 Budget request for the Federal Emergency Management Agency including Emergency Management Performance Grant, Emergency Management Institute, Pre Disaster Mitigation, proposed National Preparedness Grant Program. Support for passage of HR 240 which included the FY 2015 Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. Same topics as listed above.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARTHA BRADDOCK —

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 240 (114th)

Homeland Security HOM

Budget related issues for the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA of interest to local emergency managers, including Emergency Management Performance Grant, Emergency Management Institute, Pre Disaster Mitigation, proposed National Preparedness Grant Program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARTHA BRADDOCK —

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); 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.