1st Quarter - Report — SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COU… for SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COU… (2016)

Firm

SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES (SIECUS)

Client

SEXUALITY INFORMATION AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES (SIECUS)

Income

—

Expenses

$10,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Health Issues HCR

Supported and encouraged the introduction and cosponsorship of the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act (HR 1706) and the Teach Safe Relationships Act (S. 355). Also supported activity to remove policy riders that would restrict access to sexual health services from appropriations and unrelated legislation. Offered support for the inclusion of provisions in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization legislation to support school health.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER	Director of Public Policy

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Administration for Children & Families (ACF)

Bills named: S. 355 (114th), H.R. 1706 (114th)

Family issues/Abortion/Adoption FAM

Provided education and support for general policies advancing resources for teen pregnancy prevention, HIV and STD prevention, sexual assault prevention and healthy relationships. Opposed policy riders that would restrict access to sexual health services and care through appropriations and unrelated legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER	Director of Public Policy

Contacted: Administration for Children & Families (ACF); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Supported funding increases for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPPP)and the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, while calling for the elimination of the Competitive "Abstinence Education" grant program. Support other HIV and public health funding in FY 2017 appropriations.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSECA BOYER	Director of Public Policy

Contacted: Administration for Children & Families (ACF); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

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.