What was lobbied
32 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding
Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
None
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Incentives for green utilities Tax extenders
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Biotechnology issues
Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
Isotopic waste/research issues at DOE
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Bayh-Dole integrity issues Funding for science and technology issues and workforce across agencies Flood relief, community development block grants Support for Technology Transfer programs and spurring innovation/start up companies
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Funding for SBIR
Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Animal Care Legislation as relates to research
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Peer review research funding as it relates to the environment - spans agencies/NIST WRDA
Contacted: SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
Tax issues as it relates to non-profits - athletic programs
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE
Indirect costs issues
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
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Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Retirement issues related to universities' pension plans IRA issues related to philanthropic giving
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Medicare reimbursement Iowa hospitals; CMS interagency transfers; IME issues; Medicaid reimbursement issues; DHS; GME (dental and others); Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues as related to academic teaching hospitals; CMS rules as they relate to physician and hospital payments, 340 B Drug Pricing Program Federal Medical Assistance Percentages
Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Energy and Water Appropriations, funding for DOE Support for research funding at DOE Issues with isotopic research constraints
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Implementation of the Higher Education Act as it relates to direct student loan - ability to consolidate loans and loan interest rates Federal Family Education Loan and Direct Loan programs
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)
FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations
Contacted: SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
DOT appropriations overall and appropriations from NHTSA Driver Distraction Study
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Title IX/campus sexual assault issues Department of Education's Dear Colleague on Title IX Title IX guidance
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
DOT appropriations overall - especially NHTSA Driver Distraction Study UTC programs FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations
Contacted: Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Charitable giving as it relates to universities and their foundations; (see addendum page) Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure FICA issues employees/students; graduate student tax issues; IRA rollover; tax issues as they relate to research facilities and bonding; R&D Tax credit Tax extenders
Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
N/A
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Patent legislation Importance of Technology Transfer programs
Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Area Health Education Centers Nursing Education Loan Forgiveness Program Role of gene patents in research and genetic testing Conflicts of interest in research Funding for basic research at NIMH Funding for state hygienic laboratories Graduate Medical Education Lab Security (Biological Laboratory Security Briefing) NIOSH Worklife Center Program NIOSH Education and Research Centers Prevention Research Centers High Value Healthcare Collaborative National Network of Depression Centers Nurse Examiners Injury Prevention Research Center FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations 21st Century Cures Act UNOS Liver redistricting proposal 340B Drug Pricing guidance
Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cultural diplomacy programs Export controls Foreign Operations appropriations as it relates to peer reviewed projects International students & scholars - barriers to enter US Cultural exchanges - promotions Information technology resources in developing world International research teaching & engagement FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations
Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)
FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations NIOSH Education and Research Centers for Occupational Health and Safety Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) FEMA funding for flood recovery Disaster relief funding Funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine Funding for arts education Funding for NSF and DOE Commerce, Justice, State appropriations Pell grants, student aid Stafford Loans Funding for NIDCR
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
Science and Math Issues / STEM FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations Science and Math priorities Increased Pell Grants - student aid Perkins Loans; FERPA; Javits; GAAN Accreditation issues; Commission on Higher Education HEA Reauthorization Equal access to higher education for persons with disabilities Area Health Education Centers Student financial aid system Student Veterans Association Stafford Loans National Endowment for the Humanities funding Support for computer science education and funding
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Increased appropriations for systems to shorten the time between development of a drug and its release to the public FDA reform as it relates to drug development and research Collaborative research on drug development Human factors research related to neuropharmaceuticals 340B Drug Pricing guidelines
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
FEMA funding for flood recovery
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Residency Caps Minority Improvement NIOSH Education and Research Centers for Occupational Health and Safety FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations Prevention Research Centers Resident Physician Shortage Health Care Reform 21st Century Cures Act NIH chimera research guidelines
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Funding for scientific research/science agencies Public access and research published in scholarly journals America Competes Act Commercialization of University-based research FY 16 Appropriations FY 17 Appropriations Fundingfor/authorizaiton of NASA
Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Distance Learning NIH Public Access Policy Copyright issues as they relate to universities / libraries Access to research publications - dissemination Patent issues
Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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