4th Quarter - Report — VSP for VSP (2017)

Firm

VSP

Client

VSP

Income

—

Expenses

$132,500

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Monitor competition issues in the global eyewear market

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor competition issues in the global eyewear market

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Pub. L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (section 1311); Pub. L. 111-152, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (section 1406); H.R. 3323, Dental and Optometric Care Access Act; H.R. 1606, DOC Access Act of 2017; H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017; H.R.3315 Protecting Consumer Access to Vision Care Act of 2017

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3323 (115th), H.R. 1628 (115th), H.R. 3315 (115th), H.R. 1606 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues pertaining to tax treatment of employee-sponsored health benefits; Pub. L. 111-148, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Pub. L. 111-152, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, provision related to insurer fee; H.R. 928 & S. 183, a bill to repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act, Section 222; H.R.3315 Protecting Consumer Access to Vision Care Act of 2017

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
CECIL SWAMIDOSS	—

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1628 (115th), H.R. 3315 (115th), H.R. 928 (115th), S. 183 (115th)

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.