3rd Quarter - Report — NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND for NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND (2016)

Firm

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

Client

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

Income

—

Expenses

$50,000

Expense method

A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Retirement RET

To increase employment of blind people by removing disincentives to work in current Social Security law.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM PARNELL DIGGS	—

Contacted: Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Foreign Relations FOR

To increase the availability of Braille and audio-recorded books for use by blind and other print-disabled people by ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
GABRIEL MANUEL CAZARES	—
WILLIAM PARNELL DIGGS	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; SENATE; Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Veterans VET

Include service disabled veterans in the Department of Defense "Space Available" program. HR2264 & S2596 Expand Space Available Program.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM PARNELL DIGGS	—

Contacted: Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Labor, Dept of (DOL); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 2264 (114th)

Education EDU

Increase nonvisual access to technology and instructional material used in K-12 and postsecondary education. Specific legislation includes the Accessible Instructional Materials in Higher Education (AIM HE) Act, HR 6122.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
GABRIEL MANUEL CAZARES	—
WILLIAM PARNELL DIGGS	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Labor, Dept of (DOL); Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board

Bills named: H.R. 6122 (114th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Eliminate authorization to pay subminimum wages to people with disabilities by repealing Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. HR 188 and S2001 Transition to Integrated and Meaningful Employment. Protecting business opportunities for blind licensed vendors under the Randolph Sheppard Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
WILLIAM PARNELL DIGGS	—
KIMIE EACOBACCI New	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 188 (114th)

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.