4th Quarter - Report — AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION (2012)

Firm

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$7,500

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Defense DEF

recognition of licensed professional counselors as independent mental health practitioners within Department of Defense health care programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW	—
ARTURO ENRIQUE TERRAZAS	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE

Transportation TRA

recognition of licensed professional counselors as substance abuse professionals

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW	—

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Veterans VET

recognition of licensed professional counselors as mental health service providers within the VA health care system

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW	—
ARTURO ENRIQUE TERRAZAS	Legislative Assistant - U.S. Rep. Harry Teague

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Education, Dept of

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare coverage of licensed professional counselors (S. 604)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW	—

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Education, Dept of; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 604 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

budget and appropriations for federal education programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSICA EAGLE New	—

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Education EDU

recognition of and support for school counselors and similar school-based pupil services personnel

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSICA EAGLE New	—

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.