NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES
A later version of this report replaces this one, so LegiList's totals use the current version instead. This page shows this version exactly as filed.
Versions of this report
Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.
| Filing | Filed | Amount | Counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter - Report (this page) | May 5, 2009 | $41,178 | Replaced |
| 1st Quarter - Amendment | Jun 10, 2010 | $41,178 | Yes |
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Defense DEF
Provide insight into the Military Health Care System ; military retiree pay and benefits; Cost of Living Adjustments; Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) issues; Survivor Benefit Plan; Defense Authorization and Appropriations Bills; equipment issues; Commissary and Exchange issues; change the Uniformes Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) to terminate payments when former spouse remarries and other changes to make the USFSPA mor equitable for all involved parties.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MORGAN D BROWN | — |
| RICHARD A JONES | — |
| WILLIAM M MATZ | — |
| MICHAEL W PLUMER | — |
Retirement RET
To protect the cost of living adjusted SocialSecurity payments by ensuring that any major changes made would grandfather retirees and those near retirement; to improve the Medicare benefit and provide adequate reimbursement rates to health care professionals; establish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly (DPI-E) to compute cost of living increases for Social Security and other Medicare beneficiaries; phase out the taxastion of Social Security Benefits; repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions; include a Social Security Lockbox.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MORGAN D BROWN | — |
| RICHARD A JONES | — |
| WILLIAM M MATZ | — |
| MICHAEL W PLUMER | — |
Health Issues HCR
Authorize military personnel voluntary participation in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; improve the TRICARE program benefits in cost and coverage and enhance the program to ensure adequate numbers of quality health care providers; eliminate all preauthorization and non-availability statements for TRICARE Standard beneficiaries; prohibit certain increases in fees.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MORGAN D BROWN | — |
| RICHARD A JONES | — |
| WILLIAM M MATZ | — |
| MICHAEL W PLUMER | — |
Veterans VET
To permit all retired members of the Armed Forces to concurrently receive both Veterans Disability Compensation and Military Retired Pay with no offsets to either; to improve veterans health care and access to it; to allow payment of full military Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) benefits concurrently with VA Dependency Indemnity Compensation (DIC): to provide a payment to members of the Merchant Marine Services from World War II; to totally rescind the freeze on enrollment of Priority 8 veterans into the VA health syste; to provide for an annual Cost of Living increase for all benefits programs of the Deparment of Veterans Affairs; to allow Concurrent Receipt of both Military Retired Pay and VA Disability Compensation for all retirees to incude all medically retired and those retirees rated at below 50 percent disabled; to provide for equality in educational benefits for all uniformed services to include the U.S. Public Health Service and the National Oceanographic and Aerographic Agency.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MORGAN D BROWN | — |
| RICHARD A JONES | — |
| WILLIAM M MATZ | — |
| MICHAEL W PLUMER | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
Authorize Medicare Reimbursement to DoD and DVA; stabilize Medicare without increasing costs prohibitively; protect Medicare by ensuring that any major change would grandfather retirees and those near retirement; ensuring that legislation is enacted to make Medicare reimbursement payments to physicians are not cut in ofrder that those same physicians remain in the TRICARE and TRICARE for Life medical systems for active duty and retired military members and their families.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MORGAN D BROWN | — |
| RICHARD A JONES | — |
| WILLIAM M MATZ | — |
| MICHAEL W PLUMER | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Provide insight into the President's Fiscal year Budget Proposal; Budget Resolution; military funding levels, military health care funding levels, military retiree pay and benefits, veterans pension compensation and health care; Medicare and Social Security funding levels.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MORGAN D BROWN | — |
| RICHARD A JONES | — |
| WILLIAM M MATZ | — |
| MICHAEL W PLUMER | — |
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.