1st Quarter - Report — AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION for AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION (2013)

Firm

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Client

AMERICAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Income

—

Expenses

$20,000

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Medicare coverage of licensed professional counselors

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
SCOTT BARSTOW	—

Contacted: Office of the Vice President of the United States; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD)

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: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Education, Dept of; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

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: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

budget and appropriations for federal education programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSICA EAGLE	—

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Education, Dept of; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Education EDU

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JESSICA EAGLE	—

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Executive Office of the President (EOP); SENATE; Office of the Vice President of the United States

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.