2nd Quarter - Report — EPILEPSY FOUNDATION for EPILEPSY FOUNDATION (2016)

Firm

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION

Client

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION

Income

—

Expenses

$60,000

Expense method

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

What was lobbied

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

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Support for United Nations disability rights treaty (CRPD) Support for civil liberties and protections against discrimination in health, employment, and education

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEATRIZ DUQUE	—
BRIAN THOMAS FISKE New	—
ANGELA OSTROM	—

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Health care reform legislation; Medicare and Medicaid related issues and prescription drug policy; Medicare policy reforms Prescription drug access issues; support for epilepsy awareness programs Support for innovation and research

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEATRIZ DUQUE	—
BRIAN THOMAS FISKE	—
ANGELA OSTROM	—

Contacted: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); White House Office; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies appropriations for NIH, CDC Funding for Lifespan Respite Care Act Funding for epilepsy research and programs Prescription drug access issue appropriations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BEATRIZ DUQUE	—
BRIAN THOMAS FISKE New	—
ANGELA OSTROM	—

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

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.