1st Quarter - Report — NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING (2008)

Firm

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING

Client

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON INDEPENDENT LIVING

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

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	Apr 1, 2008	—	Replaced
1st Quarter - Report	Apr 17, 2008	—	Replaced
1st Quarter - Report (this page)	Apr 18, 2008	—	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

Local Law Enforcement and Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE

Housing HOU

Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Transportation TRA

Accessible Taxis

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD)

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

ADA Restoration Act of 2007; mental health parity (viewed as civil right by NCIL)

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director

Contacted: SENATE; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); White House Office

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

Inclusion of people with disabilities in emergency preparedness, disaster response and mitigation; physically and programaticly accessable shelters, housing, services; Promotion of clean and healthy Indoor Environmental Quality - low levels of Formaldehyde.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director

Contacted: Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

Promoting Wellness for People with Disabilities Act; Health prevention and access to affordable and physically and programmatically accessible health care services. CLASS Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH LEEF	Health Policy Analyst

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Community Choice Act; Money Follows the Person; Targeted Case Management

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director
ELIZABETH LEEF	Policy Analyst

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, Independent Living Program; Housing Vouchers;

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director
ELIZABETH LEEF	Health Policy Analyst

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); White House Office

Education EDU

Rehabilitation Act reauthorization; Independent Licing Program

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
DEBORAH COTTER	Policy Analyst
JOHN LANCASTER	Executive Director
ELIZABETH LEEF	Health Policy Analyst

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Education, Dept of; 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.