HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA for HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
What was lobbied
15 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
Issues pertaining to a "Health Care Choices" proposal/ consensus plan that repeals Obamacare, deregulates, and replaces with state block grants.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GARRETT BESS New | Leg Dir, Off Rep Daniel Webster; Leg Dir, Off Rep Ken Buck |
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Foreign Relations FOR
HR 5105 "BUILD Act of 2018," all provisions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV
HR 1881 "Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017," all provisions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
Agriculture AGR
HR 2 "Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018," all provisions relating to the conference report including Grassley's actively engaged farm manager amendment, SNAP work requirement reforms, WOTUS repeal, and a one year extension instead of five.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GARRETT BESS New | Leg Dir, Off Rep Daniel Webster; Leg Dir, Off Rep Ken Buck |
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Insurance INS
Issues pertaining to another straight extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and reforms that open up the market to private insurers.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
Government Issues GOV
HR 850 "Agency Accountability Act of 2017," all provisions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR
HR 2723 "Employee Rights Act," all provisions. HR 6544 "The Employee Rights Act of 2018," all provisions. S 2147 "Butch Lewis Act of 2017," all provisions. Issues pertaining to bailing out pensions funds, in particular multiemployer pensions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Issues pertaining to maintaining the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" and of making tax cuts permanent, technical corrections, and allowing tax extenders to expire. Issues pertaining to cuts for the middle class and "Tax Reform 2.0" (HR 6760 "Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2018," all provisions; HR 6756 "American Innovation Act of 2018," all provisions; and HR 6757 "Family Savings Act of 2018," all provisions.) HR 88 "The Retirement, Savings, and Other Tax Relief Act of 2018," all provisions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GARRETT BESS New | Leg Dir, Off Rep Daniel Webster; Leg Dir, Off Rep Ken Buck |
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
HR 3325 "ACE Kids Act," all provisions relating to spending amounts.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR
S 3021 "America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018," all provisions relating to "pay-fors."
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Issues pertaining to FY19 appropriations and funding, especially relating to the recent cromnibus spending bill, inclusion of conservative policy riders, responsible spending in the upcoming spending bills, concerns with prior stopgap spending resolutions, a piecemeal appropriations strategy, biennial budgeting, DHS funding and inclusion of increased border security and infrastructure funding in the final DHS appropriations bill, the president's request for wall funding and border security funding and improvements, better internal enforcement, illegal and chain immigration, merit based legal immigration, loosening of the asylum definition, no amnesty, the census citizenship questions, and a short-term continuing resolution that does not contain sufficient wall funding and re-authorizes a myriad of expiring programs with poor structure including the national flood insurance program and TANF.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GARRETT BESS New | Leg Dir, Off Rep Daniel Webster; Leg Dir, Off Rep Ken Buck |
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Education EDU
HR 5199 "Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018," all provisions. Issues pertaining to military education savings accounts. HR 4274 "Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act of 2017" ("HERO Act"), all provisions. HR 719 "A PLUS Act," all provisions.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Immigration IMM
Issues pertaining to Immigration reform, including increased border security, ending catch and release, opposing amnesty, more investments in border infrastructure, ending chain migration, more infrastructure for the CBP efforts, penalizing sanctuary cities, and moving towards a merit based immigration system.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
Welfare WEL
S 3692 "Jobs and Opportunity with Benefits and Services for Success Act," all provisions relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) reauthorization. HR 2832 "Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act," all provisions. HR 6532 "Making DI Work For All Americans Act of 2018," all provisions. Issues pertaining to increasing and tightening work requirements in TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) reform.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GARRETT BESS New | Leg Dir, Off Rep Daniel Webster; Leg Dir, Off Rep Ken Buck |
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
HR 5682 "FIRST STEP Act," all provisions. S 756 "First Step Act of 2018," all provisions. Issues pertaining to a criminal justice reform package, including sentencing reforms.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| GARRETT BESS New | Leg Dir, Off Rep Daniel Webster; Leg Dir, Off Rep Ken Buck |
| MARK DIPLACIDO | — |
| WALKER GALLMAN | — |
| JOHN WILSON | — |
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.