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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
| Address1 | 4795 Meadow Wood Drive |
Address2 | Suite 100 |
| City | Chantilly |
State | VA |
Zip Code | 22033-4209 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 45788-12
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6. House ID# 344110000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2019 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Kenneth LaSala, Jr. |
Date | 4/22/2019 2:36:56 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 116-6, the Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- The Assistance to Firefighters grant program to build all-hazards response capability for local fire departments.
- The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to increase both career and volunteer staffing for local fire departments.
- U.S. Fire Administration
- Urban Search and Rescue program
- Urban Areas Security Initiative program to help high-risk cities prepare for the threat of terrorism.
- State Homeland Security Grant Program to help states prepare for the threat of terrorism.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Forest Service's wildland fire suppression funding
- Volunteer Fire Assistance (Rural Fire Capacity) program
- State Fire Assistance (National Fire Capacity) program
U.S. Department of Interior's wildland fire suppression funding
U.S. Department of Transportation
- The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training grant program to assist local fire departments in responding to hazmat incidents involving rail transportation.
For FY 2020, funding for the above programs. In addition, funding for the National Firefighter Cancer Registry at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; the Community Safety and Pipeline Information grants at PHMSA; and the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) grants at the Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Forest Service, Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Evan |
Davis |
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LaSala |
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Brandon |
Allen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 451, the Don't Break Up the T-Band Act, which would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from auctioning the T-Band (470-512 MHz).
Legislation to incentivize the adoption of Next Generation 9-1-1 technologies, along with training for the new system.
Issues relating to determining the location of mobile phone users calling 9-1-1 in buildings.
Funding for the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council.
Issues relating to the National Emergency Communications Plan and public safety communications.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kenneth |
LaSala |
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Evan |
Davis |
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Brandon |
Allen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1241, the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act, legislation to prevent federal taxation of certain state and local benefits for local volunteer firefighters.
H.R. 1007, the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act/ H.R. 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, legislation to prevent federal taxation of certain state and local benefits for local volunteer firefighters.
S. 803, Restoring Investment in Improvements Act, provisions to incentivize the retrofit of buildings owned by small businesses with automatic fire sprinklers.
Issues relating to tax treatment of incentives for volunteer firefighters.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Evan |
Davis |
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Brandon |
Allen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code DIS
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 639, provisions that would clarify that federal employees could join federal urban search and rescue teams.
H.R. 42, the First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act, provisions to help the families of first responders during disasters.
Improvements to the nation's mutual aid system for response to terrorist attacks and all hazards.
P.L. 116-6, the Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- The Assistance to Firefighters grant program to build all-hazards response capability for local fire departments.
- The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to increase both career and volunteer staffing for local fire departments.
- U.S. Fire Administration
- Urban Search and Rescue program
- Urban Areas Security Initiative program to help high-risk cities prepare for the threat of terrorism.
- State Homeland Security Grant Program to help states prepare for the threat of terrorism.
Issues relating to the appointment of a new FEMA Administrator.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kenneth |
LaSala |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOM
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 639, provisions that would clarify that federal employees could join federal urban search and rescue teams.
H.R. 42, the First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act, provisions to help the families of first responders during disasters.
Issues relating to the sharing of intelligence and threat information with local fire departments.
Improvements to the nation's mutual aid system for response to terrorist attacks and all hazards.
Issues relating to public safety communications interoperability for first responders.
P.L. 116-6, the Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for:
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- The Assistance to Firefighters grant program to build all-hazards response capability for local fire departments.
- The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to increase both career and volunteer staffing for local fire departments.
- U.S. Fire Administration
- Urban Search and Rescue program
- Urban Areas Security Initiative program to help high-risk cities prepare for the threat of terrorism.
- State Homeland Security Grant Program to help states prepare for the threat of terrorism.
Issues relating to the nomination of a new FEMA Administrator.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Kenneth |
LaSala |
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Brandon |
Allen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1646, the Helping Emergency Responder Overcome (HERO) Act, provisions to help firefighters, emergency medical services personnel and law enforcement deal with behavioral health issues and prevent suicides.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI) Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model program to pay for fire departments to receive compensation for treating patients on scene or transporting them to alternate destinations of care.
Cost-reporting for the cost for fire and EMS departments for providing emergency care to Medicare and Medicaid patients.
Compliance with the exposure notification requirements of P.L. 111-87, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Extension Act.
Issues relating to the funding and administration of the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) program.
Issues relating to the exclusion of ground ambulance agencies from balance billing prohibitions.
Issues relating to the development of policies to mitigate shortages of emergency medications.
Issues relating to the identifications of best practices in identifying/treating cancer in first responders.
Issues relating to proposals to transition Medicare ambulance suppliers to being classified as providers.
Proposals to expand federal provisions of naloxone to first responders.
Issues relating to adjustments to HIPAA regulations in related to sharing patient information between fire departments and other healthcare entities.
Continued support for the National EMS Information System at NHTSA.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Evan |
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Kenneth |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code NAT
16. Specific lobbying issues
P.L. 116-9, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, provisions relating to:
- The use of unmanned aerial systems in wildland fire response.
- The development of a resource tracking and location mapping system for wildland fire response.
- The development of a decision support system in responding to wildland fires.
- The development of a system to map and predict the spread of smoke from a wildland fire.
- The requirement that the U.S. Fire Administration track firefighter injuries.
- The development of a system to track post-wildland fire erosion.
- The development of a system to forecast fire dangers.
P.L. 116-6, the Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for:
U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Forest Service's wildland fire suppression funding
- Volunteer Fire Assistance (Rural Fire Capacity) program
- State Fire Assistance (National Fire Capacity) program
U.S. Department of Interior's wildland fire suppression funding
Funding for these above programs in FY 2020.
Issues relating to the management of the Firefighter Property (FFP) program and the Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), U.S. Forest Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Brandon |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Funding for infrastructure improvements.
P.L. 116-6, the Fiscal Year 2019 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program to assist local fire departments in responding to hazmat incidents involving rail transportation.
For FY 2020, funding for PHMSA's ALERT grants and and Pipeline Information grants, and Community Safety grants to help communities prepare for hazmat incidents involding pipelines.
Requirements for autonomous vehicles to yield to fire and other emergency apparatus during incidents and for autonomous vehicles to follow traffic directions at incident scenes.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Kenneth |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LAW
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, provisions to raise the Public Safety Officers death and disability program benefit and improve the educational benefit.
Issues relating to the funding and administration of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Kenneth |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code EDU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Campus fire safety issues, including the reporting of fires on campuses and fire safety education.
Proposals to add volunteer firefighters to the list of eligible applicants for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CSP
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 806, the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act, provisions to require flame arrestor caps on portable gas cans.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Kenneth |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code GOV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the inclusion of career firefighters hired by volunteer fire departments into state pension systems.
S. 531, the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, provisions to allow disabled firefighters to remain in the federal retirement system.
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code LBR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Issues relating to the Fair Labor Standards Act and volunteer firefighters
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
Labor - Dept of (DOL)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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