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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
Council for Global Immigration

2. Address

Address1
1800 Duke Street
 Address2
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City
Alexandria
 State
VA
 Zip Code
22314
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Ms.
​LYNN SHOTWELL
​7035356466
​lynn.shotwell@cfgi.org
5. Senate ID#
​2150-12
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​Council for Global Immigration
6. House ID#
​326070000
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2018
 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
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
$5,000 or more $
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$5,000 or more $
​70,166.00
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.
Method A. 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

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Rebecca Peters
 Date
10/22/2018 9:59:32 AM

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 IMM

16. Specific lobbying issues

DHS and the White House:
- Buy American Hire American Executive Order (instruction to federal agencies for proposal of new rules to protect U.S. workers and reforms to the H-1B program)
-Known employer pilot program (intended to create efficiencies and save resource by allowing under 10 employers to voluntarily engage in a one-time registration of their bona fides with the government)
-Trusted Employer Concept (intended to create efficiencies and save resources by requiring DHS to create a voluntary program whereby any employer may engage in a one-time registration of their bona fides, and recurring job classifications and descriptions with the government)


U.S. Senate:
- S. 2344 -Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 (high-skilled, employment-based immigration bill addressing concerns over displacement of U.S. workers in the H-1B program, and providing better access to talent)
-S. 281 -The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and establish a transition period to a first-come first-served green card allocation)
-J-1 Visas (short term cultural exchanges)


U.S. House:
-H.R. 6794 - Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 (high-skilled, employment-based immigration bill addressing concerns over displacement of U.S. workers in the H-1B program, and providing better access to talent)
-H.R. 6157 (PL 115-245) - The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019 and the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019 (extends
funding at existing levels for federal agencies until December 7, 2019; extends the E-Verify program, the Conrad 30 waiver program, the EB-5 Regional Center permanent residence program and the special immigrant non-minister religious worker permanent residence program until December 7, 2019; and extends H-2B visa provisions that allow for the continued use of private wage surveys, staggered crossing for seafood workers, a 10-month season, and provisions that limit the ability of the Administration to enforce the corresponding employment and three-fourth guarantee provisions of the 2015 regulations)
-H.R. 3711 - The Legal Workforce Act (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to create mandatory requirements for use of the E-Verify system).
-H.R. 392 -The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act of 2017 (amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and establish a transition period to a first-come first-served green card allocation)
-J-1 Visas (short term cultural exchanges)
-Amendment to Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Bill (includes H.R. 392 and creates a permanent H-2B visa returning worker exemption, reallocates H-2B visas to allocations four times a year, and redistributes H-2B willful violator penalties for those employers that willfully misrepresent the number of H-2Bs needed)

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, White House Office

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
Rebecca
Peters
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Intern, Dept of Justice, Legacy Imm. & Naturalization Svcs.

19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

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Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address: 1800 Duke Street

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
Society for Human Resource Management
1800 Duke Street
Alexandria VA 22314 USA
City
State Country

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:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
City State/Province Country
City
State Country
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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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