id,filing_uuid,filing_type,registrant_name,registrant_id,client_name,filing_year,filing_period,issue_code,specific_issues,government_entities,income_amount,expense_amount,is_no_activity,is_termination,received_date
2693610,0dcd02c4-e182-4f7f-8eb5-802e4b5e37ae,Q3,"AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO",54302,AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO,2021,third_quarter,LBR,"Lobbied for appointment and confirmation of a quorum to the Merit Systems Protection Board to address the growing case backlog. 

Provided comments to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions staff on behalf of Department of Education Office of Civil Rights employees on the qualifications of Catherine Lhamon to head the office.

Lobbied against any attempts the expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act government wide. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 304, the ""Equal COLA Act,"" to achieve parity between the cost-of-living adjustment to an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System and an annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System. 

Lobbied in support of the right of federal employees who are furloughed to be eligible for unemployment compensation. 

Lobbied in support of back pay for employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations. Lobbied in support of extended leave carryover due to COVID-19 pandemic. 

Lobbied in support of reintroduction of Protecting Employees' Security Clearances Act (PESCA), which requires consideration of a lapse in appropriations as a mitigating condition when assessing financial consideration for security clearances. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 392/S. 561, the ""Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act,"" to provide federal employees with a 3.2% salary adjustment in 2022. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 2337, the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act of 2021 and H.R. 82 / S. 1302 would fully repeal GPO and WEP. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 7/S. 205, the ""Paycheck Fairness Act,"" to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. 

Lobbied against H.R. 1902 to eliminate the use of official time by federal employees. 

Lobbied for H.R. 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, to require DOL to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors.

Lobbied for H.R. 603/S. 53, the Raise the Wage Act, to increase the federal minimum wage for regular employees over a 7-year period, for tipped employees, and for newly hired employees who are less than 20 years old. Lobbied in support of the ""Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act."" 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 842/S. 420, the ""Protecting the Right to Organize Act.""

Build Back Better:  Lobbied for inclusion of federal employee priorities - title 5 rights for Transportation Security Officers, paid family and medical leave for federal employees, less restrictive student loan forgiveness, equalizing locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees, and restoring the employee contribution to the Federal Employee Retirement System to 0.8% for all federal employees.","Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Air Force, Dept of,Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers),Army, Dept of (Other),Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS),Commerce, Dept of (DOC),Defense Commissary Agency,Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA),Defense, Dept of (DOD),Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS),Education, Dept of,Energy, Dept of,Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),General Services Administration (GSA),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),Interior, Dept of (DOI),Justice, Dept of (DOJ),Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Institutes of Health (NIH),Navy, Dept of,Office of Management & Budget (OMB),Office of Personnel Management (OPM),SENATE,Transportation, Dept of (DOT),Transportation Security Administration (TSA),U.S. Coast Guard (USCG),U.S. Customs & Border Protection,U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE),U.S. Marines,Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA),Voice of America",,420000,0,0,2021-10-19T16:35:01.657000-04:00