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
2609429,4f147b1c-3fcf-4e8d-987e-cf0f2c482f70,Q1,"AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO",54302,AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO,2021,first_quarter,GOV,"Lobbied for H.R. 302, Preventing a Patronage System Act or the PPSA Act.

Lobbied for H.R. 326, Saving the Civil Service Act.

Lobbied for H.R. 1272 and S. 392, the COST of Relocations Act.

Lobbied in support of reintroduction of the ""Federal Firefighters Fairness Act"" to amend chapter 81 of title 5, creating a presumption that a disability or death of a federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee's duty. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 393, the ""Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act,"" to provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits for federal firefighters. 

Lobbied in support of H. R. 521 / S. 129, the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, to ensure federal firefighters, law enforcement officials, Border Patrol officers, and other federal first responders qualify for full retirement benefits if they are injured on the job.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 938, the Wildland Firefighter Classification bill, to require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to create a classification that more accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters.

Lobbied in support of S. 231, the PFAS bill, which directs FEMA to train employees on PFAS cancer causing chemicals in firefighting foam materials.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 962, the ""Law Enforcement Officer Equity Act,"" to include certain federal positions within the definition of law enforcement officer for retirement purposes. 

Lobbied on effects on workforce of proposed Sustainability Awareness Act. 

Lobbied in support of the ""Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act."" 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 603, the ""Raise the Wage Act."" 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 842, the ""Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2019."" 

Lobbied against H.R. 1902 the ""Do Your Job Act of 2019."" 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 564, the ""Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act,"" that would grant federal workers 12 weeks of paid FMLA. 

Lobbied in support of an emergency temporary standard that requires certain employers to develop and implement a comprehensive infectious disease exposure control plan to protect employees in the health care sectors and other employees at elevated risk from exposure to SARS- CoV-2. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 900 the Essential Worker Pandemic Compensation Act of 2020, that would amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a program of death and hospitalization benefits for essential workers who die as a result of COVID-19 or related complications. 

Lobbied in support of reintroduction of the Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act.

Lobbied in support of a presumption of worksite illness for employees who apply for workers comp who get COVID-19. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 249, the Protecting Federal Workers Act, To provide that certain Executive orders with respect to Federal employee collective bargaining and workplace rights shall have no force or effect.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1357 / S. 476, the Pandemic Heroes Compensation Act. 

Lobbied in support of introduction of the Fair and Accurate Information Reporting (FAIR) Act to assist consumers with their credit reports during pandemic job loss. 

Lobbied in support of restoration of annual leave lost by certain Federal employees due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lobbied in support of maximum telework benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. 

Lobbied in support of restoration of leave that is lost by federal employees during a public health emergency relating to a pandemic. Specifically, restoration of leave for employees of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government that was lost because the employee's accumulated leave exceeded the maximum amount that is otherwise allowable. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 978, the Chai Suthammanont Remembrance Act to ensure that personal protective equipment and other equipment and supplies needed to fight coronavirus are provided to employees required to return to Federal offices, and for other purposes. 

Lobbied in support of H.R. 212, the COVID PREPARE Act, to require Federal agencies to submit plans for responding to any resurgence of COVID-19. 

Lobbied in support of H.R.  348, the Wear Your Mask Act, to require face masks in Federal facilities to prevent the transmission of SARS- CoV-2. 

Lobbied in support of reintroduction of the Federal Labor-Management COVID Partnership Act, to establish a Coronavirus Rapid Response Federal Labor-Management Task Force, and for other purposes. 

Lobbied in support of increasing the amount available under the ""Defense Production Act of 1950,"" to respond to the coronavirus epidemic and expedited procurement of equipment needed to combat COVID-19 under the ""Defense Production Act of 1950.

Lobbied in support of a flexible award for front line health care workers who have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic that can be used to pay off existing student loans, to obtain further education or to establish a savings account LD2. 

Lobbied in support of directing the President to use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 with respect to the production of ventilators, N-95 respirator masks, and specified personal protective equipment to address COVID-19. 

Lobbied in support of a program for providing portable benefits to eligible workers. 

Lobbied in support of providing Americans with paid sick time and paid leave so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. 

Lobbied in support of a congressional resolution recognizing COVID-19 frontline workers. 

Lobbied for legislation to make the payroll tax deferral optional for federal employees. 

Lobbied against forced retirement or termination of federal employees who have been injured on the job and have had their medical treatment delayed because of COVID-19. 

Lobbied for lawmakers to support efforts to restart collective bargaining with Department of Education employees and provide adequate funding and oversight of the Departments mission, including protecting students civil rights and fairly and equitably provide student loans. 

Provided testimony and responded to questions for the record for a hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee Subcommittee on Government Operations on Revitalizing the Federal Workforce. (Feb. 23, 2021)

Lobbied for inclusion of the Time Off to Vote Act in H.R. 1, the For the People Act, to provide reasonable leave to federal workers to vote in federal elections.

Lobbied for House passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, to protect the right to vote, especially its inclusion of the Time Off to Vote Act and District of Columbia Statehood.

Lobbied on behalf of Social Security workforce on agency funding, the collective bargaining agreement, telework and Covid response.

Lobbied on the following issues with the House and Senate Appropriations Committee Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Subcommittee Members to submit amendments on the following issues for the Fiscal Year 2022 FSGG Appropriation:
1.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG Appropriations bill that adjusts federal employee pay by 3.2 percent. 
2.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG Appropriations bill that upholds the Public-Private competition moratorium from Section 742 of the FY 2021 FSGG Appropriations bill. 
3.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG bill that aligns Federal Wage System Areas with General Schedule Locality Pay Areas. 
4.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG bill that prohibits any limitation of, reduction of, constraint to, or interference with official time in representing federal employees with respect to workplace discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information. 
5.Inclusion of language in the FY 2022 FSGG bill for additional funds for the Office of Personnel Management to allow OPM to increase staffing, invest in information technology, improve overall human capital services and shift away from the fee-for-service model.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 392 /S. 561, the ""Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act,"" to increase pay for federal employees by 3.2%.

Lobbied in support of H.R. 903, the ""Rights for the Transportation Security Administration Workforce Act,"" which would grant Transportation Security Officers (TSOs)rights under Title 5 of the U.S. code and for introduction of similar legislation in the Senate.

Lobbied in support of the ""Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act,"" granting public safety officer benefits to TSOs killed or injured in the line of duty, encouraging cosponsors before introduction of the bill.

H.R. 1319, the ""American Rescue Plan Act""--Lobbied for inclusion of emergency paid leave for frontline workers, presumption of workplace illness for purposes of workers compensation eligibility for frontline workers who contract Coronavirus, and opposed efforts to strip those provisions from the bill. Opposed efforts to reduce or eliminate official time, further privatize medical services at the Veterans Health Administration, further privatize federal prisons, deny recovery rebate payments to federal employees and their families, create a Schedule F class of federal employees who would have no job protections, reduce federal employees compensation and benefits, enact across-the-board cuts to federal programs, undermine Transportation Security Officers pay and benefits, further politicize the decision to relocate federal agencies and block District of Columbia residents from moving forward with statehood proceedings.","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",,399000,0,0,2021-04-20T09:34:46.917000-04:00