{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[1442106, "a0c0ffe4-5134-4670-9615-0ae3ca793b60", "Q3", "NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAHMA)", 46324, "NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (NAHMA)", 2013, "third_quarter", "HOU", "Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014; all provisions relating to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) -Rural Housing Service (RHS) funding and administration of affordable multifamily housing and rental assistance programs and Treasury-Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposals related to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and bond-financed multifamily housing programs. (Continued).PL 112-25: Budget Control Act of 2011. A bill to control the budget; All provisions in Title I TEN-YEAR DISCRETIONARY CAPS WITH SEQUESTER, Sections 101,102,105,106 & Title III Section 302  Enforcement of budget goal related to discretionary spending levels as part of deficit reduction requirements (which could reduce funding for important U.S. HUD and USDA affordable multifamily housing programs). \n\nH.CON.RES.25:Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. All provisions which affect funding levels for affordable housing programs in TITLE I--Recommended Levels and Amounts; all provisions in TITLE II, SEC. 201. Reconciliation in the Senate which could affect the Low Income Housing Tax Credit tax expenditure; urged replacement of sequestration [not included].\n\nS.CON.RES.8: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. The concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014 and this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 and 2015 through 2023.\nAll provisions which affect funding levels for affordable housing programs in TITLE I--Recommended Levels and Amounts; all provisions in TITLE II, SEC. 201. Reconciliation in the Senate which could affect the Low Income Housing Tax Credit tax expenditure;  and all provisions regarding sequestration in TITLE III Sec. 301. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to replace sequestration & TITLE IV Subtitle A, Sec. 403. Adjustments for sequestration or sequestration replacement.\n\nHR 2410: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014. Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. TITLE III RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS - all provisions under Rural Housing Service related to affordable multifamily housing programs. \n\nS. 1244: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014. Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. TITLE III RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS - all provisions under Rural Housing Service related to affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs. \n\nS. Rept. 113-46:(to accompany S. 1244) AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2014. All provisions of Committee Recommendation in Title III, Rental Assistance, directing the Secretary of USDA to submit a report on Rental Assistance (RA) which includes a revised estimate of RA needs in FY 2014, to cover the original estimate of expiring units and those not renewed in FY 2013. [Requested inclusion on the FY 14 Continuing Resolution (H.J.Res. 59) or Final FY 14 Agriculture Appropriations bill (S.1244/HR2410).]  \n\nHR 2610: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014. Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT - all provisions related to affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs. \n     Draft Amendment to HR 2610 from Rep. Scott Garrett Amdt to prohibit funding for implementation, enforcement or administration of HUD's Final Rule, \"Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effects Standard,\" [Docket No. FR5508F02] February 15, 2013; all provisions. [Not introduced during reporting period.]\n\nS.1243: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014. Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT - all provisions related to affordable multifamily housing & rental assistance programs.H.J.RES.59: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014. Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and for other purposes. All provisions of Section 101, 103 and 106 related to funding & administration of HUD and USDA-RHS multifamily housing programs. \n[Requested an anomaly for USDA-RHS Rural Rental Assistance (RA) & authority for RHS to make retroactive FY 13 RA payments to owners-not included. Requested that language from S. Rept.113-46 for S.1244, which directs USDA to submit a report that includes a revised estimate of RA needs in FY 2014, also be included with any report /explanatory document for the FY 2014 Continuing Resolution-not included.]\n\nS. 766: A bill to amend section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 to revise the census data and population requirements for areas to be considered as rural areas for purposes of such Act; all provisions [definition of rural area determines eligiblity for USDA-RHS housing programs].\n\nS.954: Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013;TITLE VI--RURAL DEVELOPMENT, all provisions of Sec. 6202 Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949 [definition of rural area determines eligiblity for USDA-RHS housing programs].\n\nS. 1376: The FHA Solvency Act of 2013. A bill to improve the Federal Housing Administration and to ensure the solvency of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, and for other purposes; all provisions of Section 7. Ensuring Adequate Capital Levels in the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. \nDraft amendment to S. 1376 by Senator David Vitter to create a capital reserve requirement for the FHA multi-family program; all provisions [not included].\n\nS. 1442: Improving the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Rate Act. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and to provide a minimum 4 percent credit rate for existing buildings; all provisions.\n\nPublic Law 112-55: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012, DIVISION CTRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES Appropriations Act, 2012, TITLE II DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; all provisions of RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION which allow projects funded under the Rent Supplement, Section 236 Rental Assistance Payment, or Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation to convert tenant protection vouchers to project-based vouchers upon contract termination.  \n\nAdovacted for Section 8 and Rental Assistance Reform consistent with the April 13, 2012 House Financial Services Committee Discussion Draft Legislation, Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012: A bill to reform affordable housing programs and the provision of supportive services under the United States Housing Act of 1937; all provisions [not introduced during reporting period].\n\nOffered preliminary policy recommendations that would achieve cost savings in the management & operation of federally assisted multifamily housing by: Eliminating Costs Unique to Affordable Housing; Performing Income Certifications Once for All Programs; Using Federal Tax Returns for Rent Calculations; Track, Enforce and Prevent Repeat Payment Agreements; Reduce the frequency of Management Occupancy Reviews (MORs); and examine the feasiblity of reducing or eliminating interim income recertifications.\n \nAll policies, funding and administrative issues related to management, production & preservation of affordable multifamily housing subject to HUD, USDA-RHS, and Treasury-IRS regulations.HUD Proposed Rule, \"Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,\" [Docket No. FR5173P01], July 19, 2013; all provisions.  \n \nHUD's Final Rule, \"Implementation of the Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effects Standard,\" [Docket No. FR5508F02] February 15, 2013; all provisions. \n\nHUD Press Release HUD No. 13-054 \"HUD Announces Major Restructuring of Field Offices,\" April 24, 2013; all provisions.\nHUD Initiative \"Transforming Multifamily for the 21st Century\"; all provisions.\nHUD [Docket No. FR5698N01] \"Notice of Intent To Close 16 Field Offices\" Friday, April 26, 2013; all provisions.\n\nOffered preliminary feedback to HUD on potential demonstration program to test methodologies for achieving long-run cost savings in HUDs insured and assisted housing portfolios for high performing owner/sponsors to take advantage of less prescriptive oversight & a potential share of cost savings when they agree to fold groups of affordable housing properties into single portfolios that will be managed as one unit. (Demo program not formally proposed during reporting period.) \n\nThe White House Domestic Policy Council Rental Policy Working Groups \"Federal Rental Alignment-Administrative Proposals, December 31, 2011; all provisions (to better align the operation of federal rental programs and policies across the Administration).\n\nHUD \"Performance-Based Annual Contributions Contract, Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration,\" February 24, 2012; all provisions. \n\nHUD [Docket No. FR-5600-N-33-C1] \"HUDs Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 NOFA for the Performance-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) Program Technical Correction,\" March 15, 2012; all provisions.\n\nHUD [Docket No. FR-5600-N-33] \"HUDs Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Performance-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) Program for the Administration of Project-Based Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Contracts,\" March 9, 2012; all provisions.\n\nGovernment Accountability Office \"Decision in the Matter of Assisted Housing Services Corporation; North Tampa Housing Development Corporation; The Jefferson County Assisted Housing Corporation; National Housing Compliance; Southwest Housing Compliance Corporation; CMS Contract Management Services and the Housing Authority of the City of Bremerton; Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency,\" File: B-406738; B-406738.2; B-406738.3; B-406738.4; B-406738.5; B-406738.6; B-406738.7; B-406738.8. August 15, 2012; all provisions.\n\nHUD \"Annual Contributions Contract Project-Based Section 8 Contract Administration, Second Amendment of Term, Incentive- Based Performance Standards Tasks, and Fees \" October 17, 2012; all provisions. Urged amending to include Management & Occupancy Reviews (MORs) in PBCA tasks [not included].HUD \"Revising Handbook 4350.1, Phase I, Units and Topics,\" April 8, 2013; all provisions.\nHUD Notice H 2011-30 \"Use of Reserve for Replacement Accounts in Restructured Mark-to-Market (M2M) Properties,\" October 19, 2011; all provisions.\nHUD Handbook 4350.1 REV-2, Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing; all provisions, especially Chapter 4 \"Reserve Fund for Replacements.\"   \n\nHUD Proposed Rule [Docket No. FR5586P01, RIN 2501AD60] \"Pet Ownership for the Elderly or Persons With Disabilities in Multifamily Rental Housing; Accumulation of Deposits for Costs Attributable to Pets,\" May 24, 2013; all provisions.\n\nHUD Transmittal for Handbook No: 4350.3 \"Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs\" REV-1,CHG-4, August 7, 2013; all provisions. \n\nHUD Office of Housing Multifamily Housing Programs Memorandum \"Suspension of the Requirements Contained in Sections 9-23, 9-24, and 9-25 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide,\" September 7, 2012; all provisions (regarding new appraisal procedures for benchmarking rents in rent comparability studies).\n\nHUD [Docket No. FR5413N02] \"Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher ProgramDemonstration Project of Small Area Fair Market Rents in Certain Metropolitan Areas, Discussion of Comments, and Request for Participation,\" April 20, 2011; all provisions.\n\nHUD [Docket No: FR5667N02] \"Announcement of Issuance by HUD of Notice of Senior Preservation Rental Assistance Contracts Award Process and Solicitation of Applications,\" July 3, 2013; all provisions. \nHUD [[Docket No: FR-5667-N-02] \"Notice of Senior Preservation Rental Assistance Contracts Award Process,\" June 28, 2013; all provisions.\n\nHUD Mortgagee Letter 2012-25, Revised Requirements for Project Capital Needs Assessments, Estimated Reserves for Replacements and Remedies for Accessibility Deficiencies November 21, 2012; all provisions.\nHUD Notice H 2012-27 Revised Requirements for Project Capital Needs Assessments, Estimated Reserves for Replacements and Remedies for Accessibility Deficiencies November 21, 2012; all provisions.\n\nHUD \"Guidance on Housing Notice H 2013-17, Updated Requirements for Prepayment and Refinance of Section 202 Direct Loans,\" June 26, 2013; all provisions. \n\nHUD Final Notice [Docket No. FR5526N02] Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS): Physical Condition Scoring Notice and Revised Dictionary of Deficiency Definitions, August 9, 2012; all provisions.\n\nHUD Preparing for REAC Inspections (Guidance for MultiFamily and Public Housing Properties);\" all provisions.\n\nHUD Notice H 2012-5, \"Guidelines on Addressing Infestations in HUD-insured and Assisted Multifamily Housing,\" April 23, 2012; all provisions.HUD [Docket No. FR5725-N-01] Notice \"Proposed Fair Market Rents for the Housing Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program and Other Programs Fiscal Year 2014,\"  August 5, 2013; all provisions.\n\nAll policies related to HUD's: Real Estate Assesment Center scoring and procedures for HUD-assisted and/or FHA insured properties; 2530 previous participation certification policies and submission procedures; Management and Occupancy Review for owners and management agents, \"Workload Sharing\" pilot programs, \"Sustaining our Investments\" Initiative and service coordinator program.\n\nAdvocated for retaining the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program and New Markets Tax Credit as part of comprehenisive tax reform efforts. \n\nIRS Notice 2013-22, \"Public Comment Invited on Recommendations for 2013-2014 Guidance Priority List,\" March 22, 2013; all provisions. [Urged action on the Utility Allowances Submetering Proposed Rule and Casualty Loss Policies.]\n\nIRS [RIN 1545-B191] Proposed Rule \"Utility Allowances Submetering,\" August 7, 2012; all provisions.\n\nIRS Notice 2012-18 Physical Inspections Pilot Program February 9, 2012; all provisions [LIHTC compliance requirements].\n\nAdvocated for policies to promote long-term sustainablity and financial solvency of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Properties.\n\nUSDA-RHS [RIN 0575AC93] Proposed Rule, \"Civil Monetary Penalties,\" January 4, 2013; all provisions.\n\nOffered prelimiary input to USDA-RHS regarding the RHS' plans to develop a pest management policy and best practices; our input focused on application to multifamily properties. \n                                                                                                                                                                             \nUSDA-Rural Development (RD) Procedure Notice 458, September 24, 2012; RD Handbook Changes INSERT RD HB-2-3560 Chapter 3 (Revision to Attachment 3-F to reflect no change to the Fiscal Year 2013 Management Fee).\nAdvocated for increased management fees in FY 2014 for multifamily properties subject to USDA-RD regulations.\n\nAdvocated for USDA-RHS to request an anomoly on the FY 14 Continuing Resolution for FY 13 Rental Assistance Payments & to request legislative authority to retroactively pay owners affected by the FY 13 Rental Assistance on the Continuing Resolutation or final FY 14 Agriculture Appropriations bill. \n\nAdvocated for policies to address ongoing occupancy issues, including prolonged vacancies, in properties that participate in  USDA-RHS's Multifamily Housing programs.\n\nAdvocated for policies to address improper payments in USDA-RHS's Section 521 Rural Rental Assistance program, including access to HUD's Enterprise Income Verification system.\n\nAll policies related to USDA Rural Development's Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) audit for the Rental Assistance Program, Multi-Family Integrated System and its findings reviews, and rural housing preservation.", "Agriculture, Dept of (USDA),Executive Office of the President (EOP),Government Accountability Office (GAO),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD),Internal Revenue Service (IRS),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of,White House Office", null, 95000, 0, 0, "2013-10-14T17:17:24.687000-04:00"]], "columns": ["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"], "primary_keys": ["id"], "primary_key_values": ["1442106"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 13.69407493621111, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}