{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[2338677, "382e271e-39ef-4166-b5f1-2567f74c9a8e", "Q3", "NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE", 27467, "NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE", 2019, "third_quarter", "RET", "Cost of Living Adjustment (COLAs) Relief.  H.R. 860/S. 269, the Social Security 2100 Act; H.R. 1170/S. 478, the Social Security Expansion Act; H.R. 1553, the Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2019; and H.R. 2302/S. 1132, the Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act:  Proposals to adopt the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining COLAs  for Social Security beneficiaries.\n\nSocial Security Expansion.  H.R. 860/S. 269, the Social Security 2100 Act; H.R. 1170/S. 478, the Social Security Expansion Act; H.R. 2302/S. 1132, the Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act; and H.R. 2654, the Strengthening Social Security Act:  Proposals to improve benefits and to strengthen Social Security's financing by altering the payroll tax cap, among other changes.\n\nCaregiver Social Security Credits. H.R. 4126, the Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2019:  Proposal to provide Social Security wage credits for individuals who reduce their participation in the workforce or leave the workforce to provide care to specified family members and relatives.\n\nSupplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration. H.R. 4280, the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2019:  Proposal to update provisions in the SSI program to reflect inflation since 1972 and to increase the asset limit to $10,000 for an individual and $15,000 for a couple.\n\nSocial Security Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision.  H.R. 141/S. 521, Social Security Fairness Act of 2019:  Proposal to repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision.  \n\nSocial Security Benefit Statement (No bill.)  Proposal to have the Social Security Administration resume annual distribution of benefit statements to eligible individuals.\n\nProtecting Seniors from Garnishment.  (No bill.)  Proposal to protect Social Security beneficiaries from having their Social Security benefits garnished to recover unpaid student loans.\n\nDisability Adjudication.  (No bill.)  Proposal to stop the Social Security Administration from reinstituting the reconsideration step of the Social Security Disability Insurance adjudication process in the ten states where that step is not used.   \nSocial Security and Supplemental Security Income Disability Benefits Adjudication.  (No bill):  Comments on regulatory proposals to alter the rules regarding the evaluation of medical evidence for the purpose of adjudicating claims for both Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits.\n\nProhibit Payment of Social Security and Supplemental Security Insurance Benefits.  (No bill.)  Proposal to bar payment of benefits for seniors with outstanding warrants for their arrest.  \n\nSocial Security Benefit Improvement.  (No bill.)  Proposal to adjust benefit levels for individuals who have been on the Social Security benefit rolls for many years. \n\nSocial Security Office Closures.  H.R. 2302/S. 1132, the Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act, H.R. 2901/S. 1616, the Maintain Access to Vital Social Security Services Act:  Proposals to protect and preserve Social Securitys network of local field offices from closure or consolidation.\n\nStrengthening Beneficiaries Rights.  (No bill.)  Various proposals relating to the protection and rights available to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries.\n\nSocial Security Disability Insurance Waiting Periods. H.R. 4386/S. 2496, the Stop the Wait Act: Proposal to eliminate the 36-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for disabled individuals and the 5-month waiting period for start of payment of cash benefits.", "Administration on Aging,Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Executive Office of the President (EOP),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Justice, Dept of (DOJ),Labor, Dept of (DOL),Natl Economic Council (NEC),Office of Management & Budget (OMB),SENATE,Social Security Administration (SSA),Treasury, Dept of", null, 190000, 0, 0, "2019-10-04T13:44:22.567000-04:00"]], "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": ["2338677"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 74.69099899753928, "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"}