{"database": "lobbying", "table": "lobbying_activities", "rows": [[2693599, "0dcd02c4-e182-4f7f-8eb5-802e4b5e37ae", "Q3", "AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO", 54302, "AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO", 2021, "third_quarter", "BUD", "Lobbied to impress upon lawmakers the impact of cuts, freezes or insufficient COLAs on federal employees' compensation and benefits including requiring employees to pay additional salary towards retirement. \n\nFY 2022 Homeland Security Appropriations (H.R. 4431) --Lobbied in support of additional funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Protective Service (FPS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). \n\nFY 2022 Defense Appropriations (H.R. 4432)--Lobbied in support of limitations on use of appropriated funds for service contracts unless their planning, programming and budgeting is in compliance with section 2329 of title 10 and related total force management statutes.\n\nFY 2022 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations (H.R. 4355)-Lobbied in support for funding to hire new employees to fill vacancies; provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and against further contracting out. Lobbied for the inclusion of language to prevent unilateral implementation of collective bargaining agreements.\n\nFY 2022 Interior and Environment Appropriations (H.R. 4372)--Lobbied on provisions relating to full funding and staffing, implementation of Executive Order 14003, preventing the relocation, consolidation or closure of any EPA facility, and adequate health and safety protocols. \n\nFY 2022 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations (H.R. 4502)-Lobbied on contracting out, funding cuts to services such as college aid for students, rural healthcare services, and funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and status of collective bargaining.  Lobbied for increased Social Security Administration funding and status of collective bargaining. Lobbied to restore adequate funding to the Social Security Administration for field operations and for telework and a review of legal assistant positions in the Office of Hearing Operations. Lobbied on status of reopening offices, downsizing of office space, status of contract in light of Executive Order 14003 to renegotiation portions of contract affected by previous Trump executive orders. Lobbied in support for funding and revitalized infrastructure for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL).  Lobbied for full funding and staffing at OSHA and MSHA. \n\nFY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (H.R. 4345) -Lobbied for a 3.2% pay increase for all federal employees, for parity in locality pay boundaries for wage-grade employees and for paid family and medical leave. \n\nFY 2022 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations (H.R. 4505)--Lobbied for higher funding levels for Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and continued prohibition of closure of minimum security camps; lobbied for funding to hire adequate numbers of correctional staff; end the use of augmentation to compensate for lack of hiring correctional officer positions; alleviating overcrowding at high-security institutions; need to increase unit officer staff at high security institutions; and reduce the use of BOP contract prisons. \n\nFY 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations (H.R. 4550) --Lobbied on contracting out, pay, benefits, and working conditions of federal employees. Lobbied to fully fund authorized rail inspector positions at the Federal Rail Administration and for an upgrade to the GS-13 level for inspectors and for safety equipment for hazardous materials inspectors\n\nFY 2022 Agriculture Appropriations (H.R. 4356)--Lobbied against provisions on contracting out of federal employee jobs and funding cuts to the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Lobbied against creation of a modernized beef slaughter inspection system or issue line speed waivers to beef slaughter plants. (Sandra)\n\nFY 2022 Energy and Water Appropriations (H.R. 4549/S. 2605) --Lobbied on provisions relating to consolidation or closure of any National Energy Technology Laboratories (NETL) facilities, human capital authority at NETL and cuts in funding for fossil fuel research conducted at NETL. Lobbied in support of full official time rights for federal workers including monitoring and ensuring the EEOC official time final rule is not implemented. (Fiona)\n\nLobbied in support of a Congressional Review Act disapproval for the EEOC conciliation final rule and lobbied in support of empowering EEOC employees by granting subpoena power to administrative judges. Lobbied in opposition to a GAO study of EEOC ordered by Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-VA).  Lobbied in support for ensuring cases are adequately handled and adjudicated at EEOC \n\nLobbied in support of the \"Recognizing the Environmental Gains in Overcoming Negligence Act\" (REGION Act) to ensure that no EPA office be closed, consolidated, or eliminated using funds made available in any appropriations act for any fiscal year.\n\nLobbied in support for the FAST Act and the reauthorization of the Highway Trust Fund to ensure AFGE EPA Council 238 members at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration were not furloughed. \n\nLobbied in support of H.R. 564, the \"Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act and AFGE President Kelley testified at hearing entitled, Leading by Example: The Need for Comprehensive Paid Leave for the Federal Workforce and Beyond on Thursday, June 24, 2021.\n\nLobbied in support of universal paid family leave in the Build Back Better Budget Reconciliation to include all federal employees through Medicare HI tax eligibility.\n\nLobbied for higher funding levels for the United States Census Bureau, American Community Survey, Economic Survey, and Bureau of Labor Statistics relocation.\n\nContinuing Resolution: Lobbied for passage of the CR to fund the federal government until December 3, 2021 and avert federal employee furloughs.  Lobbied against allowing the surface transportation authorization to lapse, which resulted in furloughs of 3,700 employees at the U.S. Department of Transportation.\n \nBuild 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", null, 420000, 0, 0, "2021-10-19T16:35:01.657000-04:00"]], "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": ["2693599"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.269622033461928, "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"}