Lobbying Relationship

Client

Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys (fka Am Ac Adpt Attnys)

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Lobbying firm

Sims Strategies, LLC

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  • S. 2895/H.R. 3662, the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023. Issues related to treatment of Adoption Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ATINs) with respect to the Child Tax Credit.
  • Education related to and in support of domestic and international adoption. H.R. 6220, the ADOPT Act of 2023. Issues related to IVF access.

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General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Family Issues/Abortion/Adoption, Immigration

Spending: about $560,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Treasury - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.253: Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017

Sponsor: Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)

S.937: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.2476: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Diane Black (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3092: Permanency for Children Act of 2017

Sponsor: Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

S.2960: Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.5965: Access to Infertility Treatment and Care Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.2522: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.5233: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2018

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.1652: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2019

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.2965: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2019

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.363: Intercountry Adoption Advisory Committee Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.1554: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.R.2731: Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.1319: American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

S.1156: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2021

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3031: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2021

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

S.1156: Native American Entrepreneurial and Opportunity Act of 2023

Sponsor: John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.)

H.R.3031: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Sponsor: Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.)

S.2895: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.3662: Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

H.R.6220: Adoption Deserves Oversight, Protection, and Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Ann McLane Kuster (D-N.H.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Michaela Sims Legislative Counsel, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE); Legislative Director and Counsel, Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) Legislative Counsel, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE); Legislative Director and Counsel, Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE)
Edward Prettyman Legislative Correspondent and Constituent Services Representative, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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