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University of Southern California

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  • Issues related to FY 2022 Defense Appropriations; Issues related to funding for university research and UARCs.
  • Issues related to emergency funding for institutions of higher education in H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law No: 117-2); Issues related to college athletics, including name, image, and likeness.
  • Issues related to healthcare and academic medical centers; Issues regarding hospital funding in H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law No: 117-2); Issues related to telemedicine; Issues related to Medicare sequester, S. 610 - Protecting Medicare & American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act.
  • Issues regarding FY 2022 Department of Defense Appropriations as related to defense research; Issues pertaining to defense research funding and research security in H.R. 4350 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
  • Issues related to funding for research, including the University Transportation Centers Program, in PL 117-58, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; Issues regarding FY 2022 Transportation Housing & Urban Development Appropriations as related to University transportation centers and transportation research; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act H.R. 3684 - INVEST in America Act.
  • Issues related to scientific research in the S.1260 - United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021.
  • Issues related to OSHA and private employer vaccine mandates.

Duration: to

General Issues: Budget/Appropriations, Education, Health Issues, Defense, Transportation, Science/Technology, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Immigration, Sports/Athletics

Spending: about $430,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.6776: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.)

S.3109: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

H.R.6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

Sponsor: Kay Granger (R-Texas)

S.3159: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019

Sponsor: Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)

H.R.2968: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

S.2474: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)

H.R.2470: Clean Water Infrastructure Resilience and Sustainability Act

Sponsor: Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.6201: Families First Coronavirus Response Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2: Moving Forward Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.925: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)

S.1624: HEALS Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.4049: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Sponsor: James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

S.4318: American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.4317: SAFE TO WORK Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.4319: Supporting America’s Restaurant Workers Act

Sponsor: Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

S.4320: Coronavirus Response Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020

Sponsor: Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.)

S.4321: Continuing Small Business Recovery and Paycheck Protection Program Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

S.4322: Safely Back to School and Back to Work Act

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.4323: TRUST Act of 2020

Sponsor: Mitt Romney (R-Utah)

S.4324: Restoring Critical Supply Chains and Intellectual Property Act

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

S.386: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020

Sponsor: Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

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

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.315: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act

Sponsor: Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.610: Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act

Sponsor: Tim Kaine (D-Va.)

H.R.4350: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Jeffrey Strunk Deputy Floor Director, House Speaker Boehner Floor Assistant, House Speaker Boehner Legislative Assistant, John Boehner Staff Member, Pat Tiberi
Rachel Miller Legislative Assistant, Senator Dianne Feinstein; Legislative Assistant Rep. Elliot Engel
Libby Greer Chief of Staff, Rep. Allen Boyd
Cindy Brown Leg Assistant, Rep. Stupak, 1993-1994 Leg Director, Rep. Kind, 1999- 2002 Chief of Staff, Rep. Kind, 2003-2009
Ryan Welch Legislative Director, Senator Richard Shelby Legislative Assistant, Senator Richard Shelby Legislative Correspondent, Senator Richard Shelby
Adrienne Schweer Chief of Protocol, Office of the Secretary of Defense Senior Aide and Director of Scheduling, Senator Chuck Hagel Staff Assistant, Senator Chuck Hagel
Kristina Dunklin Legislative Director, Rep. Brooks, 2018 - 2019 Legislative Director, Rep. Valadao, 2015-2018 Legislative Assistant, Rep. Valadao, 2014-2015
Derrick White Deputy Communications Director, Sen. Orrin Hatch (2000-2001)
Francesca McCrary Legislative Assistant, Rep. Elijah Cummings (2016-2017); Professional Staff, House Oversight & Reform Committee (2016)
Frank Steinberg n/a
Edward Reno III n/a
Jeff Strunk n/a

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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