Helping to Improve Technology Education and Achievement Act of 2000

H.R. 2915, S. 1908 -- Student Privacy Protection Act H.R. 441 -- Education Options Act H.R. 2 -- Student Results Act S. 2254 -- Public Education Reinvestments, Reinvention, and Responsibility Act S. 97 -- Children's Online Privacy Act of 1998 H.R. 2560 -- The Teacher Empowerment Act S. 2045 -- American Competition in the 21st Century Act H.R. 3983 -- Helping Improve Technology Education & Competiveness Act PL 105-227 -- Childern's Online Privacy Act of 1998

Client expense: $333,358 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Printing Office (GPO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

S. 2045 - "American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act of 2000" (became Public Law 106-313) Legislation to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens. H.R. 3983 - "Helping to Improve Technology Education and Achievement Act of 2000" Legislation to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers, to improve the collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees, and for other purposes. H.R. 4200 - "American Worker Information Technology Skills Improvement Act of 2000" Legislation to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and to assure fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas, and for other purposes. H.R. 4402 - "Training and Education for American Workers Act of 2000" Legislation to amend the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 to improve the use of amounts deposited into the H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Account for demonstration programs and projects to provide technical skills training for occupations for which there is a high demand for skilled workers, and for other purposes. H.R. 4227 - "Technology Worker Temporary Relief Act" Legislation to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the number of aliens granted nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to implement measures to prevent fraud and abuse in the granting of such status, and for other purposes. H.R. 5362 - "To increase the amount of fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, and for other purposes (became Public Law 106-311) Legislation to increase the amount of fees charged to employers who are petitioners for the employment of H-1B non-immigrant workers, and for other purposes.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

S. 2045 by FRIST (R-TN) A bill to reauthorize the Next Generation Internet Act, and for other purposes. S. 296 by FRIST (R-TN)-Federal Research Investment Act, incorporated into Title II of S. 2046 H.R. 3983 by DREIER (R-CA) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers, to improve the collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees, and for other purposes. H.R. 4227 by SMITH, LAMAR (R-TX) To amend the Immigration and nationality Act with respect to the number of aliens granted nonimmigrant status described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(I)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. S. 2045 by HATCH (R-UT) A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to H-1B nonimmigrant aliens. H.R. 2086 by Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act (NITRD) H.R. 3569 by KUCINICH (D-OH) To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish an independent office to be known as the Office for Protection of Human Research Subjects, and to assign to such Office responsiblity for administering regulations regarding the protection of human subjects in Federal research projects.

Client expense: $99,486 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE