Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007

Legislation/Treaties Department of Defense Authorization Bill: amendments on detainee status, interrogation and rendition (S. 1548) Material support legislation (H.R. 2764) Legislation/Treaties cont. Habeas Restoration Bills (H.R. 2826 and S. 185) Close Guantanamo legislation (S. 1469 and S. 1249) National Security with Justice Legislation (S. 1876) Taping of Interrogations (H.R. 4951) Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (H.R. 2740) Extraordinary Rendition Legislation (S. 1876) Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R. 2082) Gang Abatement and Suppression Act (S. 456) Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act (H.R. 3547) Youth PROMISE Act (H.R. 3846) Juvenile Crime Reduction Act (H.R. 3411) Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007 (H.R. 4109) Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 4300) Policies/Issues Detention of and access to courts for persons held at Guantanamo Bay and other locations Torture and ill-treatment and interrogation policies of terrorist suspects Detention and treatment of aliens suspected of terrorism Use of military commissions, combatant status review tribunals, and applicable fair trial procedures Extraordinary renditions and use of diplomatic assurances Applicability and definition of fair trial/humane treatment standards in the Geneva Conventions Death penalty: advocacy in favor of abolition and against expansion. Access to courts for vulnerable populations: advocated against restrictions on court access for immigrants, criminal defendants, prisoners and enemy combatant detainees Material witness warrants: advocated in favor of legislation to ensure that suspects are not detained as material witnesses Vulnerable refugees and material support restrictions: protecting victims of terrorism from being defined as supporters of terrorism and barred entry into US Accountability for private security and military contractors Gangs: advocacy against life without parole penalties for youth, an overly broad gang definition, and an increase in the disproportionate incarceration of racial and ethnic minorities; advocacy in favor of increased prevention and intervention services for youth Juvenile life without parole: advocacy in favor of requiring the opportunity for parole for all juvenile offenders Mental health: advocacy to increase training and the provision of mental health services to benefit court-involved youth suffering from mental health illness Prison litigation reform: amend current legislation to preserve the rule of law in US prisons and jails, and better protect prisoners from rape, assault, denials of religious freedom, and other constitutional violations

Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

HJR 0079 Disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, media ownership HR 0248 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy HR 0281 To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, discrimination HR 0372 To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy HR 0719 bill to authorize additional appropriations for supervision of Internet access by sex offenders convicted under Federal law, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sex offenders HR 0818 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, criminal justice HR 0923 To provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice HR 0985 To amend title 5, United States Code, to clarify which disclosures of information are protected from prohibited personnel practices; to require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements to the effect that such policies, forms, and agreements are consistent with certain disclosure protections, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, equal protection, privacy HR 1281 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain deceptive practices in Federal elections, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights HR 1338 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, equal protection, womens rights HR 1352 To prohibit the return or other transfer of persons by the United States, for the purpose of detention, interrogation, trial, or otherwise, to countries where torture or other inhuman treatment of persons occurs, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, torture, human rights HR 1383 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for the misuse of robocalls. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy, censorship HR 1415 To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. Issue lobbied: national security, human rights HR 1416 To restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States and to repeal the prohibition on treaty obligations establishing grounds for certain claims. Issue lobbied: national security, criminal justice, civil rights, habeas corpus HR 1431 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodation in employment, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, religious liberty HR 1955 To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 2015 To prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. . Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, equal protection, women's rights, LGBT rights HR 2102 To maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, free press, censorship HR 2638 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, employment verification HR 2831 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, equal protection, disability rights HR 3189 To establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, government oversight HR 3195 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, disability rights HR 3356 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain electronic surveillance. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 3407 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of early intervening services, particularly schoolwide positive behavior supports. Issue lobbied: civil rights, education, school-to-prison pipeline HR 3547 To increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice, gangs HR 3548 To enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, government oversight, freedom of information HR 3773 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 3782 To reiterate the exclusivity of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 as the sole authority to permit the conduct of electronic surveillance, to modernize surveillance authorities, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 3791 To modernize and expand the reporting requirements relating to child pornography, to expand cooperation in combating child pornography, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, First Amendment, criminal justice, privacy, free speech, censorship HR 3887 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, womens rights HR 3971 To encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: Civil rights, criminal justice HR 4088 To provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, immigration, privacy, employment verification HR 4114 To modify certain provisions of law relating to torture. Issue lobbied: civil rights, human rights, torture HR 4175 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to data privacy and security, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy HR 4179 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish an appeal and redress process for individuals wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a flight, or denied a right, benefit, or privilege, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy, terror watch list HR 4279 To enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. Issues lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, civil forfeiture HR 4300 To establish a meaningful opportunity for parole for each child offender sentenced to life in prison, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice HR 4545 To target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination HR 4806 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, government oversight, freedom of information HR 5035 To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to eliminate increased penalties for cocaine offenses where the cocaine involved is cocaine base, to eliminate minimum mandatory penalties for offenses involving cocaine, to use the resulting savings to provide drug treatment and diversion programs for cocaine users, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sentencing disparities, racial justice, discrimination HR 5038 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent the election practice known as caging, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, First Amendment, voting rights, free speech, criminal justice HR 5036 To direct the Administrator of General Services to reimburse certain jurisdictions for the costs of obtaining paper ballot voting systems for the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, to reimburse jurisdictions for the costs incurred in conducting audits or hand counting of the results of the general elections for Federal office to be held in November 2008, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, paper trails HR 5057 To reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, privacy, arrestee testing HR 5353 To establish broadband policy and direct the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a proceeding and public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality HR 5442 To provide individuals with access to health information of which they are a subject, to ensure personal privacy, security, and confidentiality with respect to health related information in promoting the development of a nationwide interoperable health information infrastructure, to impose criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized use of personal health information, to provide for the strong enforcement of these rights, to protect States' rights, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy HR 5501 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, women's rights, reproductive freedom, family planning, global gag rule HR 5515 To amend the Social Security Act to prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward benefits under title II of such Act and to make improvements in provisions governing totalization agreements, to amend the Social Security Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act to prevent unauthorized employment, and to improve coordination of the provisions of such Acts, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, immigration, privacy HR 5607 To provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secret privilege. Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, government oversight HR 5803 To direct the Election Assistance Commission to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some other emergency situation, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights, paper ballots HR 5950 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigrants rights, criminal justice HR 5994 To amend the Clayton Act with respect to competitive and nondiscriminatory access to the Internet. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality HR 6098 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 6123 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to cyberbullying. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice HR 6193 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop and administer policies, procedures, and programs to promote the implementation of the Controlled Unclassified Information Framework applicable to unclassified information that is homeland security information, terrorism information, weapons of mass destruction information and other information within the scope of the information sharing environment established under section 1016 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 485), and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, government oversight, freedom of information HR 6304 To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy HR 6331 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, reproductive freedom, abstinence-only programs HR 6518 To increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination HR 6575 To require the Archivist of the United States to promulgate regulations to prevent the over-classification of information, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, government oversight HR 6588 To preclude searches of laptop computers and similar devices based on the power as sovereign to search at the border or upon entry to the United States. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy HR 6617 To strengthen communities through English literacy, civics, education, and immigrant integration programs. Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigrants rights HR 6680 To permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis. Issue lobbied: civil rights, drug policy HR 6702 To impose requirements with regard to border searches of digital electronic devices and digital storage media, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy HR 6778 To secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights HR 6869 To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue a rule with respect to border security searches of electronic devices, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy HR 6932 To amend the Fair Housing Act to prevent discrimination relating to the display of religious symbols, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, religious liberty, discrimination HR 7033 To provide safeguards with respect to the Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, background checks HR 7136 To secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights HR 7255 To reform immigration detention procedures, and for other purposes. Issues lobbied: civil rights, immigration, detention HRES 1211 Expressing the sense of the House that the Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise and Terrorism Enterprise Investigation as modified on May 30, 2002 ("Ashcroft Guidelines") should be rescinded and replaced by the former Guidelines ('Levi guidelines') to protect Americans from domestic Federal Bureau of Investigation spying in the absence of suspected criminal activity. Issue lobbied: national security, First Amendment, free speech S 0185 A bill to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United States. Issue lobbied: national security, habeas corpus, human rights S 0215 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure net neutrality. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, net neutrality S 0274 A bill to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, civil rights, criminal justice, privacy S 0453 A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, voting rights S 0456 A bill to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice, gangs S 0495 A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. Issue lobbied: civil rights, civil liberties, criminal justice, privacy S 576 A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights. Issue lobbied: national security, criminal justice, civil rights, habeas corpus, human rights S 0717 A bill to repeal title II of the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more rapidly produce tamper- and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses, and to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve improved 21st century licenses to improve national security. Issue lobbied: national security, civil liberties, privacy, REAL ID S 1267 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, free press, reporters shield S 1469 A bill to require the closure of the Department of Defense detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, human rights, habeas corpus S 1548 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, habeas corpus, detention S 1711 A bill to target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, discrimination, racial justice S 1738 A bill to require the Department of Justice to develop and implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, sex offenders S 1780 A bill to require the FCC, in enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, fleeting expletives S 1843 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, discrimination, fair pay, equal protection S 1927 A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to provide additional procedures for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence information and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy S 1959 A bill to establish the National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, privacy, civil rights S 2011 A bill entitled "The Protect America Act of 2007". Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2035 A bill to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, free press, reporters' shield S 2052 A bill to allow for certiorari review of certain cases denied relief or review by the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Issue lobbied: civil rights, due process, access to the courts S 2088 A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2111 A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports. Issue lobbied: civil rights, education, school-to-prison pipeline S 2135 A bill to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child soldiers, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, immigration S 2248 An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2291 A bill to enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style of Government documents issued to the public, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, government oversight, freedom of information S 2533 A bill to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act. Issue lobbied: national security, civil rights, privacy, government oversight S 2624 A bill to regulate political robocalls. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, civil rights S 2746 A bill to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to provide that staturtory exemptions to the disclosure requirment of that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals to explictly stat such required citations, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: national security, First Amendment, free speech, censorship, freedom of information, government oversight S 2945 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice occurs on the date on which the aggrieved person knew or should have known that the person was affected by the decision or practice, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, womens rights, discrimination, fair pay S 2977 A bill to create a Federal cause of action to determine whether defamation exists under United States law in cases in which defamation actions have been brought in foreign courts against United States persons on the basis of publications or speech in the United States. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, civil rights, criminal justice S 3001 An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties S 3005 A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish procedures for the timely and effective delivery of medical and mental health care to all immigration detainees in custody, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigration, criminal justice S 3061 A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, human rights, womens rights S 3136 A bill to encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC database by States and provide additional resources for extradition. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, privacy S 3140 A bill to provide that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights S 3143 A bill to assist law enforcement agencies in locating, arresting, and prosecuting fugitives from justice. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice S 3155 A bill to reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, juvenile justice, gangs S 3182 An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, science, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, restrictions on legal services corporations S 3209 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify the filing period applicable to charges of discrimination, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil rights, womens rights, discrimination S 3217 A bill to provide appropriate protection to attorney-client privileged communications and attorney work product. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, attorney-client protections S 3245 A bill to increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process. Issue lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, racial justice, discrimination S 3297 A bill to advance America's priorities. Issue lobbied: civil liberties S 3325 A bill to enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. Issues lobbied: civil rights, criminal justice, civil forfeiture S 3406 A bill to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Issue lobbied: civil rights, disability rights, discrimination S 3474 A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to enhance information security of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy S 3594 A bill to protect United States citizens from unlawful arrest and detention. Issue lobbied: civil rights, immigrants rights S 3612 A bill to protect citizens and legal residents of the United States from unreasonable searches and seizures of electronic equipment at the border, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, privacy S 3628 A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to establish provisions with respect to religious accommodations in employment, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, civil rights, religious liberty, discrimination S 3640 A bill to secure the Federal voting rights of persons who have been released from incarceration. Issue lobbied: civil rights, voting rights S 3662 An original bill to establish the Controlled Unclassified Information Office, to require policies and procedures for the designation, marking, safeguarding, and dissemination of controlled unclassified information, and for other purposes. Issue lobbied: civil liberties, national security, freedom of information, government oversight SJR 0028 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media ownership. Issue lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, censorship, media ownership Repeal of HIV travel ban (CDC and HHS), expansion of federal refusal clauses (HHS), streamlining public housing programs (HUD), deaths in immigration detention (DHS, Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties), immigrant access to the courts (DHS, Office of Inspector General), immigration enforcement (ICE), improving living standards for immigrants in detention facilities (ICE), shackling of pregnant women (ICE), immigration enforcement on school campuses (DHS, Customs and Border Protection), detainee medical care (DHS, Division of Immigration Health Services), deaths of immigration detainees (DOJ), regulations for government spying and FBI investigations (DOJ), information sharing (DOJ), Ex. Order 12333 (DOJ), domestic violence on tribal lands (DOJ, Violence Against Indian Women Task Force), DOJ voting rights enforcement (DOJ, Civil Rights Division, Voting Section), medical treatment of ICE detainees (DOJ, Bureau of Prisons), commutations for non-violent crack offenses (DOJ, Office of the Pardon Attorney), PREA standards (National Prison Rape Elimination Commission), medical refusals (President's Council on Bioethics), religious discrimination in prisons (Commission on Civil Rights), crack/powder sentencing disparity (Sentencing Commission)

Client expense: $467,669 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

H.R. 4300, the "Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2007" - Sections 3 & 5 Concern expressed over the use of "the age of 18" in these sections as not all states use age 18 as the age of majority. The association's Resolution Supporting a Coordinated and Balanced Approach to Juvenile Justice was provided to Congressional staff.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Justice Program, President of the U.S., SENATE