Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008

Access for uninsured (S 1886 & S 1975), Biosimilares (S 1695 & HR 5629), health care reform, United Kingdom (pricing reform), Italy (health care reform & pricing), Germany (health care reform & pricing), France (health care reform & pricing), funding to fight tuberculosis (HR 5501, S 2731), Follow-on Biologics (S 623 & HR 1956), FDA Reauthorization (HR 3580), Medicare Reimbursement (HR 6331), Patent Reform (HR 1908, S 1145)

Client expense: $2,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Funding to fight tuberculosis (HR 5501, S 2731)

Client expense: $2,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Access for uninsured (S 1886 & S 1975), Biosimilares (S 1695 & HR 5629), health care reform, United Kingdom (pricing reform), Italy (health care reform & pricing), Germany (health care reform & pricing), France (health care reform & pricing), funding to fight tuberculosis (HR 5501, S 2731), Follow-on Biologics (S 623 & HR 1956), FDA Reauthorization (HR 3580), Medicare Reimbursement (HR 6331), Patent Reform (HR 1908, S 1145)

Client expense: $2,860,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Abortion or Reproductive Rights related amendments. Briefing House and Senate offices on Center priorities including their Federal Policy Agenda. Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 [H.R. 5501] -- specifically provisions related to international family planning. A maternal mortality resolution (H.Res.1022) and a resolution on the International Convention of the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (H.Res.1055).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 2761, H.R. 5501 - PEPFAR FY09 Foreign Operations Bill (number not yet assigned)

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

H.R. 5501/S.2731, tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leasership Against HIV/Aids, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, Provisions pertaining to HIV/Aids drug treatment.

Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5501/S.2731, tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leasership Against HIV/Aids, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, Provisions pertaining to HIV/Aids drug treatment.

Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5501/S.2731, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/Aids, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, Provisions pertaining to HIV/AIDS drug treatment.

Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

U.S.-Russia Economic Relations H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation U.S. Policy on Foreign Investment; U.S. Policy on Protecting Intellectual Property; US-China Strategic Economic Dialogue; U.S. Policy on China; U.S. Policy on Latin America; Security and Prosperity Partnership (Canada/Mexico)

Client expense: $733,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R. 1424 Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act H.R. 5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act H.R. 5918 Small Business Health Options Program Act H.R. 6210 Small Business Health Options Program Act H.R. 6357 Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act H.R. 7016 Susan B. Anthony Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act H.R. 7067 Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act S. 558 Mental Health Parity Act S. 1693 Wired for Health Care Quality Act S. 2731 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act S. 2795 Small Business Health Options Program Act S. 3408 Comparative Effectiveness Research Act H. Con. Res. 342 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest. S. Con. Res. 88 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new policy restricting women's access to medications containing estriol does not serve the public interest. Docket No. DEA 218 Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances, CFR Parts 1300, 1304, 1306, 1311 RIN 0991-AB48 Provider Conscience Regulations Request for language in the standards governing ICE detention practices that prohibits the use of shackles or restraints on pregnant women in ICE custody

Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

H.R. 5501 PEPFAR reauthorization H.R. 4052/S. 2347 Prevention Through Affordable Access Act

Client expense: $29,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 2793/H.R. 2478: Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act S. 2731: U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 H.R. 5501: PEPFAR reauthorization

Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

Support free and fair trade and sound development policies, especially as they pertain to Africa and the Caribbean. Promote US action to help the people of Darfur, Sudan. Support legislation to take the African National Congress off the terrorist watch list (H.R. 5690). Support H.R. 180. Support debt relief for poor nations, the Jubilee Act, H.R. 2634 / S. 2166. Support initiaves to fight global disease and end extreme poverty. Support lifting the US embargo on Cuba. Support S. 2271, enabling divestment in Sudan. Oppose "Vulture Funds"; support Haitians who move to the Dominican Republic. Support reforming the Temporary Protected Status to make it easier for Haitians to enter the US. Support the Tom Lantos, Henry Hyde Global AIDS reauthorization (H.R. 5501). Support a resolution commending Nelson Madela on his 90th birthday (H Res 1090).

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Voice of America, White House Office

Support free and fair trade and sound development policies, especially as they pertain to Africa and the Caribbean. Promote US action to help the people of Darfur, Sudan. Support legislation to take the African National Congress off the terrorist watch list (H.R. 5690). Support H.R. 180. Support debt relief for poor nations, the Jubilee Act, H.R. 2634 / S. 2166. Support initiaves to fight global disease and end extreme poverty. Support lifting the US embargo on Cuba. Support S. 2271, enabling divestment in Sudan. Oppose "Vulture Funds"; support Haitians who move to the Dominican Republic. Support reforming the Temporary Protected Status to make it easier for Haitians to enter the US. Support the Tom Lantos, Henry Hyde Global AIDS reauthorization (H.R. 5501). Support a resolution commending Nelson Madela on his 90th birthday (H Res 1090).

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Voice of America, White House Office

Funding to fight tuberculosis (HR 5501, S 2731, S 968, HR 1567)

Client expense: $2,895,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Access for uninsured (S 1886 & S 1975), Biosimilars (S 1695 & HR 5629), healthcare reform, United Kingdom (pricing reform), Italy (healthcare reform & pricing), Germany (healthcare reform & pricing), France (healthcare reform & pricing), funding to fight tuberculosis (HR 5501, S 2731, S 968, HR 1567), Follow-on biologics (S 623 & HR 1956)

Client expense: $2,895,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

Lantos/Hyde US Global Leadership Against AIDS, TB, and Malaria Reauthorization Act (HR 5501/S2731) International Family Planning Funding (House only) International Child Marriage Prevention Acts (HR 3175/S1998)

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

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. 5501/S. 2731 Lantos/Hyde Leadership Act Against AIDS, TB, and Malaria FY 2009 State/Foreign Operations Appropriations

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

H.R. 5501/S. 2731 Lantos/Hyde Leadership Act Against HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria FY 2009 State/Foreign Operations bill H.R. 2266/S. 1418 United States Commitment to Global Child Survival Act of 2007 H.R. 1225 Focus on the Family Health Worldwide Act of 2007

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2009 (ALL PROVISIONS RELATED TO GLOBAL HEALTH); S3288; HR5501 TOM LANTOS AND HENRY J. HYDE UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008 (ALL); S2731 TOM LANTOS AND HENRY J. HYDE UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008 (ALL).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $156,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 860/H.R. 3326 - Early Treatment for HIV Act, all sections, provide States the option to expand Medicaid coverage to early inter- vention, treatment, and healthcare for people living with HIV. H. R. 6680, Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act, all sections, will permit the use of Federal funds for syringe exchange programs for purposes of reducing the transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis. *FY2009 Senate and House Labor HHS Appropriations S 3230, H.R. 3043, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Title II, support increased funding for NIH, HRSA and CDC including HIV prevention, treatment, education, training and care, and research. Seek removal of ban spending federal funds on syringe access. End funding for abstinence-only program . S 3260, no House bill number, Title VIII, Section 813, Financial Services and General Government, maintain removal of ban on spending local Washington DC tax funds on syringe access and seek removal of ban on spending federal funds on syringe access, additionally support for $1.4 million to the White House Office of National AIDS Policy for the development of a National AIDS Strategy. S 3261, H.R. 3074, Title II, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Support increased funding for Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA). S. 823/H.R. 1420, Microbicide Development Act, all titles, support authorization of increased research funding for microbicides and for coordination among federal agencies conducting microbicide research. Support establishing a branch within the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) dedicated to the development of microbicides. S. 972/H.R. 1653, The Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act, all sections, support state grants (and evaluation of grants) for family life education programs, including education on abstinence and contraception for the prevention of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS. H.R. 178, Justice for the Unprotected Against Sexually Transmitted Infections among the Confined and Exposed (JUSTICE) Act of 2007, all sections, support allowing community organizations to provide STI counseling, prevention education, and sexual barrier protection devices in federal correctional facilities and support a "sense of Congress" resolution that States should allow legal distribution of sexual barrier protection devices in state correctional facilities to reduce the prevalence and spread of STIs. Support report on correctional facility programs to reduce the spread of STIs and development and implemention of a 5-year strategy to reduce the prevalence and spread of STIs in federal and state correctional facilities. H.R. 822, Routine HIV/AIDS Screening Coverage Act of 2007, all sections, support amending the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and Title 5, United States Code, to require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV/AIDS screening. H.R. 1713, Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth (PATHWAY) Act of 2007, all sections, support requiring Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) to establish a comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls in countries that receive United States assistance to combat HIV/AIDS. H.R. 3014 - Health Equity and Accountability Act, all Titles, support improved access and services for linguistic and minority populations, report on, and support of workforce diversity, including career training, cultural competence training, expansion of minority serving institutions and training programs, collection of data on race, ethnicity and linguistic programs. H.R. 6114, Simplifying and Updating National Standards to Encourage Testing (SUNSET) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus of 2008, all sections, support for ending restrictions on HIV testing and recommends the VA participate in an informed verbal consent process for HIV testing. H.R. 1943, The Stop AIDS in Prison Act, all sections, support development of a comprehensive policy to provide HIV testing, treatment, and prevention for inmates within the correctional setting and upon reentry. S.558, H.R.1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007, bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services. Note that H.R. 1424 became the vehicle for the economic stabilization act, however AIDS Action solely worked on the parity provisions and did not advocate regarding the broader bailout. (Note: passed Oct 3, 2008) H.R. 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. In this continuing resolution, AIDS Action sought increased funding for CDC HIV Prevention programs (but ultimately not included in bill). H. Con Res. 426/S. Con. Res. 103, Resolution to Honor 10th Anniversary of Minority AIDS Initiative to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Minority AIDS Initiative and renew the call to address the disproportionate impact of HIV and AIDS in minority communities. Regulatory Activities related to passage of H.R. 5501/S. 2731, Lantos/Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act, all Titles, including regulatory activity related to remove the categorical legal bar to prospective HIV-positive immigrants, foreign students, refugees, and tourists from entry into the United States No Bill Number, SAMHSA Reauthorization, all sections, reauthorization expected 111th Congress, provides funding for substance abuse treatment particularly treatment for people living with or at risk for HIV, including Minority AIDS Funding. No Bill Number - Ryan White CARE Act Reauthorization, all Titles, reauthorization expected before Sept. 30, 2009, support reauthorization of payer of last resort funding for cities, states, direct clinical services, direct family services, dental, Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) to provide funding for people living with HIV plus education and training for professionals providing services.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

H.Res. 389, "Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day" H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act

Client expense: $1,080,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Smithsonian Institution, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 5629/S. 1695, Biologics Price Competition & Innovation Act. Lobbied Members of Congress in support of an FDA pathway for biosimilar products, patient safety, and data exclusivity. H.R. 1424, The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act.Lobbied Members of Congress in support of mental health parity and against increased Medicaid rebates. S. 2731/ H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. Lobbied Members of Congress in support of reauthorization of the Presidents Emergency Program for AIDS Relief. H.R. 5839, Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act. Lobbied to educate Members of Congress about safety of the prescription drug supply chain. H.R. 3610, Food and Drug Import Safety Act of 2007. Lobbied to ensure safety and access to prescription drugs. S. 999, The STOP Stroke Act. Lobbied for passage of bill. NO BILL, Pharmaceuticals in The environment. Lobbied to educate Members of Congress on the issue of pharmaceuticals in the environment. H.R.3043, Labor, HHS Appropriations Bill. Lobbied to ensure patient access to HIV/AIDS medicines through ADAP.

Client expense: $1,025,520 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.6381/S.3398 - Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 H.R.5839 - Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2008 S.3385 - FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Health Care Reform S.2221 Transparency in Medical Device Pricing Act of 2007 S. 1695 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 S. 623/H.R. 1038 Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act H.R.5629 Pathway for Biosimlars Act H.R.1956 Patient Protection and Innovative Biologic Medicines Act of 2007 S 2029 Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2007 Topics relates to the safety of medical products H.R. 3610, the Food and Drug Import Safety Act S.2731/H.R. 5501 - Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reuthorization Act of 2008

Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FY 2009 Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act (no bill number); HR 5501/S 2731, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008; and HR 7180/S3642, Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act: support public and private funding for safe and affordable drinking water and sanitation systems abroad.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

S. 242/H.R. 380- Pharmaceutical Market Access and Drug Safety Act of 2007- entire bill. S. 586/H.R. 1968- Community Health Workers Act of 2007- entire bill. S. 980/H.R. 6353- Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2007- entire bill. S. 1240/H.R. 464- Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act of 2007- entire bill. S. 1375- Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act/MOTHERS Act- entire bill. S. 1376/H.R. 2606- 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007- entire bill. S. 2347/H.R. 4054- Prevention Through Affordable Access Act- entire bill. S. 1555/H.R. 2596- Access to Birth Control Act- entire bill. S.1800/H.R. 2064- Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act- entire bill. S. 2731/ H.R. 5501- The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008- provisions related to family planning, sex education, abstinence, and abortion. H.R. 20- Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act- entire bill. H.R. 1424- Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007- potential provision related to abortion and possible provision related to nominal drug pricing. H.R. 3014- The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007- entire bill. H.Res. 1131- Recognizing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention observes the month of April as National STD Awareness Month and urging the House of Representatives to focus greater attention on activities related to the prevention of STDs and screening and treatment for STDs- entire resolution. H.R. 6357- Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication Through Health Care Technology Act- provisions on health care technology transition. H.R. 6100/S. 3040- Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008- entire bill. H.R. 6906- H.I.V. Education and Prevention Act of 2008- entire bill. H.R. 6680- Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act- entire bill. H.R. 6358- Stop Abuse in Residential Treatment Programs Act of 2008- provision related to contraceptive access. H.R. 1237/S. 2510- Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008- entire bill. S. 20/ H.R. 7310- Protecting Patients and Health Care Act- entire bill. H.R. 7296- Midnight Rule Act- provision relating to the Department of Health and Human Services physician conscience regulation. S. 3297- Advancing Americas Priorities Act- provision related to nominal drug pricing. H.Con.Res. 400- Expressing the support of the Congress regarding the need to ensure health care for women and health care for all in national health care reform- entire resolution.

Client expense: $121,667 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1375- Mom's Opportunity to Access Health, Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act/MOTHERS Act- entire bill. S. 1376/H.R. 2606- 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act of 2007- entire bill. S. 2347/H.R. 4054- Prevention Through Affordable Access Act- entire bill. S. 1555/H.R. 2596- Access to Birth Control Act- entire bill. S. 2731/ H.R. 5501- The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008- provisions related to family planning, sex education, abstinence, and abortion. H.R. 20- Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act- entire bill. H.R. 1424- Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007- potential provision related to abortion and possible provision related to nominal drug pricing. H.R. 6100/S. 3040- Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008- entire bill. H.R. 1237/S. 2510- Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008- entire bill. S. 20/ H.R. 7310- Protecting Patients and Health Care Act- entire bill. H.R. 7296- Midnight Rule Act- provision relating to the Department of Health and Human Services physician conscience regulation. S. 3297- Advancing Americas Priorities Act- provision related to nominal drug pricing. H.Res.1131 - Recognizing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention observes the month of April as National STD Awareness Month and urging the House of Representatives to focus greater attention on activities related to the prevention of STDs and screening and treatment for STDs- entire resolution. H.Con.Res. 400- Expressing the support of the Congress regarding the need to ensure health care for women and health care for all in national health care reform- entire bill.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support free and fair trade and sound development policies, especially as they pertain to Africa and the Caribbean. Promote US action to help the people of Darfur, Sudan. Support legislation to take the African National Congress off the terrorist watch list (H.R. 5690). Support H.R. 180. Support debt relief for poor nations, the Jubilee Act, H.R. 2634 / S. 2166. Support initiaves to fight global disease and end extreme poverty. Support lifting the US embargo on Cuba. Support S. 2271, enabling divestment in Sudan. Oppose "Vulture Funds"; support Haitians who move to the Dominican Republic. Support reforming the Temporary Protected Status to make it easier for Haitians to enter the US. Support the Tom Lantos, Henry Hyde Global AIDS reauthorization (H.R. 5501). Support a resolution commending Nelson Madela on his 90th birthday (H Res 1090).

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Voice of America, White House Office

On legislation to reauthorize "global AIDS" (PEPFAR) program, provided analysis of various provisions and contemplated amendments; did not oppose HR 5501 as passed by the House or as ultimately amended by the Senate. On Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (H.R. 6331), Section 162, answered inquiries to provide assurance we were not opposing the bill. (continued) On Senator Max Baucus's "Call to Action[:] Health Reform 2009" [commonly known as "Baucus White Paper on Health Reform"], Healthy Americans Act (S. 334), and health care reform generally, opposed rationing of health care, supported addition of variable withhold financing method to avoid rationing, analysis of abortion mandates and revisions to avoid enactment of abortion mandates. On Comprehensive Effectiveness Research Act of 2008 (S. 3408), regarding comparative effectiveness standards in Medicare, worked to ensure that patient's competence, age, expected length of life, present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, or quality of life will not be used as the basis for denial of Medicare benefits to patients against their wishes. Support for S. 1810, Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Act.

Client expense: $99,103 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE

Tuberculosis funding; PEPFAR; S. 2731; H.R.5501

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FOREIGN OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT 2009 (ALL PROVISIONS RELATED TO GLOBAL HEALTH); S3288; HR5501 TOM LANTOS AND HENRY J. HYDE UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AGAINS HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008 (ALL); S 2731 TOM LANTOS AND HENRY J. HYDE UNITED STATES GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIE REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2008 (ALL)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $156,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, S. 2731/H.R. 5501.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5501 and S. 2731, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (PEPFAR abstinence earmark, microbicide development and family planning-HIV integration.)

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 5501/S. 2731, PEPFAR Reauthorization

Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office

H.R. 3014 and S. 1576, legislation to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care and health status HR 5496, the Public Health Preparedness Workforce Development Act of 2008 S. 558 and H.R. 1424, mental health parity legislation H.R. 5501, United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 S. 1200, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA) Amendments of 2007 S. 2465, the Vaccines for Children Access Act of 2008 HR. 1567/S. 968, the Comprehensive TB Elimination Act H.R. 1532/S. 1551, the Stop TB Now Act General advocacy in support of strengthening the public health workforce General advocacy in support of health system reform

Client expense: $20,028 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, White House Office

S. 2731/H.R. 5501 Tom Lantos and Henry Hyde Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria of 2008

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE

S. 24, Perchlorate Monitoring and Right-to-Know Act of 2007 S. 150, Protecting Pregnant Women and Children From Perchlorate Act S. 255, New Mexico Water Planning Assistance Act S. 309, Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act S. 324, New Mexico Aquifer Assessment Act of 2007 S. 564, Water Resources Planning and Modernization Act of 2007 S. 1171, Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act S. 1870, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 S. 2156, Science and Engineering to Comprehensively Understand and Responsibly Enhance Water Act (SECURE) S. 2728, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2008 S. 2842, Aging Water Infrastructure and Maintenace Act S. 2970, Climate Change Drinking Water Adaptation Research Act S. 3085, Cooperative Watershed Management Act of 2008 H.R. 110, Rural America Protection Act of 2007 H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2007 H.R. 307, To impose limitations on the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to claim title or other rights to water absent specific direction of law or to abrograte, injure, or otherwise impair any right to the use of any quantity of water H.R. 620, Climate Stewardship Act of 2007 H.R. 700, Healthy Communities Water Supply Act of 2007 H.R. 1462, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007 H.R. 1970, Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act H.R. 2421, Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007 H.R. 2498, To provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated regional water management plan that would address four general areas of regional water planning in both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region H.R. 3465, Greater Cooperation with Local Governments in Water Project Analysis Act H.R. 3739, To amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of findings H.R. 4504, To authorize the International Boundary and Water Commission to reimburse State and local governments of the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas for expenses incurred by such a government in designing, constructing, and rehabilitating water projects under the jurisdiction of such Commission H.R. 5583, Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2008 S.J. Res. 45, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact S. 3128 White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 H.R. 6577, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact H.R. 6754, White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization Act H.R. 6768, Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act/Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act S. 2200, Tribal Water Resources Innovative Financing Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Vaccines in the Future Act. Issues related to advance market commitments for vaccines. H.R. 5501 & S. 2731(Public Law 110-293), Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. Issues related to HIV/AIDS reauthorization.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) HR 3162/S.1893/HR 976 Veto Override Managed Care Reform Title VII, PHS act H.R. 2357/S. 2522 MediKids Appropriate Physician payment levels/systems Medical Records Confidentiality Deficit Reduction Act Children's Access to health insurance Immunizations WIC national Immunizations program (administration) The Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act Medikids Health Insurance Act of 2007 Immunization Coding Issues Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act (HR 1424) Health Care Coverage Expansion and Quality Improvement Act Children's Access to Vision Improvement Act Pandemic Influenza Heath Information Technology/Electronic Health Records Emergency Medical Services for Children' Act Reauthorization Injury Prevention Child Health Care Crisis Relief Act s. 558 Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 Preemie Act Pediatrics Disaster Preparedness Education Begins at Home Act Child Maltreatment Foster Care and Adoption Native American Child Health Genetic Nondiscrimination Reauthorization of SCHIP S. 588 Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act HR 3/S. 5 Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act HR 881 Mercury Free Vaccines Act HR 2184 Enhanced Health Care Value For All Act HR 2584 High Need Physician Workforce Incentives Act S. 1576 Minority Health Improvement and Health Disparity Elimination Act HR 1153 Parental Right to Decide Protection Act Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2007 HR 1244/S. 600 School-Based Health Clinics Establishment Act HR 1198/S. 1069 Early Hearing and Detection and Intervention HR 1108/S. 625 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act FACT Act HR 2063/S.1232 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Act S. 877 Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007 HR 4911 Human Growth Hormone Prescription Act HR 3411 Juvenile Crime Reduction Act HR 5178/S. 2451 First Step Forward Act HR 5178 Youth Reentry Improvement Act S. 2376 Medical Homes Act of 2007 HR 5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 HR 5629 Pathway for Biosimilars Act HR 5613 Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008 E-Meds Act S. 1551, Comprehensive TB Elimination Act S. 2456, Influenza Vaccine Security Act Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resilience Act of 2007 Arthritis Prevention control and care act of 2007 Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007 Patient and Pharmacy Protection Act of 2007 Non-prescription Drug Modernization Act of 2007 Global Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Act HR 5268 S.2819 S. 2685,Truth in Cigarette Labeling Act of 2008 H.R. 6393,Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2008 H.R. 1553/S. 911,Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007 H.Res. 1216,Radiological Safety Resolution S. 3020,Food and Drug Administration Accountability and Trasparency Act H.R. 6901, Meth Free Families and Communities Act H.R. 5605/S. 2029, Physician Payments Sunshine Act S. 3155, Juvenile Justice adn Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008 H.S. 5524/S. 2982, Reconnecting Homelss Youth Act of 2008 H.R. 6680, Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act Americans with Disabilities Act Underage Drinking National center on Health Statistics

Client expense: $65,846 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Indian Health Service, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

Monitor federal legislation related to Medicare and other health care issues and advise client as it affects them. In addition, Patent Reform Act of 2007 (HR1908/S1145), Pathway for Biosimilars Act (HR5629), Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United State Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (HR5501), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (S 3101), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (HR 6331), Budget resolution FY2009 (H.Con.Res.312) FY09 Department of Defense Authorization. Pharmaceutical import safety legislation.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

Monitor federal legislation related to copyright, patent and other health care issues and advise client as it affects them. In addition, Patent Reform Act of 2007 (HR1908/S1145), Pathway for Biosimilars Act (HR5629), Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United State Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (HR5501), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (S 3101), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (HR 6331). Budget resolution FY2009 (H.Con.Res.312) FY09 Department of Defense Authorization. Pharmaceutical import safety legislation.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

Monitor federal legislation related to Medicare and other health care issues and advise client as it affects them. In addition, Patent Reform Act of 2007 (HR1908/S1145), Pathway for Biosimilars Act (HR5629), Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United State Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (HR5501), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (S 3101), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (HR 6331). Budget resolution FY2009 (H.Con.Res.312) FY09 Department of Defense Authorization. Pharmaceutical import safety legislation.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office

Monitor federal legislation related to Medicare and other health care issues and advise client as it affects them. In addition, Patent Reform Act of 2007 (HR1908/S1145), Pathway for Biosimilars Act (HR5629), Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United State Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (HR5501), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (S 3101), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (HR 6331). Budget resolution FY2009 (H.Con.Res.312) FY09 Department of Defense Authorization. Pharmaceutical import safety legislation.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office