To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes.

HR 5016 - Dept of Interior reform to allow federal lands to be secured at the border

Client expense: $33,957 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H Res 1406, HR 5580, S 3660 - National Monuments HR 5016 - Border Security in Wilderness HR 6028, S 3919 - Wolf Management Wild Horse and Burro Management

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

See attached. H.RES.1026 Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the continued peace, prosperity, liberty, and national security of the United States and its people depend upon the rule of law and credible and effective immigration enforcement policies which both welcome lawful immigrants and non-immigrants and also prevent the unlawful entry or unlawful continuing presence of foreign persons. (Provisions stating that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) E-Verify should be mandatory, and that worksite enforcement policies should hold both employers and illegal employees responsible for violations of immigration law; (2) installing and sustaining border security infrastructure and manpower is a critical responsibility of the federal government; and (3) any immigration reform Congress adopts should not grant amnesty to, or confer legal status upon, illegal aliens in the United States) H.R.1751 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes.(Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) H.R.1868 Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) - To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. (Provisions that would limit birthright citizenship only to children born to at least one parent who is either: (1) a citizen or national of the United States; (2) a lawful permanent resident; or (3) actively serving in the U.S. military) H.R.2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program. (Provisions that would eliminate the visa lottery) H.R. 2305 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) - Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2009 (Provisions to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.) H.R. 2414 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) H.R.2709 Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would dramatically increase legal immigration by providing for the recapture of what its proponents claim are unused green cards from 1992 to date to bring in more family-based immigrantsall of whom will need jobs) H.R.2847 Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2644 to H.R.2847 Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) (Provisions that would require the Census Bureau to include questions about citizenship and immigration status on 2010 decennial census forms) H.R.3288 Rep. John Olver (D-MA) - Making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (Omnibus Appropriations bill) (Provisions that cut spending for the important State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), which provides federal money to the states to help them pay for the incarceration of criminal aliens) H.R.3308 Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)-A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009) (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program.) H.R.3548 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) - To amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. S.AMDT.2695 to H.R.3548 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) make E-Verify permanent; (2) require that individuals who receive unemployment compensation benefits under any state or federal law first have their identity and employment eligibility verified through E-Verify; and (3) require businesses that contract with the federal government to use E-Verify) H.R.3590 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) - An act entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Health Care Reform). S.AMDT.2991 to H.R.3590 Sens. Robert Menendez (D-NJ);Richard Durbin (D-IL); Jay Rockefeller (D-WV); and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) (Provisions that would outright repeal the current 5-year waiting period before immigrants can access taxpayer-funded health care benefits, which would burden American taxpayers by making every legal alien immediately eligible for taxpayer-subsidized health care). S.AMDT.3111 to H.R.3590 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) (Provisions that would: (1) require the use of a meaningful and effective verification system to ensure that illegal aliens will not be able to access taxpayer-funded tax subsidies created by the bill; (2) prevent illegal aliens from accessing the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy insurance; and (3) maintain the 5-year waiting period in current law so that immigrants must pay into the system before they are able to receive taxpayer-funded health benefits) H.R.3962 Rep. John Dingell (D- MI) - To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would allow illegal aliens to access the taxpayer-funded exchange to buy health insurance) H.R.4321 Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) - To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, dramatically increase legal immigration, and create loopholes in existing penalties in exchange for empty promises of enforcement in the future) H.R.4548 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To enforce the restriction on in-State tuition for aliens unlawfully present in the United States. (Provisions that would: (1) amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act to clarify that illegal aliens who attend a postsecondary educational institution are ineligible for in-state tuition unless the institution offers those rates to all American citizens; (2) provide out-of-state students legal standing to file civil actions against states and institutions that violate the law; and (3) bar any college or university that provides in-state tuition to illegal aliens from receiving any Federal funding) H.R.4708 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) - To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to require citizenship and immigration verification of eligibility under Medicaid and the State Childrens Health Insurance Program. (Provisions that would: (1) require applicants for taxpayer-subsidized benefits under SCHIP to be verified through a well-established verification system that requires applicants to present documentation to establish both their identity and citizenship; (2) reinstate the five-year waiting period before legal immigrants could access benefits under SCHIP; and (3) require that legal immigrants who apply for SCHIP have their eligibility verified through the proven Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system) H.R.4872 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. (D-SC) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Provisions to ensure that Americans are not require to pay for the health benefits for those here illegally by requiring the use of an effective eligibility verification system, consistent with existing law for other federal health related programs, and to also maintain the current, and well-established requirement of law, that legal immigrants should not become a "public charge" or burden to the American taxpayers, to reduce the cost of this bill, and to reduce the deficit and for other purposes.) H.R. 5016 Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) - To prohibit the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture from taking action on public lands which impede border security on such lands, and for other purposes. (All Provisions) H.R. 5173 Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) To provide for certain enhanced border security measures, and for other purposes (Provisions that would: require the Department of Homeland Security to construct double-layered, reinforced fencing along the entire U.S.-Mexico border; mandate the installation of additional strategic structures, roads, lighting, cameras, and sensors along the border; and create a border surveillance program that would continuously monitor the entire U.S.-Mexico border through the use of aerial surveillance technology, sensors, satellites, and other equipment) H.R. 5297 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) To create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would deny the federal government funding to sue Arizona over its recently enacted immigration enforcement law, SB 1070.) S.729 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien students who are long-term United States residents and who entered the United States as children, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the country as children and have met minimal educational requirements; and (2) reverse current law to allow states to provide taxpayer subsidized in-state tuition to illegal aliens) S.1038 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) - To improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the United States, and for other purposes. (Provisions that would: (1) give illegal alien agricultural workers a two-step amnesty to transition from unlawful status to green card holding, legal permanent residence and (2) reform the H-2A temporary agricultural guest worker program to allow large agribusinesses easier access to cheap foreign labor) S.1261 Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) - PASS ID Act (Provisions that would repeal many key provisions of the 2005 REAL ID Act related to national security and immigration enforcement, thereby re-establishing many of the security and immigration loopholes that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to carry out the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center) S.887 Sens. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) - A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the United States and for other purposes. (Provisions that would reform and reduce fraud in the H-1B visa program) S. 1505 Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) - A bill to Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act of 2009 (SAVE ACT 2009). (Provisions to provide immigration reform by securing America's borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program) S.3113 Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to reaffirm the United States historic commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution or torture (Provisions that would amend the current process that aliens must follow in order to receive asylum or refugee status) S.3217 Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (Provisions to S.AMDT.3852 requiring the completion of the 700-mile southwest border fence not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. S.3332 Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) - Border Security Enforcement Act of 2010 (Provisions to implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity S.3454 Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 along the southwest border of the United States. (Provisions relating the DREAM ACT which will give illegal alien children a pathway to citizenship, and grants amnesty for adults up to age 35) S.3827 Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) - Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2010. (All Provisions) S.3932 Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) - A bill to provide comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. (All Provisions)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, President of the U.S., SENATE