Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012

Legislation .R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling;S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; CA TRUST Act, - Issues Lobbied: State measure restricting compliance with ICE detainers; Draft Executive Order, Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H. Con. Res. 141, Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; H. Res 646, Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the `adult entertainment' section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H..R 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.J. Res. 100, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to Federal office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 111, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 72, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 78, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 8, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 82, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an election. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 86, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 88, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 90, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the au - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 92, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations and other for-profit business organizations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 97, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 1627, Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3027, The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 3165, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security, criminal justice, police practices; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; .R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment;H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to DiscriminateAbortion, Indefinite Detention, Religious Discrimi; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, DHS Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones; H.R. 5949, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment: Intelligence collection; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6199, Preserving American Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 6529, ECPA 2.0 Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 6676, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security\, criminal justice, police practices; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA, Womens Rights, First Amendment; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2003, Due Process Guarantee Act - Issues Lobbied: Due Process for suspected Terrorists (U.S. Citizens and LPRs); S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 2020, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention, Transfer Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation/ LGBT, Abortion, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection, Cybersecurity; S. 3287, Protect Americans Against Unwarranted Drone Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3369, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, CSA2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy;S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization, Leaks Amendments; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices), legislation to address long voting lines, other affirmative voting rights bills - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S.2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Congressional Issues without Bills: Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rightsCivil Rights Data Collection - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability; School DisciplineComprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacyConvention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial JusticeConvention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens RightsCreation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: PrivacyDefense of Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT RightsDepartment of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security and civil liberties; PrivacyDHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centersTSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policyDOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of GuidanceDomestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed dronesElectronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location trackingFairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police PracticesFBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open governmentFederal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal JusticeFusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First AmendmentGang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile JusticeGuidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral ConsequencesJune 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police PracticesJuvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: PrivacyMandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, SentencingNational Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharingOver-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classificationRadicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national securityReform of the US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human RightsSchool discipline and the School to prison pipeline - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School DisciplineThe Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Abortion; Human RightsUpdate to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collectionUse of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Additional Issues Lobbied: Torture, Targeted Killing, Immigration Reform , STEM Visa Proposal, Border Abuses, 287(g) Programs, Border Enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, TSA Reform, Immigration Reform and Attorney Fees Issues ,Charitable Deductions, Disability Rights, Judicial Vacancies, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report, Voting Rights, Securitization, Drone Forum Agencies Lobbied: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Fair Lending Regulations: Corporation for National and Community Service - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Women's rights: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; FERPA Privacy Regulations; Student privacy; Single Sex Education; School discipline guidance (OCR); Civil Rights Data Collection (OCR): Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Reproductive Rights-contraception coverage: emergency contraception, emergency care, government contracts; Sex Discrimination; Healthcare Coverage for Deferred Action Immigrants; RIN 0938-AR03: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation: Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Immigration Reform; 287(g) program; Expose and close- immigration detention (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties); National ID; employment verification; privacy; Use of datamining technologies by the government; Government Watch Lists; REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports (H.R. 495, H.R. 963, S. 505); Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; National Security Entry-Exit Registration System; DHS Budget; LGBT; Immigrants Rights: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Comments on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program, Docket No. FR-5476-I-01; Religious Bias: Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Religious Hate Crimes Data Collection; Religious Discrimination; Religious Profling; Reproductive Rights; DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina; Commutations and Pardons; PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 2168/S. 1212); National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties: FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government: DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance; FISA Amendment Act reauthorization (H.R. 5949, S. 3276); School discipline guidance; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation; Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD); Civil Rights; Human Rights; Sentencing; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Indigent Defense Reform; Federal Over-Criminalization; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation (OFCCP): Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of the Interior - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination; LGBT; Relationships: Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Women's rights: Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Update toNational Counterterrorism Center Guidelines: Environmental Protection Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Trafficking, Faith Based Funding, Human Rights Agenda, Immigration Reform, Immigration Detention Condision, Indefinite Detention, FSA Review Board, Abortion Coverage, Second Term Agenda: FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Radicalization: Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic drones; Privacy: Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access; Net Neutrality; Media Ownership; Media Diveristy, Civil Rights: Federal Election Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electioneering Communications: Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA (16 CFR Part 312); Online Privacy;: Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detainers; Expose and close- immigration detention (ICE and the Office of Detention Policy and Planning): Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement: National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing: National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order on Human Rights: National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process: Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; E.O. 13,490; First Amendment; Over-Classification Reduction: Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: RIN 3206-AM47; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges: Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight, Privacy: Small Business Administration - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: DACA/Deferred Action for DREAMers: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; CBP oversight; Excessive Use of Force; Safe repatriation: U.S. Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; First Amendment: U.S. Government Accountability Office - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody: United States Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting: White House - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Targeted killing; Indefinite detention; Immigration Reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; NDAA (H.R. 4310) Conscience Amendment Sec. 533; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Commutations and Pardons; Expose and close- immigration detention; Privacy: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigrants Rights, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS

Client expense: $580,938 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Corporation for Natl & Community Service, Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), 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), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Peace Corps, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Legislation: H.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; CA TRUST Act, - Issues Lobbied: State measure restricting compliance with ICE detainers; Draft Executive Order, Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H. Con. Res. 141, Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; H. Res 646, Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the `adult entertainment' section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H..R 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.J. Res. 100, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to Federal office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 111, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 72, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 78, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 8, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 82, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an election. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 86, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 88, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 90, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the au - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 92, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations and other for-profit business organizations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 97, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 1627, Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3027, The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 3165, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security, criminal justice, police practices; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to DiscriminateAbortion, Indefinite Detention, Religious Discrimi; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, DHS Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones; H.R. 5949, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment: Intelligence collection; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6199, Preserving American Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 6529, ECPA 2.0 Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 6676, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security\, criminal justice, police practices; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA, Womens Rights, First Amendment; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2003, Due Process Guarantee Act - Issues Lobbied: Due Process for suspected Terrorists (U.S. Citizens and LPRs); S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 2020, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention, Transfer Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation/ LGBT, Abortion, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection, Cybersecurity; S. 3287, Protect Americans Against Unwarranted Drone Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3369, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, CSA2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization, Leaks Amendments; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices), legislation to address long voting lines, other affirmative voting rights bills - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S.2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Congressional Issues without Bills: Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights: Civil Rights Data Collection - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability; School Discipline: Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy: Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial Justice: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Defense of Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights: Department of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security and civil liberties; Privacy: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers: TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy: DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,: DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance: Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices: FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government: Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice: Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment: Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences: June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices: Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,: License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing: National Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing: Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification: Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security: Reform of the US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights: School discipline and the School to prison pipeline - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice:U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Abortion; Human Rights: Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection: Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice: Additional Issues Lobbied: Torture, Targeted Killing, Immigration Reform, STEM Visa Proposal, Border Abuses, 287(g) Programs, Border Enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, TSA Reform, Immigration Reform and Attorney Fees Issues, Charitable Deductions, Disability Rights, Judicial Vacancies, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report, Voting Rights, Securitization, Drone Forum Agencies: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Fair Lending Regulations: Corporation for National and Community Service - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Women's rights: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; FERPA Privacy Regulations; Student privacy; Single Sex Education; School discipline guidance (OCR); Civil Rights Data Collection (OCR): Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Reproductive Rights-contraception coverage: emergency contraception, emergency care, government contracts; Sex Discrimination; Healthcare Coverage for Deferred Action Immigrants; RIN 0938-AR03: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation: Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Immigration Reform; 287(g) program; Expose and close- immigration detention (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties); National ID; employment verification; privacy; Use of datamining technologies by the government; Government Watch Lists; REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports (H.R. 495, H.R. 963, S. 505); Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; National Security Entry-Exit Registration System; DHS Budget; LGBT; Immigrants Rights: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Comments on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program, Docket No. FR-5476-I-01; Religious Bias: Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Religious Hate Crimes Data Collection; Religious Discrimination; Religious Profling; Reproductive Rights; DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina; Commutations and Pardons; PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 2168/S. 1212); National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties: FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government: DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance; FISA Amendment Act reauthorization (H.R. 5949, S. 3276); School discipline guidance; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation; Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD); Civil Rights; Human Rights; Sentencing; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Indigent Defense Reform; Federal Over-Criminalization; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation (OFCCP): Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of the Interior - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination; LGBT; Relationships:Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Women's rights: Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines: Environmental Protection Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Trafficking, Faith Based Funding, Human Rights Agenda, Immigration Reform, Immigration Detention Condision, Indefinite Detention, FSA Review Board, Abortion Coverage, Second Term Agenda: FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Radicalization: Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic drones; Privacy: Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access; Net Neutrality; Media Ownership; Media Diveristy, Civil Rights: Federal Election Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electioneering Communications: Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA (16 CFR Part 312); Online Privacy;: Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detainers; Expose and close- immigration detention (ICE and the Office of Detention Policy and Planning): Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement: National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing: National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order on Human Rights: National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process: Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; E.O. 13,490; First Amendment; Over-Classification Reduction: Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: RIN 3206-AM47; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges: Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight, Privacy: Small Business Administration - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: DACA/Deferred Action for DREAMers: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; CBP oversight; Excessive Use of Force; Safe repatriation: U.S. Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; First Amendment: U.S. Government Accountability Office - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody: United States Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting: White House - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Targeted killing; Indefinite detention; Immigration Reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; NDAA (H.R. 4310) Conscience Amendment Sec. 533; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Commutations and Pardons; Expose and close- immigration detention; Privacy: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigrants Rights, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS

Urged VA to expedite housing adaptations available for disabled veterans with ALS and other terminal illnesses under chapter 21 of title 38, USC. Supported S. 1806. This legislation would allow individuals to designate tax overpayments as contributions to a fund for homeless veterans. Supported the Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012 (H.R. 6527). This legislation includes greater assistance through VA for veterans who have infertility issues related to their military service. This is a companion bill to the Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2012 (S. 3313). Supported the Military Service Integrity Act (S. 3372). This legislation would allow for individuals who falsely claim military service or receipt of awards for military service to be charged with a criminal violation if the claim is made to secure a tangible benefit or a personal gain. Discussed with advocates a legislative proposal to expand the approved uses of the Post 9/11 GI Bill. Discussed with advocates a legislative amendment that would provide continuity of care for incarcerated veterans with mental health issues. Supported the GI Bill Consumer Awareness Act of 2012 (S. 2241). Supported the Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (HR 1627). This omnibus legislation contains many provisions that we have advocated for including access for service dogs to VA facilities. Discussed access to VA mental health services with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. Supported the Veterans I.D. Card Act (H.R. 2985). This legislation directs the Secretary of VA to issue a veteran's identification card to any veteran who requests such card and is neither entitled to military retired pay nor enrolled in the VA system of patient enrollment. Supported the Veterans Data Breach Timely Notification Act (H.R. 3730). Requires the VA Secretary, in the event of a data breach with respect to sensitive personal information that is processed or maintained by the Secretary, to notify Congress and each individual whose sensitive personal information is involved in the data breach. Supported the Veterans Affairs Employee Accountability Act (H.R. 4481). Directs the VA Secretary to ensure that no employee of VA who violates any civil law covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation receives any retention incentive, payment, or award for or during the year of such violation. Discussed the Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act of 2012 (H.R. 5948). Supported the Mental Health Access to Continued Care and Enhancement of Support Services Act (S. 3340) Discussed legislation that would amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligibility of such individuals for such pension, and for other purposes (S. 3270). Supported legislation that would amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes (S. 1755). Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). Directs the VA Secretary to provide mail voter registration application forms to each veteran who: (1) seeks to enroll in VA health care system at the time of such enrollment; and (2) is already enrolled in such system when there is a change in the veteran's enrollment status or when there is a change in the veteran's address. Discussed with VA the long-term care benefits available to birth children of Korean and Vietnam conflict veterans who have spina bifida. Discussed the Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 (H.R. 4072). This legislation would consolidate programs currently carried out by DOLs Veterans Employment and Training Service in VA. It would also consolidate the disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives into a single provision establishing veteran employment specialists, which shall perform both tasks. Supported the Military and Veterans Educational Reform Act (S. 2179). This legislation would make needed reforms to ensure that veterans and servicemembers receive the full benefit of their DOD and VA educational benefits. Supported the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (H.R. 674/Pub. Law 112-56). This legislation includes provisions to increase employment opportunities for veterans and represents a blend of proposals that were included in H.R. 2433 and S. 951. Discussed the Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011 (S. 1264). This legislation would require VA to provide voter registration applications and assistance in absentee voting for certain veterans. Urged Congress and the Administration to address the treatment of our nations veterans by some for-profit educational institutions. This includes amending the 90/10 rule. Supported the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act (H.R. 2433). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans receive the training, transition, and placement assistance they need to allow them to gain meaningful employment opportunities. Supported the Helping Our Homeless Heroes Act (H.R. 2559). This legislation would make improvements to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs that assist homeless veterans and their families. Supported the CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2011 (H.R. 2671). This legislation would help to track undiagnosed diseases and facilitate collaboration between physicians, researchers, and government agencies by creating a patient registry to be maintained by the National Institutes of Health. Supported the Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act (H.R. 198). This legislation would direct the VA Secretary to carry out a pilot program for assessing the effectiveness of addressing post-deployment mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms through a therapeutic medium of service dog training and handling for veterans with disabilities. Also discussed Senate companion bill (S. 1838). Supported H.R. 2074, as amended. The amended legislation includes H.R. 198 and H.R. 1154. Supported S. 914, as amended. The amended legislation includes S. 769, S. 411, and S. 957. Discussed the Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 (S. 951) and the need to ensure that there are platforms for the development of internship opportunities for wounded warriors with private employers. Supported the Helping our Homeless Veterans Act (S. 411/H.R. 1133). This legislation would allow changes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program to ensure that homeless veterans receive more effective case management services. Supported the Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services Improvements Act of 2011 (S. 957). This legislation would help to ensure that veterans with traumatic brain injuries receive the critical rehabilitation services needed to allow them to maximize their independence. Supported the Housing, Employment, and Living Programs (HELP) for Veterans Act of 2011 (H.R. 117). This legislation includes provisions that would not only reform the VAs Special Home Adaptation grant program to allow veterans who meet the nationally accepted standard of legal blindness to receive assistance with critical home modification, but also increase the amount of grant funding available for this program and the Specially Adapted Housing grant program. Supported the Andrew Connolly Veterans Housing Act (H.R. 1671). This legislation would extend until December 31, 2016, the authority of the VA Secretary to provide adaptive housing assistance under the Temporary Residence Adaptation grant program to veterans with disabilities who are temporarily residing with family members. Supported legislation establishing an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights (H.R. 805). This legislation directs the VA Secretary to ensure that an Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights is printed on signage in accessible formats and displayed prominently and conspicuously in each VA prosthetics and orthotics clinic. It also requires VA employees who work at such clinics, as well as patient advocates of veterans who receive care there, to receive training on the Bill of Rights and directs the Secretary to conduct outreach to inform veterans about it. Supported the Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act (VETS Dogs Act) (H.R. 1154/S. 769). The VETS Dogs Act states that the VA Secretary may not prohibit the use of service dogs in VA facilities or on VA property. Discussed the CHAMPVA Childrens Protection Act of 2011 (H.R. 115/S. 490). This legislation increases from 23 to 26 the maximum age of eligibility for certain dependent children of veterans for medical care under CHAMPVA (the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA]). Urged Congress to expand the extended caregivers program authorized by the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act (P.L. 111-163) to include all veterans who are eligible for VA health care and meet certain needs-based criteria. Urged Congress to expand VA home and community-based services for veterans with disabilities. Urged Congress to increase Dependency and Indemnity Compensation benefits and to eliminate the offset of military Survivor Benefit Plan annuities. Urged Congress to provide appropriate oversight for and resources to address the VAs benefits claims processing backlog. Urged VA to accept the authority granted to them by states through the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to serve as a voter registration agency.

H.R. 31-The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers Act. The legislation enhances the authority of FHFA's Inspector General and expands reporting requirements to Congress. H.R. 463-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Transparency Act. Amends Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's charters to provide that, during any period in which either entities are under conservatorship or receivership, it shall be considered an agency subject to the public information disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act. H.R. 940-United States Covered Bond Act. Would establish the regulatory framework for the creation of a covered bond market for real estate securities. H.R. 1221-the Equity In Government Compensation Act. The legislation suspends the compensation packages for executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and places all other employees on the General Schedule pay scale. H.R. 1222-the GSE Subsidy Elimination Act. The legislation requires that FHFA gradually increase guarantee fees at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the next two years. Under the legislation, the FHFA will consider the market conditions in raising the GSEs guarantee fees to ensure that its actions do not disrupt a housing recovery. H.R. 1223-the GSE Credit Risk Equitable Treatment Act. The legislation helps clarify the risk retention rules required under Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act to make clear that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be held to the same standards as any other secondary mortgage market participants. H.R. 1224-the Portfolio Risk Reduction Act. The legislation accelerates and formalizes the reduction in the size of the GSEs portfolios. The legislation would cap the GSEs portfolios to no more than $700 billion in the first year, declining to $600 billion for year two, $475 billion for year three, $350 billion for year four, and finally to $250 billion in year five. H.R. 1225-the GSE Debt Issuance Approval Act. The legislation requires the Treasury Department to approve any new debt issuance by the GSEs. H.R. 1226-the GSE Mission Improvement Act. The legislation the GSEs affordable housing goals. H.R. 1227-the GSE Risk and Activities Limitation Act. The legislation prohibits the GSEs from offering, undertaking, transacting, conducting or engaging in any new business activities while in conservatorship or receivership. H.R. 1627-Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012-The legislation would, among other things, increase the VA Home Loan Program's loan limits. H.R. 1754-Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage Finance Programs Act. The legislation would make permanent the current temporary high cost loan limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHA. H.R. 1859-Housing Finance Reform Act. The legislation would reform the secondary mortgage market and the government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac H.R. 2413- Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgages Act. The legislation would reform the secondary mortgage market and the government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. H.R. 3630/H.R. 3765-Both bills contain provisions that would raise revenue by forcing the Government Sponsored Enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Federal Housing Administration to increase their fees. H.R. 6153-Fast Help For Homeowners Act - Requires a subordinate lien holder that is so notified to respond in writing to the servicer within 45 days after receiving the notification. Considers the request approved by the holder if the holder does not respond within the 45 days. H.R. 6428-Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012-The Legislation would expand the Home Affordable Refinance Program by easing certain requirements. S. 170/H.R. 363-Helping Responsible Homeowners Act. The Legislation would require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to allow homeowners with current GSE loans to refinance regardless of their current loan-to-value. S. 509-Small Business Lending Enhancement Act of 2011. The legislation Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to allow credit unions greater flexibility in their ability to make business loans. S. 693/H.R. 1182-GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act. The legislation would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac through a number of steps. S. 3047-Expanding Refinancing Opportunities Act-Would allow non agency and government backed mortgages to refinance in FHA loans. C.A.R. has lobbied on the future of the government sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) and their future regulatory structure. C.A.R. has lobbied for the reinstatement of the higher Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan limits of 175 percent of the national conforming loan limits for high cost areas. C.A.R. has lobbied on the issue of mortgage servicing and concerns regarding inefficiencies and lack of standardization. C.A.R. has lobbied on the Administration's Reforming America's Housing Finance Market proposal to Congress and its potential impact on the availability of capital to the nation's mortgage market. C.A.R. has lobbied on the Federal Housing Finance Agencies proposed rule on Private Transfer Fee covenants RIN 2590-AA41 C.A.R. has lobbied on the issue of changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program to make the program more successful by easing qualification requirements. C.A.R. has lobbied on the Federal Housing Finance Agencys proposed Strategic Plan for Enterprise Conservatorships, released on February 21, 2012. C.A.R. has lobbied for legislation and/or regulations to expedite the decision process of subordinate liens in the short sale process. C.A.R. has lobbied the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the Servicer Allignment Initiative and its creation of a standardized short sale process.