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Support the creation of a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed. Oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date .Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren for Director of the nascent CFPB. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile. Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies. Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077. Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011. Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue). Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requires that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support requiring the FDA to report on the availability of new drug and device safety and efficacy data by sex, age, and racial and ethnic subgroups. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support the elimination of racial disparities in state, local and federal law enforcement. End racial profiling. Abolish the death penalty; support the establishment of a commission to study problems surrounding the Death Penalty and a moratorium on implementing the death penalty until the study is complete. Completely eliminate Crack Cocaine / Powder cocaine sentencing disparities, and apply the Fair Sentencing Act retroactively. Support H.R. 2242. Support sentencing reform. Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences. Support continued funding for COPS program. Support full funding for ex-felony offender programs (the Second Chance Act). Support prisoner literacy, education and rehabilitation. Support law enforcement trust & integrity. Support increased enforcement activities by the US DoJ, Civil Rights Division. Support legislation to help youth stay away from gangs . Support a review of prosecutorial decisions, and any racial implications therein . Support the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act, and oppose any amendments that may result in more juveniles being tried as adults. Support S. 306, a bill to establish a blue ribbon National Criminal Justice Commission. Support the recommended national standards developed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives. Ensure that fair and impartial judges are nominated to the federal bench and that they are confirmed. Support Anita Earls for a federal judgeship .Support the Legal Services Corp. Opposed to proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Support hiring a progressive reformer with a proven record of rehabilitation for the new Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Support applying the new guidelines for Crack cocaine conviction retroactively to those currently incarcerated (testify before the US Sentencing Commission). Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support saving money through sentencing reform and a reduction of prison costs. Support clemency for Troy Davis, or at least a reduction in his pending death sentence. Support strong election protection in 2012 Presidential election. Oppose overly punitive anti-gang measures as well as mandatory minimums and instead support proposals which would create community based groups to try to prevent gang creation and recruitment. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212. Support eliminating racial discrimination by prosecutors. Support H.R. 1771. Support eliminating employment discrimination. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 1397 / S. 811. Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters. Oppose proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Support S. 952, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Support HR 3051 to abolish the Federal Death Penalty. Support commuting the death sentence of Troy Davis. Support increased Department of Justice activity into investigating lynchings and other reports of hate crimes in Mississippi and Georgia. Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1670 / H.R. 3618 Support the Webb amendment to HR 2112 establishing a National Criminal Justice Review Commission. Oppose H.R. 966, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. Support Justice Louis Butler, Jr., to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Support a prohibition on potential employers from asking about an applicants criminal background in the initial employment application. Concerns about proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Oppose discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Support HR 1681. Support full funding for programs under the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2012. Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city. Support HR 2189, requiring a report on deaths in custody. Opposed to mandatory minimum sentences in S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act. Support funding in FY 2012 for Juvenile Justice programs. Specifically, we support: $75 million for the Title II State Formula Grants Program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); $65 million for the JJDPA Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program, with no earmarks; $55 million for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG), and $100 million for mentoring programs. Oppose The Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 (H.R. 1254). Support an eminent domain policy that is transparent and provides for fair ands adequate compensation for those affected by eminent domain. Support the Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act (H.R. 3781). Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925. Support legislation to abolish the federal death penalty. Support H.R. 3051. Work to bring racial and ethnic diversity to the Eastern Federal Court of North Carolina. Support sentencing reform that provides more flexibility to judges and allows prisoners to earn reductions in their sentences. Support H.R. 2343 Oppose the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 966 / S. 533). Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771. Support legislation to encourage youth to stay away from gangs and become productive members of society. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 2721. Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011." Oppose religious profiling by law enforcement. Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote. Oppose increasing the budget for the US Bureau or Prisons in fiscal year 2013 and implement cost-saving strategies (both administrative and legislative) instead. Support funding for Second Chance Act programs in FY2013. Support to a thorough examination by US Department of Justice of federal sentencing policy. Support an expansion of the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP). Support U.S. Sentencing Commission consideration of a two-level downward adjustment to the drug quantity table and support the Commissions proposal to expand the safety valve. Support an expanded use of Compassionate Release by the US Bureau of Prisons. Oppose Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011(H.R. 1254). Oppose attempts by Corrections Corporation of America to purchase and privatize state prisons. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support S. 1925, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Support reducing the exorbitant rates for telephone calls to and from prisons. Support Donna Murphy for a Judgeship at the DC Superior Court. Support consistent, reasonable phone rates for incarcerated people. Support the reinstatement of nondiscrimination language into the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that would prohibit organizations from engaging in religious discrimination using federal dollars. Support for the development of comprehensive standards by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). Support an amendment in the US House of Representatives to the Appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security that will ensure that no Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds are used to profile American citizens on the basis of race, ethnicity or religion. Support the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with individuals and organizations with expertise on the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), to issue and implement regulations that terminate the program in its entirety; remove residual penalties associated with NSEERS for all affected individuals; and discontinue the use of data collected through NSEERS by DHS and other law enforcement agencies. Support an investigation into the activities of the Office of the Pardon Attorney since at least 2001. Oppose H.R. 4970, the bill introduced by Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Support full funding of the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2013. Oppose inclusion of any new mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Support strengthening the DOJ Guidance on racial profiling to address profiling by religion and national origin, to close the loopholes for the border and national security, and to make the guidance enforceable. Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to oppose photo identification when voting; supporting legal efforts to implement the EEOC criminal background check guidance; support legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act; support legal efforts to overturn all or part of state anti-immigrant laws; support secret ballot union elections and support lawsuits or settlements in race discrimination mortgage cases. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants. Support Community Oriented Policing Services Program. Support the Legal Services Corporation.. Support thee Court-Appointed Special Advocate Program. Oppose "Stand your Ground" laws at the state level; call for a federal repeal of all such statutes. Strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder; opposition to a contempt of Congress citation against him; strongly oppose H. Res. 711. Disapprove of the behavior of House Oversight Committee Chairman Issa's behavior. Support H. Res. 718. Support Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act as reported be the Committee. Support S. 1925. Support Paul Watford's nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Urge the Department of Justice to support efforts to collect separate data on hate crimes directed against Sikhs, Arabs, and Hindus as part of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) data collection programs. Support the use of federal funding for syringe access programs in the FY 2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations bill. Support a presidential summit on religious tolerance to address the growing number of violent attacks on minority religious communities and houses of worship. Support the U.S. Department of Justice conducting a full impartial investigation that will get at the roots of this persistent problem of government misconduct in death penalty cases and restore public faith in the U.S. criminal justice system. Oppose S. 2188 / H.R. 822 / H.R. 3543, "The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act." Oppose "Operation Streamline"; oppose the appropriation of $25,865,000 for 1,000 new low security contract confinement beds, as proposed in the 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. Encourage the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on hate crimes and the Department of Justice's implementation of the Mathew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Statistics Act. Support people of all faiths and no faith, and the religious freedom of all Americans to practiceor choose not to practicea religion without fear of criticism or suspicion. Support the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act as passed by the U.S. Senate (S. 1925). Support for funding of the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2013. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Oppose the creation of new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds, operated by the Bureau of Prisons. Oppose Operation Streamline. Support an investigation that will get at the roots of this persistent problem of government misconduct in death penalty cases and restore public faith in the U.S. criminal justice system by the US Department of Justice. Support the Leahy amendment to HR 2471 which would update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to provide protection to communications such as e-mail, private social network posts, and other information stored in the cloud. Support the Department of Justice collecting separate data on hate crimes directed against Sikhs, Arabs, and Hindus as part of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) data collection programs. Support an Executive Order Establishing a Fair Sentencing Act Review Board to Consider Relief for People Serving Sentences Under the Now Discredited 100-to-1 Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Oppose the Black amendment to HR 5326 dealing with state immigration lawsuits

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support Environmental Justice. Support inclusion of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in the creation of Green Jobs. Support Climate Change Adaptation Task force. Support America's moral and ethical obligation to abate climate change. Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare. Ensure that the US Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to proceed regulating its initial finding that greenhouse gases qualify as dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Oppose HR 910 Oppose legislation which will increase air pollution. Oppose H.R. 2401, H.R. 2250, H.R. 2681, H.R. 2273, H.R. 1633, S. 1392 and S.J. Res. 27. Support the full implementation of the Clean Air Act by the EPA Support a just and ambitious United States position at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Durban, South Africa, starting in November 2011. Support a new public finance plan to help third world countries, especially those in Africa, adapt to the impacts of climate change. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Oppose S.J. Res. 37, a bill to void life-saving mercury and air toxics standards for power plants, and to permanently prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing similar standards in the future. Oppose measures in H.R. 4348 that would undermine the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the public participation process. Support the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Carbon Pollution Standard, which limits industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Support H.Res. 672, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the energy, environmental, and foreign policies of the United States should reflect appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to climate change, as documented by credible scientific findings and as evidenced by the extreme weather events of recent years. Strongly urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exercise its full authority and apply its resources to ensure compliance with Title VI and its implementing regulations that prohibit both intentional discrimination and discriminatory impacts. Support keeping coal ash out of the Transportation bill. Support the National Science Foundation's Climate Change Education partnership program. Oppose Cravaak amendment to HR 5326. Oppose H.R. 4471, the Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012. Oppose H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012. Oppose Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012 (S.3512). Support the proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter. Support limiting dangerous industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support EPA adoption of health protective soot limits. Oppose HR 4078.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support ending health care disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support the Affordable Care Act. Reject efforts to repeal health care reform; oppose H.R. 2. Oppose efforts to repeal health car reform via the appropriations process. Oppose cuts in the federal budget to Community Health Care Centers. Fight childhood hunger and obesity -- support a robust, well-funded child nutrition bill. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas. Support the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010. Support full funding for HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and cure. Support H.R. 894, the Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011. Oppose efforts to privatize Medicare and make Medicaid a block grant program. Oppose H. Con. Res. 35. Oppose banning of all funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates. Oppose H. Con. Res. 36. Oppose H.R. 1227. Support the development and implementation of health insurance exchanges. Support FIT Kids Act (support H.R. 1057 and S.576). Support State Insurance Exchange Programs. Oppose H. R. 1213. Support School based health centers. Oppose H.R. 1214. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Oppose H.R. 1217. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support September as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Support H.Res. 339. Support reducing maternal mortality. Support H.R. 894. Support increased funds for AIDS awareness, prevention & treatment. Support a strong and robust Medicaid program. Oppose cuts to Medicaid. Support efforts to advance health equity in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) as prescribed in the Affordable Care Act. Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act; support H.R. 2945. Support robust implementation of the data collection requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Ensure that the rules surrounding the creation of Accountable Care Organizations under the ACA improve the quality of our healthcare system overall by delivering coordinated, patient- and family-centered care, and greatly advance the effort to achieve health equity. Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act". Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Support the inclusion of prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans as required by the Affordable Care Act. Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services. Support H.R. 1880, the Status Report on the 30th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS Act. Support full funding for funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs. Support Needle Exchange programs. Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requires that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support the HEART for Women Act (S. 438/H.R. 3526). Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Express concern about a state-based benchmark approach to implementing the Essential Health Benefit (EHB) package. In particular, we believe that flexibility without robust anti-discrimination enforcement mechanisms will undermine critical civil rights protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services. Oppose a repeal of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supporters program. Oppose HR 1173. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support LGBT designation as a health disparity population by the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). Urge Congress to take a balanced approach, invest in strategies that create job growth, lift children and families out of poverty and ensure racial and ethnic minorities are not disproportionately adversely impacted. Strategies include full funding for the Affordable Care Act to protect all provisions in the law, and especially for expansion of Medicaid, establishment of Exchanges, subsidies for people with low incomes and small businesses, and for the Prevention and Public Health Fund; retaining the structure of the Medicaid program so that it remains an entitlement program to provide states with sufficient financial resources to administer their Medicaid programs for underserved communities experiencing health disparities; level funding for the REACH US Program to advance community driven strategies and interventions for the elimination of racial and ethnic chronic disease health disparities and enhance the capacity to conduct evaluation, increase dissemination, facilitate Technical Assistance and mentoring for other federal initiatives; the Public Health Prevention Fund and Community Transformation Grant program must be fully funded in order to effectively reduce the incidence of costly chronic diseases, help improve health, address health inequities, and control health-care spending; an increase in funding from the Presidents request to support its efforts to promote community solutions to eliminate health disparities, improve the diversity and cultural competency of the health-related workforce, and ensure access to quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate care; sufficient funding to accomplish HHS's overall data collection mission; the HHS Office of Civil Rights' needs additional funding to ensure that it has the staff and resources to appropriately investigate and enforce these critical laws; more funding is needed for the HHS Office of Minority Health to ensure these offices have the staff and resources needed to carry out their mission; and investing in the The Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Support requiring the FDA to report on the availability of new drug and device safety and efficacy data by sex, age, and racial and ethnic subgroups. Support the Cardin-Cochran amendment to MAP-21, which gives local governmentsthose closest to the needs of their constituents and communitiesan opportunity to weigh in on how states spend their Additional Activities federal transportation dollars. Support federal support for school-based health centers in the Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. Support the State Paid Leave Fund. Strongly support the prominence given to the goal of reducing health disparities in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programss structure; however, we are concerned that the meaningful use requirements as proposed are inadequate to achieve this outcome. Specifically, we support the incentive programs reinforcing federal civil rights and health information privacy laws; the incentive program requiring robust demographic data collection and use, including disability status data collection, sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, and geographic information; and the incentive program should build linkages with existing health disparity strategies. Support ensuring that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs unnecessarily or denied reasonable job modifications that would allow them to continue working and supporting their families. Strongly support H.R. 2086 and S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act. Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act. Support the nomination of Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard to serve as Director of the Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. Support the use of federal funding for syringe access programs in the FY 2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations bill. Support full implementation of all provisions in the Affordable Care Act, in particular full implementation of the Medicaid expansion in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Support a revised health disparity population designation methodology that draws on the existing evidence base on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health disparities and leads to the LGBT population being formally designated as a health disparity population. Support full funding for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act: funding should be protected for all provisions in the law, and especially for expansion of Medicaid, establishment of Exchanges, subsidies for people with low incomes and small businesses, and for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support $54 Million for the REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) Program in Fiscal Year 2013. Support an increase in funding above $41 million to support the efforts of the efforts of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to promote community solutions to eliminate health disparities, improve the diversity and cultural competency of the health-related workforce, and ensure access to quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate care. Support sufficient funding to accomplish the Department of Health and Human Service's overall data collection mission. Support additional funding for the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). With the elevation of the Office of Minority Health to the Office of the Secretary and creation of six new offices of minority health throughout HHS, more funding is needed to ensure these offices have the staff and resources needed to carry out their mission. Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which serves to improve access to healthy food in low-income communities across the country by providing loans and grants to open new supermarkets and fresh food retailers to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas. President Obamas budget request includes $285 million for HFFI, which includes $10 million at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), $25 million in Community Development Financial Institutions funding at the Department of Treasury, and a $250 million set-aside request within the broader $7 billion New Markets Tax Credit program for HFFI. The budget also calls for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to target additional resources toward the overall goals of combating food deserts and increasing access to healthy food. Investing in HFFI would promote increased access to healthy food, create new jobs, improve health, and generate new economic opportunities in low-income communities across the nation. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support language that permits the use of federal funding for syringe access programs in the FY 2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations bill Offered the following comments on the Physical Activity Guidelines Midcourse Report: Strategies to Increase Physical Activity Among Youth: Walking programs and options for youth need an even higher and more completely developed priority; Other potential health and social co-benefits of walking should be at least mentioned; The Midcourse Report should more emphatically underscore the importance of a supportive built environment and policies that make walking for all youth the easy and attractive choice; and that this Midcourse Report serves a valuable and appreciated purpose in itself, but should also help set the stage for regular, comprehensive revisions of the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines. Those revised Guidelines should give serious consideration to an emphasis on walking.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Preserve all Equal Opportunity programs, including Affirmative Action. Eliminate potential discrimination in "faith based" initiates. Eliminate racial disparities in all federal programs, including criminal justice, education, health care, financial services, housing and economic development. Ensure equal voting rights for all Americans, and equal access to sufficient, working voting equipment. Support H.R. 108 & HR 5699. Support reparations for descendants of slavery, support H.R. 40. Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Support H.R. 1397 / S. 811. Support Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity legislation. Support the public financing of congressional campaigns; support S. 750 and H.R. 1404. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support eliminating the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine convictions. Support the establishment of a Criminal Justice Commission; support S. 306. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Oppose efforts to amend or dismantle the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose H.R. 140 / S.J.Res. 2.Support legislation to increase investigations into housing discrimination. Support H.R. 284. Support ensuring that no federal funds are spent on romanticizing the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the civil war or slavery. Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672. Support full representation of racial and ethnic minorities as the results of the 2010 census are released. Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the issuance of Executive Order 8802. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212. Support ensuring that the occasion of the Civil Wars sesquicentennial is not used to romanticize or otherwise endorse, in any way, one of the primary contributing factors to the conflict and southern succession, the enslavement of African Americans. Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters. Oppose the narrowly focused and reckless hearings planned by the Committee on Homeland Security, tentatively scheduled for March 10, 2011, on the Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Communitys Response. Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act, H.R. 998 / S. 555. Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925. Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act". End deceptive and intimidating practices in federal elections, support H.R. 108 and S. 1994. Oppose requiring a photo ID to vote, support H.R. 3316 Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R.2212 / S. 2017), to restore federal voting rights to ex-felony offenders. Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support the U.S. Department of Justice fulfilling its obligations under Title V of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to deny preclearance to South Carolina and Texas as they attempt to implement so called Voter Identification laws passed by those two states earlier this year. Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011." Support continuing payments under the Pigford II settlement. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2112. Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Support the compilation of an oral history of the civil rights movement. Support H Res 562. Support giving a Congressional Medal of Honor to Lena Horne. Support H.R. 1815. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Express concern over delays in the issuance of Title VI regulations governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); express strong support for the concept that the LIHTC constitutes federal financial assistance for purposes of Title VI; stress that there are important benefits in protecting the civil rights of current and future residents of LIHTC developments. Oppose Congressional hearings in the Committee on Homeland Security targeting Muslims. Support maintaining the critical transportation equity provisions from MAP-21; Support a comprehensive analysis of civil rights compliance by including an Equal Opportunity Assessment; Ensure recruitment and training in the construction industry by including a Construction Careers Demonstration Project; and Preserve community involvement in local transportation planning and decision making. Strongly urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exercise its full authority and apply its resources to ensure compliance with Title VI and its implementing regulations that prohibit both intentional discrimination and discriminatory impacts. Support amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill by Congressman Hank Johnson (GA) to increase funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Strong support for HUDs proposed implementation of the Fair Housing Acts discriminatory effects standard as quickly as possible. Oppose requiring photo ids to vote; oppose HR 5971 and support HR 3316. Oppose amendment by Congressman Garrett (NJ) to H.R. 5972, Fiscal 2013 spending for the Departments of HUD and Transportation which would bar HUD from spending any funds to promulgate or enforce its disparate impact rule under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Support the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, H.R. 1681. Support S. 1994, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, 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

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), State, Dept of (DOS), 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

H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act H.R. 966, S. 533, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act S. 1946, H.R. 3636, Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act

Client expense: $2,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R.4153 : Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act (programs reducing accountability for Bay TMDL.) HR 3145 Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2011 (water quality programs), H.R. 3041:Diminishes Public Involvement with Changes to Consent Decrees with State & Local Gvts as Parties, H.R. 3862: Diminishes Public Involvement with Changes to Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements H.R. 1996: Diminishes Public Involvement with Changes to Equal Access to Justice Act H.R. 910: Anti-NSPS Bill (provisions that prevent carbon standard adoption by EPA) HR 4965, A bill to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States (opposing) HR 4471, Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012, opposing provisions that limit EPAs ability to adopt clean air protections. SJR 37: Congressional Review Act Disapproval resolution (power plant air toxics) H.R. 4078 Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act: Prevents agencies from issuing rules and regulations required to carry out their congressionally-mandated missions H.R. 4607 Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012: would stop any regulations from being proposed or finalized during the Presidential lame duck period if the President is not serving a consecutive term. H.R. 4278 Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012: Expands exemptions in current CWA law for activities that discharge dredged or fill material H.R. 5961 Farmers Privacy Act of 2012: Restricts the ability of the EPA and state pollution control officials to identify violations of CWA by industrial livestock facilities H.R. 2541 Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act: Exempts logging operations from getting CWA permits for some their logging-related activities H.R. 3158 Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act: Would exempt farming operations from the CWAs oil spill prevention, control and countermeasure requirements that other facilities must meet H.R. 3145 Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act: reauthorizes the CWA SRF S. 3558 (companion to HR 2018) Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act: companion bill to HR 2018 Sandy Supplemental Bills, H.R. 1 and H.R. 152, Monitored and advocated to keep anti-environmental riders and NEPA streamlining pieces out of the bill

Client expense: $5,812 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Monitor appropriations related to the coal industry and energy policy. H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act. S. 1061,Government Litigation Savings Act. H.R. 5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. S. 2465, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. Monitor the implementation of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, (P.L. 112-175). Monitor legislative and administrative action related to sequestration.

Client expense: $650,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

conservation easements, gray wolf conservation, wildlife disease research, HR 1996, Endangered Species Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council

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

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

Equal Access to Justice Act, Judgement Fund Government Litigation Savings Act: HR 1996, S 1061

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R.509/S.249, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus); H.R.510, Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.39, Polar Bear Delisting Act; H.R.50, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2011; H.R.990, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada; H.R.991/S.1066, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; S.339, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011; H.R.615/S.381, Collectible Firearms Protection Act; H.R.2210, Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011; H.R.838, Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.1444, To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed, and for other purposes; S.1087, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011; H.R.1558, To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act; H.R.1445, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle; H.R.1996/S.1061, Government Litigation Savings Act; H.R.6091, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013; H.R.1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; H.R.2834/S.2066, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.4089, Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012; H.R.4019, Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012; S.730, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.3525, Sportsmen's Act of 2012; Issues related to conservation and hunting.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Legislation H.R. 6564 EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2012 H.R. 4078 Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012 H.R. 3468 Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012 S. 3415 Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act of 2012 S. 3382 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act S. 1720 The Jobs Through Growth Act S. 2042 A bill to reinstate the reporting provision relating to fees and expenses awarded to prevailing parties in civil actions involving the United States H.R. 4607 the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012 H.R. 4377, the Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Developmental Act of 201 Ribble Amendment #4 to H.R. 3438, The Service Transportation Act, Part II H.R. 3041 Federal Consent Decrees Fairness Act of 2012 H.R. 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 H.R. 10 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011 H.R. 3010 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 527 Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 S. 493, The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011, Ensign Amendment #202 "The Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011" S.549 Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011 S. 1061 Government Litigation Savings Act H.R. 1996 Government Litigation Savings Act

Client expense: $107,291 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Minerals Management Service, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R.509/S.249, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus); H.R.510, Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.39, Polar Bear Delisting Act; H.R.50, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2011; H.R.990, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada; H.R.2210, Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011; H.R.991/S.1066, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; S.339, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011; H.R.615/S.381, Collectible Firearms Protection Act; H.R.838, Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.1444, To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed, and for other purposes; S.1087, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011; H.R.1558, To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act; H.R.1445, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle; H.R.1996/S.1061, Government Litigation Savings Act; H.R.6091, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013; H.R.1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; H.R.2834/S.2066, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.4089, Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012; H.R.4019, Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012; S.730, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.3525, Sportsmen's Act of 2012; Issues related to conservation and hunting.

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

USCA Supported H.R. 1996/S. 1061 the Government Litigation Savings Act, a bill that brings the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) back in line with its original intent. USCA asked Congress to reform EAJA so that it cannot be used for frivolous suits, or to advance a political agenda.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

General Public Lands and National Park Issues; H.R. 1505; H.R. 1996; S. 407. H.R. 1581/S. 1087, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011. H.R. 4109, Los Padres Conservation an Recreation Act of 2012. H.R. 4334, The Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

S. 1182; H.R. 2147; H.R. 846; H.R. 845; H.R. 817; H.R. 758; H.R. 302; S. 1475; S. 1087; S. 1061; S. 979; S. 268; S. 138; S. 33; H.R. 3334; H.R. 2420; H.R. 1996; H.R. 1916; H.R. 1701; H.R. 1581; H.R. 490; H.R. 163; H.R. 139; H.R. 41; H.R. 4094; H.R. 2578; public land access for motorized recreational vehicles; public land designations; America's Great Outdoors Initiative; wild lands policy, opinions, rulemakings, regulations, standards & guidlines for recreation access to public lands; US Forest Service travel management poloicies; land use planning; resource advisories; National Parks Service motorcycle sound issues; S. 2372/H.R. 4094; H.R. 4109; Preservation and Growth Act.

Client expense: $245,816 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Research & Special Programs Administration, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

1. Opposition to the DOI/USDA policies that seek to unilaterally change -- through administrative fiat -- the designation/multiple use of millions of acres of Western federal lands (through land withdrawals, roadless policies, climate adaptation policies, critical habitat designations and other restrictive regulations). Activities include onoing support for various reform initiatives, including: H.R. 1581, H.R. 4716, H.R. 758, H.R. 302, H.R. 817, H.R. 846, H.R. 3147, H.R. 4965, S. 224, S. 1097 and related amendments to 1. (Cont.) other bills designed to constrain federal agencies from engaging in such activities unilaterally. 2. Ongoing support for common sense legal reform, including: H.R. 1996, S. 1061 and H.R. 4078. 3. Stressing the implications of the proposed Executive Branch requirements (i.e. NEPA, GHG, CAA, CWA, climate adaptation, federal land management policies, ESA listings, national ocean policy, etc.) that hamper energy and natural resource developemnt projects across the West. 4. Continued emphasis on responsible development of the nation's domestic energy resoruces, including those on the West's federal lands (see more under the Energy portion of this report). 5. Educating policymakers on the impacts of the Executive Branch's efforts to establish "projected future climate impacts-related species vulnerabilities" as justification for a whole new range of regulatory actions/authority by agencies across the federal government. Included: discussions of the CEQ proposal to insert "future climate impacts" as a required part of analysis under NEPA; FWS' use as a rationale for expansion of critical habitat designations under ESA; use by the USFS in interpretation/implementation of revised Forest Planning Rule. 6. Educating policymakers on the need for a robust domestic minerals policy to support U.S. economic, energy and national security interests. Activities include support for: S. 1113, H.R. 3155, S. 1690, H.R. 2011 and H.R. 1904, H.R. 4402, H.R. 1192. 7. Educating policymakers on issues arising as a result of federal land management agencies' "interim" measures related to Greater Sage Grouse conservation. 8. Supporting ESA reform, including efforts to clarify critical habitat designations, to make the statute work better for the regulated community and to result in improved recovery of species. 9. Support for efforts to continue funding of the Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery programs (H.R. 6060). 10. Opposition to EPA's suggestion that project-specific NEPA reviews should be expanded to include life-cycle cumulative impact analyses (including impacts of use of ultimate products' use by consumers abroad). Oppose effort by EPA and allies to use such a technique to stymie exports of specific U.S. commodities. 11. Support for language added to the FY13 House Appropriations packages that would exempt minor USFS activities from public notice, comment and appeals processes. Language would solve bureacratic requirements dictated by federal court decision.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

1. Educating policymakers on the need to work towards energy independence through a true "all of the above" domestic energy policy which makes responsible use of the full range of the nation's domestic energy resources. Legislation supported: H.R. 1287, H.R. 2016, H.R. 1719, H.R. 3407, H.R. 3408, H.R. 3410, H.R. 4381, H.R. 4382, H.R. 4384, S. 706, S. 629, S. 631. 2. Educating policymakers on the need to strengthen and expand the nation's electric transmission system. 3. Educating policymakers on the cumulative negative consequences of the growing body of regulations being instituted that impact the nation's electric generation fleet's reliability and which inflict growing costs on consumers (further discussed in the Air, Waste and Water pages of this report.) 4. Educating policymakers on the nexus between a robust energy policy and a strong minerals policy. Particular emphasis has been on critical minerals and their importance as inputs to a vast array of clean energy, electronics, high tech, health, defense, transportation and other applications. Past activities have included input for S. 1113 and support for H.R. 2011 and H.R. 4402. 5. Stressing with policymakers the implications of proposed Executive Branch requirements (NEPA, GHG, climate adaptation, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, federal land management policies, etc.) -- that hamper energy and natural resource development projects across the West -- on the nation's energy and economic security. Support for various reform efforts to constrain regulatory overreach (listed under relevant issue pages of this report). 6. Educating policymakers on the need to focus on policies that encourage development of the nation's full range of "clean energy" resources/supporting technologies, including hydropower. 7. Support for H.R. 1996 and S. 1061. 8. Continuing to educate policymakers on the impacts to Western energy consumers of DOE Secretary Chu's proposed shift in the mission of the federal PMAs. 9. Support for House passage of the alternative offshore drilling plan for 2012-17 (H.R. 6082). 10. Support for House passage of the "Stop the War on Coal" Act of 2012 (H.R. 3409, H.R. 910, H.R. 2401, H.R. 2273, H.R. 2018).

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Equal Access to Justice Act Government Litigation Savings Act - S 1061 & HR 1996

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R.4153 : Chesapeake Bay Program Reauthorization and Improvement Act (programs reducing accountability for Bay TMDL.)HR 3145 Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of 2011 (water quality programs), H.R. 3041:Diminishes Public Involvement with Changes to Consent Decrees with State & Local Gvts as Parties, H.R. 3862: Diminishes Public Involvement with Changes to Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements H.R. 1996: Diminishes Public Involvement with Changes to Equal Access to Justice Act H.R. 910: Anti-NSPS Bill (provisions that prevent carbon standard adoption by EPA) HR 4965, A bill to preserve existing rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United States (opposing) HR 4471, Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012, opposing provisions that limit EPAs ability to adopt clean air protections. SJR 37: Congressional Review Act Disapproval resolution (power plant air toxics) H.R. 4078 Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act: Prevents agencies from issuing rules and regulations required to carry out their congressionally-mandated missions H.R. 4607 Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012: would stop any regulations from being proposed or finalized during the Presidential lame duck period if the President is not serving a consecutive term. H.R. 4278 Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012: Expands exemptions in current CWA law for activities that discharge dredged or fill material H.R. 5961 Farmers Privacy Act of 2012: Restricts the ability of the EPA and state pollution control officials to identify violations of CWA by industrial livestock facilities H.R. 2541 Silviculture Regulaotry Consistency Act: Exempts logging operations from getting CWA permits for some their logging-related activities H.R. 3158 Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act: Would exempt farming operations from the CWAs oil spill prevention, control and countermeasure requirements that other facilities must meet H.R. 3145 Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Act: reauthorizes the CWA SRF S. 3558 (companion to HR 2018) Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act: companion bill to HR 2018

Client expense: $9,310 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Monitor appropriations related to the coal industry and energy policy. H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act. S. 1061,Government Litigation Savings Act. H.R. 5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. S. 2465, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. H.J.Res 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013. (P.L. 112-175). Monitor legislative and administrative action related to sequestration and S. 365, The Budget Control Act. (P.L. 112-25)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $130,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitor appropriations related to the coal industry and energy policy. H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act. S. 1061,Government Litigation Savings Act. H.R. 5325, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. S. 2465, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. H.J.Res 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013. (P.L. 112-175). Monitor legislative and administrative action related to sequestration.

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

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

USCA Supported H.R. 1996/S. 1061 the Government Litigation Savings Act, a bill that brings the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) back in line with its original intent. USCA asked Congress to reform EAJA so that it cannot be used for frivolous suits, or to advance a political agenda.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

conservation easements, gray wolf conservation, wildlife disease research, HR 1996, Endangered Species Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council

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

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

Preserve all Equal Opportunity programs, including Affirmative Action. Eliminate potential discrimination in "faith based" initiates. Eliminate racial disparities in all federal programs, including criminal justice, education, health care, financial services, housing and economic development. Ensure equal voting rights for all Americans, and equal access to sufficient, working voting equipment. Support H.R. 108 & HR 5699. Support reparations for descendants of slavery, support H.R. 40. Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Support H.R. 1397 / S. 811. Support Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity legislation. Support the public financing of congressional campaigns; support S. 750 and H.R. 1404. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support eliminating the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine convictions. Support the establishment of a Criminal Justice Commission; support S. 306. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Oppose efforts to amend or dismantle the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution; oppose H.R. 140 / S.J.Res. 2.Support legislation to increase investigations into housing discrimination. Support H.R. 284. Support ensuring that no federal funds are spent on romanticizing the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the civil war or slavery. Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672. Support full representation of racial and ethnic minorities as the results of the 2010 census are released. Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the issuance of Executive Order 8802. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212. Support ensuring that the occasion of the Civil Wars sesquicentennial is not used to romanticize or otherwise endorse, in any way, one of the primary contributing factors to the conflict and southern succession, the enslavement of African Americans. Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters. Oppose the narrowly focused and reckless hearings planned by the Committee on Homeland Security, tentatively scheduled for March 10, 2011, on the Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Communitys Response. Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act, H.R. 998 / S. 555. Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925. Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act". End deceptive and intimidating practices in federal elections, support H.R. 108 and S. 1994. Oppose requiring a photo ID to vote, support H.R. 3316 Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R.2212 / S. 2017), to restore federal voting rights to ex-felony offenders. Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support the U.S. Department of Justice fulfilling its obligations under Title V of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to deny preclearance to South Carolina and Texas as they attempt to implement so called Voter Identification laws passed by those two states earlier this year. Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011." Support continuing payments under the Pigford II settlement. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2112. Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Support the compilation of an oral history of the civil rights movement. Support H Res 562. Support giving a Congressional Medal of Honor to Lena Horne. Support H.R. 1815. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Express concern over delays in the issuance of Title VI regulations governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); express strong support for the concept that the LIHTC constitutes federal financial assistance for purposes of Title VI; stress that there are important benefits in protecting the civil rights of current and future residents of LIHTC developments. Oppose Congressional hearings in the Committee on Homeland Security targeting Muslims. Support maintaining the critical transportation equity provisions from MAP-21; Support a comprehensive analysis of civil rights compliance by including an Equal Opportunity Assessment; Ensure recruitment and training in the construction industry by including a Construction Careers Demonstration Project; and Preserve community involvement in local transportation planning and decision making. Strongly urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exercise its full authority and apply its resources to ensure compliance with Title VI and its implementing regulations that prohibit both intentional discrimination and discriminatory impacts. Support amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill by Congressman Hank Johnson (GA) to increase funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Strong support for HUDs proposed implementation of the Fair Housing Acts discriminatory effects standard as quickly as possible. Oppose requiring photo ids to vote; oppose HR 5971 and support HR 3316. Oppose amendment by Congressman Garrett (NJ) to H.R. 5972, Fiscal 2013 spending for the Departments of HUD and Transportation which would bar HUD from spending any funds to promulgate or enforce its disparate impact rule under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Support the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, H.R. 1681. Support S. 1994, the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2011. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support Environmental Justice. Support inclusion of African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in the creation of Green Jobs. Support Climate Change Adaptation Task force. Support America's moral and ethical obligation to abate climate change. Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare. Ensure that the US Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to proceed regulating its initial finding that greenhouse gases qualify as dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Oppose HR 910 Oppose legislation which will increase air pollution. Oppose H.R. 2401, H.R. 2250, H.R. 2681, H.R. 2273, H.R. 1633, S. 1392 and S.J. Res. 27. Support the full implementation of the Clean Air Act by the EPA Support a just and ambitious United States position at the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Durban, South Africa, starting in November 2011. Support a new public finance plan to help third world countries, especially those in Africa, adapt to the impacts of climate change. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Oppose S.J. Res. 37, a bill to void life-saving mercury and air toxics standards for power plants, and to permanently prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing similar standards in the future. Oppose measures in H.R. 4348 that would undermine the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the public participation process. Support the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Carbon Pollution Standard, which limits industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Support H.Res. 672, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the energy, environmental, and foreign policies of the United States should reflect appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to climate change, as documented by credible scientific findings and as evidenced by the extreme weather events of recent years. Strongly urges the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exercise its full authority and apply its resources to ensure compliance with Title VI and its implementing regulations that prohibit both intentional discrimination and discriminatory impacts. Support keeping coal ash out of the Transportation bill. Support the National Science Foundation's Climate Change Education partnership program. Oppose Cravaak amendment to HR 5326. Oppose H.R. 4471, the Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012. Oppose H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012. Oppose Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012 (S.3512). Support the proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter. Support limiting dangerous industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support the elimination of racial disparities in state, local and federal law enforcement. End racial profiling. Abolish the death penalty; support the establishment of a commission to study problems surrounding the Death Penalty and a moratorium on implementing the death penalty until the study is complete. Completely eliminate Crack Cocaine / Powder cocaine sentencing disparities, and apply the Fair Sentencing Act retroactively. Support H.R. 2242. Support sentencing reform. Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences. Support continued funding for COPS program. Support full funding for ex-felony offender programs (the Second Chance Act). Support prisoner literacy, education and rehabilitation. Support law enforcement trust & integrity. Support increased enforcement activities by the US DoJ, Civil Rights Division. Support legislation to help youth stay away from gangs . Support a review of prosecutorial decisions, and any racial implications therein . Support the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act, and oppose any amendments that may result in more juveniles being tried as adults. Support S. 306, a bill to establish a blue ribbon National Criminal Justice Commission. Support the recommended national standards developed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives. Ensure that fair and impartial judges are nominated to the federal bench and that they are confirmed. Support Anita Earls for a federal judgeship .Support the Legal Services Corp. Opposed to proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Support hiring a progressive reformer with a proven record of rehabilitation for the new Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Support applying the new guidelines for Crack cocaine conviction retroactively to those currently incarcerated (testify before the US Sentencing Commission). Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support saving money through sentencing reform and a reduction of prison costs. Support clemency for Troy Davis, or at least a reduction in his pending death sentence. Support strong election protection in 2012 Presidential election. Oppose overly punitive anti-gang measures as well as mandatory minimums and instead support proposals which would create community based groups to try to prevent gang creation and recruitment. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212. Support eliminating racial discrimination by prosecutors. Support H.R. 1771. Support eliminating employment discrimination. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 1397 / S. 811. Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters. Oppose proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Support S. 952, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Support HR 3051 to abolish the Federal Death Penalty. Support commuting the death sentence of Troy Davis. Support increased Department of Justice activity into investigating lynchings and other reports of hate crimes in Mississippi and Georgia. Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1670 / H.R. 3618 Support the Webb amendment to HR 2112 establishing a National Criminal Justice Review Commission. Oppose H.R. 966, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. Support Justice Louis Butler, Jr., to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Support a prohibition on potential employers from asking about an applicants criminal background in the initial employment application. Concerns about proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Oppose discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Support HR 1681. Support full funding for programs under the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2012. Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city. Support HR 2189, requiring a report on deaths in custody. Opposed to mandatory minimum sentences in S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act. Support funding in FY 2012 for Juvenile Justice programs. Specifically, we support: $75 million for the Title II State Formula Grants Program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); $65 million for the JJDPA Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program, with no earmarks; $55 million for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG), and $100 million for mentoring programs. Oppose The Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 (H.R. 1254). Support an eminent domain policy that is transparent and provides for fair ands adequate compensation for those affected by eminent domain. Support the Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act (H.R. 3781). Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925. Support legislation to abolish the federal death penalty. Support H.R. 3051. Work to bring racial and ethnic diversity to the Eastern Federal Court of North Carolina. Support sentencing reform that provides more flexibility to judges and allows prisoners to earn reductions in their sentences. Support H.R. 2343 Oppose the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 966 / S. 533). Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771. Support legislation to encourage youth to stay away from gangs and become productive members of society. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 2721. Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011." Oppose religious profiling by law enforcement. Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote. Oppose increasing the budget for the US Bureau or Prisons in fiscal year 2013 and implement cost-saving strategies (both administrative and legislative) instead. Support funding for Second Chance Act programs in FY2013. Support to a thorough examination by US Department of Justice of federal sentencing policy. Support an expanshion of the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP). Support U.S. Sentencing Commission consideration of a two-level downward adjustment to the drug quantity table and support the Commissions proposal to expand the safety valve. Support an expanded use of Compassionate Release by the US Bureau of Prisons. Oppose Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011(H.R. 1254). Oppose attempts by Corrections Corporation of America to purchase and privatize state prisons. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support S. 1925, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Support reducing the exorbitant rates for telephone calls to and from prisons. Support Donna Murphy for a Judgeship at the DC Superior Court. Support consistent, reasonable phone rates for incarcerated people. Support the reinstatment of nondiscrimination language into the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that would prohibit organizations from engaging in religious discrimination using federal dollars. Support for the development of comprehensive standards by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). Support an amendment in the US House of Representatives to the Appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security that will ensure that no Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds are used to profile American citizens on the basis of race, ethnicity or religion. Support the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with individuals and organizations with expertise on the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), to issue and implement regulations that terminate the program in its entirety; remove residual penalties associated with NSEERS for all affected individuals; and discontinue the use of data collected through NSEERS by DHS and other law enforcement agencies. Support an investigation into the activities of the Office of the Pardon Attorney since at least 2001. Oppose H.R. 4970, the bill introduced by Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Support full funding of the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2013. Oppose inclusion of any new mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Support strengthening the DOJ Guidance on racial profiling to address profiling by religion and national origin, to close the loopholes for the border and national security, and to make the guidance enforceable. Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to oppose photo identification when voting; supporting legal efforts to implement the EEOC criminal background check guidence; support legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act; support legal efforts to overturn all or part of state anti-immigrant laws; support secret ballot union elections and support lawsuits or settlements in race discrimination mortgage cases. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants. Support Community Oriented Policing Services Program. Support the Legal Services Corporation.. Support thee Court-Appointed Specal Advocate Program. Oppose "Stand your Ground" laws at the state level; call for a federal repeal of all such statutes. Strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder; opposition to a contempt of Congress citation against him; strongly oppose H. Res. 711. Disapprove of the behavior of House Oversight Committee Chairman Issa's behavior. Support H. Res. 718. Support Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act as reported be the Committee. Support S. 1925. Support Paul Watford's nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Urge the Department of Justice to support efforts to collect separate data on hate crimes directed against Sikhs, Arabs, and Hindus as part of the Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA) data collection programs. Support the use of federal funding for syringe access programs in the FY 2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations bill. Support a presidential summit on religious tolerance to address the growing number of violent attacks on minority religious communities and houses of worship. Support the U.S. Department of Justice conductibng a full impartial investigation that will get at the roots of this persistent problem of government misconduct in death penalty cases and restore public faith in the U.S. criminal justice system. Oppose S. 2188 / H.R. 822 / H.R. 3543, "The National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act." Oppose "Operation Streamline"; oppose the appropriation of $25,865,000 for 1,000 new low security contract confinement beds, as proposed in the 2013 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. Encourage the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on hate crimes and the Department of Justice's impplimentation of the Mathew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Statistics Act. Support people of all faiths and no faith, and the religious freedom of all Americans to practiceor choose not to practicea religion without fear of criticism or suspicion. Support the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act as passed by the U.S. Senate (S. 1925). Support for funding of the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2013. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support the creation of a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed. Oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date .Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren for Director of the nascent CFPB. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile. Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies. Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077. Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011. Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue). Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support requiring the FDA to report on the availability of new drug and device safety and efficacy data by sex, age, and racial and ethnic subgroups. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support ending health care disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support the Affordable Care Act. Reject efforts to repeal health care reform; oppose H.R. 2. Oppose efforts to repeal health car reform via the appropriations process. Oppose cuts in the federal budget to Community Health Care Centers. Fight childhood hunger and obesity -- support a robust, well-funded child nutrition bill. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas. Support the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010. Support full funding for HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and cure. Support H.R. 894, the Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011. Oppose efforts to privatize Medicare and make Medicaid a block grant program. Oppose H. Con. Res. 35. Oppose banning of all funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates. Oppose H. Con. Res. 36. Oppose H.R. 1227. Support the development and implementation of health insurance exchanges. Support FIT Kids Act (support H.R. 1057 and S.576). Support State Insurance Exchange Programs. Oppose H. R. 1213. Support School based health centers. Oppose H.R. 1214. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Oppose H.R. 1217. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support September as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Support H.Res. 339. Support reducing maternal mortality. Support H.R. 894. Support increased funds for AIDS awareness, prevention & treatment. Support a strong and robust Medicaid program. Oppose cuts to Medicaid. Support efforts to advance health equity in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) as prescribed in the Affordable Care Act. Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act; support H.R. 2945. Support robust implementation of the data collection requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Ensure that the rules surrounding the creation of Accountable Care Organizations under the ACA improve the quality of our healthcare system overall by delivering coordinated, patient- and family-centered care, and greatly advance the effort to achieve health equity. Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act". Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Support the inclusion of prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans as required by the Affordable Care Act. Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services. Support H.R. 1880, the Status Report on the 30th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS Act. Support full funding for funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs. Suport Needle Exchange programs. Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support the HEART for Women Act (S. 438/H.R. 3526). Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Express concern about a state-based benchmark approach to implementing the Essential Health Benefit (EHB) package. In particular, we believe that flexibility without robust anti-discrimination enforcement mechanisms will undermine critical civil rights protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services. Oppose a repeal of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supporters program. Oppose HR 1173. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support LGBT designation as a health disparity population by the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). Urge Congress to take a balanced approach, invest in strategies that create job growth, lift children and families out of poverty and ensure racial and ethnic minorities are not disproportionately adversely impacted. Strategies include full funding for the Affordable Care Act to protect all provisions in the law, and especially for expansion of Medicaid, establishment of Exchanges, subsidies for people with low incomes and small businesses, and for the Prevention and Public Health Fund; retaining the structure of the Medicaid program so that it remains an entitlement program to provide states with sufficient financial resources to administer their Medicaid programs for underserved communities experiencing health disparities; level funding for the REACH US Program to advance community driven strategies and interventions for the elimination of racial and ethnic chronic disease health disparities and enhance the capacity to conduct evaluation, increase dissemination, facilitate Technical Assistance and mentoring for other federal initiatives; the Public Health Prevention Fund and Community Transformation Grant program must be fully funded in order to effectively reduce the incidence of costly chronic diseases, help improve health, address health inequities, and control health-care spending; an increase in funding from the Presidents request to support its efforts to promote community solutions to eliminate health disparities, improve the diversity and cultural competency of the health-related workforce, and ensure access to quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate care; sufficient funding to accomplish HHS's overall data collection mission; the HHS Office of Civil Rights' needs additional funding to ensure that it has the staff and resources to appropriately investigate and enforce these critical laws; more funding is needed for the HHS Office of Minority Health to ensure these offices have the staff and resources needed to carry out their mission; and investing in the The Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Support requiring the FDA to report on the availability of new drug and device safety and efficacy data by sex, age, and racial and ethnic subgroups. Support the Cardin-Cochran amendment to MAP-21, which gives local governmentsthose closest to the needs of their constituents and communitiesan opportunity to weigh in on how states spend their Additional Activities federal transportation dollars. Support federal support for school-based health centers in the Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. Support the State Paid Leave Fund. Strongly support the prominence given to the goal of reducing health disparities in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programss structure; however, we are concerned that the meaningful use requirements as proposed are inadequate to achieve this outcome. Specifically, we support the incentive programs reinforcing federal civil rights and health information privacy laws; the incentive program requiring robust demographic data collection and use, inlcuding disability status data collection, sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, and geographic information; and the incentive program should build linkages with existing health disparity strategies. Support ensuring that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs unnecessarily or denied reasonable job modifications that would allow them to continue working and supporting their families. Strongly support H.R. 2086 and S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act. Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act. Support the nomination of Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard to serve as Director of the Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration. Support the use of federal funding for syringe access programs in the FY 2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations bill. Support full implementation of all provisions in the Affordable Care Act, in particular full implementation of the Medicaid expansion in 50 states and the District of Columbia. Support a revised health disparity population designation methodology that draws on the existing evidence base on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health disparities and leads to the LGBT population being formally designated as a health disparity population. Support full funding for the implementation of the Affordable Carre Act: funding should be protected for all provisions in the law, and especially for expansion of Medicaid, establishment of Exchanges, subsidies for people with low incomes and small businesses, and for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support $54 Million for the REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health) Program in Fiscal Year 2013. Support an increase in funding above $41 million to support the efforts of the efforts of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) to promote community solutions to eliminate health disparities, improve the diversity and cultural competency of the health-related workforce, and ensure access to quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate care. Support sufficient funding to accomplish the Department of Health and Human Service's overall data collection mission. Support additional funding for the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). With the elevation of the Office of Minority Health to the Office of the Secretary and creation of six new offices of minority health throughout HHS, more funding is needed to ensure these offices have the staff and resources needed to carry out their mission. Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative, which serves to improve access to healthy food in low-income communities across the country by providing loans and grants to open new supermarkets and fresh food retailers to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas. President Obamas budget request includes $285 million for HFFI, which includes $10 million at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), $25 million in Community Development Financial Institutions funding at the Department of Treasury, and a $250 million set-aside request within the broader $7 billion New Markets Tax Credit program for HFFI. The budget also calls for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to target additional resources toward the overall goals of combating food deserts and increasing access to healthy food. Investing in HFFI would promote increased access to healthy food, create new jobs, improve health, and generate new economic opportunities in low-income communities across the nation. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

HR 1996/S 1061 - Government Litigation Savings Act - working for passage

Client expense: $42,603 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)

H.R.509/S.249, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus); H.R.510, Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.39, Polar Bear Delisting Act; H.R.50, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2011; H.R.990, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada; H.R.991/S.1066, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; S.339, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011; H.R.615/S.381, Collectible Firearms Protection Act; H.R.2210, Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011; H.R.838, Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.1444, To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed, and for other purposes; S.1087, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011; H.R.1558, To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act; H.R.1445, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle; H.R.1996/S.1061, Government Litigation Savings Act; H.R.6091, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013; H.R.1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; H.R.2834/S.2066, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.4089, Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012; H.R.4019, Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012; S.730, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.3525, Sportsmen's Act of 2012; Issues related to conservation and hunting.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

Legislation H.R. 4078 Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012 H.R. 3468 Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012 S. 3415 Government Transparency and Recordkeeping Act of 2012 S. 3382 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act S. 1720 the Jobs Through Growth Act S. 2042 A bill to reinstate the reporting provision relating to fees and expenses awarded to prevailing parties in civil actions involving the United States H.R. 4607 the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012 H.R. 4377, the Responsibility and Professionally Invigorating Developmental Act of 201 Ribble Amendment #4 to H.R. 3438, The Service Transportation Act, Part II H.R. 3041 Federal Consent Decrees Fairness Act of 2012 H.R. 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 H.R. 10 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011 H.R. 3010 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 H.R. 527 Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011 S. 493, The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011, Ensign Amendment #202 "The Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011" S.549 Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011 S. 1061 Government Litigation Savings Act H.R. 1996 Government Litigation Savings Act

Client expense: $175,079 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Minerals Management Service, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement, SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R. 1996/S. 1061, the Government Litigation Savings Act, including provisions relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act H.R. 3682, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlement Act, including provisions relating to regulatory reform

Client expense: $223,091 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Other), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Information Agency (USIA), White House Office

Legislation 16 CFR Part 312, COPPA Rule - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; C.A. 1081, CA Trust Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for state measure restricting compliance with ICE detainer requests.; E.O. 13,490, Ethics EO - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; GN Docket No. 12-52, Commission Seeks Comment on Certain Wireless Service Interruptions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H. Res. 758, Voter Registration Resolutions - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.J. Res 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Prison Capacity Funding; 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. 1505, National Security and Federal Lands Protection 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. 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 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 216, Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process; 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. 2769, Parental Consent Act of 2011; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; 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, LGBT Rights; H.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cybersecurity legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, Surveillance; 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: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Religious Profiling, First Amendment; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Information; H.R. 3803, District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 3828, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; 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. 4192, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 4257, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 4263, SECURE IT Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; 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: Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Military Abortion, National Security/Detention/AUMF; 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: Womens Rights, LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, BOP Appropriations, National Security/Detention; H.R. 5684, Password Protection Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Voting Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones, National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 5856, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships, DOMA Amendment; H.R. 5949, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, First Amendment, Intelligence; 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. 6128 , Help Separated Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online 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. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 997, English Language Unity Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Immigration; 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 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Human Rights, Religious Profiling, First Amendment. Human Rights; 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 of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, LGBT Discrimination, Women's Rights, SAVE Act Provisions, Mandatory Minimums; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S. 2020, The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, Restrain and Seclusion; S. 2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2105, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, First Amendment; S. 2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; S. 2175, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2234, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; 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, Immigration, BOP Appropriations, First Amendment, National Security/Detention; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3074, Password Protection Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 3078, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom; S. 3216, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, National Security/Detention; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights;; S. 3245, E-Verify Bill - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, LGBT, Discrimination, Military Abortion; 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; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy; S. 3369, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance, First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, ECPA Reform; S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3526, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices) - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; 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. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Discrimination; S. Res. 572, Voter Registration Resolutions - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; 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 287(g) program - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Anti-Torture - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Citizens United - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Congressional Voting Rights Briefings (ACLU litigation and lobbying updates) - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Disability Rights; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Criminal Alien Requirement detention beds - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Criminal Background Checks - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Deferred action for DREAMers - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; DHS/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; Executive Order on Human Trafficking - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI and DOJ Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Hate Crimes/Domestic Extremism - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Islamophobia - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, National Secuirty; 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; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; PREA rule covering immigration detainees - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; PREA rule covering immigration detainees - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Leave Behind on Torture - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Sentencing - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Trafficking Report - Issues Lobbied: 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; Voting Rights Briefings - Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; Voting/Databases - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights. Agencies Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Speech Issues; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Cyber Information Sharing; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: FERPA Privacy Regulations, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, School bullying and discipline guidance, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, Single Sex Education, Data Collection; Department of Education -Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability, School Discipline, Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Abstinence Only Funding; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, REAL ID, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Secure Communities, 287(g) program, Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement, SAVE database voter purging, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, Secure Communities (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties), 287(g) program (Office of the Inspector General), DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees (Office of General Counsel), CBP oversight and excessive use of force (Office of Inspector General), DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Radicalization, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, Racial Profiling, Prolonged Detention, Deferred Action Plan, ICE Whistleblowers, Haiti Deportations, CA TRUST Act, Disaster Zone Immigration Enforcement, 287(g), Detainee Sexual Abuse; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, Privacy, Location tracking, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, School bullying and discipline guidance, Voting Rights Briefings - Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement, SAVE database voter purging, Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico, Meeting regarding faith-based initiative, Women's Rights, Jessica Lenahan v. US, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention), Indigent Defense Reform, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Federal Over-criminalization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Juvenile Life without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina , S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, State Secrets, Sentencing, Juvenile Facility Staffing, PREA implementation; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, Trafficking; Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Human Rights Treaties Review Process; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Comments on EEOC strategic enforcement, Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice, LGBT, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Strategic Enforcement Plan, Women's Rights, Discrimination Strategic Plan Priorities; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Health Care, LGBT Rights, Immigration, Human Rights; FBI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Radicalization , Interrogations, Isolation; FCC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, Media Ownership, Media diversity, Civil rights, First Amendment, GN Docket No. 12-52; Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA, Privacy; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers; National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Institute of Health - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Health Issues; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, E.O. 13,490, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Secure Communities, 287(g) program, DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, Over-Classification Reduction, Sex Education/Abstinence Only Funding, Immigration Access to Counsel; Office of the United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Peace Corps Manual, Women's Rights, Pregnancy Leave; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: CBP oversight and excessive use of force; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Priorities; White House - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Transition Issues, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, White House Privacy Report, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Domestic Policy Counsel), S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, DHS appropriations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, EO 12333; White House Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Affirmative Action in Education, Education; Racial Justice; School Diversity

Client expense: $446,267 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

S. 1182; H.R. 2147; H.R. 846; H.R. 845; H.R. 817; H.R. 758; H.R. 302; S. 1475; S. 1087; S. 1061; S. 979; S. 268; S. 138; S. 33; H.R. 3334; H.R. 2420; H.R. 1996; H.R. 1916; H.R. 1701; H.R. 1581; H.R. 490; H.R. 163; H.R. 139; H.R. 41; H.R. 4094; H.R. 2578; public land access for motorized recreational vehicles; public land designations; America's Great Outdoors Initiative; wild lands policy, opinions, rulemakings, regulations, standards & guidelines for recreation access to public lands; US Forest Services; travel management policies; land use planning; resource advisories; National Parks Service motorcycle sound issues; S. 2372/H.R. 4094; H.R. 4109; Preservation and Growth Act.

Client expense: $245,816 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Research & Special Programs Administration, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service

H.R.509/S.249, To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that Act shall not apply to the gray wolf (canis lupus); H.R.510, Idaho and Montana Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.39, Polar Bear Delisting Act; H.R.50, Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2011; H.R.990, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada; H.R.2210, Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2011; H.R.991/S.1066, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; S.339, Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2011; H.R.615/S.381, Collectible Firearms Protection Act; H.R.838, Western Great Lakes Wolf Management Act of 2011; H.R.1444, To require that hunting activities be a land use in all management plans for Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to the extent that such use is not clearly incompatible with the purposes for which the Federal land is managed, and for other purposes; S.1087, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011; H.R.1558, To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act; H.R.1445, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating, based on material composition, any type of firearm ammunition or fishing tackle; H.R.1996/S.1061, Government Litigation Savings Act; H.R.6091, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013; H.R.1581, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act; H.R.2834/S.2066, Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act; H.R.4089, Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012; H.R.4019, Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of 2012; S.730, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act; S.3525, Sportsmen's Act of 2012; Issues related to conservation and hunting.

Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

General Public Lands and National Park Issues; H.R. 1505; H.R. 1996; S. 407. H.R. 1581/S. 1087, Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act of 2011. H.R. 4109, Los Padres Conservation an Recreation Act of 2012. H.R. 4334, The Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, U.S. Forest Service

Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, H.R. 966 Government Litigation Savings Act, H.R. 1996 Civil Justice Reform

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

1. Opposition to the DOI/USDA policies that seek to unilaterally change -- through administrative fiat -- the designation/multiple use of millions of acres of Western federal lands (through land withdrawals, roadless policies, climate adaptation policies, critical habitat designations and other restrictive regulations). Activities include onoing support for various reform initiatives, including: H.R. 1581, H.R. 4716, H.R. 758, H.R. 302, H.R. 817, H.R. 846, H.R. 3147, H.R. 4965, S. 224, S. 1097 and related amendments to 1. (Cont.) other bills designed to constrain federal agencies from engaging in such activities unilaterally. 2. Ongoing support for common sense legal reform, including: H.R. 1996, S. 1061 and H.R. 4078. 3. Stressing the implications of the proposed Executive Branch requirements (i.e. NEPA, GHG, CAA, CWA, climate adaptation, federal land management policies, ESA listings, national ocean policy, etc.) that hamper energy and natural resource developemnt projects across the West. 4. Continued emphasis on responsible development of the nation's domestic energy resoruces, including those on the West's federal lands (see more under the Energy portion of this report). 5. Educating policymakers on the impacts of the Executive Branch's efforts to establish "projected future climate impacts-related species vulnerabilities" as justification for a whole new range of regulatory actions/authority by agencies across the federal government. Included: discussions of the CEQ proposal to insert "future climate impacts" as a required part of analysis under NEPA; FWS' use as a rationale for expansion of critical habitat designations under ESA; use by the USFS in interpretation/implementation of revised Forest Planning Rule. 6. Educating policymakers on the need for a robust domestic minerals policy to support U.S. economic, energy and national security interests. Activities include support for: S. 1113, H.R. 3155, S. 1690, H.R. 2011 and H.R. 1904, H.R. 4402, H.R. 1192. 7. Educating policymakers on issues arising as a result of federal land management agencies' "interim" measures related to Greater Sage Grouse conservation. 8. Supporting ESA reform to make the statute work better for the regulated community and to result in improved recovery of species. 9. Support for efforts to continue funding of the Upper Colorado River and San Juan River Basin endangered fish recovery programs (H.R. 6060). 10. Opposition to EPA's suggestion that project-specific NEPA reviews should be expanded to include life-cycle cumulative impact analyses (including impacts of use of ultimate products' use by consumers abroad). Oppose effort by EPA and allies to use such a technique to stymie exports of specific U.S. commodities. 11. Support for language added to the FY13 House Appropriations packages that would exempt minor USFS activities from public notice, comment and appeals processes. Language would solve bureacratic requirements dictated by federal court decision.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

1. Educating policymakers on the need to work towards energy independence through a true "all of the above" domestic energy policy which makes responsible use of the full range of the nation's domestic energy resources. Legislation supported: H.R. 1287, H.R. 2016, H.R. 1719, H.R. 3407, H.R. 3408, H.R. 3410, H.R. 4381, H.R. 4382, H.R. 4384, S. 706, S. 629, S. 631. 2. Educating policymakers on the need to strengthen and expand the nation's electric transmission system. 3. Educating policymakers on the cumulative negative consequences of the growing body of regulations being instituted that impact the nation's electric generation fleet's reliability and which inflict growing costs on consumers (further discussed in the Air, Waste and Water pages of this report.) 4. Educating policymakers on the nexus between a robust energy policy and a strong minerals policy. Particular emphasis has been on critical minerals and their importance as inputs to a vast array of clean energy, electronics, high tech, health, defense, transportation and other applications. Past activities have included input for S. 1113 and support for H.R. 2011 and H.R. 4402. 5. Stressing with policymakers the implications of proposed Executive Branch requirements (NEPA, GHG, climate adaptation, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, federal land management policies, etc.) -- that hamper energy and natural resource development projects across the West -- on the nation's energy and economic security. Support for various reform efforts to constrain regulatory overreach (listed under relevant issue pages of this report). 6. Educating policymakers on the need to focus on policies that encourage development of the nation's full range of "clean energy" resources/supporting technologies, including hydropower. 7. Support for H.R. 1996 and S. 1061. 8. Continuing to educate policymakers on the impacts to Western energy consumers of DOE Secretary Chu's proposed shift in the mission of the federal PMAs. 9. Support for House passage of the alternative offshore drilling plan for 2012-17 (H.R. 6082). 10. Support for House passage of the "Stop the War on Coal" Act of 2012 (H.R. 3409, H.R. 910, H.R. 2401, H.R. 2273, H.R. 2018).

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

S. 1061/H.R. 1996. Government Litigation Savings Act. Entire bill.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

Support the creation of a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed. Oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date .Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren for Director of the nascent CFPB. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile. Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies. Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077. Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011. Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue). Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support requiring the FDA to report on the availability of new drug and device safety and efficacy data by sex, age, and racial and ethnic subgroups.

Client expense: $62,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support the elimination of racial disparities in state, local and federal law enforcement. End racial profiling. Abolish the death penalty; support the establishment of a commission to study problems surrounding the Death Penalty and a moratorium on implementing the death penalty until the study is complete. Completely eliminate Crack Cocaine / Powder cocaine sentencing disparities, and apply the Fair Sentencing Act retroactively. Support H.R. 2242. Support sentencing reform. Eliminate mandatory minimum sentences. Support continued funding for COPS program. Support full funding for ex-felony offender programs (the Second Chance Act). Support prisoner literacy, education and rehabilitation. Support law enforcement trust & integrity. Support increased enforcement activities by the US DoJ, Civil Rights Division. Support legislation to help youth stay away from gangs . Support a review of prosecutorial decisions, and any racial implications therein . Support the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Act, and oppose any amendments that may result in more juveniles being tried as adults. Support S. 306, a bill to establish a blue ribbon National Criminal Justice Commission. Support the recommended national standards developed by the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission. Support anti-SLAPP suit legislation. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives. Ensure that fair and impartial judges are nominated to the federal bench and that they are confirmed. Support Anita Earls for a federal judgeship .Support the Legal Services Corp. Opposed to proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Support hiring a progressive reformer with a proven record of rehabilitation for the new Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Support applying the new guidelines for Crack cocaine conviction retroactively to those currently incarcerated (testify before the US Sentencing Commission). Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support saving money through sentencing reform and a reduction of prison costs. Support clemency for Troy Davis, or at least a reduction in his pending death sentence. Support strong election protection in 2012 Presidential election. Oppose overly punitive anti-gang measures as well as mandatory minimums and instead support proposals which would create community based groups to try to prevent gang creation and recruitment. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212. Support eliminating racial discrimination by prosecutors. Support H.R. 1771. Support eliminating employment discrimination. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 1397 / S. 811. Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters. Oppose proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Support S. 952, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Support HR 3051 to abolish the Federal Death Penalty. Support commuting the death sentence of Troy Davis. Support increased Department of Justice activity into investigating lynchings and other reports of hate crimes in Mississippi and Georgia. Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1670 / H.R. 3618 Support the Webb amendment to HR 2112 establishing a National Criminal Justice Review Commission. Oppose H.R. 966, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. Support Justice Louis Butler, Jr., to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Support a prohibition on potential employers from asking about an applicants criminal background in the initial employment application. Concerns about proposed reorganization of funding for federal juvenile justice grant programs. Oppose discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation, gender identity, or marital status of any prospective adoptive or foster parent, or the sexual orientation or gender identity of the child involved. Support HR 1681. Support full funding for programs under the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2012. Support the actions of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department in the case involving the city of Dayton, Ohio, and its entrance exam for men and women who aspired to become police officers or firefighters for the city. Support HR 2189, requiring a report on deaths in custody. Opposed to mandatory minimum sentences in S. 1151, the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act. Support funding in FY 2012 for Juvenile Justice programs. Specifically, we support: $75 million for the Title II State Formula Grants Program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); $65 million for the JJDPA Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program, with no earmarks; $55 million for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG), and $100 million for mentoring programs. Oppose The Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 (H.R. 1254). Support an eminent domain policy that is transparent and provides for fair ands adequate compensation for those affected by eminent domain. Support the Law Enforcement Torture Prevention Act (H.R. 3781). Support the re-authorization of and full funding for the Violence Against Women Act. Support S. 1925. Support legislation to abolish the federal death penalty. Support H.R. 3051. Work to bring racial and ethnic diversity to the Eastern Federal Court of North Carolina. Support sentencing reform that provides more flexibility to judges and allows prisoners to earn reductions in their sentences. Support H.R. 2343 Oppose the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 966 / S. 533). Support the Justice Integrity Act, H.R. 1771. Support legislation to encourage youth to stay away from gangs and become productive members of society. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 2721. Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support H.R. 2189, the "Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011." Oppose religious profiling by law enforcement. Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote. Oppose increasing the budget for the US Bureau or Prisons in fiscal year 2013 and implement cost-saving strategies (both administrative and legislative) instead. Support funding for Second Chance Act programs in FY2013. Support to a thorough examination by US Department of Justice of federal sentencing policy. Support an expanshion of the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP). Support U.S. Sentencing Commission consideration of a two-level downward adjustment to the drug quantity table and support the Commissions proposal to expand the safety valve. Support an expanded use of Compassionate Release by the US Bureau of Prisons. Oppose Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011(H.R. 1254). Oppose attempts by Corrections Corporation of America to purchase and privatize state prisons. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support S. 1925, the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Support reducing the exorbitant rates for telephone calls to and from prisons. Support Donna Murphy for a Judgeship at the DC Superior Court. Support consistent, reasonable phone rates for incarcerated people. Support the reinstatment of nondiscrimination language into the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that would prohibit organizations from engaging in religious discrimination using federal dollars. Support for the development of comprehensive standards by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). Support an amendment in the US House of Representatives to the Appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security that will ensure that no Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds are used to profile American citizens on the basis of race, ethnicity or religion. Support the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with individuals and organizations with expertise on the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), to issue and implement regulations that terminate the program in its entirety; remove residual penalties associated with NSEERS for all affected individuals; and discontinue the use of data collected through NSEERS by DHS and other law enforcement agencies. Support an investigation into the activities of the Office of the Pardon Attorney since at least 2001. Oppose H.R. 4970, the bill introduced by Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL) to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Support full funding of the Second Chance Act in fiscal year 2013. Oppose inclusion of any new mandatory minimum sentencing provisions in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Support strengthening the DOJ Guidance on racial profiling to address profiling by religion and national origin, to close the loopholes for the border and national security, and to make the guidance enforceable. Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to oppose photo identification when voting; supporting legal efforts to implement the EEOC criminal background check guidence; support legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act; support legal efforts to overturn all or part of state anti-immigrant laws; support secret ballot union elections and support lawsuits or settlements in race discrimination mortgage cases. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants. Support Community Oriented Policing Services Program. Support the Legal Services Corporation.. Support thee Court-Appointed Specal Advocate Program. Oppose "Stand your Ground" laws at the state level; call for a federal repeal of all such statutes. Strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder; opposition to a contempt of Congress citation against him; strongly oppose H. Res. 711. Disapprove of the behavior of House Oversight Committee Chairman Issa's behavior. Support H. Res. 718. Support Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act as reported be the Committee. Support S. 1925. Support Paul Watford's nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support ending health care disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, support the Affordable Care Act. Reject efforts to repeal health care reform; oppose H.R. 2. Oppose efforts to repeal health car reform via the appropriations process. Oppose cuts in the federal budget to Community Health Care Centers. Fight childhood hunger and obesity -- support a robust, well-funded child nutrition bill. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas. Support the National Youth Sports Program Revitalization Act of 2010. Support full funding for HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and cure. Support H.R. 894, the Maternal Health Accountability Act of 2011. Oppose efforts to privatize Medicare and make Medicaid a block grant program. Oppose H. Con. Res. 35. Oppose banning of all funds to Planned Parenthood affiliates. Oppose H. Con. Res. 36. Oppose H.R. 1227. Support the development and implementation of health insurance exchanges. Support FIT Kids Act (support H.R. 1057 and S.576). Support State Insurance Exchange Programs. Oppose H. R. 1213. Support School based health centers. Oppose H.R. 1214. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Oppose H.R. 1217. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support September as Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Support H.Res. 339. Support reducing maternal mortality. Support H.R. 894. Support increased funds for AIDS awareness, prevention & treatment. Support a strong and robust Medicaid program. Oppose cuts to Medicaid. Support efforts to advance health equity in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) as prescribed in the Affordable Care Act. Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act; support H.R. 2945. Support robust implementation of the data collection requirements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Ensure that the rules surrounding the creation of Accountable Care Organizations under the ACA improve the quality of our healthcare system overall by delivering coordinated, patient- and family-centered care, and greatly advance the effort to achieve health equity. Oppose H.R. 3541, the "Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglas Prenatal Non Discrimination Act". Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Support the inclusion of prohibitions on discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation in the establishment of health insurance Exchanges and the certification of Qualified Health Plans as required by the Affordable Care Act. Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services. Support H.R. 1880, the Status Report on the 30th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS Act. Support full funding for funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs. Suport Needle Exchange programs. Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requirees that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Oppose legislation which would impose unprecedented burdens on parties in cases involving a wide array of federal protections in areas such as environmental, consumer, health care, and civil rights laws. Oppose H.R. 3041, H.R. 3862, and H.R. 1996. Support the HEART for Women Act (S. 438/H.R. 3526). Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Express concern about a state-based benchmark approach to implementing the Essential Health Benefit (EHB) package. In particular, we believe that flexibility without robust anti-discrimination enforcement mechanisms will undermine critical civil rights protections in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Oppose the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed regulations that would require private Medicare plans (Part C and D) to translate written materials only into languages spoken by 10% of the population in the plans service area. Rather, the NAACP strongly urges CMS to consider an alternative standard of 5% of the general population or 500 individuals served in the service area, whichever is smaller to ensure that every American can access Medicare services. Oppose a repeal of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supporters program. Oppose HR 1173. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support LGBT designation as a health disparity population by the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). Urge Congress to take a balanced approach, invest in strategies that create job growth, lift children and families out of poverty and ensure racial and ethnic minorities are not disproportionately adversely impacted. Strategies include full funding for the Affordable Care Act to protect all provisions in the law, and especially for expansion of Medicaid, establishment of Exchanges, subsidies for people with low incomes and small businesses, and for the Prevention and Public Health Fund; retaining the structure of the Medicaid program so that it remains an entitlement program to provide states with sufficient financial resources to administer their Medicaid programs for underserved communities experiencing health disparities; level funding for the REACH US Program to advance community driven strategies and interventions for the elimination of racial and ethnic chronic disease health disparities and enhance the capacity to conduct evaluation, increase dissemination, facilitate Technical Assistance and mentoring for other federal initiatives; the Public Health Prevention Fund and Community Transformation Grant program must be fully funded in order to effectively reduce the incidence of costly chronic diseases, help improve health, address health inequities, and control health-care spending; an increase in funding from the Presidents request to support its efforts to promote community solutions to eliminate health disparities, improve the diversity and cultural competency of the health-related workforce, and ensure access to quality, culturally and linguistically appropriate care; sufficient funding to accomplish HHS's overall data collection mission; the HHS Office of Civil Rights' needs additional funding to ensure that it has the staff and resources to appropriately investigate and enforce these critical laws; more funding is needed for the HHS Office of Minority Health to ensure these offices have the staff and resources needed to carry out their mission; and investing in the The Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Support requiring the FDA to report on the availability of new drug and device safety and efficacy data by sex, age, and racial and ethnic subgroups. Support the Cardin-Cochran amendment to MAP-21, which gives local governmentsthose closest to the needs of their constituents and communitiesan opportunity to weigh in on how states spend their Additional Activities federal transportation dollars. Support federal support for school-based health centers in the Presidents Budget for Fiscal Year 2014. Support the State Paid Leave Fund. Strongly support the prominence given to the goal of reducing health disparities in the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programss structure; however, we are concerned that the meaningful use requirements as proposed are inadequate to achieve this outcome. Specifically, we support the incentive programs reinforcing federal civil rights and health information privacy laws; the incentive program requiring robust demographic data collection and use, inlcuding disability status data collection, sexual orientation and gender identity data collection, and geographic information; and the incentive program should build linkages with existing health disparity strategies. Support ensuring that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs unnecessarily or denied reasonable job modifications that would allow them to continue working and supporting their families. Strongly support H.R. 2086 and S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act. Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act. Support the nomination of Dr. Kimberly Jeffries Leonard to serve as Director of the Center for Mental Health Services within the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 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 Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office