War Memorial Protection Act

Legislation H Con Res 36 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of HR 1473 - Issues Lobbied: Planned Parenthood funding HJ Res 37 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech HJ RES 68 Authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya HJR 13 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights HR 1212 RECLAIM Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya HR 1215 To amend title V of the Social Security Act to convert funding for personal responsibility education programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriationS - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education HR 1249 America Invents Act - Issues Lobbied: Genetic testing amendment HR 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights HR 1473 FY11 Continuing Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HR 1529 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Detention HR 1537 Uniting American Families Act - Issues Lobbied: DOMA HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers, Reproductive Rights, Church-State Separation/Religious Freedom/Education/ LGBT HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment HR 1688 Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT HR 1741 Secure Visas Act - Issues Lobbied: Secure Visas Act HR 1775 Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech HR 1932 Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement, detention, Civil and Criminal Commitment Process HR 1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy HR 1996 Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: Frist Amendment HR 2017 DHS Approps - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, detention, vouchers, religion, LGBT, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers HR 2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers HR 2085 MARCH for military women act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights HR 2126 Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act - Issues Lobbied: HR 216 Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process HR 2164 Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy HR 2168 Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking HR 220 Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National ID, privacy HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers HR 2242 Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Cocaine Sentencing Policy HR 2278 To limit the use of funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for United States Armed Forces in support of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Operation Unified Protector with respect to Libya, unless otherwise specifically authorized by law. - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya HR 2316 The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy HR 2434 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Discrimination HR 280 Secure the Capitol Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy HR 282 To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 290 War Memorial Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation HR 3 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights HR 312 Securing the Homeland Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom HR 358 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom/Reproductive Rights HR 3950 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Exchange implementation HR 471 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR) - Issues Lobbied: Church/State, Religion in Schools HR 483 Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy HR 495 Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling HR 514 Patriot Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues HR 611 BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy HR 654 Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy HR 658 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security HR 693 E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy HR 754 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight HR 800 Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy HR 96 Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment HR 963 Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling HR 968 Detainee Security Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, HR 98 Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy HR 998 Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights HR1473 Department of Defense and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention S 1061 Equal Access to Justice Act - Issues Lobbied: S 1212 Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking S 1214 MARCH for military women act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights S 1231 Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry policy S 1253 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers,LGBT, Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Religious Freedom S 1254 NDAA - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights S 1283 Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships S 1519 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination S 169 A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy S 206 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR) - Issues Lobbied: S 223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security S 306 the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy S 505 Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling S 551 Military Detainee Procedures Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention S 554 A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention S 555 Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights S 598 Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships S 719 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight S 74 Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech S 797 Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination S 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination S 821 "Uniting American Families Act" - Issues Lobbied: DOMA S 877 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom/Reproductive Rights S 877 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights S 906 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights S 919 Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools, First Amendment, Free Speech, Racial Justice; Education, School Discipline S 952 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Act S 981 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention, torture, Religious Freedom/LGBT S 990 Patriot Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues SJ RES 20 A joint resolution authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in support of the NATO mission in Libya. - Issues Lobbied: National Security, War Powers, Libya SJ Res 6 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practiceS - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech SJR 19 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech Congressional Issues w/o Bills: Anti-SLAPP Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Arbitration Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Access to the Courts Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights Campaign Finance Issues - Issues Lobbied: Contractor Disclosure, Free Speech, Disclosure CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Ratification Certification Process for State Capital Counsel Systems - Issues Lobbied: Habeas Corpus Chapter 154 Opt-in process COICA Bill - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy Continuing Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Abortion riders, EAJA, needle programs, vouchers Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy Data mining to protect Senate networks - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice 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, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices Ending Corporal Punishing in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline E.O. 13279 Faith-Based Community Initiative Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom ESEA Reauthorization Draft - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight EU Data Sharing - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Executive Order on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government. Dir. term extension FY 2012 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights FY12 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations bill - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Harassment and Bullying Issues - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice Judicial Nominees - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act Reform, Intelligence Oversight, Civil Liberties, Privacy, National Security Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination Libya Resolution - Issues Lobbied: War Powers Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing Material support for terrorism - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Due Process National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Patriot Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education; Disability Rights; School Discipline Protect IP bill - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Radicalization of American Muslims - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and whistleblower protections S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: immigration, Secure Visas Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report - Issues Lobbied: Torture State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, whistleblower protection The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juveneile Justice UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Issues Lobbied: Indigenous Rights Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Women'r Rights Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Gag Agency Issues Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Operation Streamline, IG issues Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination, Relationships Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Do Not Track Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, FHEO - criminal records Dept of Defense - Issues Lobbied: A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Third Periodic Review Report to the Committee Against Torture, Military Comm Trials Dept of Education - Issues Lobbied: Guidance for Schools Interpreting PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools), Single sex education,LGBT, Youth and Schools, FERPA Privacy Regulations, Student Privacy, Harassment and Bullying Issues, SNDA, Title 6 diversity Department of Agriculture- Issues Lobbied: Hispanic Women Farmers Settlement Dept of HHS - Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Health care abortion coverage, medical decisions Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: CJS Approps - LOP/EOIR, 287(g), Secure Communities, Indigent Defense Reform, Federal Over-criminalization, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act, The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues, Uniting American Families Act, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011, A bill to prohibit the use of Department of Justice funds for the prosecution in Article III courts of the United States of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, CERD Implementation, VRA Enforcement, Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Freedom of Information Act, 1986 Amendments, Patriot Act, Cybersecurity, LGBT, Discrimination, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Third Periodic Review Report to the Committee Against Torture, Letter re EO 13279, Equal Access to Justice Act, Medical Marijuana, JLWOP policy guidance Dept of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Public comments on notices of rescission and rulemaking, LGBT, Discrimination, Letter re EO 13279, E.O 13563 Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review DHS - Issues Lobbied: CJS Approps - LOP/EOIR, Secure Communities, DREAM Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, PREA implementation in VAWA reauth, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011, Secure Visas Act, EO 13556: Controlled Unclassified Information, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, DOMA DNI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing EEOC - Issues Lobbied: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act FBI - Issues Lobbied: FBI Oversight, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates FCC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, net neutrality FEC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality FTC - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy, Do Not Track ICE - Issues Lobbied: ICE Worksite Enfocement, ICE enforcement, detention, 287(g), Secure Communities, SB 1070 style bills and state/local enforcement issues, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing National Economic Council - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform NSC - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction Act, E.O. 12958: Improving classification policy, Executive Order on Human Rights, 18 U.S.C. 2339B Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships, Parenting OMB - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Issues Peace Corp - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights and Sex Discrimination State Department - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Third Periodic Review Report to the Committee Against Torture, Executive Order on Human Rights, Passport Doc Comments, Trafficing Treasury Department - Issues Lobbied: Material support for terrorism, Cuba Travel U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, ESEA issues, Testimony on harassment in schools, LGBT, Youth and Schools, First Amendment, Free Speech U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act US Aid - Issues Lobbied: Oversight of Abstinence-only grantees, NPRM re Construction Funds, Church-State Separation White House - Issues Lobbied: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, E.O. 12958: Improving classification policy, EO 13556: Controlled Unclassified Information, Cybersecurity, Letter re EO 13279, Military Comm Trials, Harassment and Bullying Issues, Campaign Finance Issues, SNDA, BOP qualifications, Needle Exchange Programs, Southern California homeless vets issues

Client expense: $341,295 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), 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 Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office

HR 1 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 H.R.24 To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. HR 26 - To direct the Secretary of Defense to adopt a program of professional and confidential screenings to detect mental health injuries acquired during deployment in support of a contingency operation and ultimately to reduce the incidence of suicide among veterans. H.R.28Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.46Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 H.R.115To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program. H.R.117To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R.120To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for eligibility for housing loans guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs for H.R.136To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes. H.R.152To utilize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. H.R.159To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program under which the Secretaries make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. H.R.168To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of veterans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. H.R.169To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such Internet website. H.R. 178 To amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan for military surviving spouses to offset the receipt of veterans dependency and indemnity compensation. H.R. 179 To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement that certain former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits. H.R. 180 To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes. H.R. 186 To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are retired under chapter 61 of such title H.R. 198 To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy. H.R. 208 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the reimbursement of mental health counselors under TRICARE, and for other purposes. H.R. 210 To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for purposes of benefits under programs administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. H.R. 240 To amend title 38, United States Code, to promote jobs for veterans through the use of sole source contracts by Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of meeting the contracting goals and preferences of the Department of Veterans Affairs for small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans. H.R 248 To provide for identification of members of the Armed Forces exposed during military service to depleted uranium, to provide for health testing of such members, and for other purposes. H.R. 287 Homes for Heroes Act of 2011 H.R. 290 War Memorial Protection Act H.R.303Retired Pay Restoration Act H.R.329Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act H.R.319To require employers to provide veterans with time off on Veterans Day. H.R.329Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act H.R.332Military Environmental Responsibility Act H.R.333Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act H.R.337Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 H.R.396TBI Treatment Act H.R.403Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices ActBEST Practices Act H.R.413To reduce the budget of the Department of Defense to the level provided for fiscal year 2008 and to freeze the budget at such level through fiscal year 2016. H.R.465To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a pilot project on the use of educational assistance under programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs to defray training costs associated with the purchase of certain franchise enterprises. H.R.493To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members of the Armed Forces following their death. H.R.544To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to permanently extend the period of protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes. H.R.545Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act H.R.561Veterans Employment Tax Credit Act of 2011 H.R.573To amend section 310 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 to extend the period of time during which claims for retroactive stop-loss special pay may be submitted. H.R.575HEALTHY Vets Act of 2011Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare for Your Vets Act of 201 H.R.614Post 9/11 G.I. Bill Dependent Coverage Improvement Act H.R.637To amend the procedures regarding military recruiter access to secondary school student recruiting information H.R.644Guardians of Freedom Act of 2011 H.R.652To amend title 10, United States Code, to limit the increase of premiums, deductibles, copayments, or other charges for health care provided under the TRICARE program. H.R.687Military Spouses Employment Act H.R.768Soldiers Targeted by Offensive Profiteering Act of 2011 (STOP Act) H.R.781Veterans' Employment Transition Support Act of 2011VETS Act of 2011 H.R.791To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. H.R.802To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program. H.R.803Equity for Injured Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.804To amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the eligibility of certain veterans who serve in support of Operation New Dawn for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. H.R.805To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs and to inform veterans about the Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights, and for other purposes. H.R.806End Veteran Homelessness Act of 2011 H.R.807To amend title 38, United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, and for other purposes. H.R.809To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in each facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs a Women Veterans Bill of Rights. H.R.810Fair Access to Veterans Benefits Act of 2011 H.R.811Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act H.R.812Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011 H.R.813To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce the period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before the veteran's survivors are eligible for the benefits provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at time of death. H.R.814Medicare VA Reimbursement Act of 2011 H.R.834Veterans Home Loan Refinance Opportunity Act of 2011 H.R.865Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011 H.R.923Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 H.R.924Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.930To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the disability compensation evaluation procedure of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma, and for other purposes. H.R.943K-9 Companion Corps Act H.R.948Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 H.R.1003To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for reserve members, former members of a reserve component, and unremarried surviving spouses and dependents of such members and former members. H.R.1019To ensure that members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who were killed or wounded in certain attacks in 2009 and 2011 directed at members or employees outside of a combat zone are treated in the same manner as members and employees who are killed or wounded in combat zones. H.R.1025To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law. H.R.1046Honor the WISH ActHonor the Written Intent of our Soldier Heroes Act H.R.1092Military Retirees Health Care Protection ActMilitary Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1110Combat Act H.R.1130Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2011 H.R.1133Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.1142Global Combat Zone Recognition Act H.R.1154Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs ActVETS Dogs Act H.R.1169To amend titles 5, 10, and 32, United States Code, to eliminate inequities in the treatment of National Guard technicians, to reduce the eligibility age for retirement for non-Regular service, and for other purposes. H.R.1178To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents. S.67A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit former members of the Armed Forces who have a service-connected disability rated as total to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the Armed Forces are entitled to travel on such aircraft. S.68A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize certain disabled former prisoners of war to use Department of Defense commissary and exchange stores. S.90A bill to establish the Military Family-Friendly Employer Award for employers that have developed and implemented workplace flexibility policies to assist the working spouses and caregivers of service members, and returning service members, in addressing family and home needs during deployments. S.146Veteran Employment Transition Act of 2011; S.242Guardians of Freedom Act of 2011 S.243Citizen Soldier Support Act S.260A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation. S.277Caring for Camp Lejeune Veterans Act of 2011; S.325Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 S.344Retired Pay Restoration Act of 2011 ; S.367Hire A Hero Act of 2011 S.387Spending Control Act of 2011; S.390Blue Star/Gold Star Flag Act of 2011 S.411Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011 S.423A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide authority for retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal, and for other purposes. S.472Service Members Permanent Change of Station Relief Act S.486Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 S.490A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. S.491Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011; S.532Patriot Express Authorization Act of 2011 S.536A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that utilization of survivors' and dependents' educational assistance shall not be subject to the 48-month limitation on the aggregate amount of assistance utilizable under multiple veterans and related educational assistance programs. S.542National Guard, Reserve, "Gray Area" Retiree, and Surviving Spouses Space-available Travel Equity Act of 2011 S.579Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act

Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office