Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011

Legislation 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 HR 1 House Continuing Resolution- Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Religion and Belief HIV/AIDS, Religion and Belief; HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Relationships; HR 1179 Respect For Rights of Conscience Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; 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 1254 Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; HR 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)- Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 1473 Department of Defense and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention; HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers, Military operations in cyberspace, Abortion; HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act- Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; HR 1683 National Defense Authorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Military operations in cyberspace; HR 1823 Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Policy; HR 1892 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011- Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight, Violent Extremism, National Security; HR 1932 Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement, prolonged and indefinite detention; HR 1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; HR 1996 Government Litigation Savings Act- Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 2017 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, detention, Transfers, Violent Extremism, Reproduction Rights, Immigration; HR 2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, Detention, Transfers, Reproductive Rights; HR 2085 MARCH for Military Women Act- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 2112 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Reentry Policy, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Civil Rights, Racial Justice, Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients; 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 2181 Deaths in Custody Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Prisoners Death While in Custody; HR 2189 Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011; HR 220 Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: National ID, privacy; HR 2212 Democracy Restoration Act- Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National Security, detention, transfers; HR 2354 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/Education; HR 2608 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 2721 The Youth PROMISE Act- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; 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 2830 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights; HR 3027 Ending Corporal Punishing in Schools Act- Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline; HR 3070 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act, FY12- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3116 DHS Authorization FY 2012- Issues Lobbied: Homeland security, Radicalization; HR 312 Securing the Homeland Through Agency Reporting Enhancement Act- Issues Lobbied: privacy; HR 313 Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Drug Conspiracy Law, Criminal Justice; HR 3261 Stop Online Piracy Act- Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3324 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights;HR 337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Rights, Academic Freedom; HR 3451 Bullying, cyberbullying- Issues Lobbied: Free speech; HR 3523 Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy, First Amendment; HR 3541 Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 358 Protect Life Act- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Abortion; HR 3589 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/ Reproductive Rights; HR 3618 End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 (ERPA)- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 3674 Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy, First Amendment; HR 471 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act- Issues Lobbied: Religion and Belief, Government-Funded Religion; HR 483 Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act- Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; HR 495 See Something, Say Something Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; 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 See Something, Say Something Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; HR 973 To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts- Issues Lobbied: Human Rights/Religious Freedom; 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, Youth and Schools; HR 2017 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: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 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; HR 2316 The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; 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; S 1301 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Reproductive Rights, Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S 1409 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S 1458 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012- Issues Lobbied: Violent Extremism, National Security; S 1546 DHS Authorization FY 2012- Issues Lobbied: Homeland securit; S 1599 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012- Issues Lobbied: Sex Education; S 1601 State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, FY12- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S 1670 End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 (ERPA)- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Request introduction of bill; 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 1712 Equal Access to Justice Act; S 1763 Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Free Speech; S 1782 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S 1867 National Defense Authorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National Security, Detention, Transfers, Torture, Religious Freedom, Church- State Separation, Religious Freedom, Church-State Separation, Reproduction Rights; S 1892 Housing Rights for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Act- Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Domestic Violence; S 1925 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act- Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S 2017 Democracy Restoration Act- Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S 206 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act- Issues Lobbied: Religion and Belief, Government-Funded Religion; S 223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act- Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security; S 306 National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 413 Cybersecurity- Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy; S 505 Suspicious Activity Reports- Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S 549 Casting Light on EAJA Agency Records for Oversight Act of 2011; 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, Youth and Schools, Free Speech; S 598 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Church-State Separation, Religious Freedom, Reproductive Rights; S 605 Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; 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 743 Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011- Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)- Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S 968 PROTECT IP- Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; 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 Congressional Issues w/o bills Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Campaign Disclosure Draft Bill - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; CERD Implementation - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Racial Justice; CMS-9992-IFC2, Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Comments on the proposed rule for OFCCP compensation data tool - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Labor; Federal Contracting; Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Considered Executive Order on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: EO, Possible legislation, Open Government; COPPA - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; Counsel for Incompetent Detainees ; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cyberbullying ; 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; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Electronic medical records - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, School Discipline, LGBT, Youth and Schools; Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI Mapping - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; 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; FERPA Privacy Regulations - Issues Lobbied: Student privacy; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment; Freedom of Information Act comment - Issues Lobbied: Open government; FY 2012 Approps ; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Government Watch Lists - Issues Lobbied: Due process, privacy; Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Capital Punishment; Health Care and Contraception - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice; ICE detention facilities/ conditions ; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act Reform, Intelligence Oversight, Civil Liberties, Privacy, National Security; Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice; Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation/Civil Rights; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location tracking; 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; Media Ownership - Issues Lobbied: Media diversity, civil rights; National security letters / Electronic Privacy Communications Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment; National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215; Net Neutrality ; NYPD Spying - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, privacy; Over-Classification Reduction - 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; PREA rule covering immigration detainees ; Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights; Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, LGBT Rights; Racial Profiling ; Radicalization of American Muslims - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; REAL ID - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, National ID; Regulations re home health care workers - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Labor; Racial Justice; Womens Rights; Religious Liberty ; Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and whistleblower protections; S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, etc. ; SAVE Native American Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; School Diversity Guidance Interpreting PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools) - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; School Diversity; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Racial Profiling; Sentencing Commission Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Single sex education - Issues Lobbied: Sex discrimination; State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, whistleblower protection; Supportive School Discipline Initiative - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; School Discipline; Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Syringe Access Bill - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, HIV/AIDS; The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy; The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment; The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; USCCR Reforms - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Education; Racial Justice; LGBT Rights; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Violence against women and conflicting claims of domestic violence - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Voting Rights Statement - Issues Lobbied: VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; White House Cybersecurity Proposal - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; White House Privacy Report - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; E.O. 12958- Issues Lobbied: Improving classification policy Agencies ICE - Issues Lobbied: Secure Communities, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, etc., ICE enforcement, prolonged and indefinite detention, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011, ICE detention facilities/ conditions; DHS - Issues Lobbied: Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, 287(g) program, Secure Communities, Use of datamining technologies by the government, National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling, See Something, Say Something Act of 2011 , Privacy, National ID, REAL ID, Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis, Due process, privacy, Government Watch Lists, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance Reform, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, domestic spying, fusion centers, EO, Possible legislation, Open Government, Controlled Unclassified Information, National ID, employment verification, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, ICE enforcement, prolonged and indefinite detention, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011; White House - Issues Lobbied: Improving classification policy, Racial profiling, FY 2013 CBP Budget, 287(g) program, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers,Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, First Amendment, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Creating of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, EO, Possible legislation, Open Government, Controlled Unclassified Information, Detention, LGBT, Youth and Schools, 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; DOJ - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, etc., Good Time Credit, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers, Voter ID, Voter Supression laws, Racial Justice, The Juvenille Justice and Deliquincy Prevention Reauthorization Act, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011, Civil Rights, Capital Punishment, The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act, Education, Racial Justice, School Discipline, Education, Racial Justice, School Diversity, LGBT Rights, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues, Church-State Separation, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Life without Parole, Indigent Defense Reform, Due process, privacy, Government Watch Lists, Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Case, Open government, Freedom of Information Act comment, Federal Over-criminalization, National Security, Privacy, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, Police Practices, Request introduction of bill, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 (ERPA), Fourth Amendment, location tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, Surveillance, Free Speech, First Amendment, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011, CERD Implementation, Human Rights, FBI investigative authorities, civil rights, Detention, 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, Attorney General; Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico, Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights.; DOD - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers, Detention, 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; FBI - Issues Lobbied: Secure Communities, Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security, Radicalization of American Muslims, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties,law enforcement oversight, open government, FBI Oversight, FBI Mapping, Racial Profiling, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Privacy, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, FBI investigative authorities, civil rights, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; HHS - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, CMS-9992-IFC2, Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Electronic Medical Records, Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis, Employment Discrimination, Labor, Federal Contracting, Comments on the proposed rule for OFCCP compensation data tool ; Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Labor, Federal Contracting, Comments on the proposed rule for OFCCP compensation data tool; NSC - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Improving classification policy; National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers, EO, Possible legislation, Controlled Unclassified Information; ISOO - Issues Lobbied: Controlled unclassfied information, Open Government; FTC - Issues Lobbied: COPPA, Online Privacy; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, First Amendment, Cybersecurity, Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy, First Amendment, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011; Cybersecurity Coordinator - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy, First Amendment, Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011; Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; NEC - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; DOE - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, School Discipline, Single sex education, Sex Discrimination, Education, Racial Justice, School Diversity, Student privacy, FERPA Privacy Regulations, Education, LGBT, Youth and Schools, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization; Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Labor, Racial Justice, Womens Rights, Regulations re home health care workers, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Police Practices, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act; Corporation for National and Community Service - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; EPA - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; HUD - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Violance against women and conflicting claims of domestic violence, Women's Rights, Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; SBD - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; USAID - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; VA- Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; Treasury Department - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Due Process, Material support for terrorism; FCC - Issues Lobbied: Media diversity, civil rights; Department of Engery - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification, Church-State Separation, Civil Rights, Letter regarding federally funded hiring discrimination and case-by-case analysis; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; OMB - Issues Lobbied: FY 2013 CBP Budget, 287(g) program, Secure Communities, Privacy, National ID, REAL ID, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; GOA - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Racial Profiling, Secure Communities; Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: The Juvenille Justice and Deliquincy Prevention Reauthorization Act, Racial Justice, Juvenille Justice, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, The Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2011; Office of Juvenille Justice and Deliquincy Prevention - Issues Lobbied: The Juvenille Justice and Deliquincy Prevention Reauthorization Act, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenille Justice; USCCR- Issues Lobbied: Human rights, Education, Racial Justice, LGBT Rights; Executive Office of the President Cybersecurity Coordinator - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy; Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Good Time Credit; CRT - Issues Lobbied: S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, etc.; Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Issues Lobbied: Secure Communities; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; U.S. Sentencing Commision - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act/ Sentencing Reform

Client expense: $395,532 · Firm income: Not reported

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H.R.1Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 H.R.24To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. H.R.28Veterans Outreach Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.46Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2011 H.R.26To 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.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 the surviving spouses of certain totally-disabled veterans. 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.178To 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.179To 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.180To amend the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under title 32, United States Code, to exclude nondefense funds made available by other Federal agencies for the Program from the matching requirements of the Program. H.R.181To 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.186To 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 for disability, regardless of the members' disability rating percentage. H.R.198To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy. H.R.208To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the reimbursement of mental health counselors under TRICARE, and for other purposes. H.R.210To 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.240To 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.248To 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.287Homes for Heroes Act of 2011; H.R.290War Memorial Protection Act H.R.303Retired Pay Restoration Act; H.R.319 To require employers to provide veterans with time off on Veterans Day. H.R.329Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act; H.R.332 Military Environmental Responsibility Act H.R.333Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act; H.R.337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 H.R.396TBI Treatment Act; H.R.403 Battlefield 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 2011 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.810Fair Access to Veterans Benefits 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.674To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes. H.R.674To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to modify the calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, and for other purposes. H.R.687Military Spouses Employment Act; H.R.803 Equity for Injured Veterans Act of 2011 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 to provide flexible spending arrangements for members of the uniformed services. H.R.802To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a VetStar Award Program. 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.811Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act; H.R.812 Agent 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.943K-9 Companion Corps Act H.R.930To amend title 38 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. H.R.948Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 H.R.1003To amend title 10 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 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.1089Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act H.R.1092Military Retirees Health Care Protection ActMilitary Retirees Health Care Protection Act H.R.1110Combat Act; H.R.1130 Education Assistance to Realign New Eligibilities for Dependents (EARNED) Act of 2011 H.R.1133Helping Our Homeless Veterans Act of 2011; H.R.1142 Global Combat Zone Recognition Act H.R.1154Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs ActVETS Dogs Act H.R.1169To amend titles 5, 10, and 32 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 to extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to veterans with a compensable service-connected disability and to their dependents. H.R.1260Support for Survivors Act; H.R.1354 American Jobs Matter Act of 2011 H.R.1263To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures. H.R.1284Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2011; H.R.1285 Military Health Care Affordability Act H.R.1297 Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011; H.R.1298 Veterans' Efficiencies Through Savings Act of 2011 H.R.1312Jobs for Veterans Act of 2011; H.R.1318South Texas Veterans Health Care Expansion Act H.R.1362To ensure that members of the Armed Forces continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government and in the event that the debt of the United States Government reaches the statutory limit. H.R.1383 Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011; H.R.1407 Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011 H.R.1425Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011 H.R.1435To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in the provisions providing protections against reprisals for certain disclosures. H.R.1441To amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes. H.R.1451Post 9/11 GI Bill Payment Restoration Act; H.R.1484 Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.1460To provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system H.R.1529Defense Sexual Trauma Response Oversight and Good Governance ActDefense STRONG Act H.R.1540National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 2012 H.R.1540National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012Military Construction Authorization Act for FY 2012 H.R.1566Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011 H.R.1570To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to employers for the value of the service not performed during the period employees are performing service as members of the Ready Reserve or the National Guard. H.R.1591Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011SERVE Act of 2011; H.R.1612 To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a commission on urotrauma; H.R.1627Honoring American Veterans Act of 2011 H.R.1657To amend title 38, United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. H.R.1671Andrew Connolly Veterans' Housing Act; H.R.1709 Force Protection and Readiness Act H.R.1679WE CARE ActWomen's Excellence of Care and Accessibility Review and Evaluation Act H.R.1742Janey Ensminger Act; H.R.1799St. Albans VA Veteran Cares Act of 2011 H.R.1811National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2011 H.R.1826To amend title 38 to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees. H.R.1832Servicemembers' Telemedicine and E-Health Portability Act of 2011STEP Act H.R.1854Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011; H.R.1855Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011; H.R.1863Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011; H.R.1898Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act; H.R.1910To extend for one year the authority of certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans to transfer unused Post-9/11 Educational Assistance benefits to family members. H.R.1911Protecting Veterans' Homes Act; H.R.1941Hiring Heroes Act of 2011 H.R.1930To amend title 38 to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans H.R.2002To amend title 38 to permit disabled or injured members of the Armed Forces to transfer Post 9/11 Educational Assistance benefits after retirement. H.R.2048To expand the eligibility for the provision of Government headstones, markers, and medallions for veterans buried at private cemeteries. H.R.1979To amend title 10 to expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to include additional chapter 61 disability retirees, to coordinate eligibility for combat-related special compensation and concurrent receipt, to eliminate the reduction of SBP survivor annuities by dependency and indemnity compensation, and to enhance the ability of members of the reserve components who serve on active duty or perform active service to receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay. H.R.2002To amend title 38, United States Code, to permit disabled or injured members of the Armed Forces to transfer Post 9/11 Educational Assistance benefits after retirement, and for other purposes. H.R.2048To expand the eligibility for the provision of Government headstones, markers, and medallions for veterans buried at private cemeteries. H.R.2051Veterans Missing in America Act of 2011; H.R.2052Fort McClellan Health Registry Act H.R.2053Veterans' Disability Claims Efficiency Act of 2011; H.R.2074Veterans Sexual Assault Prevention Act H.R.2082 Work Opportunity Credit Improvements Act; H.R.2148 Disabled Veterans Commissary and Exchange Store Benefits Act; H.R.2159 PROSTATE ActProstate Research, Outreach, Screening, Testing, Access, and Treatment Effectiveness Act of 2011; H.R.2203To establish a pilot program under which veterans in the State of Alaska may receive health care benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs at non-Department medical facilities, and for other purposes. H.R.2243Veterans Employment Promotion Act; H.R.2266To amend title 10 to reform Department of Defense energy policy, and for other purposes.; H.R.2274To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress annual reports on the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program H.R.2288To amend title 10 to provide for certain treatment of autism under TRICARE. H.R.2300To amend title 38 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team. H.R.2301To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make payments to educational institutions under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program at the end of a quarter, semester, or term H.R.2302To amend title 38to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify Congress of conferences sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R.2305To amend title 38 to make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase on behalf of members of reserve components who performed inactive duty training or active duty for training but did not serve on active duty; H.R.2318To amend title 38 to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to increase the amount of the Medal of Honor special pension provided under that title by up to $500; H.R.2329To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for certain requirements for financial institutions that are creditors for obligations and liabilities covered by that Act; H.R.2345To amend title 38 to extend the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and the authorization of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide assistance to United States Paralympics, Inc. H.R.2349To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to annually assess the skills of certain employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration. H.R.2355To amend title 38 to exclude individuals who have been convicted of committing certain sex offenses from receiving certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors which are otherwise available to certain veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and related individuals; H.R.2377To amend title 38 to provide for expedited procedures for the consideration of certain veterans claims; H.R.2383To amend title 38 to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use electronic communication to provide required notice to claimants for benefits under laws administered by the Secretary H.R.2384To amend title 38 to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses of certain contracts. H.R.2388To amend title 38 to improve the submission of information by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress. H.R.2403To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to State National Guards to provide counseling and reintegration services for members of reserve components of the Armed Forces ordered to active duty in support of a contingency operation, members returning from such active duty, veterans of the Armed Forces, and their families. H.R.2419COMBAT PTSD ActCompensation Owed for Mental Health Based on Activities in Theater Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Act; H.R.2433 To amend title 38 to make certain improvements in the laws relating to the employment and training of veterans; H.R.2470E-SERV ActEnsuring Servicemembers' Electronic Records' Viability Act H.R.2477To amend title 38 to establish a Department of Veterans Affairs Medal for Distinguished Public Service to honor veterans who make remarkable and distinguished contributions to their communities. H.R.2496Payment Reliability for our Obligations to Military and Investors to Secure Essential Stability ActPROMISES Act H.R.2498Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act; H.R.2506Making Work and Marriage Pay Act of 2011 H.R.2550Spouses of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act; H.R.2559Helping Homeless Heroes Act of 2011 H.R.2590Seniors Protection Act of 2011; H.R.2619 Veterans Affairs Active Shooter Training Act of 2011 H.R.2646Veterans Health Care Facilities Capital Improvement Act of 2011 H.R.2654Don't Default on Military Families Act; H.R.2711Supporting Our Seniors COLA Act of 2011 H.R.2720To clarify the role of the Department of Veterans Affairs in providing a benefit or service related to the interment or funeral of a veteran; H.R.2751Joining Forces for Military Mental Health Act H.R.2773To amend titles 10, 32, and 37 of the United States Code to authorize the establishment of units of the National Guard in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; H.R.2848Veterans' Religious Freedom Act H.R.2875Wounded Veteran Job Security Act; H.R.2886SHIELD Act of 2011Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2011; H.R.2954To improve the health of minority individuals; S.67To amend title 10 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.68 To amend title 10 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.242 Guardians of Freedom Act of 2011 S.243Citizen Soldier Support Act; S.260To amend title 10 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.423To amend title 38 to provide authority for retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal S.472Service Members Permanent Change of Station Relief Act; S.486Protecting Servicemembers from Mortgage Abuses Act of 2011; S.490To amend title 38 to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program; S.491Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees Act of 2011; S.514Gold Star Fathers Act of 2011 S.532Patriot Express Authorization Act of 2011 S.536To amend title 38 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.572A bill to 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 S.579Sergeant Coleman S. Bean Reserve Component Suicide Prevention Act S.658Support for Survivors Act; S.666Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2011 S.696A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to treat Vet Centers as Department of Veterans Affairs facilities for purposes of payments or allowances for beneficiary travel to Department facilities, and for other purposes. S.698A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to codify the prohibition against the reservation of gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery; S.724Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act of 2011; S.745 A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect certain veterans who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in educational assistance benefits, and for other purposes; S.769Veterans Equal Treatment for Service Dogs Act of 2011VETS Dogs Act of 2011 S.780Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2011 S.815Sanctity of Eternal Rest for Veterans Act of 2011SERVE Act of 2011 S.842Military Spouse Employment Programs Evaluation Act; S.866Reserve Retirement Deployment Credit Correction Act S.873A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide benefits for children with spina bifida of veterans exposed to herbicides while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era outside Vietnam, and for other purposes. S.874A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the provision of compensation and pension to surviving spouses of veterans in the months of the deaths of the veterans, to improve housing loan benefits for veterans, and for other purposes. S.894Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011; S.910Veterans Health Equity Act of 2011 S.914A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans, and for other purposes. S.935Veterans Outreach Enhancement Act of 2011; S.951Hiring Heroes Act of 2011; S.957Veterans' Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitative Services' Improvements Act of 2011; S.1017Disabled Veteran Caregiver Housing Assistance Act of 2011; S.1080PRO-VETS Act of 2011Providing Real Outreach for Veterans Act of 2011; S.1089 Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2011; S.1255Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012; S.1256Department of Energy National Security Act of 2012; S.1264Veteran Voting Support Act of 2011

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Legislation HR 963 suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling H.J.RES68 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 H.R 1540 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National security, HJ ReS 37 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the FCC with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech HJR 13 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights, Relationships HR 1144 Transparency and Openness in Government Act - Issues Lobbied: HR 1212 RECLAIM Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, War Powers, Libya HR 1249 America Invents Act - Issues Lobbied: Genetic testing amendment HR 1254 Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: synthetic Drugs HR 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 1409 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Prison Database HR 1529 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and Detention HR 1540 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment HR 1741 Secure Visas Act - Issues Lobbied: secure Visas Act HR 1769 The Drug Free Families - Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients HR 1876 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights HR 1892 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight HR 1932 Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement, prolonged and indefinite detention HR 1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, Privacy HR 1996 Government Litigation savings Act - Issues Lobbied: Access to the courts HR 2017 DHs Approps - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, detention, vouchers, religion, LGBT HR 2085 The Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights 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 2181 Deaths in Custody Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Prisoners Death While in Custody HR 2189 Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied:due process HR 220 Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National ID, privacy HR 2212 Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice HR 2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 2434 Financial services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation, Education, Reproductive Rights HR 2497 HALT Act - Issues Lobbied: Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement HR 2567 Federal First Offender Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: 1st time Drug Offenders HR 2639 Global Democracy Promotion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HR 2721 The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice HR 280 Secure the Capitol Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy HR 282 To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 3027 Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education HR 3030 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination HR 3053 REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDs, Discrimination HR 3116 DHs Authorization FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Homeland security HR 312 securing the Homeland TH.R.ough Agency Reporting Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy HR 313 Drug Trafficking safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Drug Conspiracy Law HR 3165 Positive Behavior for safe and Effective schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education; School Discipline HR 337 Restore Military Readiness Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, First Amendment, Academic Freedom HR 358 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights 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, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling 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 83 Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; school Discipline 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, Youth and Schools HR1473 Department of Defense and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security, Detention HR1981 Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data Retention HR2017 Department of Homeland security Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers HR2055 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers HR2219 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers HR2242 Fairness in Cocaine sentencing Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy HR2316 The Fair sentencing Clarification Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy S 743 Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties S 1061 Equal Access to Justice Act/Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: Access to the courts S 1194 Consular Notification Compliance Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: S 1212 Geolocation Privacy and surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking S 1214 Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health (MARCH) for Military Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 1253 National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Worldwide War Authority, Guantanamo, National security, detention, transfers S 1380 HALT Act - Issues Lobbied: S 1409 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice S 1546 DHs Authorization FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Homeland security S 1573 Financial services and General Government and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 1601 Department of state, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 1605 Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination S 1670 End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices 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 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: Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy S 413 Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy 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 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 S 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination S 877 Protect Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 906 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 952 DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Act S 919 Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Education ; School Discipline; LGBT; Youth and Schools; Free Speech S 968 Preventing Real Online TH.R.eats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free speech S 981 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights S 984 Healthy Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights S 1231 second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry policy S 1670 End Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice 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 598 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights S 678 Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice 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 SJ.RES20 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 SJR 19 Flag Desecration - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Congressional Issues w/o Bills 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 CERD Implementation - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Racial Justice Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy Continuing Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Abortion riders, EAJA, needle programs, vouchers Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation Criminal background checks for employment purposes - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Racial Justice Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies for FY 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights DHS Authorization - Issues Lobbied: Campaign disclosure amdt DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, 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 DOMA - Issues Lobbied: civil rights DREAM Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, civil rights Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; School Discipline, LGBT, Youth and Schools ENDA - Issues Lobbied: civil rights Ending Corporal Punishing in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, law enforcement oversight, open government FISA Amendments Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment Foreign Libel Laws - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech FY 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice, Reentry Policy Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Government Shutdown - Issues Lobbied: civil rights/civil liberties Habeas Corpus Review Procedures in Capital Cases - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Capital Punishment Harassment and Bullying Issues - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech HHS Comments on Health Care Exchanges - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights HHS Comments on Preventive Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice Judicial Nominees - Issues Lobbied: civil rights/civil liberties JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act Reform, Intelligence Oversight, Civil Liberties, Privacy, National Security Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice, Labor-HHS-Education FY 2012 Appropriations Act Draft - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination Libya Resolution - Issues Lobbied: human rights License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Location tracking - Issues Lobbied: privacy 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 / Electronic Privacy Communications Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; First Amendment National Security Letters Reform Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 Notice Pleading - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment OFAC Material Support Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Issues Lobbied: Health care reform Patriot Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Prisoners Rights Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Commission Standards - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, LGBT Rights Protect IP Bill - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech Radicalization of American Muslims - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security Repeal HIV Discrimination bill - Issues Lobbied: civil rights Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and whistleblower protections Second Chance Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights Sentencing Commission Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Fair Sentencing/Crim. Justice SNDA - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights State Secrets Protection Act of 2009 - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, whistleblower protection The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Capital Punishment The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights/Violence Against Women VRA Enforcement - Voter ID and Other Voter Suppression Laws - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice White House Cybersecurity Proposal - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Church-State/Religious Freedom/Civil Rights Agency Issues White House - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information EO, PCLOB, Cybersecurity, Information Sharing, ESEA, Racial Justice School Discipline, Employment Background Checks , Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Police Practices, Privacy, FMLA, Foreign Libel Laws, Gaza flotilla issue, human rights, Guidance for Schools Interpreting PICS, Sikh Issues, Lobbyist Rules, Somali Detention, The Fair sentencing Clarification Act, Whistleblower Act, Prosecution in Article III Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance, Contractor Disclosure, Free Speech, Disclosure, Harassment and Bullying, Hiring Discrimination, Chruch -State separation, Cybersecurity, Internet Freedom Act of 2011, OFCCP anti-discrimination in employment, Surveillance, national security, privacy Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Health care abortion coverage, Group Health Plans, Coverage of Preventive Services ACA, Electronic medical records, Health Care Exchanges, Comments on Preventive Services, Religious Exception to Contraception Coverage, Church-State Separation/Religious Freedom/Contraception Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2011, Prosecution in Article III courts Department of Justice- Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights, Information Sharing, CERD Implementation, Human Rights, Racial Justice, Cybersecurity, DREAM Act, ERPA, First Amendment, Privacy, open government, domestic spying, fusion centers,Racial Profiling Guidance, ECPA reform, Florida Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, FMLA, FOIA Comments, Medical Marijuana, Puerto Rico, Habeas Procedures, Indigent Defense, Lenahan v. U.S., JLWOP, Crack Cocaine Cases, Patriot, PREA Commission Standards, PCLOB, Racial Mapping, Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act, Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act, JJDPA, The Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act, LGBT Discrimination, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, Secure Communities, AG Guidelines and DIOG updates, Whistleblower Enhancement Act of 2011, Prosecution in Article III Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, OFCCP data tool, Enforcement of goals in construction for women and minorities, Employment Discrimination, Federal Contracting, OFCCP anti-discrimination in employment, Discrimination Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: REO and Fair Housing Department of Energy - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: CIR, SARs, National ID, employment verification, privacy, Controlled Unclassified Information, Cybersecurity, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, PCLOB, Use of datamining technologies, Watch Lists, Due process, Haiti Deportation Issues, S-Comm, LGBT detention, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, NSEERS, DREAM Act Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity, privacy, online behavioral advertising, ECPA Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Dept of Ed guidance, GSA rules, civil rights, ESEA ,Racial Justice, PICS (Parents Involved in Community Schools), FERPA Privacy Regulations, privacy, Single sex education Department of Treasury - Issues Lobbied: Housing protections for victims of domestic violence, Womens Rights/Violence Against Women, Material support for terrorism, First Amendment, Due Process State Department - Issues Lobbied: IACHR, Jessica Lenahan v. U.S., Womens Rights/Violence Against Women, VAWA National Archives - Issues Lobbied: Controlled Unclassified Information, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Criminal background checks for employment purposesm, Employment Discrimination, Racial Justice FBI - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing, National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, open government, domestic spying, fusion centers, FOIA, Radicalization, S-Comm, religious freedom, racial profiling National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform National Security Council - Issues Lobbied: Improving classification policy; FCC - Issues Lobbied: Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, USF, Open Internet Rule U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing, Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Same Sex Partner Insurable Interest, LGBT, Relationships, USAID - Issues Lobbied: Church Construction Support, Abstinence-only grantees OMB - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, DiscriminationOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Issues Lobbied: JJDPA; ICE - Issues Lobbied: detention facilities, S.B. 1070- style bills state and local enforcement issues: Alabama H.B. 56, S-Comm, Worksite enforcement raids, Prosecutorial discretion, "HALT Act"; FTC - Issues Lobbied: Privacy issues; GAO - Issues Lobbied: S-Comm; US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice,LGBT, Human Rights Office of Justice Programs - Issues Lobbied: Fair sentencing Clarification Act

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Implementation; Extension of Full Veterans' Benefits to Same-Sex Couples; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540, S. 981); Restore Military Readiness Act (H.R. 337)

Client expense: $360,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office

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

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Implementation; Extension of Full Veterans' Benefits to Same-Sex Couples; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540, S. 981); Restore Military Readiness Act (H.R. 337)

Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Implementation; Extension of Full Veterans' Benefits to Same-Sex Couples; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 & 2012; Restore Military Readiness Act (H.R. 337)

Client expense: $480,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Legislation: 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 HR 1 Continuing appropriations Act for FY11 - Issues Lobbied: DC abortion funds ban, defunding PPFA, title X elimination, Global Gag rule, HIV/AIDS, Religion and Belief HR 1116 Respect for Marriage Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights HR 1212 Restoring Essential Constitutional Constraints for Libyan Action Involving the Military Act (RECLAIM Act) - Issues Lobbied: National Security 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 1397 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights HR 1404 Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform HR 1529 Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Detention HR 166 Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment HR 216 Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process HR 220 Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National ID, privacy 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 3 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issues Lobbied: abortion 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: Abortion, refusals 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 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 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 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 (SNDA) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights , Youth and Schools HR1473 Department of Defense and Full Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention 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 - Issues Lobbied: Religion and Belief, Government-Funded Religion S 223 FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security S 555 Student Non-Discrimination Act (SNDA) - 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 811 Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination S 206 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR) - Issues Lobbied: Chruch/State, Religion in Schools 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 of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, LGBT Rights SJ Res 6 A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practice - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech S 306 Webb Criminal Justice Commission Bill - Issues Lobbied: criminal justic HR 318 To amend title 18, United States Code, to punish threats to commit violent crimes against Members of Congress, and for other purposes. - Issues Lobbied: free speech H.R. 140 Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Constitutional Citizenship; 14th Amendment HR 754 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight S 719 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight HR 67 Patriot Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues S 291 Patriot Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, Patriot Act issues HR 1048 Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech S 540 Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech Congressional Issues Without Introduced Legislation Anti-SLAPP Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Access to the Courts Attorney General Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights CALEA - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech, Privacy Campaign Finance - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment , Free Speech, Public Financing Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Free Speech Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Felony Voting Rights, Racial Justice Designation of National Security Positions - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, whistleblower protections 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, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices Establishing a Select Committee to Review National Security laws, Policies and Practices - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence oversight Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice Fort Hood Report - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security Freedom of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: Open Government Gang Abatement Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice Gene Patenting Legislation - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights Higher Education Anti-harassment bill - Issues Lobbied: Free Speech Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice; Police Misconduct Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice JUSTICE Act - Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act Reform, Intelligence Oversight, Civil Liberties, Privacy, National Security Legal Orientation Program - Issues Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Due Process Material support for terrorism - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Due Process, Human Rights National security letters - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, National Security Letter Power, Patriot Act Section 215 Electronic Privacy Communications Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Due Process Notice Pleadings - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Access to Justice Over-Classification Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification Public Employee Pension Transperancy Act - Issues Lobbied: Open Government Radical ideologies and speech rights - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Free Speech Radicalization of American Muslims - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 - Issues Lobbied: FOIA and whistleblower protections State Secrets Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, whistleblower protection Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: USCCR; Racial Justice; Human Rights Webb Criminal Justice Commission Bill - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers Paycheck Fairness Act (no bill introduced yet) - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Employment Discrimination Corporal Punishment Ban - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Corporal Punishment Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Disability Rights; Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Corporal Punishment; Positive Behavior Supports; Federal Accountability Agency Issues CBP - Issues Lobbied: Operation Streamline, IG issues Commerce Department - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Do Not Track Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination Dept of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Whistleblower Protection Dept of Education - Issues Lobbied: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, Single Sex Education, LGBT Rights, Youth and Schools, school diversity issues Dept of HHS - Issues Lobbied: Implementation of ACA and medical loss ratio, Electronic medical records, disabilty comments, sex ed, LGBT issues Dept of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Comments on Break Time for Working Mothers, Comments onOFCCPs Rescission of 2006 Guidance on Compensation Discrimination, federal contractor non-discrimination DHS - Issues Lobbied: DOMA, ICE enforcement, detention, CJS Approps - LOP/EOIR, Haitian refugees and deportation, 287(g), Secure Communities, DREAM Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Suspicious Activity Reports, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, ideological exclusion 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 FCC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, net neutrality FTC - Issues Lobbied: online privacy ICE - Issues Lobbied: ICE Worksite Enfocement, ICE enforcement, detention, Haitian refugees and deportation, 287(g), Secure Communities, SB 1070 style bills and state/local enforcement issues National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Controlled unclassified information, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, OPM inernal security audits National Economic Council - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform NSC - Issues Lobbied: Haitian refugees and deportation, Cybersecurity, Over-Classification Reduction Act, Improving classification policy Office of Personnel Management (OPM) - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Designation of National Security Positions, gender identity regulations Office of the Vice President - Issues Lobbied: PREA application to immigration detention The White House - Issues Lobbied: Cocaine Sentencing Policy, The Fair Sentencing Act Sentencing Guidelines, DOMA, ICE enforcement, detention, 287(g), SB 1070 style bills and state/local enforcement issues, Paycheck Fairness Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Cybersecurity, LGBT Rights , Youth and Schools, Whistleblower Protection, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Improving classification policy, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, NDAA, detainee transfers, ATT FOIA, PREA for Immigrant Detainees, Disability Treaty Treasury Department - Issues Lobbied: Material support for terrorism, Cuba Travel The Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Prison Rape, ICE Worksite Enforcement, Operation Streamline, PREA application to immigration detention, CJS Approps - LOP/EOIR, Haitian refugees and deportation, 287(g), Secure Communities, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, Convention for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,Title VI Enforcement, Speech Restictions In Puerto Rico, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by State and Local Governments and Place of Accommodation Equipment and Furniture, FBI Oversight, Whistleblower Protection, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Attorney General Guidelines, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Prison Abuse Remedies Act (and reform of the PLRA), 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, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women re IACHR petition on Gonzales case, PREA application to immigration detention, Cocaine Sentencing Policy, The Fair Sentencing Act Sentencing Guidelines The U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Cocaine Sentencing Policy, The Fair Sentencing Act Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/Implementation of the Fair Sentencing Act U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization, ESEA issues FEC - Issues Lobbied: Citizens United Regulations State Department - Issues Lobbied: UPR Letter, Ideological Exclusion