Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012

Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act - H.R. 10 TRAIN Act H.R. 2401H.R. 4078 Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act H.R. 4607 Midnight Rule Relief Act H.R. 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

EPA Regulations - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act - H.R. 10 TRAIN Act - H.R. 2401 H.R. 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act H.R. 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief Act H.R. 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

EPA Regulations - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act - H.R. 10 TRAIN Act - H.R. 2401 H.R. 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act H.R. 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief Act H.R. 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

EPA Regulations - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulatory Accountability Act - HR3010 Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act -H.R. 10 Regulations Flexibility Improvement Act - HR 527 TRAIN Act - HR 2401 HR 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act HR 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief Act HR 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

EPA Regulations - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulatory Accountability Act - HR3010 Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act -H.R. 10 Regulations Flexibility Improvement Act - HR 527 TRAIN Act - HR 2401 HR 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act HR 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief Act HR 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

EPA Regulations - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulatory Accountability Act - HR 3010 Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act - HR 10 Regulations Flexibility Improvement Act - HR 527 TRAIN Act - HR 2401 HR 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act HR 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief Act HR 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

Monitor legislative and federal activity related to global warming and climate change. S. 231, EPA Regulations Suspension Act of 2011. S. 272, EPA Fair Play Act. S 482, Tax Prevention Act of 2011.H.R. 910, Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. S. 937, American Alternative Fuels Act of 2011. H.R. 457, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to disapprove after a permit has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act. H.R. 2036, American Alternative Fuels Act of 2011. S. 1610, Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 2681, Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. S. 1183, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act. S. 1833, Fair Compliance Act of 2011. H.R. 1380, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011. H.R. 1405, A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 2018, Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011. H.R. 2250, EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 2401, Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011. H.AMDT.799 to H.R.2401, Amendment to provide that the Cross State Air Pollution Rule has no legal force or effect, and directs EPA to continue to apply the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) for at least 3 years until after the study in the underlying bill is complete. The amendment also requires that the proposed Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule has no legal force and effect and that any subsequent Utility MACT rule be issued no sooner than 1 year after the study in the underlying bill is complete. If reissuing the rule, EPA is required to ensure that MACT standards are achievable in practice and that the compliance period is at least 5 years. S.J Res 37, A joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units. H.AMDT.151 to H.R. 1, Amendment prohibits the use of funds to the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to carry out, implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in the memorandum issued by the EPA and the Department of the Army entitled "Enhanced Surface Coal Mining Pending Permit Coordination Procedures", dated June 11, 2009, or the guidance issued by the EPA entitled "Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order", dated April 1, 2010. H.R. 6172, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible. S. 3512, Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012. S. 3382, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012. Congressional outreach regarding BLM leasing policy. Monitor all administrative action at EPA related to coal fired electric generation.

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

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

EPA Work - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulatory Accountability Act - H.R. 3010 Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act - H.R. 10 Regulations Flexibility Improvement Act - H.R. 527 TRAIN ACt - H.R. 2401 H.R. 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act H.R. 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief Act H.R. 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office

Coal Ash issues generally; H.R. 1391, Recycling Coal Combustion Residuals Accessibility Act; H.R. 2273 & S. 1751, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act; H.R. 872, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act; H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act;

Client expense: $520,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 2273/S. 1751, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, regulates coal ash under existing municipal solid waste landfill regulations, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry; H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, to introduce transparency and broaden participation in settlement of regulatory lawsuits, provisions pertaining to elec utility industry; H.R. 4348, Surface Transportation Bill Extension and Conference Report, provisions pertaining to coal ash and RESTORE Act.

Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Coal Ash issues generally; S. 1751/H.R. 2273, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry; H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry.

Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S. 1751/H.R. 2273, Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, provisions pertaining to coal ash regulations; H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, provisions pertaining to the electric utility industry; S. 3512, Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012, provisions pertaining to the coal ash.

Client expense: $660,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulatory reform, incl. S. 3468, H.R. 3862, S. 1602

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 10, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011 S. 299, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2011 S. 231, the EPA Stationary Source Regulations Suspension Act / the Protect Americas Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2011 H.R. 199, the EPA Stationary Source Regulations Suspension Act / the Protect Americas Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2011 S. 228, the Defending Americas Affordable Energy and Jobs Act H.R. 750, the Defending Americas Affordable Energy and Jobs Act S. 482, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 H.R. 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 Senate Amendment 236, offered to S. 493 S.609, the Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy (CARE) Act of 2011 House Amendments No. 329, 330 and 331 to H.R. 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act S. 400, a bill to amend the Federal Power Act to ensure that rates and charges for electric energy are assessed in proportion to measurable reliability or economic benefit, and for other purposes S. 699, the Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 S. 757, a bill to provide incentives to encourage the development and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture technologies. S.1000, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 S.AMDT. 277, an amendment to suspend, for 2 years, any Environmental Protection Agency enforcement of greenhouse gas regulations, to exempt American agriculture from greenhouse gas regulations, and to increase the number of companies eligible to participate in the successful Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Program. S.AMDT. 215, an amendment to suspend, until the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Environmental Protection Agency action under the Clean Air Act with respect to carbon dioxide or methane pursuant to certain proceedings, other than with respect to motor vehicle emissions. H.R. 1705, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011 (TRAIN Act) Draft legislation to amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of the United States against cyber security and other threats and vulnerabilities H.R. 1573, a bill to delay implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 795, Small-Scale Hydropower Enhancement Act of 2011 H.R. 2250, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011 H.R. 2133, S. 1220, the Fulfilling U.S. Energy Leadership (FUEL) Act H.R. 2401, the Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011 (TRAIN Act) S.1321, the Practical Energy Plan H.R. 2170, the Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act S. 1510, the Clean Energy Financing Act S.1556, the Federal Accountability of Renewable Energy (FARE) Act S. 1392, the EPA Regulatory Relief Act H.R. 2273 / S.1751 the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act S. 1606 / H.R. 3010, the Regulatory Accountability Act S.J.RES. 27, a joint resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the mitigation by States of cross-border air pollution under the Clean Air Act. S. 1343, the Energy and Water Integration Act H.R. 2842, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act S. 1342, Grid Cyber Security Act. H.R. _________ , draft version of the GRID Act (the Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act) S. 1491, the PURPA PLUS Act S.1550 / H.R. 3259, the National Infrastructure Bank Act H.R. 2458, the Quality Review Interval and Dust Act H.R.3242, the Save Our Climate Act S. 1737, the Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (SAVE) Act S.1720 / H.R. 3400, the Jobs Through Growth Act H.R.3680/H.R. 5892, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act S. 1758 / H.R.3244, the Landowner Protection Act S.1988 / H.R.3663, the Supporting Home Owner Rights Enforcement (SHORE) Act S.1775 / H.R.5991, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act H.R.3280, the Powering America for Tomorrow Act H.R.3674, the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PrECISE) Act H.R.3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act S.1754, the Clean Transmission for Rural Communities Act S.1757, the Clean Energy Infrastructure for Rural Communities Act S.1769, the Rebuild America Jobs Act S.1149 / H.R. 2776 the Geothermal Production Expansion Act H.R. 3185 / S. 1702, a bill to provide that the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines" have no force or effect with respect to existing stationary compression and spark ignition reciprocating internal combustion engines operated by certain persons and entities for the purpose of generating electricity or operating a water pump. H.R.3616, the Generator Regulatory Relief Act S.1438 / H.R.2898, the Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act S.1971, the Comprehensive Assessment of Regulations on the Economy (CARE) Act of 2011 S. 1815, the Cross State Air Pollution Act S.1833, the Fair Compliance Act S.1805, a bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from rejecting or otherwise determining to be inadequate a State implementation plan in any case in which the State submitting the plan has not been given a reasonable time to develop and submit the plan in accordance with a certain provision of the Clean Air Act. S.1960, the Jobs Creation Act H.R.3379, the Regional Haze Federalism Act S. 2151/H.R. 4263/ S. 3342 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology (SECURE IT) Act. S. 2201, American Energy and Job Promotion Act S. 2105 Cybersecurity Act of 2012 H.R. 4017 Smart Energy Act S.J.RES.37 A joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units. S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21, aka, the Senate Transportation bill) S.J.RES.37, a joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units (the Inhofe Utility MACT resolution of disapproval resolution) S.2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act H.R.1433, the Private Property Rights Protection Act H.R. 4273, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act H.R. 5325, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2013 H.R. ____, the House FY2013 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill H.R.3862 / S. 3382, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act H.R.5967, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act S.2365, the Western Economic Security Today (WEST)Act S.2465, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 S.3240, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (aka, the Senate Farm Bill) H.R. 6083, the Federal Agriculture and Risk Management Act (aka, the House Farm Bill) H.R.4622, the Solar Energy Deployment Act H.R.6154, Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act S.2199, the Grow America Act of 2012 S.2216, the Rural Energy Savings Program Act H.R.4301, the Energy Exploration and Production to Achieve National Demand Act H.R. 6091, the House FY2013 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill H.R.6247, the Saving Our Dams and New Hydropower Development and Jobs Act H.R.6244, the Leave our Lakes Alone Act (LOLA) H.R.6254, the Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2012 H.R. 4377, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act S.3445, the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act S.3468, the Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act of 2012 S.2105, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 S. 3414, the Cyberscurity Act of 2012 H.R.6172, a bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act H.R.4383, Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012 S.3080 / H.R.5745, the End Polluter Welfare Act S. 892 / H.R. 4295, the Consolidation of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency Act / Consolidate Heavy-handed and Outdated Programs Act S.3512, the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012 S.3535, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act H.R.3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012 H.R.4850, the Enabling Energy Saving Innovations Act H.R.6501, the Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2012 H.R. 6582, American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act

Client expense: $75,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 3862, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 H.R. 4377, the Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2012

Client expense: $331,433 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease including the following legislation: H.R. 2954 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011; S. 2474 Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2012 H.R. 1394 Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act; H.R. 2505 Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act; S. 752 Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act; S. 1350 Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act; S. 1884 School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act; H.R.4078 Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act H.R. 4607 Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012; H.R. 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012; H.R.6190 Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012; H.R.4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013; Issues related to tobacco cessation ; Issues related to electronic cigarettes; Issues related to tobacco control research at the National Institutes of Health; Issues related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Issues relating to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Issues related to tuberculosis; Issues related to Lung Cancer; Issues related health disparities and health equity; Issues related to asthma; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to smokefree air; Issues related to the Budget Control Act; Issues related to the implementation of the Presecription Drug User Fee Act; Issues related to the Family Asthma Act

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

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Issues related to the health impacts of air pollution including the following legislation: H.R. 10 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011; H.R.97 Free Industry Act; H.R. 153 Ensuring Affordable Energy Act; H.R.199 Protect America's Energy and Manufacturing Jobs Act of 2011; H.R.910 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011; H.R.1380 New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011; H.R.1633 Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011; H.R. 1705 Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011; H.R. 2021 Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011; H.R. 2250 EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011; H.R. 2401 Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011; H.R.2458 Air Quality Review Interval and Dust Act of 2011; H.R.2681 Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011; H.R. 3010 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011; H.J.RES.58 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Major Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters; H.J.RES.59 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional Boilers; House Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2013; H.R.3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012; H.R.4348 MAP-2; H.R. 4471Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012 H.R. 4480 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act; H.R.4078 Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act H.R. 4607 Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012; H.R. 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012; H.R.6190 Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012; H.R.3409 Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012; H.R. 4273 The Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act; H.R.6396 End Radon in Schools Act, H.R.6564 EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2012 S.228 Defending America's Affordable Energy and Jobs Act; S.299 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011; S.231 EPA Stationary Source Regulations Suspension Act; S.482 Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011; S.1392 EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011; S.1528 Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011; S.1538 Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011; S.1606 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011; S.1610 Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011; S. 1720 Jobs Through Growth Act; S.1786 Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011; S.1833 Fair Compliance Act of 2011; S. J. RES. 27 Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the mitigation by States of cross-border air pollution under the Clean Air Act; S. J. Res 37 To disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units; Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2013; S.1813 MAP-21; S.2204 Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act; S.3445 Domestic Energy and Jobs Act Issues related to toxic air pollution and health; Issues related to air pollution from vehicles and fuels; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act.

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

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Issues related to tobacco use prevention, cessation, secondhand smoke and product regulation including the following legislation: H.R.10 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011; S.1538 Regulatory Time-Out Act of 2011 S.1606 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011; H.R. 1639 Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011; H.R. 3010 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011; H.R.3382 Smoke-Free Federal Buildings Act; H.R.3671 S.299 Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011; H.R.4134 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that any person who, for a commercial purpose, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products; H.R.4078 Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act H.R. 4607 Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012; H.R. 3862 Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012; House Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act FY2013; H.R. 5973 Agriculture and FDA Appropriations Act FY 2013; H.R. 5856 Defense Appropriations Act FY 2013; H.R 5854 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act FY 2013, H.R.5857 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Act FY 2013; S. 1461 Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2011; S.1706 Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2011; S.1720 Jobs Through Growth Act; S.1786 Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011; S.3081 Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2012; S.1813 MAP-21; S. 3295 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Act FY2013; S. 2375 Agriculture and FDA Appropriations Act FY 2013; Senate Defense Appropriations Act FY 2013; S. 3215 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act FY 2013; S.3241 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Act FY 2013; Issues related to tobacco cessation coverage; Issues related to electronic cigarettes; Issues related to Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Issues related to the smuggling of tobacco products; Issues related to tobacco control research at the National Institutes of Health; Issues related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act; Issues related to making federal workplaces smokefree; Issues related to making federal housing smokefree; Issues related to making Veterans Administration campuses tobacco-free; Issues related to tobacco taxes; Issues related to smoking cessation; Issues related to tobacco trade; Issues related to the interstate sale of tobacco products; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act.

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

Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Monitor legislative and federal activity related to global warming and climate change. S. 231, EPA Regulations Suspension Act of 2011. S. 272, EPA Fair Play Act. S 482, Tax Prevention Act of 2011. H.R. 910, Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. S. 937, American Alternative Fuels Act of 2011. H.R. 457, To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to remove the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to disapprove after a permit has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act. H.R. 2036, American Alternative Fuels Act of 2011. S. 1610, Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 2681, Cement Sector Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. S. 1183, Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act. S. 1833, Fair Compliance Act of 2011. H.R. 1380, New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011. H.R. 1405, A bill to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal combustion byproducts as hazardous waste under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 2018, Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011. H.R. 2250, EPA Regulatory Relief Act of 2011. H.R. 2401, Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011. H.AMDT.799 to H.R.2401, Amendment to provide that the Cross State Air Pollution Rule has no legal force or effect, and directs EPA to continue to apply the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) for at least 3 years until after the study in the underlying bill is complete. The amendment also requires that the proposed Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) rule has no legal force and effect and that any subsequent Utility MACT rule be issued no sooner than 1 year after the study in the underlying bill is complete. If reissuing the rule, EPA is required to ensure that MACT standards are achievable in practice and that the compliance period is at least 5 years. S.J Res 37, A joint resolution to disapprove a rule promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to emission standards for certain steam generating units. H.AMDT.151 to H.R. 1, Amendment prohibits the use of funds to the EPA, the Corps of Engineers, or the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to carry out, implement, administer, or enforce any policy or procedure set forth in the memorandum issued by the EPA and the Department of the Army entitled "Enhanced Surface Coal Mining Pending Permit Coordination Procedures", dated June 11, 2009, or the guidance issued by the EPA entitled "Improving EPA Review of Appalachian Surface Coal Mining Operations under the Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and the Environmental Justice Executive Order", dated April 1, 2010. H.R. 6172, To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible. S. 3512, Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012. S. 3382, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 H.R. 3862, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012. Congressional outreach regarding BLM leasing policy. Monitor all administrative action at EPA related to coal fired electric generation.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Ensuring Equal Representation in the entertainment industry for people of color in front of and behind the camera. Ensuring continued support for minority-owned media companies. Support black-owned media. Support the Federal Communications Commission taking action to improve its data collection about the ownership of women and people of color, to improve its record on how to increase that ownership, and to cease any and all proposals to permit further media consolidation until it can comply with the court mandate. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Ensure fair and non-discriminatory labor practices in the federal workplace as well as in private industry. Protect job training programs. Support union rights to organize and the rights of employees to collective bargaining. Oppose HR 122. Support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 1397/ S. 811). Support pay equity / The Paycheck Fairness Act (Support S. 797 / H.R. 1519). Support a "living wage" across the U.S. Oppose the use of credit reports in hiring, promotion and firing decisions. Support legislation allowing workers to form a union, the Employee Free Choice Act. Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Support for comprehensive jobs legislation to address not only the unemployment crisis facing our nation, but also the challenges being faced by states and local municipalities in meeting the basic education, public safety, health care, child care, and public transportation needs of our communities. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support legislation to outlaw the use of credit scores by potential employers when making hiring decisions. Support legislation making FBI background checks done for employment purposes more accurate; Support allowing the employees of Delta Airlines to unionize. Support allowing the employees of the Transportation Safety Agency (TSA) to unionize. Support a National Mediation Board ruling making it easier for airline and railroad employees to form a union. Ensure the continuation of Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements. Support Project Labor Agreements.. Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act. Support expanding and employing best practices for language access to federally funded programs. Support a Humphry / Hawkins approach to full employment. Support H.R. 870. Support eliminating employment discrimination. Support the Employment Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 1397 / S. 811 Support Department of Justice Civil Rights' Division activities in Dayton, Ohio, as it relates to admittance to training facilities for police officers and firefighters. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile. Support the Department of Labor revisions to the H-2B Visa program. Support the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660. Support the smaller versions, S. 1723, the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act (S. 1723) and the Rebuild America Act (S. 1769) and the Fix America's Schools Today Act (S. 1597 / H.R. 2948). Support provisions banning discrimination against people who have been unemployed for 6 months or longer. Support the National Labor Relations Board. Oppose HR 2587. Oppose potential employers using credit records or credit scores when evaluating potential employees for hiring purposes. Support HR 321. Support tax credits for companies which hire people who have been unemployed for at least 6 months. Support a prohibition on potential employers from asking about an applicants criminal background in the initial employment application. Support Davis-Bacon. Commend the Department of Labor for reviewing the companionship exemption which currently denies direct and home care workers basic federal wage and hour protections. This largely female workforce deserves the protections guaranteed to all workers by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Support the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1876/S. 984) which would allow workers to earn up to seven paid sick days annually to use to recover from short-term illness, to care for a sick family member, to seek routine medical care or to obtain assistance related to domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking. Support Department of Labor advertising all available federal jobs at jobs center. Support inclusion of the National Housing Trust Fund in the American Jobs Act. Support the inclusion of Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface construction programs. Support the Gillibrand Amendment to S. 1813. Support a new optional form that employees can use to request Family and Medical Leave Act leave which does not include irrelevant and invasive medical questions. Support requiring that employers be required to properly explain their reasons for denying a request for leave; and support updates to the military leave forms to reflect recent changes in the law that expanded service members rights to leave. Oppose H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act. Oppose H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. Support Project Labor Agreements. Support the rights of Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) employees to form a union and engage in collective bargaining. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Support updates to the Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Orders as Proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor and urge their immediate implementation. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Support the inclusion of the Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface transportation construction projects in the surface transportation reauthorization. Support the Department of Labor providing a new model form that combines a fact sheet about the FMLA with an optional form that could be completed by employees to request FMLA leave. Irrelevant and invasive questions should be removed from the medical certification forms. The medical certification form and designation notice should be combined into a single form that requires employers to describe the perceived deficiency when a medical certification is deemed to be insufficient or incomplete. The medical certification forms also should include an introduction that informs health care providers about the implications of their failure to properly complete the certification form. The medical certification language should be changed to reflect the fact that medical diagnoses cannot be made with complete certitude and should use proper medical terminology. The form used by service members and their families should be updated to reflect the 2010 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA) expansion of their FMLA rights. Support summer jobs programs for low-income and socially disadvantaged youth through the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support S. 3317 / H.R. 5978, the Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act (EEORA) to remove the obstacles the Supreme Court placed in the way of American workers seeking to have their day in court to challenge discrimination in the workplace. Oppose employers using credit reports before making hiring or promotion decisions. Support The Equal Employment for All Act (H.R. 321). Support the guidance recently issued by the EEOC. Support the State Paid Leave Fund. Support maintaining the critical transportation equity provisions from MAP-21; Support a comprehensive analysis of civil rights compliance by including an Equal Opportunity Assessment; Ensure recruitment and training in the construction industry by including a Construction Careers Demonstration Project; and Preserve community involvement in local transportation planning and decision making. Support amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill by Congressman Hank Johnson (GA) to increase funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Support ensuring that pregnant workers are not forced out of their jobs unnecessarily or denied reasonable job modifications that would allow them to continue working and supporting their families. Support the Department of Labors Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to legislative expansions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The proposed rules would implement changes to the military leave provisions of the FMLA, as well as the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act. The rule appropriately extends the amount of time a family member may take for qualifying exigency leave when the reason for leave is a service members rest and recuperation. Veterans must be able to establish that they suffer from a qualifying serious injury or illness without having to rely on the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) or on their ability to fulfill occupational requirements. The documentation that employers may require of family members of active duty service members who are seeking qualified exigency leave should explicitly allow family members to supply a letter from the service members command. Support the Departments decision to allow any FMLA health care provider to certify a serious injury or illness for military caregiver leave. Support the Department of Labor's interpretation of the five-year coverage limit under FMLA for veterans. Encouraged the Department of Labor to provide a straightforward explanation of what is meant by the phrase qualifying exigency. For qualifying exigency leave related to childcare, we urge the Department to explicitly include additional categories of childcare and school activities that would qualify a military family member to take leave. The Department should ensure that gay and lesbian service members have equal access to family care by amending the definition of next of kin. The Department should explicitly note that all FMLA regulations are interpreted to include the children of parents standing in loco parentis and should ensure consistent and uniform administration of these new FMLA provisions. Veterans whose family members would have qualified for caregiver leave but for the fact that regulations had not yet been promulgated should be given a special dispensation so that they can take leave to care for veterans who still need such assistance. The Department should insert language identifying the discharge date provided on form DD-214 as the date when the veteran officially transitioned from being an active duty service member. Support S.3220, the Paycheck Fairness Act. Support collective bargaining. Oppose Rand (KY) amendment to S. 1789. Support project labor agreements. Support Grimm (NY) amendment to HR 5854 Oppose policy "riders" on the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to implement the EEOC criminal background check guidance. Support the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) draft of the Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) to guide its enforcement efforts over the period 20122016. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support equal pay for elder care workers. Raise concerns around the current manner in which H2B visas are distributed. Support efforts to end work place bullying. Support HR 4277, the National Full Employment Act. Oppose the Duncan amedment to HR 5326 regarding secret ballor union elections. Oppose S. J. Res. 36. Oppose Paul amendment to S. 1789 dealing with collective bargaining.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Ensuring equal access for minority-owned television and radio stations. Support for racial- and ethnic-owned media outlets. Support the merger between NBC / Universal and Comcast. Support voluntary incentive auctions of the broadcast television spectrum bands. Support FCC proposed advertising non-discrimination rule. Support ensuring full and comprehensive deployment of broadband technology to all American communities that is affordable, accessible, attainable and sustainable. Support broadband deployment and accessibility throughout the United States, and especially in racial and ethnic minority communities and traditionally underserved communities. Support FCC authority to protect an open Internet and apply universal service to broadband. Support a study by the FCC of racial and ethnic minorities in broadcasting. Question why the FCC has been so slow to address progress on minority entrepreneurship and equal employment issues. Support federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR). Support expanding USDA loan program for increased broadband deployment in rural areas. Support merger between AT & T and T-Mobile. Support not capping the Lifeline program at $1.2 Billion. Support expanding the Lifeline program immediately to broadband, enabling low-income participants to purchase broadband services with their monthly subsidy. Support reallocating some portion of the $1 billion projected cost savings from the high cost fund to the Lifeline fund for low income people. Support the development of a pilot programs that will address other reasons besides cost that low-income people do not adopt broadband. Dedicate $50 million to these pilots and be ready to implement new programs based on those pilots by 2013. Support an Open Internet and oppose S. J. Res 6. Support the Federal Communications Commission making diversity a central focus of its upcoming Quadrennial Media Ownership Rule Review and evaluating the impact of the media ownership rules on ownership opportunities for women and people of color. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. We are extremely concerned that the large-scale mainstream media is too concentrated and held in too few hands, and so we hope that low power radio stations can be a starting point for the constituencies we represent to create and control media content, as well as to disseminate it. In addition to allowing low power fm radio stations to continue to meet the unique needs of racial and ethnic minority communities, as well as language minorities, the FCC must adopt a process that provides adequate time for local nonprofits and coalitions of nonprofits to receive adequate information about the rules for applying for stations, leaving sufficient time to comply with the rules and to prepare applications. We also strongly support an FCC-imposed obligation on all low power radio stations to offer at least 20 hours of local programming per week, defined under the current definition of local programming. We have argued against capping funding for the program; in support of expanding the Lifeline program immediately to Broadband thereby enabling low-income participants to purchase broadband services with their monthly subsidy; including WIC recipients and homeless veterans onto the list of those eligible for the Lifeline program; ensuring that all eligible households that apply for Lifeline are able to participate in the program; and reallocating some of the $1 billion projected cost savings from the high cost fund and reallocate it to the Lifeline fund for low income people. We have also urged the FCC, in any reform of the Lifeline program, to structure programs to fit the specific needs of diverse communities, markets, and regions, since one size fits all policies rarely work. Lastly, we are strongly opposed to any dilution of the Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) duty to offer Lifeline. Supported Digital literacy funding not being limited to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs), and that the E-Rate program should be the vehicle for distribution of the digital literacy program, and the FCC should encourage E-Rate recipients to collaborate with community partners. Oppose DeMint (SC) amendments to S. 3240 reducing funding for broadband expansion into rural areas. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support the Federal Communications Commission seeking public comment on the Commissions ownership data, released 11/14, before making any changes to the current media ownership rules. Oppose the relaxation of the newspaper/broadcast cross-media ownership rule (NBCO). In our First FCC Filings, we stated that we do not object to a relaxation of the NBCO if such a relaxation would not diminish minority ownership. Support the FCC considering job loss as a factor when looking at the T-Mobile / Metro PCS merger

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Equal access to wealth for all Americans; fair and equal economic development for the areas and people most in need. Support the economic development policies within the American Jobs Act, support HR12 / S 1549 Support full funding for the Housing Trust Fund. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Support job creation programs through public works and infrastructure development. Ensure that funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is spent in full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Support the creation of a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau . Support tax breaks for small businesses, . . Support S. 922, the Urban Jobs Act. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. End poverty in the United States. Support HR 3300. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support the Federal Communications Commission taking action to improve its data collection about the ownership of women and people of color, to improve its record on how to increase that ownership, and to cease any and all proposals to permit further media consolidation until it can comply with the court mandate. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Specifically, we oppose relaxation of any media ownership rules, including all local broadcast ownership rules and the newspaper-broadcast cross ownership, the radio-television cross ownership rule and the dual network rule. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. We are extremely concerned that the large-scale mainstream media is too concentrated and held in too few hands, and so we hope that low power radio stations can be a starting point for the constituencies we represent to create and control media content, as well as to disseminate it. In addition to allowing low power fm radio stations to continue to meet the unique needs of racial and ethnic minority communities, as well as language minorities, the FCC must adopt a process that provides adequate time for local nonprofits and coalitions of nonprofits to receive adequate information about the rules for applying for stations, leaving sufficient time to comply with the rules and to prepare applications. We also strongly support an FCC-imposed obligation on all low power radio stations to offer at least 20 hours of local programming per week, defined under the current definition of local programming. We have argued against capping funding for the program; in support of expanding the Lifeline program immediately to Broadband thereby enabling low-income participants to purchase broadband services with their monthly subsidy; including WIC recipients and homeless veterans onto the list of those eligible for the Lifeline program; ensuring that all eligible households that apply for Lifeline are able to participate in the program; and reallocating some of the $1 billion projected cost savings from the high cost fund and reallocate it to the Lifeline fund for low income people. We have also urged the FCC, in any reform of the Lifeline program, to structure programs to fit the specific needs of diverse communities, markets, and regions, since one size fits all policies rarely work. Lastly, we are strongly opposed to any dilution of the Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs) duty to offer Lifeline. Supported Digital literacy funding not being limited to Eligible Telecommunications Carriers (ETCs), and that the E-Rate program should be the vehicle for distribution of the digital literacy program, and the FCC should encourage E-Rate recipients to collaborate with community partners. Oppose DeMint (SC) amendment to S. 3240 reducing funding for broadband expansion into rural areas. Support the Federal Communications Commission seeking public comment on the Commissions ownership data, released 11/14, before making any changes to the current media ownership rules. Oppose the relaxation of the newspaper/broadcast cross-media ownership rule (NBCO). In our First FCC Filings, we stated that we do not object to a relaxation of the NBCO if such a relaxation would not diminish minority ownership. Oppose H.R. 6480 / S. 3609

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Protecting small and minority business programs. Oppose reductions in funding for the Minority Business Development Agency in H.R. 1437. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Support the small business tax credits contained in the American Jobs Act HR 12 / S 1549 Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

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

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support Environmental Justice. Support including African Americans and other racial and ethnic minority Americans in Green Job creation. Support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its endangerment finding that is required under Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may reasonably be anticipated both to endanger public health and to endanger public welfare. Urged President Obama to veto any legislation that weakens the Clean Air Act. Ensure that the US Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to proceed regulating its initial finding that greenhouse gases qualify as dangerous pollutants under the Clean Air Act. Oppose HR 910. Oppose legislation which will increase air pollution. Oppose H.R. 2401, H.R. 2250, H.R. 2681, H.R. 2273, H.R. 1633, S. 1392 and S.J. Res. 27. Support the inclusion of a cost-assessment of the impact on low-income communities and communities of color in HR 2401. Support the amendment by Moore (WI). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Oppose S.J. Res. 37, a bill to void life-saving mercury and air toxics standards for power plants, and to permanently prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing similar standards in the future. Oppose measures in H.R. 4348 that would undermine the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the public participation process. Support the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) Carbon Pollution Standard, which limits industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Support H.Res. 672, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the energy, environmental, and foreign policies of the United States should reflect appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to climate change, as documented by credible scientific findings and as evidenced by the extreme weather events of recent years. Oppose H.R. 3409, the Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012. Oppose Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012 (S.3512) Support the proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter. Support limiting dangerous industrial carbon pollution from new power plants. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Supports EPA adoption of health protective soot limits

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Continued and strengthened enforcement of Fair Housing Laws; equal access to adequate and affordable housing for all Americans. Support H.R. 284. End homelessness. Support full funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund . Oppose the elimination of housing counseling funds in H.R. 1437, funding for fiscal year 2011. End the mortgage foreclosure crisis. Ensure adequate housing for low-income veterans. Support increase in funding for the FHIP (Fair Housing Initiatives Program) and FHAP (the Fair Housing Assistance Program) programs. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Strong support for the National Housing Trust Fund and for federal funding of this program. Oppose H.R. 2441. Support the federal government placing a moratorium on home foreclosures until a thorough review can establish which ones are being made in error. Support National Homeownership Month. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs. Increase / restore money for the HUD housing counseling program. Support Senator Sherrod Brown's amendment to HR 2112 to provide $87.5 million for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support funding for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) and the Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). Support a strong HUD regulation on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing as well as a regulation from HUD on disparate impact and getting the regulations out and available for comment soon. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support a strong HUD regulation on sexual harassment. Support extending the deadline for HUD EHLP program, or at least allowing people with their applications in an extension for getting the remainder of their information & paperwork submitted. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Support the majority of the HUD Disparate Impact Regulation issued late 2011. Support HUD and the US Department of Justice conducting a thorough investigation of housing discrimination in Alabama as a result of the enactment of HB 56 and move swiftly to enforce the Fair Housing Act when violations are found. Support funding for the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments (HUD) Housing Counseling Program at $60 million in FY 2012. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.) Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Oppose the faith-based initiatives included in the "Interim Rule on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Support the burden of proof in housing discrimination cases under HUD's proposed Fair Housing Acts Discriminatory Effect Standard should be assigned to the defendant or respondent to show that there is no less discriminatory alternative. Support that HUD revise the proposed rule to impose the burden on the defendant/respondent in the final step of the disparate impact analysis Support the settlement between the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support HUD Housing Counseling programs in FY 2013; oppose Broun / support Capps amendments to H.R. 5972 Express concern over delays in the issuance of Title VI regulations governing the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC); express strong support for the concept that the LIHTC constitutes federal financial assistance for purposes of Title VI; stress that there are important benefits in protecting the civil rights of current and future residents of LIHTC developments. Support HUD issuing a proposed regulation as soon as possible regarding sexual harassment and other types of harassment covered by the Fair Housing Act, and to finalize that regulation by the end of this year. Strong support for HUDs proposed implementation of the Fair Housing Acts discriminatory effects standard as quickly as possible. Support the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support the HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support public housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Oppose amendment by Congressman Garrett (NJ) to H.R. 5972, Fiscal 2013 spending for the Departments of HUD and Transportation which would bar HUD from spending any funds to promulgate or enforce its disparate impact rule under the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Support the CFPB following Dodd Franks structure and language and adopt a rebuttable presumption for mortgages that count as a Qualified Mortgage. Support S. 3494, the Housing for Homeless Students Act. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Protecting equal opportunity programs in contracting. Encourage federal transportation and infrastructure programs that result in job creation. Ensure that companies owned by racial and ethnic minorities get a fair share of monies spent under the stimulus package. Support provisions in the American Jobs Act (HR 12 / S 1549) which employ Americans to improve our infrastructure. Support smart, equitable transportation investments that create jobs and improve the economic prospects for disadvantaged communities. Support the inclusion of Construction Careers Demonstration Program for surface construction programs. Support the Gillibrand Amendment to S. 1813. Support a long-term reauthorization of the nation's surface transportation programs. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

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

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support for African American and small racial and ethnic minority farmers who have traditionally been discriminated against by the USDA. Support small minority farmers hoping to do business with Cuba. Support lifting the trade embargo against Cuba. Support USDA proposed rule to make public school lunches healthier. Support additional federal funding for USDA-run food programs, including the Women Infants and Children program (WIC) and food stamps and oppose funding reductions to these programs. Support allowing ex-offenders to apply for and receive federal food stamps. Fight childhood hunger and obesity. Work to eliminate "food deserts" in low-income neighborhoods, support the establishment of farmers markets and other means of fresh fruits and vegetables in urban areas. Continue to support payment of African American farmers under the Pigford II settlement. Support USDA using small farmers and African American farmers when purchasing goods for school lunch programs. Support increasing nutritional value of school lunches. Support expanding USDA loan program for increased broadband deployment in rural areas. Support continuing payments under the Pigford II settlement. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2112. Support full funding of the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program. Oppose the Broun amendment to HR 2112. Support updates to the Agricultural Hazardous Occupations Orders as Proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor and urge their immediate implementation. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support a 90 day extension in the claims process implementation phase of the Pigford II settlement scheduled to end May 11. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Oppose Sessions amendments to S. 3240 regarding the SNAP program. Oppose DeMint amendments regarding Broadband Access funding to S. 3240. oppose Rubio amendment regarding Eployee Wages to S. 3240

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Promote quality and equitable public educational opportunities for all Americans, from pre-school through advanced degrees. Support the improvement and uniformalization of high school drop out / retention rates. Support the Department of Education's proposed "Gainful Employment" regulation. Support repeal of provision in HEA delaying or denying financial aid to students convicted of minor drug offenses. Ensure that access to college loans is not affected by the credit crunch. Support educational equity between public elementary schools. Support public school construction bonds. Support increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Support increased federal funding for before- and after-school programs. Support financial literacy programs. Oppose funding for DC School vouchers; oppose H.R. 471. Oppose cuts in PELL grants for college students; Support repealing the "Rule of Nine" under the School Improvement Grants program and supported allowing school districts to use the "Transformation Model" when attempting to transform failing schools. Support Restorative Justice Initiatives in schools. Oppose "high stakes testing"' in public schools. Support an approach to accountability in the reauthorization of the elementary and Secondary Education Act that allows for targeted interventions that are tailored to properly address the spectrum of challenges that schools face in improving achievement and graduation rates, closing gaps, and reducing barriers to learning. Create a stable supply of qualified and effective educators for all communities; do not weaken the definition of a "highly qualified teacher". Oppose cuts to education, pre-school through college, in education funds on HR 1 / HR 1437. Oppose efforts to reduce or eliminate the Education Jobs fund. Support the School Improvement Grant program. Oppose allowing military families with children with special needs to use school vouchers. Support S. 919, the Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011. Support a strict yet flexible policy for bullying. Support research and education for educators to help them identify and deal with bullying. Support for the elimination of the War on Drugs and other criminal justice policies which have resulted in the overincarceration of Americans, with prison costs skyrocketing and not enough being spent on education. Support placing a highly effective teacher in every classroom. Support public school construction / modernization / repair / renovation as proposed by the American Jobs Act, HR 12 / S 1549 / S. 1660 and the Fix Americas Schools Today Act, H.R. 2948 / S 1597. Support the development of well-prepared and effective teachers for all communities, and the equitable distribution of fully prepared, and effective teachers to all students. Support HR 2902. Oppose the inclusion of school voucher programs in the elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oppose any cuts to the Pell grant program, and any changes to the eligibility requirements. Support the definition in HR 2218 to use the academic improvement of disabled, minority and economically disadvantaged students as a criterion for defining what constitutes a high-quality charter school. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 2218 Support the Student Non Discrimination Act, H.R. 998, S. 555. Support making high school drop out rate reporting uniform, support the Every Student Counts Act, H.R. 1419/S. 767. Support designating September as National Childhood Obesity Month. Support H. Res. 339. Oppose any attempt to include language authorizing private school vouchers in ESEA reauthorizing legislation. Express concern about the Department of Education's rule regarding gainful employment claims by private colleges published in the Federal Register on September 27, 2011. Oppose the Financial Services appropriations provisions within the Energy and Water Appropriations bill for FY 2012 (H.R. 2354) that would fund the District of Columbia private school voucher program. Oppose the inclusion of any school voucher program, including the The Local Academic Flexible Grant, in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act also known as the "Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, H.R. 3990. Oppose the Student Success Act, which would amend and reauthorize Title I and other parts of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the elimination of funding for the District of Columbia private school voucher program in fiscal year 2013. Support an increase in funding for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement, one of the Federal TRIO Programs. Support extending a low interest rates on Stafford Student loans. Support S. 2343. Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support of Reach Out and Reads application to the U.S. Department of Education for an Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant. Oppose extending the highly qualified teacher amendment (HQT amendment) until 2015, as proposed during the Labor/HHS/Education/Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee markup on July 18, 2012. Support S. 3494, the Housing for Homeless Students Act. Oppose the highly qualified teacher amendment (HQT amendment) that allows teachers-in-training to be identified as highly qualified. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support Executive Order 13621: White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Support the Senate-passed version of H.R. 4628. Support Senate-passed version of S. 2343.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Eliminate predatory lending; ensure equal access to financial services to all Americans. Eliminate disparities in credit reporting. Ease home mortgage foreclosure crisis. Eliminate pay day lending. Support capping all interest rates at 36% APR. Support a strong, responsive Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose "vulture funds". Support debt relief for poor nations, a.k.a. the Jubilee Act. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA),. Support efforts to eliminate predatory loans. Oppose exploitative payday loans; Support 36% interest rate cap; . Oppose federal preemption of state consumer financial protection laws. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Express grave concerns about proposed rules for risk-based pricing rule. Strengthening the proposed rule for holding servicers accountable for illegal deeds. Oppose delaying regulations limiting fees charged to merchants by issuers of debit cards. Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue). Express grave concerns about the promulgation of the Dodd-Frank Credit Score disclosure requirement. Support keeping responsible and affordable mortgage credit flowing to all neighborhoods and to all qualified borrowers, stopping wrongful foreclosures, and support the development of affordable rental homes close to good schools and quality jobs Support a more thorough investigation into the Capital One /ING merger. Support extending the public comment period on the merger as well as five public hearings around the country. Oppose potential employers reviewing a potential employees credit report / credit score prior to making any hiring decision. Support HR 321. Support sensible, non-exploitative mortgage lending. Adopt a qualified mortgage standard that will not shut out prospective minority homeowners. Support Richard Cordray to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Contact the Federal Housing Finance Agency (and others) in support of risk retention as defined in the Dodd-Frank bill but opposed to a high downpayment to qualify for a Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM). Contact the FHFA in support of a more robust federal response to the foreclosure crisis, including banning the two track system whereby homeowners facing foreclosure who are trying to modify their loan also find their foreclosure proceeding moving ahead. Outlaw Robosigning and remedy homeowners adversely affected by the practice, in which many servicers did not even read the foreclosure documents they were signing. Principal reductions should be provided in both the federal governments home loan modification programs and each financial institutions private loan modification programs. They should include heightened loss-mitigation standards. Finally, they should also include a forbearance program to help unemployed homeowners. Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies. Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077. Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support significantly strengthening the Office of the Comptroller of the Currencys (OCC) proposed guidance on overdraft programs and deposit advance products in such a way that all customers receive the lowest cost credit for which they qualify, and national banks are encouraged to offer responsible overdraft and credit products. Support the Reed (RI) amendment to S. 1867 which closed a loophole allowing payday lenders to charge members of the military more than 36% for short-term loans. Supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) take strong steps to stop checking account abuses. Specifically, we asked that the CFPB: Require information on important checking account terms to be disclosed in a one-page Consumer Choice Box; Require complete disclosure of all overdraft options; Require reasonable and proportional overdraft fees; Require the posting of deposits and withdrawals in a neutral manner; and Examine the prevalence of dispute resolution clauses in checking account agreements and the existence of fee shifting provisions that require the account holder to pay at least a portion of the banks costs when a dispute occurs. Support a two-month extension of the comment period to allow the Federal Reserve Board to hold a formal hearing and public meetings in at least five cities about Capital Ones proposed acquisition of Bank Nevada, N.A. Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011. Support a study of the regulation of interchange fees but oppose a delay in the implementation of the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Frank. Urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to define "larger participants" among dect collectors and consumer reporting agencies broadly, yet in a manner that does not allow companies to evade review. Also encouraged the CFPB to examine all of an entities' consumer financial products and services. Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requires that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Support the CFPB adopting a definition of the Qualified Mortgage that covers the vast majority of the marketplace, so that most mortgage borrowers have the benefit of the strongest protections. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.). Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The CFPB should not weaken the rule that credit card issuers must consider the consumers independent ability to pay and cannot, as a general matter, rely solely on household income. Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Support federal regulators of our nations banks to take immediate action to stop banks from making unaffordable, high-cost payday loans. Support inclusion of consumer narratives be in the CFPB's credit card complaint database. Support the settlement between the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Support Leon Russell to serve on the CFPB Advisory Panel. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the prohibition of overdraft fees and credit on Prepaid Cards (letter to the CFPB). Oppose H.R. 6139, the National Consumer Credit Corporation Charter and Consumer Access Innovation Act of 2012, and any similar legislation that may be introduced. Oppose all proposals to weaken the structure, powers or funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including the proposal which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) independence by making it the only bank regulatory agency placed under the appropriations process. Oppose Urban Trust Bank from partnering with the payday lender CheckSmart (formerly known as Buckeye Check Cashing) and Insight Card Services, LLC to help CheckSmart evade state usury and payday loan laws by making payday loans on prepaid cards. As the CFPB defines the entities that will be subject to examination in this and future rulemakings, it should define larger broadly, prevent evasions by including counting the revenues of affiliated companies and also firms that act as agents or are under contract to another firm, and examine all of an entitys consumer financial products and services even if it is a larger participant in just one market. Strongly support H.R. 2086 and S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act Support extending mortgage protections under the Servicemember Civil Relief Act. Support the Cummings (MD) amendment to HR 4310. Support that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau develop and promulgate adequate mortgage servicing rules that will cover the range of market participants, make the needed changes, last beyond individual time-limited programs, and be effectively enforceable (urge the CFPB to amend current proposed rules). Support the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2012 (S. 3426 / H.R. 6483), which requires all on-line small-dollar lenders (such as payday lenders) to comply with state law if it provides better consumer protections than federal law; prevents national banks and federal savings and loans from making payday loans in violation of the state law where the consumer resides; provides new federal enforcement measures to protect consumers from online payday lenders that seek to evade state consumer protection laws, such as by locating their businesses off-shore, or affiliating with a Native American Tribe and claiming the right to assert the tribes sovereign immunity; empowers Tribes to enlist the help of the CFPB where needed to protect their members from abusive payday lending on the reservation, and respecting tribal laws that provide stronger consumer protections than are available under state law; closes the single payment loophole in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and extending consumer control over electronic payment of credit to all loans; safeguards consumer data by banning lead generators who traffic in payday loan application information via marketing websites, and prohibiting them from anonymously collecting sensitive consumer data; and stops lenders from using borrowers bank account details to create unsigned checks used to withdraw funds, even when consumers have exercised their federal rights against compulsory electronic payment of credit under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. Support S. 3452 to impose a federal usury cap on credit while permitting states to set lower rates. Oppose the inclusion of any down payment requirement as part of the Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) standard. Oppose H.R. 1909, Federal Financial Services and Credit Companies Charter Act of 2011. Support a prohibition on overdraft fees and any form of credit on pre-paid credit cards. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support the inclusion of a public database as an integral part of the CFPB complaint process. Support S 3452, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2012". Support HR 6483 / S. 3426, the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2012 or SAFE Lending Act of 2012. Oppose the Federal Charter for Payday Lenders bill, H. R. 6139. Expressed concern that the loss mitigation provisions included in the CFPB's proposed servicing regulations , including but not limited to the provisions on dual track, are inadequate to solve the servicing problems that cause unnecessary foreclosures and which are imposing profound and damaging costs on households, neighborhoods and our economy as a whole. We are also seriously concerned about the limits of the error resolution rules. Support S. 3085, The Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012, oppose an amendment to that bill that would provide a so-called safe harbor under the Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules currently being drafted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Eliminate discrimination in the federal sector. Support public financing of House and Senate campaigns. Support S. 750 / H.R. 1404. Support the establishment of a US Department of Peace. Oppose efforts to weaken federal employee unions or postal workers' union, oppose HR 122. Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672. Support White House ""Czars" Oppose photo ID requirements or proof of citizenship requirements for voters or those wanting to register to vote. Support hiring a progressive reformer with a proven record of rehabilitation for the new Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Support strong election protection in 2012 Presidential election. Support re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders. Support H.R. 2212. Support the Department of Homeland Security undertaking a comprehensive publicly-reported audit of the civil rights impact of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screening policies on racial and religious minorities. Support the U.S. Department of Justice invoking the Voting Rights Act to delay or forestall the implementation of photo identification requirements for voting or registering to vote. Support and urge the Social Security Administration to withdraw its support for the Final Rule on Garnishments (31 CFR 212). Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Support a review the FAA's policy of vouchering in hires and promotions. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder; opposition to a contempt of Congress citation against him; strongly oppose H. Res. 711. Disapprove of the behavior of House Oversight Committee Chairman Issa's behavior. Support H. Res. 718 Oppose all proposals to weaken the structure, powers or funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including the proposal which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) independence by making it the only bank regulatory agency placed under the appropriations process. Support H.Res. 672, expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the energy, environmental, and foreign policies of the United States should reflect appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to climate change, as documented by credible scientific findings and as evidenced by the extreme weather events of recent years. Strong support for full funding for the US Census Bureau in fy 2013, and strong support for the American Community Survey. Support an investigation into the activities of the Office of the Pardon Attorney since at least 2001. Support S. 3369, the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections, or the DISCLOSE Act. Support H.R.6426, the Grassroots Democracy Act. . Support voter registrations. Support The Voter Participation Center. Oppose any voter suppression; support expanded options for voter participation. Support the Voter Empowerment Act, H.R. 5799 / S. 3608. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support the Grassroots Democracy Act, HR 6426 Support that Executive Order 13559 is fully and faithfully carried out. Oppose voter intimidation and harassment. Support a change in the Senate filibuster rule. Oppose the Schweikert amendment to HR 5326 dealing with voter identification laws. Oppose the Webster amendment to HR 5426 dealing with the American Community Survey. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 5855 regarding limited English Proficiency. Support S. 3369. Oppose HR 4078.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Ensuring that the federal budget reflects the needs and priorities of the NAACP; ensuring adequate funding for NAACP priorities. Oppose H.R. 1. Oppose funding cuts in H.R. 1, and policy riders dealing with Planned Parenthood; the CFPB; international and humanitarian aid; the District of Columbia; school vouchers; the Department of Education's Gainful Employment rule; EPA regulation of Greenhouse gases; and a repeal of the Affordable Health Care law. Supported the Congressional Black Caucus alternative budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. . Oppose H.R. 1 and H.R. 1473; oppose cuts to Pell grants; oppose cuts to Head Start; oppose cuts to job training programs; oppose cuts to Community Oriented Policing (COPs) program; oppose cuts to HUD's Housing Counseling program; oppose cuts to Community Health Centers; oppose cuts to Education Title I; oppose cuts to the Minority Business Development Agency; oppose cuts to the Women, Infant and Children (WIC) program; oppose cuts to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); oppose cuts to Juvenile Justice programs. Support a holistic approach to balancing the budget which looks at spending reductions as well as modifications to the current tax code. Oppose the privatization of Medicare and Social Security. Oppose transforming Medicaid into a block grant program. Oppose reductions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Oppose H. Con. Res. 34. Support federal funding for National Public Radio Oppose a Balanced Budget amendment to the Constitution. Oppose H.J.Res. 1, H.J. Res 2, S.J.Res. 10 and S. J. Res. 24 Oppose addition of policy "riders"' on appropriations bills. Oppose restricting funds to specific non-profit organizations, including ACORN. Support full funding for the Election Assistance Commission. Oppose H.R. 672. Support a budget which protects low- and middle-income Americans and does not increase those living in poverty. Support saving money through sentencing reform and a reduction of prison costs. Support increasing revenues by increasing the tax rate on those making more than $1 million annually. Support S 1660. Support increasing the debt ceiling through 2013. Support funding in FY 2012 for Juvenile Justice programs. Specifically, we support: $75 million for the Title II State Formula Grants Program of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); $65 million for the JJDPA Title V Local Delinquency Prevention Program, with no earmarks; $55 million for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program (JABG), and $100 million for mentoring program Oppose increasing the budget for the US Bureau or Prisons in fiscal year 2013 and implement cost-saving strategies (both administrative and legislative) instead. Support funding for Second Chance Act programs in FY2013. Oppose severe budget cuts in fiscal year 2013 and beyond targeted at services which primarily serve low- and middle- income Americans, children, and the most vulnerable among us. Oppose H. Con. Res. 112; support the Congressional Black Caucus substitute to H Con Res 112 (offered by Congressman Cleaver). End poverty in the United States. Support HR 3300. Support an increase in the federal investment in our hometowns transportation, affordable housing, community development, and job creation efforts by increasing the 302(b) allocation to the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) to the highest possible level in fiscal year (FY) 2013. Support a long term transportation bill which will: 1.Preserve and expand existing programs that fund essential transportation options bicycling, walking, and public transportation. 2.Expand access to quality transportation jobs for the chronically-unemployed, low-income people, individuals with disabilities, women, and communities of color. 3.Strengthen enforcement of existing civil rights provisions. 4.Improve transportation outcomes through strategic planning with measures that promote economic and social equity. 5.Reform transportation funding to lower household expenses and foster community development. Oppose sequestration. Oppose cuts to nondefense discretionary programs. Ensure that the tax cuts signed into law by President George W. Bush that benefit the richest two percent of Americans be allowed to expire on schedule at the end of this year (2012). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the elimination of funding for the District of Columbia private school voucher program in fiscal year 2013. Oppose all proposals to weaken the structure, powers or funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including the proposal which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) independence by making it the only bank regulatory agency placed under the appropriations process. Support an amendment in the US House of Representatives to the Appropriations bill funding the Department of Homeland Security that will ensure that no Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funds are used to profile American citizens on the basis of race, ethnicity or religion. Strong support for full funding for the US Census Bureau in fy 2013, and strong support for the American Community Survey. Support the State Paid Leave Fund. Support amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) appropriations bill by Congressman Hank Johnson (GA) to increase funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Support the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support the HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support public housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972 Support HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972. Support HUD Housing Counseling programs in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972. Support HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing in FY 2013; oppose Broun amendment to H.R. 5972. Oppose policy "riders" on HR 5326, the Commerce Justice Science Appropriations bill for FY 13 which would prohibit the US DoJ from supporting legal efforts to oppose photo identification when voting; supporting legal efforts to implement the EEOC criminal background check guidance; support legal efforts to implement the Affordable Care Act; and support legal efforts to overturn all or part of state anti-immigrant laws. Support Holt (NJ) amendment to HR 5326 which would prohibit racial profiling by the US DoJ. Support the National Science Foundation's Climate Change Education partnership program. Oppose Cravaak amendment to HR 5326 Support Prosecutors' and Public Defenders' Loan repayment program. Support Tierney (MA) amendment to HR 5326. Support Strengthening Americas Values and Economy (SAVE) for All: to protect low-income and vulnerable people; promote job creation to strengthen the economy; increase revenues from fair sources; and seek responsible savings by targeting wasteful spending in the Pentagon and in other areas that do not serve the public interest. Support Congress taking a balanced approach, invest in strategies that create job growth, lift children and families out of poverty and ensure racial and ethnic minorities are not disproportionately adversely impacted. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support language that permits the use of federal funding for syringe access programs in the FY 2013 Labor-Health and Human Services-Education (LHHS) Appropriations bill. Support a focus on job creation in budget talks and avoid any actions that would cost jobs, oppose benefit cuts for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, protect our nations safety net, and oppose any extension of the Bush tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans. Support including long-term transportation infrastructure investment in any plan to address our nations deficit. Support Congress including provisions that ensure help to communities of color and low-income communities in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Oppose harmful cuts to Medicaid or change the structure of the program as part of a deficit reduction agreement. Oppose the Black amendment to HR 5326 dealing with state immigration lawsuits. Oppose the Duncan amedment to HR 5326 regarding secret ballor union elections. Oppose the Schweikert amendment to HR 5326 dealing with voter identification laws. Oppose the Webster amendment to HR 5426 dealing with the American Community Survey. Support the David Scott (GA) / Oppose the Westmoreland amendments to HR 5326 regarding Legal Services Corp. Support the Holt amendment to HR 5326 regarding discrimination laws. Oppose the King (IA) amendment to HR 5855 regarding limited English Proficiency.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

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

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Eliminate predatory lending; ensure equal access to financial services to all Americans. Eliminate disparities in credit reporting. Ease home mortgage foreclosure crisis. Eliminate pay day lending. Support capping all interest rates at 36% APR. Support a strong, responsive Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Reform the mortgage servicers industry so that more loans are modified and fewer homes are foreclosed upon. Try to stop abusive credit card practices. Support allowing bankruptcy judges to require loan modifications on primary residence mortgages. Oppose exploitative payday lending. Support efforts to eliminate predatory lending. Support reauthorization, modernization and expansion of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). oppose the elimination of funding for HUD's housing counseling programs. Support financial literacy programs. Support a ban on the use of credit reports by potential employers. Support Dr. Elizabeth Warren to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Oppose H.R. 839, terminating the HAMP program; oppose H.R. 861, terminating HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program; oppose H.R. 836, terminating HUD's emergency Mortgage Relief program; oppose H.R. 830, terminating the FHA Refinance Program. Support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which begins its activities as soon as possible. Oppose H.R. 1121; oppose H.R. 1315; oppose legislation intended to delay regulatory authority of the CFPB until a Director is confirmed; oppose legislation removing the prudential regulators ability to allow the CFPB to participate in examinations of large financial institutions before the designated transfer date. Support pro-consumer changes to the GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Oppose a piecemeal approach to reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ("the GSEs"). Support a comprehensive approach to housing finance reform that will further the federal governments housing policy objectives of promoting residential integration, eliminating housing discrimination, and providing safe, decent, and affordable housing for all. Oppose delaying regulations limiting fees charged to merchants by issuers of debit cards. Support a flexible and inclusive definition of "larger participants" by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (participated in a CFPB roundtable discussion on the issue). Express grave concerns about the promulgation of the Dodd-Frank Credit Score disclosure requirement. Oppose potential employers reviewing a potential employee's credit report or credit score prior to making a hiring decision. Support HR 321 Support strong action by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in protecting consumers from abusive checking account policies. Support allowing consumers to transfer banking accounts to a different institution with little or no monetary repercussion. Support HR 3077. Support Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Support significantly strengthening the Office of the Comptroller of the Currencys (OCC) proposed guidance on overdraft programs and deposit advance products in such a way that all customers receive the lowest cost credit for which they qualify, and national banks are encouraged to offer responsible overdraft and credit products. Support a study of the regulation of interchange fees but oppose a delay in the implementation of the Durbin amendment to Dodd-Frank. Support H.R. 2086 / S. 2149, the Medical Debt Responsibility Act, which requires that credit agencies to remove FULLY paid or settled medical debt from credit reports within 45 days. Support a strong settlement to the legal actions under discussion, and one that leaves open the path for further needed actions to hold lawbreakers accountable in the matter of the states Attorneys General and the Federal Government versus various financial institutions for breaking the law in terms of mortgages. Supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) take strong steps to stop checking account abuses. Specifically, we asked that the CFPB: Require information on important checking account terms to be disclosed in a one-page Consumer Choice Box; Require complete disclosure of all overdraft options; Require reasonable and proportional overdraft fees; Require the posting of deposits and withdrawals in a neutral manner; and Examine the prevalence of dispute resolution clauses in checking account agreements and the existence of fee shifting provisions that require the account holder to pay at least a portion of the banks costs when a dispute occurs. Support a two-month extension of the comment period to allow the Federal Reserve Board to hold a formal hearing and public meetings in at least five cities about Capital Ones proposed acquisition of Bank Nevada, N.A. Oppose H.R. 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011, Support the CFPB adopting a definition of the Qualified Mortgage that covers the vast majority of the marketplace, so that most mortgage borrowers have the benefit of the strongest protections. Oppose any narrowing of the definitions of consumer or credit that are subject to Equal Credit Opportunity Act to match the narrower definitions in the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) or other statutes. (We also oppose narrowing the coverage of TILA or the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.) Oppose expanding exemptions to the data reporting requirements of Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The CFPB should not weaken the rule that credit card issuers must consider the consumers independent ability to pay and cannot, as a general matter, rely solely on household income. Support Helping Homeowners Refinance Act of 2012, S. 2072 Support federal regulators of our nations banks to take immediate action to stop banks from making unaffordable, high-cost payday loans. Support inclusion of consumer narratives be in the CFPB's credit card complaint database. Support the settlement between the States' Attorneys Generals and several financial institutions regarding robosigning and foreclosures. Support the settlement between U.S. Department of Justice and Bank of America over Countrywide's discriminatory mortgage lending practices. Support Leon Russell to serve on the CFPB Advisory Panel. Supported access to individual complaints, as well as data collection as to who is making the complaints, to the CFPB (while putting key protections in place to ensure individual privacy). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the prohibition of overdraft fees and credit on Prepaid Cards (letter to the CFPB). Oppose H.R. 6139, the National Consumer Credit Corporation Charter and Consumer Access Innovation Act of 2012, and any similar legislation that may be introduced. Oppose all proposals to weaken the structure, powers or funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including the proposal which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus (CFPB) independence by making it the only bank regulatory agency placed under the appropriations process. Oppose Urban Trust Bank from partnering with the payday lender CheckSmart (formerly known as Buckeye Check Cashing) and Insight Card Services, LLC to help CheckSmart evade state usury and payday loan laws by making payday loans on prepaid cards. Support that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau develop and promulgate adequate mortgage servicing rules that will cover the range of market participants, make the needed changes, last beyond individual time-limited programs, and be effectively enforceable (urge the CFPB to amend current proposed rules). Support that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau develop and promulgate adequate mortgage servicing rules that will cover the range of market participants, make the needed changes, last beyond individual time-limited programs, and be effectively enforceable (urge the CFPB to amend current proposed rules). Support the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act of 2012 (S. 3426 / H.R. 6483), Support S 3452, Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2012" Oppose the inclusion of any down payment requirement as part of the Qualified Residential Mortgage (QRM) standard. Oppose H.R. 1909, Federal Financial Services and Credit Companies Charter Act of 2011. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents. Support S. 3085, The Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act of 2012, oppose an amendment to that bill that would provide a so-called safe harbor under the Qualified Mortgage (QM) rules currently being drafted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

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

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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

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

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Fair and Equal treatment of members of the Armed Services who are racial and ethnic minority Americans; equal access to DoD contracts by minority contractors. Support U.S. Institute of Peace. Support the Department of Defense Small Business Outreach Program. Oppose providing vouchers to military families with children with Special Needs. Support efforts to posthumously honor Col. Charles Young and the work of the Buffalo Soldiers by elevating his rank to Brigadier General; by conducting a study on his home for inclusion onto the register of historic places; and by commemorating the work of the Buffalo Soldiers in settling the national parks of the west. Oppose private school vouchers for children of military personnel with special needs. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Support the Department of Labors Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relating to legislative expansions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The proposed rules would implement changes to the military leave provisions of the FMLA, as well as the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act. The rule appropriately extends the amount of time a family member may take for qualifying exigency leave when the reason for leave is a service members rest and recuperation. Veterans must be able to establish that they suffer from a qualifying serious injury or illness without having to rely on the Veterans Affairs Schedule for Rating Disabilities (VASRD) or on their ability to fulfill occupational requirements. The documentation that employers may require of family members of active duty service members who are seeking qualified exigency leave should explicitly allow family members to supply a letter from the service members command. Support the Departments decision to allow any FMLA health care provider to certify a serious injury or illness for military caregiver leave. Support the Department of Labor's interpretation of the five-year coverage limit under FMLA for veterans. Encouraged the Department of Labor to provide a straightforward explanation of what is meant by the phrase qualifying exigency. For qualifying exigency leave related to childcare, we urge the Department to explicitly include additional categories of childcare and school activities that would qualify a military family member to take leave. The Department should ensure that gay and lesbian service members have equal access to family care by amending the definition of next of kin. The Department should explicitly note that all FMLA regulations are interpreted to include the children of parents standing in loco parentis and should ensure consistent and uniform administration of these new FMLA provisions. Veterans whose family members would have qualified for caregiver leave but for the fact that regulations had not yet been promulgated should be given a special dispensation so that they can take leave to care for veterans who still need such assistance. The Department should insert language identifying the discharge date provided on form DD-214 as the date when the veteran officially transitioned from being an active duty service member. Support banning the Pentagon from spending any money on deals with Rosoboronexport. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Support efforts to posthumously honor Col. Charles Young and the work of the Buffalo Soldiers by elevating his rank to Brigadier General; by conducting a study on his home for inclusion onto the register of historic places; and by commemorating the work of the Buffalo Soldiers in settling the national parks of the west. Support HR 1022 / S. 544. Support ensuring that the occasion of the Civil Wars sesquicentennial is not used to romanticize or otherwise endorse, in any way, one of the primary contributing factors to the conflict and southern succession, the enslavement of African Americans. Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

Eliminate racial disparities in criminal justice system, ensure adequate funding for treatment, establishment of and adequate funding for programs to address substance abuse programs for ex-offenders. Support an expansion of the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program (RDAP). Supported elimination of the crack v. powder cocaine sentencing disparities. Supported repeal of the provision in the HEA that delays or denies student aid for minor drug convictions. Support full funding for the Second Chance Act. Support lifting federal bans on needle (or syringe) exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV / AIDS. Oppose Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011(H.R. 1254). Oppose the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act" (H.R. 4078), which includes the Regulatory Freeze For Jobs Act, the Midnight Rule Relief Act of 2012" (H.R. 4607), and the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862), among other harmful bills. Advocated that the United States use its stature and position to have the NAACP policy agenda included in any and all relevant United Nations' treaties and other compliance documents.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), Voice of America, White House Office

H.R. 2273, "Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act", (regulates coal ash under existing municipal solid waste landfill regulations) H.R. 3862, "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act" (introduce transparency and broaden participation in settlement of regulatory lawsuits) S. 1751, "Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act", (regulates coal ash under existing municipal solid waste landfill regulations) S. 3512, the "Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012", (bill to establish minimum federal requirements for state coal ash regulatory programs)

Client expense: $2,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

EPA Work - Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, Carbon Pollution Paper Recycling Initiatives International Climate Change Efforts Regulatory Accountability Act - H.R. 3010 Regulations from Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act - H.R. 10 Regulations Flexibility Improvement Act - H.R. 527 TRAIN Act - H.R. 2401 H.R. 4078 - Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act H.R. 4607 - Midnight Rule Relief ACt H.R. 3862 - Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act

Client expense: $1,350,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office