Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012

See Attached. H.R.915 Rep. Cuellar, Henry (D-TX) - Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act. (Provisions that seek to increase cooperation and information sharing between local, state, and federal agencies to strengthen collaborative efforts along the border.) H.R.3120 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe (D-CA) - Student Visa Reform Act. (Provisions that would amend federal immigration law governing the distribution of student visas (F-1s) to require that colleges, universities, or language training programs be accredited by an agency approved by the Secretary of Education in order to accept foreign students.) H.R.3783 Rep. Duncan, Jeff (R-SC) - Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012. (Provisions that requires the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to develop a plan to secure the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico and prevent operatives from terrorist and other organizations from entering the United States.) H.R.4005 Rep. Hahn, Janice (GAPS Act) Gauging American Port Security Act. (Provisions that requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit to Congress a report on any existing gaps or weaknesses in U.S. port security, as well as a plan for addressing such gaps.) H.R.4119 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX) - Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012. (Provisions that would expand existing laws to make it easier to prosecute people who facilitate and participate in illicit border tunnel activities.) H.R.4251 Rep. Miller, Candice S. (R-MI) - Securing Maritime Activities through Risk-based Targeting for Port Security Act. (Provisions that aims to increase information sharing and efficient use of technology within the Department of Homeland Security, and between federal, state, and local governments and the private sector, in an effort to improve maritime and aviation security at U.S. ports of entry.) H.R.6368 Rep. Canseco, Francisco (R-TX) - Border Security Information Improvement Act of 2012. (Provisions that requires DOJ and DHS to report on: the federal government's ability to track, investigate, and quantify cross-border violence; current steps being taken to address cross-border violence; information and data currently being collected on cross-border violence; and additional resources needed to successfully track, investigate, quantify, and report on cross-border violence.) H.R.6429 Rep. Smith, Lamar (R-TX) - STEM Jobs Act of 2012. (Provisions that would eliminate the visa lottery green card program and reallocate those 55,000 green cards to aliens with PhDs or Master's degrees in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) from U.S. Universities.) S.1925 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. (D-VT) - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011. (Provisions that would increase the number of U visas by permitting the recapture of thousands of unused U visas from prior years.) S.3245 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J.(D-VT) - A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. (Provisions relating to more controversial issues in three of the four programs because of significant deficiencies in oversight and fraud: A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program; Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program; Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program.) S.3579 Sen. Vitter, David (R-LA) - Voter Integrity Protection Act. (Provisions that would make unlawful voting in federal elections by illegal aliens both an aggravated felony and a deportable offense under the Immigration and Nationality Act, INA.)

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

See Attached. H.R.915 Rep. Cuellar, Henry (D-TX) - Jaime Zapata Border Enforcement Security Task Force Act. (Provisions authorizing appropriations for FY2012-FY2016 to: (1) establish and operate the BEST program; and (2) investigate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals engaged in drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking, and smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across the U.S. borders.) H.R.1299 Rep. Miller, Candice S. (R-MI) - Secure Border Act of 2012. (Provisions that directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a comprehensive strategy for gaining, within five years, operational control of the international borders between U.S. ports of entry.) H.R.3842 Rep. Black, Diane (R-TN) - To prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specified State laws that support the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. (Provisions the prohibits federal funds from being used by a federal agency or instrumentality to participate in a lawsuit to overturn, enjoin, or otherwise invalidate specified immigration-related laws in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona, Utah, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, or Georgia.) H.R.3992 Rep Berman, Howard (D-CA) - To allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated United States nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel. (Provisions that would expand the E-2 visa program to include Israeli nationals.) H.R.4970 Rep. Adams, Sandy (R-FL) - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012. (Provisions that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider any credible relevant evidence, including evidence submitted by an accused U.S. national or permanent resident, in adjudicating an application for cancellation of removal by an alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty.) H.R.4251 Rep. Miller, Candice S. (R-MI) - Securing Maritime Activities through Risk-based Targeting for Port Security Act. (Provisions that aims to increase information sharing and efficient use of technology within the Department of Homeland Security, and between federal, state, and local governments and the private sector, in an effort to improve maritime and aviation security at U.S. ports of entry.) H.R.4119 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre (D-TX) - Border Tunnel Prevention Act of 2012. (Provisions that would expand existing laws to make it easier to prosecute people who facilitate and participate in illicit border tunnel activities.) H.R.5326 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. (R -VA) - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013. (Provisions that defunds the Obama Administrations lawsuits against several states that seek to strike down their immigration enforcement laws; that strips certain funding from sanctuary cities; prevent illegal aliens from receiving of the additional child tax credit (ACTC).) H.R.5869 Rep. Rivera, David (R-FL) - Studying Towards Adjusted Residency Act (STARS Act) (Provisions that would grant amnesty to illegal alien minors.) S.1925 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. (D-VT) - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011. (Provisions that would increase the number of U visas by permitting the recapture of thousands of unused U visas from prior years.) S.3083 Sen. Rubio, Marco (R-FL) - Responsible Child Tax Credit Eligibility Verification Act of 2012 (Provisions to amend the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who is an alien and who is claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to attach to his or her tax return a photocopy of: (1) each page of the taxpayer's passport; (2) the taxpayer's nonimmigrant visa; (3) the taxpayer's employment authorization; (4) the taxpayer's arrival-departure record (Form I-94); and (5) the passport, visa, and Form I-94 for each qualifying alien child of the taxpayer.) S3216 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. (D-LA) - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013. (Provisions that relax the requirements for entry into the VWP by allowing into the program countries whose visa overstay rate was not more than three percent in the previous fiscal year.) S.3245 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J.(D-VT) - A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program. (Provisions relating to more controversial issues in three of the four programs because of significant deficiencies in oversight and fraud: A bill to permanently reauthorize the EB-5 Regional Center Program; Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program; Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program.)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office