Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012

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.

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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

Legislation: H.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; CA TRUST Act, - Issues Lobbied: State measure restricting compliance with ICE detainers; Draft Executive Order, Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H. Con. Res. 141, Stop Harming Our Kids Resolution - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; H. Res 646, Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the `adult entertainment' section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H..R 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.J. Res. 100, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the use of public funds to pay for campaigns for election to Federal office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 111, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 72, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 78, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 8, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to limitations on the amounts of contributions and expenditures that may be made in connection with campaigns for election to public office. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 82, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing regulation of any expenditure in connection with an election. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 86, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 88, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations, limited liability companies or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the United States, - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 90, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the au - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 92, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the disbursement of funds for political activity by for-profit corporations and other for-profit business organizations. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.J. Res. 97, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federal elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 1627, Honoring Americas Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3027, The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 3165, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security, criminal justice, police practices; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to DiscriminateAbortion, Indefinite Detention, Religious Discrimi; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, DHS Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones; H.R. 5949, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment: Intelligence collection; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6199, Preserving American Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 6529, ECPA 2.0 Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 6676, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, privacy, first amendment, national security\, criminal justice, police practices; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration provisions on DUI, immigration court procedure, PREA, Womens Rights, First Amendment; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2003, Due Process Guarantee Act - Issues Lobbied: Due Process for suspected Terrorists (U.S. Citizens and LPRs); S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 2020, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention, Transfer Restrictions, Reproductive Rights, National Security, civil liberties, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation/ LGBT, Abortion, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection, Cybersecurity; S. 3287, Protect Americans Against Unwarranted Drone Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drone use, privacy; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3369, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, CSA2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Intelligence Authorization, Leaks Amendments; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices), legislation to address long voting lines, other affirmative voting rights bills - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S.2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment Congressional Issues without Bills: Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights: Civil Rights Data Collection - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability; School Discipline: Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy: Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial Justice: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Defense of Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights: Department of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security and civil liberties; Privacy: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers: TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy: DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,: DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance: Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking: Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices: FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government: Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice: Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment: Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences: June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices: Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,: License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing: National Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing: Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification: Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security: Reform of the US Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights: School discipline and the School to prison pipeline - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice:U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Abortion; Human Rights: Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection: Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy: Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice: Additional Issues Lobbied: Torture, Targeted Killing, Immigration Reform, STEM Visa Proposal, Border Abuses, 287(g) Programs, Border Enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, TSA Reform, Immigration Reform and Attorney Fees Issues, Charitable Deductions, Disability Rights, Judicial Vacancies, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report, Voting Rights, Securitization, Drone Forum Agencies: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Fair Lending Regulations: Corporation for National and Community Service - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Women's rights: Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; FERPA Privacy Regulations; Student privacy; Single Sex Education; School discipline guidance (OCR); Civil Rights Data Collection (OCR): Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Reproductive Rights-contraception coverage: emergency contraception, emergency care, government contracts; Sex Discrimination; Healthcare Coverage for Deferred Action Immigrants; RIN 0938-AR03: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation: Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Immigration Reform; 287(g) program; Expose and close- immigration detention (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties); National ID; employment verification; privacy; Use of datamining technologies by the government; Government Watch Lists; REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports (H.R. 495, H.R. 963, S. 505); Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; National Security Entry-Exit Registration System; DHS Budget; LGBT; Immigrants Rights: Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Comments on Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Continuum of Care Program, Docket No. FR-5476-I-01; Religious Bias: Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Immigration reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Religious Hate Crimes Data Collection; Religious Discrimination; Religious Profling; Reproductive Rights; DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina; Commutations and Pardons; PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody; Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 2168/S. 1212); National Security; Privacy; Civil Liberties: FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government: DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance; FISA Amendment Act reauthorization (H.R. 5949, S. 3276); School discipline guidance; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation; Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD); Civil Rights; Human Rights; Sentencing; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice; Indigent Defense Reform; Federal Over-Criminalization; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies: Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation (OFCCP): Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of the Interior - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination; LGBT; Relationships:Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation; Women's rights: Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines: Environmental Protection Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records: Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Trafficking, Faith Based Funding, Human Rights Agenda, Immigration Reform, Immigration Detention Condision, Indefinite Detention, FSA Review Board, Abortion Coverage, Second Term Agenda: FBI - Issues Lobbied: National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Radicalization: Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic drones; Privacy: Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access; Net Neutrality; Media Ownership; Media Diveristy, Civil Rights: Federal Election Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electioneering Communications: Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA (16 CFR Part 312); Online Privacy;: Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration detainers; Expose and close- immigration detention (ICE and the Office of Detention Policy and Planning): Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement: National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing: National Economic Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; privacy; location tracking: National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order on Human Rights: National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process: Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Privacy, National ID; E.O. 13,490; First Amendment; Over-Classification Reduction: Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: RIN 3206-AM47; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Establishment of the Multi-State Plan Program for the Affordable Insurance Exchanges: Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights: Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Intelligence Oversight, Privacy: Small Business Administration - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; Church-State Separation: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: DACA/Deferred Action for DREAMers: U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; CBP oversight; Excessive Use of Force; Safe repatriation: U.S. Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; First Amendment: U.S. Government Accountability Office - Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Sex Abuse in DHS Custody: United States Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting: White House - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Targeted killing; Indefinite detention; Immigration Reform; Executive Order 13559; Executive Order 11246; Executive Order 13279; Church-State Seperation; LGBT; Executive Order 13559: Presidents Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships Working Group Report Analysis; NDAA (H.R. 4310) Conscience Amendment Sec. 533; National Defense Authorization Act FY13 (H.R. 4310/S. 3254); Reproductive Rights; Commutations and Pardons; Expose and close- immigration detention; Privacy: Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; National Security: Privacy; Civil Liberties; FBI oversight; law enforcement oversight; open government; DHS oversight; domestic spying; fusion centers; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigrants Rights, Human Rights, HIV/AIDS

H.R. 564, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 881, the Americans with Disabilities Act Notification Act H.R. 1113, Fair Employment Act of 2011 H.R. 1397 / S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act H.R. 1493 / S. 788, Fair Pay Act H.R. 1519 / S. 3220, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 2501 / S. 1471, Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 H.R. 3356, the ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2011 H.R. 4200, To Amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (pool lifts) H.R. 4256, Pool Safety and Accessibility for Everyone (pool SAFE) Act H.R. 5326 / S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, provisions funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and provisions relating to DOJ guidance on requiring pool lifts under the ADA H.R. 5978 / S. 3317 Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 S. 2189, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 3256, End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act S. 3295 and Un-numbered House counterpart, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, provisions funding the U.S. Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Proposed regulations related to affirmative action for protected veterans (76 Fed. Reg. 23,358, April 26, 2011) Proposed extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements related to the "non-construction supply and service information collection" (76 Fed. Reg. 27,670, May 12, 2011) Proposed regulations related to affirmative action under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (76 Fed. Reg. 77,056, Dec. 9, 2011) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to a compensation data collection tool (76 Fed. Reg. 49,398, Aug. 10, 2011) Proposed changes to OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (76 Fed Reg. 60,083, Sept. 28, 2011) Proposed withdrawal of Compensation Discrimination Interpretative Standards (71 Fed. Reg. 35,124, June 16, 2006) EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Employer Use of Criminal History (No. 915.002, adopted 4/25/12) Proposed Department of the Treasury Acquisition Regulations regarding Minority and Women Inclusion in Contractor Workforce (77 Fed. Reg. 50454, August 21, 2012) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Plan; EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan; OFCCP interpretation of its jurisdiction; potential Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

H.R. 5978 / S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R.1493/S.788, Fair Pay Act, in support of comparable worth; H.R.1519/S.797/S.3220, Paycheck Fairness Act, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to add nonretaliation requirements, increase penalties and authorize the Secretary of Labor to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages and in opposition to weakening amendments; H.R.1876/S.984, Healthy Families Act, in support of providing paid sick and safe days for all workers; H.R.4227/H.R.4297, Workforce Investment Act of 2012/Workforce Investment Improvement Act, in support of a reauthorization that includes programs that move women into nontraditional occupations, expand supportive services, eliminate the sequence of services, streamline WIA with other career and technical education and job training programs, align data collection and accountability measurements, and preserve civil rights protections in the law; H.R.1397/S.811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, in support of ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; H.R.1873/S.987, Arbitration Fairness Act, in support of ending the predatory practice of mandatory arbitration clauses; H.R.2364/S.1283, Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, in support of updating the Family and Medical Leave Act to reflect a broader range of caregiver relationships, ensuring that workers can use unpaid leave to care for an adult child, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, or sibling; in opposition to Congressional efforts to delay the Department of Labor's rule on home care workers; H.R.5647, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, in support of preventing employers from discriminating against pregnant employees; H.R.5978/S.3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act, in support of restoring class status for victims of discriminatory workplace policies; Fair Minimum Wage Act, in support of increasing the federal minimum wage.

H.R.1397, S.811, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 S. 1925 The Violence Against Women Act H.R.3618, S. 1670 End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 H.R. 1519, S. 3220 Paycheck Fairness Act District of Columbia House Voting Rights H.R. 1116, S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act S. 3317/H.R. 5978 Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 H.R. 5799 Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 S. 581 Child Care Protection Act of 2011 S. 2189 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act Agriculture, Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 King Amendment to H.R. 5856 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013), relating to Defense of Marriage Act S. 3618/H.R. 5848, The Jury ACCESS (ACCESS for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection) Act

Client expense: $174,866 · Firm income: Not reported

Discussions regarding implementation of certain provisions of the Employee Free Choice Act, including elimination of federally supervised private ballot union elections or mandatory arbitration for the first contracts, via the NLRB and concerns with NLRB decisions potentially impacting bargaining unit determinations, rulemakings by the NLRB and DOL, RIN 3142-AA08 and RIN 1215- AB79/RIN1245-AA03. Specialty healthcare case, 357 NLRB 83 H.R. 3094/S. 1843, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act S.J.Res 36, a joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures. Discussions regarding appropriations amendments on Specialty Healthcare preventing the NLRB from applying the case's precedent on other employers. Discussions regarding Walmart supplier standards and guest workers S. 3317/H.R. 5978 - Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012

Client expense: $1,650,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 564, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 881, ADA Notification Act of 2011 H.R. 1113, Fair Employment Act of 2011 H.R. 3356, the ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2011 H.R. 1397 / S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act H.R. 1493 / S. 788, Fair Pay Act H.R. 1519 / S. 797 / S. S. 3220, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 2501 / S. 1471, Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 H.R. 4200, To Amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (pool lifts) H.R. 4256, Pool Safety and Accessibility for Everyone (pool SAFE) Act H.R. 5326 / S. 2323, Fiscal Year 2013 CJS Appropriations Legislation - Provisions Funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and provisions relating to DOJ guidance on requiring pool lifts under the ADA H.R. 5978/ S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 S. 2189, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 3256, End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act S. 3295 and Un-numbered House counterpart, Fiscal Year 2013 Labor, HHS Appropriations Legislation - Provisions Funding the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Regulations related to "reasonable factors other than age" under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (77 Fed. Reg. 19,080, March 30, 2012) Proposed regulations related to affirmative action for protected veterans (76 Fed. Reg. 23,358, April 26, 2011) Proposed extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements related to the "non-construction supply and service information collection" (76 Fed. Reg. 27,670, May 12, 2011) Proposed regulations related to affirmative action under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (76 Fed. Reg. 77,056, Dec. 9, 2011) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to a compensation data collection tool (76 Fed. Reg. 49,398, Aug. 10, 2011) Proposed changes to OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (76 Fed Reg. 60,083, Sept. 28, 2011) Proposed withdrawal of Compensation Discrimination Interpretative Standards (71 Fed. Reg. 35,124, June 16, 2006) Proposed regulation delaying Department of Justice requirement under the ADA for pools to have lifts (77 Fed. Reg. 16,196, March 20, 2012) EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Employer Use of Criminal History (No. 915.002, adopted 4/25/12) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Plan; EEOC Strategic Enforcement Plan; OFCCP interpretation of its jurisdiction; potential Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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 Humphrey / 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 socailly disadvataged youth through the U.S. Department of Education and th e 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 guidence 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 Departmentof 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 toimplement the EEOC criminal background check guidence. Support the Equal Employment Opportunity Comission'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

Employee Free Choice Act; issues related to Americans with Disabilities Amendments, and independent contractor classification Act rulemaking; persuader activity rulemaking; ADAAA regulations; Proposed Rules Governing Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011(HR1063, S1718); mobile workforce legislation(HR 1864); Legislation relating to the National Labor Relations Board, including S.J. Res 36 and provisions in appropriations legislation; proposed revisions to the occupational injury and illness tracking and reporting requirements; Fair Labor Standards Act; criminal background checks; inpatient hospital and amputations; HR 5978; Paycheck Fairness Act

Client expense: $1,080,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Legislation 16 CFR Part 312, COPPA Rule - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; C.A. 1081, CA Trust Act - Issues Lobbied: Support for state measure restricting compliance with ICE detainer requests.; E.O. 13,490, Ethics EO - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; GN Docket No. 12-52, Commission Seeks Comment on Certain Wireless Service Interruptions - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H. Res. 758, Voter Registration Resolutions - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.J. Res 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Prison Capacity Funding; H.R. 1116, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 1404, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1505, National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights;; H.R. 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 1681, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; H.R. 1775, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; H.R. 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 216, Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process; H.R. 2164, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; H.R. 2168, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 2212, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 2769, Parental Consent Act of 2011; H.R. 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, LGBT Rights; H.R. 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 3523, Cybersecurity legislation - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, Surveillance; H.R. 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Religious Profiling, First Amendment; H.R. 3674, PRECISE Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Information; H.R. 3803, District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 3828, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; H.R. 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; H.R. 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE) - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4192, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 4257, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 4263, SECURE IT Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Military Abortion, National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 495, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, LGBT, Discrimination; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, BOP Appropriations, National Security/Detention; H.R. 5684, Password Protection Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5799, Voter Empowerment Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Voting Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 5848, Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Discrimination; H.R. 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5855, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drones, National Security/Detention/AUMF; H.R. 5856, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships, DOMA Amendment; H.R. 5949, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, First Amendment, Intelligence; H.R. 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice; H.R. 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 6046, Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; H.R. 611, BEST PRACTICES Act - Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; H.R. 6128 , Help Separated Families Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; H.R. 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; H.R. 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; H.R. 96, Internet Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; H.R. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 997, English Language Unity Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Immigration; H.R. 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S. 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Human Rights, Religious Profiling, First Amendment. Human Rights; S. 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 1732, Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S. 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, LGBT Discrimination, Women's Rights, SAVE Act Provisions, Mandatory Minimums; S. 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2017, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S. 2020, The Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, Restrain and Seclusion; S. 2102, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 2105, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, First Amendment; S. 2151, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; S. 2175, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; S. 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2234, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform, Immigration, BOP Appropriations, First Amendment, National Security/Detention; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 3074, Password Protection Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 3078, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Freedom; S. 3216, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, National Security/Detention; S. 3220, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights;; S. 3245, E-Verify Bill - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Religious Liberty / Church-State Separation, Human Rights, Reproductive Rights, LGBT, Discrimination, Military Abortion; S. 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3276, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization - Issues Lobbied: National Security, privacy, First Amendment, intelligence collection; S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice; S. 3342, SECURE IT - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, National Security, Free Speech, Privacy; S. 3369, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance, First Amendment; S. 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3414, Cybersecurity Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection, ECPA Reform; S. 3454, Intelligence Authorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 3515, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 3526, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; S. 3565, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 3608, Voter Empowerment Act (omnibus including DRA, Caging, Deceptive Practices) - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; S. 3618, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 505, Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S. 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S. 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S. 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 750, Fair Elections Now Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Discrimination; S. Res. 572, Voter Registration Resolutions - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; S.J. Res. 29, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution of the United States, prohibit corporate spending in all elections - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.J. Res. 35, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to authorizing regulation of contributions to candidates for State public office and Federal office by corporations, entities organized and operated for profit, an - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Congressional Issues without Bills 287(g) program - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Anti-Torture - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Citizens United - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Congressional Voting Rights Briefings (ACLU litigation and lobbying updates) - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Disability Rights; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Criminal Alien Requirement detention beds - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Criminal Background Checks - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Deferred action for DREAMers - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance - Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance; Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Executive Order on Human Trafficking - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; FBI and DOJ Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Gene Patents - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Hate Crimes/Domestic Extremism - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Islamophobia - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, National Secuirty; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Juvenile Life without Parole - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice,; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; PREA rule covering immigration detainees - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; PREA rule covering immigration detainees - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Secure Communities - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Leave Behind on Torture - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Sentencing - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Trafficking Report - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Voting Rights Briefings - Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; Voting/Databases - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights. Agencies Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Speech Issues; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Cyber Information Sharing; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: FERPA Privacy Regulations, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, School bullying and discipline guidance, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, Single Sex Education, Data Collection; Department of Education -Office of Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Education, Racial Justice, Disability, School Discipline, Civil Rights Data Collection; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Abstinence Only Funding; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, REAL ID, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Secure Communities, 287(g) program, Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement, SAVE database voter purging, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, Secure Communities (Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties), 287(g) program (Office of the Inspector General), DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees (Office of General Counsel), CBP oversight and excessive use of force (Office of Inspector General), DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Radicalization, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, Racial Profiling, Prolonged Detention, Deferred Action Plan, ICE Whistleblowers, Haiti Deportations, CA TRUST Act, Disaster Zone Immigration Enforcement, 287(g), Detainee Sexual Abuse; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, Privacy, Location tracking, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, School bullying and discipline guidance, Voting Rights Briefings - Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement, SAVE database voter purging, Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico, Meeting regarding faith-based initiative, Women's Rights, Jessica Lenahan v. US, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention), Indigent Defense Reform, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Federal Over-criminalization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Juvenile Life without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, DOJs reponse to U.S. v. Simmons case in North Carolina , S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, State Secrets, Sentencing, Juvenile Facility Staffing, PREA implementation; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, Trafficking; Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Human Rights Treaties Review Process; Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Comments on EEOC strategic enforcement, Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice, LGBT, UPR Implementation and CERD- Civil Society Consultation on Civil Rights and Discrimination/CERD, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Strategic Enforcement Plan, Women's Rights, Discrimination Strategic Plan Priorities; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: DREAM Health Care, LGBT Rights, Immigration, Human Rights; FBI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Radicalization , Interrogations, Isolation; FCC - Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, Media Ownership, Media diversity, Civil rights, First Amendment, GN Docket No. 12-52; Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: COPPA, Privacy; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers; National Archives and Records Administration - Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Institute of Health - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Health Issues; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, E.O. 13,490, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Secure Communities, 287(g) program, DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, Over-Classification Reduction, Sex Education/Abstinence Only Funding, Immigration Access to Counsel; Office of the United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; Peace Corps - Issues Lobbied: Peace Corps Manual, Women's Rights, Pregnancy Leave; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: CBP oversight and excessive use of force; U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Priorities; White House - Issues Lobbied: Trafficking, Transition Issues, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, White House Privacy Report, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, Reproductive Freedom, Sex Education, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (Domestic Policy Counsel), S.B. 1070 copycat/ state and local enforcement issues, DACA/ Deferred action for DREAMers, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, CBP oversight and excessive use of force, DHS appropriations, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, EO 12333; White House Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Affirmative Action in Education, Education; Racial Justice; School Diversity

Community Block Grants (CDBG) reauthorization - H.R. 5978 The Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act 2012 EEOC Criminal Background Check Guidance Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012, S. 3317; H.R. 5978

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

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 Humphrey / 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 socailly disadvataged youth through the U.S. Department of Education and th e 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 guidence 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 Departmentof 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 toimplement the EEOC criminal background check guidence.

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 Humphrey / 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 socailly disadvataged youth through the U.S. Department of Education and th e 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 guidence 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 Departmentof 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 toimplement the EEOC criminal background check guidence.

H.R. 5978 / S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Employee Free Choice Act; issues related to Americans with Disabilities Amendments, and independent contractor classification Act rulemaking; persuader activity rulemaking; ADAAA regulations; Proposed Rules Governing Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act; Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011(HR1063, S1718); mobile workforce legislation(HR 1864); Legislation relating to the National Labor Relations Board, including S.J. Res 36 and provisions in appropriations legislation; proposed revisions to the occupational injury and illness tracking and reporting requirements; Fair Labor Standards Act; criminal background checks; inpatient hospital and amputations; HR 5978; Paycheck Fairness Act

Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.1397, S.811, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011 S. 1925 The Violence Against Women Act H.R.3618, S. 1670 End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 H.R. 1519, S. 797 Paycheck Fairness Act District of Columbia House Voting Rights H.R. 1116, S. 598, Respect for Marriage Act Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act S. 3317/H.R. 5978 Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 H.R. 5799 Voter Empowerment Act of 2012 S. 581 Child Care Protection Act of 2011 S. 2189 Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act Agriculture, Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012

Client expense: $269,357 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office

H.R.1493/S.788, Fair Pay Act, in support of comparable worth; H.R.1519/S.797/S.3220, Paycheck Fairness Act, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to add nonretaliation requirements, increase penalties and authorize the Secretary of Labor to seek additional compensatory or punitive damages and in opposition to weakening amendments; H.R.1876/S.984, Healthy Families Act, in support of providing paid sick and safe days for all workers; H.R.4227/H.R.4297, Workforce Investment Act of 2012/Workforce Investment Improvement Act, in support of a reauthorization that includes programs that move women into nontraditional occupations, expand supportive services, eliminate the sequence of services, streamline WIA with other career and technical education and job training programs, align data collection and accountability measurements, and preserve civil rights protections in the law; H.R.1397/S.811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, in support of ending discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; H.R.1873/S.987, Arbitration Fairness Act, in support of ending the predatory practice of mandatory arbitration clauses; H.R.2364/S.1283, Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, in support of updating the Family and Medical Leave Act to reflect a broader range of caregiver relationships, ensuring that workers can use unpaid leave to care for an adult child, domestic partner, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, or sibling; in opposition to Congressional efforts to delay the Department of Labor's rule on home care workers; H.R.5647, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, in support of preventing employers from discriminating against pregnant employees; H.R.5978/S.3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act, in support of restoring class status for victims of discriminatory workplace policies; Fair Minimum Wage Act, in support of increasing the federal minimum wage.

Legislation HR 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S 2151, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 743, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; AZ SB 1070, Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-D039, Controlled Unclassified Information-Issues Lobbied: EO, possible legislation; H Res 646, Expressing the sense of the House that Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC should eliminate the `adult entertainment' section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com.-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H. 963, Suspicious Activity Reports-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; HJRES 106, Victims Rights Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; HR 1116, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; HR 1397, Employment Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 1404, Fair Elections Now Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 1505, National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Border Surveillance; HR 1519, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Equal Rights; HR 166, Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act-Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; HR 1842, Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; HR 1981, Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Data retention, privacy; HR 1996, Government Litigation Savings Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 2116, The Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 2136, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Labor Trafficking; HR 216, Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Laptop searches, due process; HR 2164, Legal Workforce Act-Issues Lobbied: Oppose e-verify, privacy; HR 2168, Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance (GPS) Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; HR 2212, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; HR 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 282, To require Federal contractors to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification-Issues Lobbied: privacy; HR 3030, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; HR 3053, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; HR 3289, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; HR 347, Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3485, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; HR 3523, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, privacy, free speech, surveillance, Cybersecurity; HR 3541, Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3600, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 3608, Stop TSAs Reach in Policy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 3618, End Racial Profiling Act of 2011 (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; HR 3674, PRECISE Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 3803, District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; HR 3828, Military Religious Freedom Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate; HR 3881, Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings Act-Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings; HR 4010, Disclosure of Information on Spending on Campaigns Leads to Open and Secure Elections Act of 2012 (DISCLOSE)-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 4192, Due Process and Military Detention Amendments Act-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; HR 4257, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 4263, SECURE IT Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; HR 4271, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 4277, A bill to establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund to create employment opportunities for the unemployed.-Issues Lobbied: Employment; HR 4297, Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination; HR 4310, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF, Religious Liberty, First Amendment, LGBT, Discrimination, Using Religion to Discriminate, Immigration, Detention, Privacy, Military Abortion, Reproductive Rights; HR 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, Privacy, Freedom to Travel; HR 4388, Right to Habeas Corpus Act-Issues Lobbied: Detention; HR 483, Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification and Illegal Immigration Control Act-Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; HR 495, Suspicious Activity Reports-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; HR 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination, LGBT, Discrimination, Womens Rights, Immigration, First Amendment, Criminal Justice; HR 5325, Fiscal 2013 Energy-Water Appropriations; HR 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform, Medical Marijuana, National Security, Detention, Religious , Racial Profiling, Human Rights, First Amendment, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; HR 5647, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Pregnancy discrimination, Equal Rights; HR 5684, Password Protection Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: privacy; HR 5743, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Seucrity; HR 5799, Voter Empowerment Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice, First Amendment; HR 5854, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY2013-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 5855, Fiscal 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Detention, Privacy, VIPR Squads, SPOT Program, Drone, Religious and Racial Profling, Human Rights, Homeland Security, Reproductive Rights, Immigration, Detention, First Amendment, Abortion; HR 5949, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; HR 5973, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 5978, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Equal Rights, Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; Racial Justice; HR 6019, Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; HR 6020, Financial Services Appropriations Bill, FY 2013-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation / Vouchers; HR 611, BEST PRACTICES Act-Issues Lobbied: Online privacy; HR 654, Do Not Track Me Online Act-Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy; HR 658, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security; HR 693, E-Verify Modernization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; HR 800, Jobs Recovery by Ensuring a Legal American Workforce Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: e-verify, privacy; HR 83, Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools, Free Speech, School-to-Prison Pipeline; HR 96, Internet Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, First Amendment; HR 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; HR 998, Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; HRes 106, Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment; HRes 651, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the illicit ethnic and religious profiling and surveillance of Muslim American communities by the New York Police Department-Issues Lobbied: ; S 1145, Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Labor Trafficking; S 1212, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S 1301, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Criminal Justice; S 1605, Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; S 1670, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices, Religious and Racial Profiling, Privacy, First Amendment; S 1728, Stolen Valor Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 1770, Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; S 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, Privacy, Freedom to Travel; S 1910, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S 1925, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination, Woment's Rights, First Amendment, LGBT Discrimination, Immigrant's Rights, Mandatory Minimums. SAVE Act Provision; S 1994, Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 2017, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S 2020, Restraint and Seclusion/ The Keeping All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S 2102, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 2105, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, privacy, First Amendment, surveillance; S 2151, SECURE IT-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy, cybersecurity; S 2175, Due Process and Military Detetention Amendments Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention/AUMF; S 2197, Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Brady rule reform (preventing prosecutorial misconduct); S 2219, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 223, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, aviation security; S 2234, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Labor Trafficking; S 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform, Medical Marijuana, National Security, Civil Rights, First Amendment, Detention; S 306, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S 3074, Password Protection Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S 3078, WWII Memorial Prayer Act-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation; S 3187, Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; S 3199, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: Right to Travel; S 3216, Fiscal 2013 Homeland Security Appropriations-Issues Lobbied: National Security/Detention; S 322, The Servicemembers Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; S 3220, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Equal rights; S 3254, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Reproductive Rights, LGBT Discrimination, Military Abortion, Detention; S 3257, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions, and to provide for the return of previously distributed funds for deficit reduction.-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 3276, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S 3301, Financial Services Appropriations Bill, FY 2013-Issues Lobbied: Church-State Separation / Vouchers; S 3314, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013-Issues Lobbied: National Security; S 3317, The Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act (EEORA)- Legislative response to Wal-Mart v. Dukes-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights, Racial Justice, Equal Rights; S 3342, SECURE IT-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; S 3369, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 3372, Military Service Integrity Act of 2012-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 3804, Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment; S 409, Combating Dangerous Synthetic Stimulants Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; S 505, Suspicious Activity Reports-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; S 555, Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Youth and Schools; S 598, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Relationships; S 605, Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; S 74, Internet Freedom, Broadband Promotion, and Consumer Protection Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Net neutrality, free speech; S 750, Fair Elections Now Act-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S 797, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation-Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Religious Discrimination, LGBT Discrimination; S 839, Combating Designer Drugs Act of 2011 The End Racial Profiling Act-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; S 952, Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; SJRES 29, Campaign Finance Constitutional Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Congressional Issues Without Bills 287(g) program-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Anti-SLAPP Legislation-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates-Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform-Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Contractor Trafficking-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cuban Adjustment Act-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Cybersecurity-Issues Lobbied: National Security; Deferred action for DREAMers-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT-Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; DOD Intelligence Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; DOJ Pardons Office-Issues Lobbied: DOJ Oversight; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance-Issues Lobbied: Reform of Guidance; Domestic Drones-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform-Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; DOJ Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; FBI Oversight-Issues Lobbied: National Secuirty, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; FBI Practices-Issues Lobbied: FBI Oversight, Racial and Religious Profiling; Federal Over-criminalization-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938AR42-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice, Collateral Consequences; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Human Rights Crisis In Puerto Rico-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Racial Justice; Intelligence Authorization Leaks-Issues Lobbied: National Security; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Juvenile Life without Parole-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Racial Justice; LGBT Executive Order-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; License Plate Readers-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location tracking-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Over-Classification Reduction-Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; Patriot Act-Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; First Amendment; Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; PREA rule covering immigration detainees-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Puerto Rico Police Abuse Report-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Racial Profiling-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Radicalization of American Muslims-Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; LGBT Rights; Religious Profiling-Issues Lobbied: Religious Profiling; S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Secure Communities-Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Securitization-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Solitary Confinement Hearing-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Synthetic Drug Control Act Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Synthetic Drugs; Tax Extenders Bill-Issues Lobbied: ; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Torture-Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Use of datamining technologies by the government-Issues Lobbied: Privacy; VAWA reauthorization-Issues Lobbied: Women's Rights, LGBT Discrimination, First Amendment, Criminal Justice; Victims Rights Constitutional Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Voter Empowerment-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws-Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice Agencies Departement of State-Issues Lobbied: CERD Implementation; Department of Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reformm, Online Piracy, Online Privacy Process, Trafficking, Cybersecurity information sharing regulations; Department of Defense-Issues Lobbied: FOIA Responses, Religious Profiling; Department of Education-Issues Lobbied: FERPA Privacy Regulations, Plyler v. Doe, School Diversity; Department of Education Office of Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students; Department of Health and Human Services-Issues Lobbied: Electronic medical records, Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938AR42, Abstinence-Only Sex Education, ACA Regulations on Transgender Individuals, Blood Ban Study; Department of Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Government Watch Lists, use of dataminig technologies by the government, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, Prosecutorial discretion, ICE enforcement, Cybersecurity information sharing regulations, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, REAL ID, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Detention, NSEERS, PREA, Maricopa County Immigration Enforcement, Deferred Action Immigration Policy; Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties-Issues Lobbied: Secure Communities, 287(g) program; Department of Homeland Security Office of General Counsel-Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees; Department of Housing and Urban Development-Issues Lobbied: Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29; Department of Justice-Issues Lobbied: End Racial Profiling Act, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, VRA Enforcement- Voter ID/ Voter Suppression laws, CERD Implementation, Indigent Defense Reform, Federal Over-Criminalization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Juvenile Life Without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, PREA rule covering immigration detainees, Patriot Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, FISA Amendment Act reauthorization, Jessica Lenahan v. US, FBI Profiling, Immigration, Right to Record, Plyler v. Doe, Voting Rights, Racial Profiling, Gender-Biased Policing, Domestic Violence Guidance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinions; Department of Justice Civil Rights Division-Issues Lobbied: Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students; Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General-Issues Lobbied: Religious Profiling; Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs-Issues Lobbied: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Department of Labor-Issues Lobbied: Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Trafficking, FMLA for Military; Department of State-Issues Lobbied: Trafficking; Department of Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Parenting, Discrimination; Deptartment of Energy-Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; Director of National Intelligence-Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinions; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-Issues Lobbied: Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Comments on EEOC strategic planning, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, LGBT, HIV/AIDS, Discrimination, Employment Background Checks; Executive Office of the President-Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011, PRECISE Act, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012, SECURE IT Act Cybersecurity Act of 2012, Paycheck Fairness Act, Plyler v. Doe, CBP Use of Force, AZ SB 1070; Federal Aviation Administraion-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, armed drones, FAA Air Transporation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, domsetic drones; Federal Bureau of Investigation-Issues Lobbied: Patriot Act, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, Radicalization of American Muslims; Federal Communications Commission-Issues Lobbied: Framework of Broadband Access, Net Neutrality, Commission Seeks Comment on Certain Wireless Service Interruptions, Media Ownership, Docket No. 96-128, Petitioner Martha Wright et al., Framework of Broadband Access, Wireless Service Interruptions, Prison Phone Rightsw; Federal Trade Commission-Issues Lobbied: COPPA; Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Issues Lobbied: Deferred action for DREAMers; National Archives and Records Admininstration-Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, EO 13556; DFARS Case 2011-D039; National Economic Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Agency-Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity information sharing regulations, E.O. 12958; National Security Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Considered Executive Order on Human Rights; Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs-Issues Lobbied: Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Issues Lobbied: The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Office of Management and Budget-Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Emergency Solutions Grants Program and Consolidated Plan Conforming Amendments, RIN 2506-AC29, Over-Classification Reduction; Office of Personnel Management-Issues Lobbied: Over-Classification Reduction; Peace Corps-Issues Lobbied: Peace Corps Manuel, Women's Rights; Social Security Administration-Issues Lobbied: Discrimination Against Transgender People; U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services-Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination, Relationships, Transgender ID; United States Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; White House-Issues Lobbied: White House Privacy Report, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Admin. Policies to reduce prison pop, S.B. 1070 SCOTUS decision/ state and local enforcement issues, Deferred action for DREAMers, VAWA reauthorization, Racial profiling, Plyler v Doe guidance- education for undocumented students, Cybersecurity information sharing regulations, DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing, E.O. 12958, Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, RIN 0938AR42, Trafficking, LGBT Discrimination; White House Domestic Policy Counsel-Issues Lobbied: Affirmative Action in Education, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act

H.R. 564, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act H.R. 881, Americans with Disabilities Act Notification Act H.R. 1113, Fair Employment Act of 2011 H.R. 1397 / S. 811, Employment Non-Discrimination Act H.R. 1493 / S. 788, Fair Pay Act H.R. 1519 / S. 797 / S. 3220, Paycheck Fairness Act H.R. 2501 / S. 1471, Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011 H.R. 3356, ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2011 H.R. 4200, To Amend the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (pool lifts) H.R. 4256, Pool Safety and Accessibility for Everyone (pool SAFE) Act H.R. 5326 / S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013 - provisions Funding the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and provisions relating to DOJ guidance on requiring pool lifts under the ADA H.R. 5978/S. 3317, Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act of 2012 S. 2189, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act S. 3256, End Pay Discrimination Through Information Act S. 3295 and Un-numbered House counterpart, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013, provisions funding the Department of Labors Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Regulations related to "reasonable factors other than age" under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (77 Fed. Reg. 19,080, March 30, 2012) Proposed regulations related to affirmative action for protected veterans (76 Fed. Reg. 23,358, April 26, 2011) Proposed extension of the Approval of Information Collection Requirements related to the "non-construction supply and service information collection" (76 Fed. Reg. 27,670, May 12, 2011) Proposed regulations related to affirmative action under section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (76 Fed. Reg. 77,056, Dec. 9, 2011) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to a compensation data collection tool (76 Fed. Reg. 49,398, Aug. 10, 2011) Proposed changes to OFCCP Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (76 Fed Reg. 60,083, Sept. 28, 2011) Proposed withdrawal of Compensation Discrimination Interpretative Standards (71 Fed. Reg. 35,124, June 16, 2006) Proposed regulation delaying Department of Justice requirement under the ADA for pools to have lifts (77 Fed. Reg. 16,196, March 20, 2012) EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Employer Use of Criminal History (No. 915.002, adopted 4/25/12) Various issues relating to employer use of employee credit history; employer consideration of applicant employment status; EEOC Strategic Plan; OFCCP interpretation of its jurisdiction; potential Senate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

S.623/H.R.592 (Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2011); relating to the use of protective orders, sealing of cases, and disclosure of discovery information in federal civil cases. H.R.966/S.533 (Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2011); to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to make sanctions mandatory. Lobbying with regard to the Judicial Conference of the United States' proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Lobbying with regard to certification of class actions and impact of Class Action Fairness Act. S.3317/H.R.5978 (Equal Employment Opportunity Restoration Act); to restore the effective use of group actions for claims arising under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, title V of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, section 1977 of the Revised Statutes, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. Lobbying with regard to clarifying state and federal court jurisdiction in certain cases. H.R.2032 (no short title); to restrict the ability of residents of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded to join a class in causes of action by federally-funded entities involving such residents that could result in an agreement to move such a resident from that resident's facility. S.1061/H.R.1996 (Government Litigation Savings Act); to restrict the the award of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the United States under the Equal Access to Justice Act, and to require and make publically available certain data relating to awards under the Equal Access to Justice Act. Lobbying with regard to limitations on the award of fees and other expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act generally. (Protecting the Expression and Transmission of Ideas and Thoughts in Our Nation Act), draft bill not formally introduced as of 6-30-2012; to establish special motions and procedures to quickly dispose of strategic lawsuits against public participation. Lobbying with regard to preservation of documents for e-discovery and the use of sanctions to enforce compliance with discovery orders for electronic documents. H.R. 3862, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, to impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof. Lobbying with regard to federal judicial selection generally, not specific to any nominated candidate; except specific lobbying with regard to the nominations of William Kayatta, Brian Davis, Andrew Hurwitz and Paul Watford.