To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans' Employment and Training.

Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Oppose provisions in HR 3102 which mandate drug testing for all recipients of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and bannning certain ex-felony offenders from receiving SNAP food assistance. Support a DOJ investigation of NYPDs surveillance program of Muslim mosques and those who worship there. Support the establishment of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act. Support H.R. 2581 / S. 1038. Support H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013. Support a revision of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to clarify ambiguities, close loopholes, and eliminate provisions that allow for any form of racial or religious profiling. We believe the Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance must be strengthened by: "Including a prohibition on profiling on the basis of religion and national origin; "Eliminating loopholes that allow for profiling in the national security and border contexts; "Expanding the ban on profiling to include law enforcement surveillance activities; "Applying the Guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies that work in partnership with federal agents or receive federal funding; and "Including mechanisms for enforceability.End the FBI racial and ethnic mapping program. Targeting entire communities for investigation based on racial and ethnic stereotypes is unconstitutional and produces flawed intelligence. The FBI should focus on actual criminal suspects and national security threats, not mapping entire communities based on racial stereotypes. Revise the 2008 Mukasey Attorney General Guidelines and the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG), respectively, to require heightened levels of supervisory approval and factual predicates for investigations that implicate First Amendment protected activity, including the use of undercover agents or informants in places of worship. Clarify in the Guidelines and DIOG that race, ethnicity, national origin or religion should not be considered in deciding the scope and substance of domestic intelligence or other law enforcement activity, except when there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Develop policies under which federal agencies, in particular DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security, use their authority under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to condition funds to state and local law enforcement agencies on whether the agency has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, or national origin as a factor in their law enforcement activities, absent suspect-specific information that includes a racial or ethnic identifier. Require all state and local law enforcement agencies that receive federal funds to collect data on the use of race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin in their law enforcement activities. Engage in compliance reviews of select state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether they are complying with their obligations under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in all of their law enforcement activities. Undertake a comprehensive independent audit of all Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) screening processes to determine whether travelers are being profiled based on suspect classifications, including race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin, or that current screening factors are being used as proxies for the classifications above. Support the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 (S. 1410). Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (AFA, H.R. 1844/S. 878). Support the Hate Crimes Reporting Act of 2014, HR 3878 Support the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Support the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, Support HR 3643, HR 3626 Support S 1307 / HR 1316 Support the Death Penalty Abolition bill, HR 3741. Oppose Stand Your Ground laws at every level. Support Robert Wilkins' nomination to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circut. Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 4459 / S. 2235). Support H.R. 4123. Support full funding for programs nder the Violence Against Women Act in FY 2015. Oppose profiling based on religion, which may sometimes be used as a proxy for race, ethnicity, or national origin, in law enforcement.Support the American Pharmacists Association passing a resolution calling on all of its members to refrain from assisting in the creation or application of lethal drugs used to impose the death penalty. Support S. 1690/H.R. 3465, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013. Support S. 1410 / H.R. 3382 Support S 1675. Support the nomination of one of the many eminently qualified African American candidates from Maryland to the current vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. This person would replace Judge Andre Davis when he assumed senior status at the end of February. Support the expansion by the US Department of Justice of the prohibition on racial profiling to include profiling by sexual preference. Support a speedy review completion and updating by the U.S. Department of Justice of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Support S. 2022 Support S. 1945 / H.R. 3899 with strengthening amendments. Support the review and withdrawal of the DoJ Office of Legal Counsel memo of June 29, 2007 (OLC Memo). The OLC Memos interpretation that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 provides for a blanket override of statutory non-discrimination provisions is erroneous and threatens core civil rights and religious freedom protections. Support President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals: Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement. Oppose the nominations of Michael Boggs to serve as judge within the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Support S. 2235 / H.R. 4459. Support S. 2022 Support S. 1675 Support S. 1960 / H.R. 3465 Support HR 3530. Support the Cohen (TN) Clemecy amendment to HR 4660. Support the Cohen (TN) Legal Services Corp. amendment to HR 4660. Support the Thompson (CA) National Instant Criminal Background Check Amendment to HR 4660.Oppose the Scott, A. (GA) Legal Services Amendment to HR 4660. Support the nomination of Staci Yandle to be a Judge for the US DIstrict Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Support the nomination of Darrin P. Gayles to be a judge on the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Support the Conyers (MI) Civil Rights amendment to HR 4138. Oppose H.R. 4138. Oppose H. Res. 676 Support HR 5081

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Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Oppose provisions in HR 3102 which mandate drug testing for all recipients of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and bannning certain ex-felony offenders from receiving SNAP food assistance. Support a DOJ investigation of NYPDs surveillance program of Muslim mosques and those who worship there. Support the establishment of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act. Support H.R. 2581 / S. 1038. Support H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013. Support a revision of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to clarify ambiguities, close loopholes, and eliminate provisions that allow for any form of racial or religious profiling. We believe the Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance must be strengthened by: "Including a prohibition on profiling on the basis of religion and national origin; "Eliminating loopholes that allow for profiling in the national security and border contexts; "Expanding the ban on profiling to include law enforcement surveillance activities; "Applying the Guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies that work in partnership with federal agents or receive federal funding; and "Including mechanisms for enforceability.End the FBI racial and ethnic mapping program. Targeting entire communities for investigation based on racial and ethnic stereotypes is unconstitutional and produces flawed intelligence. The FBI should focus on actual criminal suspects and national security threats, not mapping entire communities based on racial stereotypes. Revise the 2008 Mukasey Attorney General Guidelines and the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG), respectively, to require heightened levels of supervisory approval and factual predicates for investigations that implicate First Amendment protected activity, including the use of undercover agents or informants in places of worship. Clarify in the Guidelines and DIOG that race, ethnicity, national origin or religion should not be considered in deciding the scope and substance of domestic intelligence or other law enforcement activity, except when there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Develop policies under which federal agencies, in particular DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security, use their authority under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to condition funds to state and local law enforcement agencies on whether the agency has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, or national origin as a factor in their law enforcement activities, absent suspect-specific information that includes a racial or ethnic identifier. Require all state and local law enforcement agencies that receive federal funds to collect data on the use of race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin in their law enforcement activities. Engage in compliance reviews of select state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether they are complying with their obligations under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in all of their law enforcement activities. Undertake a comprehensive independent audit of all Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) screening processes to determine whether travelers are being profiled based on suspect classifications, including race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin, or that current screening factors are being used as proxies for the classifications above. Support the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 (S. 1410). Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (AFA, H.R. 1844/S. 878). Support the Hate Crimes Reporting Act of 2014, HR 3878 Support the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Support the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, Support HR 3643, HR 3626 Support S 1307 / HR 1316 Support the Death Penalty Abolition bill, HR 3741. Oppose Stand Your Ground laws at every level. Support Robert Wilkins' nomination to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circut. Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 4459 / S. 2235). Support H.R. 4123. Support full funding for programs nder the Violence Against Women Act in FY 2015. Oppose profiling based on religion, which may sometimes be used as a proxy for race, ethnicity, or national origin, in law enforcement.Support the American Pharmacists Association passing a resolution calling on all of its members to refrain from assisting in the creation or application of lethal drugs used to impose the death penalty. Support S. 1690/H.R. 3465, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013. Support S. 1410 / H.R. 3382 Support S 1675. Support the nomination of one of the many eminently qualified African American candidates from Maryland to the current vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. This person would replace Judge Andre Davis when he assumed senior status at the end of February. Support the expansion by the US Department of Justice of the prohibition on racial profiling to include profiling by sexual preference. Support a speedy review completion and updating by the U.S. Department of Justice of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Support S. 2022 Support S. 1945 / H.R. 3899 with strengthening amendments. Support the review and withdrawal of the DoJ Office of Legal Counsel memo of June 29, 2007 (OLC Memo). The OLC Memos interpretation that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 provides for a blanket override of statutory non-discrimination provisions is erroneous and threatens core civil rights and religious freedom protections. Support President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals: Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement. Oppose the nominations of Michael Boggs to serve as judge within the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Support S. 2235 / H.R. 4459. Support S. 2022 Support S. 1675 Support S. 1960 / H.R. 3465 Support HR 3530. Support the Cohen (TN) Clemecy amendment to HR 4660. Support the Cohen (TN) Legal Services Corp. amendment to HR 4660. Support the Thompson (CA) National Instant Criminal Background Check Amendment to HR 4660.Oppose the Scott, A. (GA) Legal Services Amendment to HR 4660. Support the nomination of Staci Yandle to be a Judge for the US DIstrict Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Support the nomination of Darrin P. Gayles to be a judge on the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Support the Conyers (MI) Civil Rights amendment to HR 4138. Oppose H.R. 4138. Oppose H. Res. 676 Support HR 5081

Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Oppose provisions in HR 3102 which mandate drug testing for all recipients of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and bannning certain ex-felony offenders from receiving SNAP food assistance. Support a DOJ investigation of NYPDs surveillance program of Muslim mosques and those who worship there. Support the establishment of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act. Support H.R. 2581 / S. 1038. Support H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013. Support a revision of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to clarify ambiguities, close loopholes, and eliminate provisions that allow for any form of racial or religious profiling. We believe the Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance must be strengthened by: "Including a prohibition on profiling on the basis of religion and national origin; "Eliminating loopholes that allow for profiling in the national security and border contexts; "Expanding the ban on profiling to include law enforcement surveillance activities; "Applying the Guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies that work in partnership with federal agents or receive federal funding; and "Including mechanisms for enforceability.End the FBI racial and ethnic mapping program. Targeting entire communities for investigation based on racial and ethnic stereotypes is unconstitutional and produces flawed intelligence. The FBI should focus on actual criminal suspects and national security threats, not mapping entire communities based on racial stereotypes. Revise the 2008 Mukasey Attorney General Guidelines and the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG), respectively, to require heightened levels of supervisory approval and factual predicates for investigations that implicate First Amendment protected activity, including the use of undercover agents or informants in places of worship. Clarify in the Guidelines and DIOG that race, ethnicity, national origin or religion should not be considered in deciding the scope and substance of domestic intelligence or other law enforcement activity, except when there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Develop policies under which federal agencies, in particular DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security, use their authority under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to condition funds to state and local law enforcement agencies on whether the agency has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, or national origin as a factor in their law enforcement activities, absent suspect-specific information that includes a racial or ethnic identifier. Require all state and local law enforcement agencies that receive federal funds to collect data on the use of race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin in their law enforcement activities. Engage in compliance reviews of select state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether they are complying with their obligations under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in all of their law enforcement activities. Undertake a comprehensive independent audit of all Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) screening processes to determine whether travelers are being profiled based on suspect classifications, including race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin, or that current screening factors are being used as proxies for the classifications above. Support the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 (S. 1410). Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (AFA, H.R. 1844/S. 878). Support the Hate Crimes Reporting Act of 2014, HR 3878 Support the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Support the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, Support HR 3643, HR 3626 Support S 1307 / HR 1316 Support the Death Penalty Abolition bill, HR 3741. Oppose Stand Your Ground laws at every level. Support Robert Wilkins' nomination to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circut. Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 4459 / S. 2235). Support H.R. 4123. Support full funding for programs nder the Violence Against Women Act in FY 2015. Oppose profiling based on religion, which may sometimes be used as a proxy for race, ethnicity, or national origin, in law enforcement.Support the American Pharmacists Association passing a resolution calling on all of its members to refrain from assisting in the creation or application of lethal drugs used to impose the death penalty. Support S. 1690/H.R. 3465, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013. Support S. 1410 / H.R. 3382 Support S 1675. Support the nomination of one of the many eminently qualified African American candidates from Maryland to the current vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. This person would replace Judge Andre Davis when he assumed senior status at the end of February. Support the expansion by the US Department of Justice of the prohibition on racial profiling to include profiling by sexual preference. Support a speedy review completion and updating by the U.S. Department of Justice of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Support S. 2022 Support S. 1945 / H.R. 3899 with strengthening amendments. Support the review and withdrawal of the DoJ Office of Legal Counsel memo of June 29, 2007 (OLC Memo). The OLC Memos interpretation that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 provides for a blanket override of statutory non-discrimination provisions is erroneous and threatens core civil rights and religious freedom protections. Support President Obama's Boys and Young Men of Color Initiave, amd urge the initiative to focus on the following principals: Promoting Healthy Children, Families and Communities; Ensuring Educational Opportunity; Decriminalizing Young People of Color; Creating ; Economic Opportunity; and Promoting and Protecting Civic and Community Engagement.

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S1060-113 S1061-113 S1076-113 S1081-113 S1089-113 S1092-113 S1148-113 S1255-113 S131-113 S1387-113 S1399-113 S1411-113 S153-113 S1558-113 S1578-113 S1581-113 S1582-113 S1583-113 S1585-113 S1586-113 S1588-113 S1589-113 S1591-113 S162-113 S1637-113 S1643-113 S1662-113 S1668-113 S1717-113 S1728-113 S1752-113 S1755-113 S1956-113 S1963-113 S1982-113 S1985-113 S1993-113 S1999-113 S2013-113 S2035-113 S2075-113 S2091-113 S2095-113 S210-113 S2182-113 S2190-113 S2231-113 S2300-113 S234-113 S2424-113 S2450-113 S25-113 S257-113 S287-113 S373-113 S412-113 S422-113 S430-113 S444-113 S46-113 S49-113 S492-113 S495-113 S515-113 S522-113 S529-113 S543-113 S572-113 S573-113 S6-113 S62-113 S629-113 S674-113 S695-113 S700-113 S734-113 S735-113 S748-113 S759-113 S778-113 S800-113 S810-113 S819-113 S825-113 S832-113 S851-113 S852-113 S863-113 S871-113 S875-113 S877-113 S889-113 S893-113 S894-113 S928-113 S932-113 S935-113 S938-113 S939-113 S964-113 S967-113 S990-113 S992-113 S995-113 Take position in opposition to: HR1739-113 HR3614-113 HR595-113 HR803-113 S262-113 Monitor/Review the following: HJRES72-113 HR125-113 HR1288-113 HR1372-113 HR1492-113 HR1494-113 HR1605-113 HR1714-113 HR1816-113 HR1832-113 HR1855-113 HR1867-113 HR1885-113 HR1898-113 HR1904-113 HR1960-113 HR1988-113 HR2018-113 HR2138-113 HR2207-113 HR2237-113 HR2249-113 HR2257-113 HR2310-113 HR2319-113 HR2341-113 HR2354-113 HR2358-113 HR2362-113 HR2377-113 HR2382-113 HR2397-113 HR2412-113 HR2470-113 HR247-113 HR2519-113 HR2522-113 HR2590-113 HR2642-113 HR2654-113 HR2661-113 HR2693-113 HR2704-113 HR2726-113 HR2743-113 HR2749-113 HR2785-113 HR2797-113 HR2841-113 HR2859-113 HR2876-113 HR2906-113 HR2907-113 HR2913-113 HR2941-113 HR2953-113 HR3007-113 HR3053-113 HR3087-113 HR3098-113 HR3106-113 HR3120-113 HR3145-113 HR3152-113 HR3164-113 HR3166-113 HR3180-113 HR3181-113 HR3207-113 HR3214-113 HR3223-113 HR3225-113 HR3276-113 HR3287-113 HR3310-113 HR3330-113 HR3352-113 HR3368-113 HR3369-113 HR3383-113 HR3395-113 HR3396-113 HR3397-113 HR3399-113 HR3405-113 HR3408-113 HR3418-113 HR3422-113 HR3441-113 HR3442-113 HR3443-113 HR3451-113 HR3453-113 HR3459-113 HR3469113 HR3474-113 HR3477-113 HR3493-113 HR3499-113 HR3506-113 HR3507-113 HR3508-113 HR3514-113 HR3515-113 HR3516-113 HR3521-113 HR3569-113 HR3576-113 HR3615-113 HR3646-113 HR3647-113 HR3671-113 HR3672-113 HR3725-113 HR3743-113 HR3775-113 HR3788-113 HR3789-113 HR3792-113 HR3794-113 HR3797-113 HR3798-113 HR3801-113 HR3804-113 HR3807-113 HR3808-113 HR3810-113 HR3831-113 HR3843-113 HR3852-113 HR3858-113 HR3876-113 HR3958-113 HR3974-113 HR4004-113 HR4005-113 HR4023-113 HR4050-113 HR4068-113 HR4095-113 HR4096-113 HR4101-113 HR4102-113 HR4110-113 HR4134-113 HR4141-113 HR4149-113 HR4184-113 HR4191-113 HR4198-113 HR4217-113 HR4232-113 HR4234-113 HR4235-113 HR4247-113 HR4248-113 HR4274-113 HR4276-113 HR4314-113 HR4335-113 HR4344-113 HR4356-113 HR4359-113 HR4370-113 HR4374-113 HR4394-113 HR4399-113 HR4408-113 HR4422-113 HR4485-113 HR4488-113 HR4489-113 HR4492-113 HR4516-113 HR4517-113 HR4561-113 HR4574-113 HR4580-113 HR4616-113 HR4629-113 HR4630-113 HR4656-113 HR4669-113 HR4674-113 HR4682-113 HR4688-113 HR4712-113 HR4720-113 HR4723-113 HR4725-113 HR4730-113 HR4741-113 HR4760-113 HR4766-113 HR4774-113 HR4778-113 HR4779-113 HR4793-113 HR4807-113 HR4810-113 HR4816-113 HR4818-113 HR4841-113 HR4852-113 HR4861-113 HR4862-113 HR4863-113 HR4875-113 HR4887-113 HR489-113 HR4892-113 HR4898-113 HR4900-113 HR4912-113 HR4942-113 HR4948-113 HR4971-113 HR4974-113 HR4977-113 HR4999-113 HR5007-113 HR5009-113 HR55-113 HR604-113 HR748-113 HR773-113 HR810-113 HR883-113 HRES13-113 S1032-113 S1041-113 S1078-113 S1119-113 S1174-113 S1190-113 S1197-113 S1211-113 S1216-113 S1246-113 S1262-113 S1281-113 S1295-113 S1296-113 S1320-113 S1361-113 S1367-113 S140-113 S1403-113 S1434-113 S1471-113 S1486-113 S1540-113 S1547-113 S1556-113 S1559-113 S1579-113 S1580-113 S1584-113 S1593-113 S1602-113 S1604-113 S1624-113 S1644-113 S1659-113 S1669-113 S1682-113 S1684-113 S1688-113 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Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Oppose provisions in HR 3102 which mandate drug testing for all recipients of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and bannning certain ex-felony offenders from receiving SNAP food assistance. Support a DOJ investigation of NYPDs surveillance program of Muslim mosques and those who worship there. Support the establishment of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act. Support H.R. 2581 / S. 1038. Support H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013. Support a revision of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to clarify ambiguities, close loopholes, and eliminate provisions that allow for any form of racial or religious profiling. We believe the Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance must be strengthened by: "Including a prohibition on profiling on the basis of religion and national origin; "Eliminating loopholes that allow for profiling in the national security and border contexts; "Expanding the ban on profiling to include law enforcement surveillance activities; "Applying the Guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies that work in partnership with federal agents or receive federal funding; and "Including mechanisms for enforceability.End the FBI racial and ethnic mapping program. Targeting entire communities for investigation based on racial and ethnic stereotypes is unconstitutional and produces flawed intelligence. The FBI should focus on actual criminal suspects and national security threats, not mapping entire communities based on racial stereotypes. Revise the 2008 Mukasey Attorney General Guidelines and the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG), respectively, to require heightened levels of supervisory approval and factual predicates for investigations that implicate First Amendment protected activity, including the use of undercover agents or informants in places of worship. Clarify in the Guidelines and DIOG that race, ethnicity, national origin or religion should not be considered in deciding the scope and substance of domestic intelligence or other law enforcement activity, except when there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Develop policies under which federal agencies, in particular DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security, use their authority under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to condition funds to state and local law enforcement agencies on whether the agency has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, or national origin as a factor in their law enforcement activities, absent suspect-specific information that includes a racial or ethnic identifier. Require all state and local law enforcement agencies that receive federal funds to collect data on the use of race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin in their law enforcement activities. Engage in compliance reviews of select state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether they are complying with their obligations under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in all of their law enforcement activities. Undertake a comprehensive independent audit of all Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) screening processes to determine whether travelers are being profiled based on suspect classifications, including race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin, or that current screening factors are being used as proxies for the classifications above. Support the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 (S. 1410). Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (AFA, H.R. 1844/S. 878). Support the Hate Crimes Reporting Act of 2014, HR 3878 Support the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Support the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, Support HR 3643, HR 3626 Support S 1307 / HR 1316 Support the Death Penalty Abolition bill, HR 3741. Oppose Stand Your Ground laws at every level. Support Robert Wilkins' nomination to serve on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circut. Support the Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 4459 / S. 2235). Support H.R. 4123. Support full funding for programs nder the Violence Against Women Act in FY 2015. Oppose profiling based on religion, which may sometimes be used as a proxy for race, ethnicity, or national origin, in law enforcement.Support the American Pharmacists Association passing a resolution calling on all of its members to refrain from assisting in the creation or application of lethal drugs used to impose the death penalty. Support S. 1690/H.R. 3465, the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013. Support S. 1410 / H.R. 3382 Support S 1675. Support the nomination of one of the many eminently qualified African American candidates from Maryland to the current vacancy on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. This person would replace Judge Andre Davis when he assumed senior status at the end of February. Support the expansion by the US Department of Justice of the prohibition on racial profiling to include profiling by sexual preference. Support a speedy review completion and updating by the U.S. Department of Justice of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. Support S. 2022 Support S. 1945 / H.R. 3899 with strengthening amendments

Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Oppose provisions in HR 3102 which mandate drug testing for all recipients of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and bannning certain ex-felony offenders from receiving SNAP food assistance. Support a DOJ investigation of NYPDs surveillance program of Muslim mosques and those who worship there. Support the establishment of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act. Support H.R. 2581 / S. 1038. Support H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013. Support a revision of the June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies to clarify ambiguities, close loopholes, and eliminate provisions that allow for any form of racial or religious profiling. We believe the Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance must be strengthened by: "Including a prohibition on profiling on the basis of religion and national origin; "Eliminating loopholes that allow for profiling in the national security and border contexts; "Expanding the ban on profiling to include law enforcement surveillance activities; "Applying the Guidance to state and local law enforcement agencies that work in partnership with federal agents or receive federal funding; and "Including mechanisms for enforceability.End the FBI racial and ethnic mapping program. Targeting entire communities for investigation based on racial and ethnic stereotypes is unconstitutional and produces flawed intelligence. The FBI should focus on actual criminal suspects and national security threats, not mapping entire communities based on racial stereotypes. Revise the 2008 Mukasey Attorney General Guidelines and the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG), respectively, to require heightened levels of supervisory approval and factual predicates for investigations that implicate First Amendment protected activity, including the use of undercover agents or informants in places of worship. Clarify in the Guidelines and DIOG that race, ethnicity, national origin or religion should not be considered in deciding the scope and substance of domestic intelligence or other law enforcement activity, except when there is trustworthy information, relevant to the locality and timeframe, that links a person of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion to an identified criminal incident or scheme. Develop policies under which federal agencies, in particular DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security, use their authority under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to condition funds to state and local law enforcement agencies on whether the agency has adopted a policy prohibiting the use of race, color, or national origin as a factor in their law enforcement activities, absent suspect-specific information that includes a racial or ethnic identifier. Require all state and local law enforcement agencies that receive federal funds to collect data on the use of race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin in their law enforcement activities. Engage in compliance reviews of select state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether they are complying with their obligations under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to be free from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in all of their law enforcement activities. Undertake a comprehensive independent audit of all Transportation Security Administrations (TSA) screening processes to determine whether travelers are being profiled based on suspect classifications, including race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin, or that current screening factors are being used as proxies for the classifications above. Support the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 (S. 1410). Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 (AFA, H.R. 1844/S. 878). Support the Hate Crimes Reporting Act of 2014, HR 3878 Support the nomination of Debo P. Adegbile to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice. Support the Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act, Support HR 3643, HR 3626 Support S 1307 Support the Death Penalty Abolition bill, HR 3741. Oppose Stand Your Ground laws at every level.

H.R. 844 VetSuccess Enhancement Act -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to extend the eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs SUPPORT H.R. 1316 To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors andAssistant Directors of Veterans Employment and Training. -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans Employment and Training OPPOSE H.R. 1796 Troop Talent Act of 2013 -- To ensure that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 631; S. 889 Servicemembers Choice in Transition Act of 2013 -- To amend title 10, U.S.C., to provide requirements for the contents of the Transition Assistance Program, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 3007; S. 492 To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes OPPOSE S. 6 Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 -- To reauthorize the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, to provide assistance to small businesses owned by veterans, to improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 430 Veterans Small Business Opportunity and Protection Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 495 Careers for Veterans Act of 2013 -- To amend title 38, U.S.C., to require Federal agencies to hire veterans, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes SUPPORT

Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.). Oppose provisions in HR 3102 which mandate drug testing for all recipients of SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and bannning certain ex-felony offenders from receiving SNAP food assistance. Support a DOJ investigation of NYPDs surveillance program of Muslim mosques and those who worship there. Support the establishment of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections. Oppose H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013. Support S. 1410, the Smarter Sentencing Act. Support H.R. 2581 / S. 1038. Support H.R. 1447, the Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2013.

H.R. 1316 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans Employment and Training. ~ Amend title 38, United States Code, to specify the responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans Employment and Training OPPOSEH.R. 1412 -- Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013 ~ To improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs carried out by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes SUPPORT H.R. 1796 -- Troop Talent Act of 2013 ~ To ensure that the education and training provided members of the Armed Forces and veterans better assists members and veterans in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 6 -- Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 ~ To reauthorize the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011, to provide assistance to small businesses owned by veterans, to improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 430 -- Veterans Small Business Opportunity and Protection Act of 2013 ~ Amend title 38, USC, to enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs contracting goals and preferences, and for other purposes SUPPORT S. 492 -- To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes ~ Amend title 38, USC, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes OPPOSE S. 495 -- Careers for Veterans Act of 2013 ~ Amend title 38, USC, to require Federal agencies to hire veterans, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes SUPPORT

Support EEOC's guidence on the use of criminal records by potential employers. Support S. 47 Urge the Census Bureau to end prison-based gerrymandering.Support provision in Senate -passed version of S 47 to retain protections that bar federally funded religious discrimination; oppose house substitute to S 47 which removes those protections. Encourage policies which will smartly reduce the prison population to save money. No additiional cuts, beyond sequestration, of Department of Justice grant programs. Support the inclusion of language in any immigration bill that will not only strengthen prohibitions against racial profiling and inappropriate use of force, but also enhance the training of border patrol agents, increase oversight, and create a mechanism for a meaningful opportunity for border communities to share their input. Support the Student Non-Discrimination Act. Support S. 607 Support S. 619 Support the End Racial Profiling Act, S. 1038 Suport the establishment of a White House Pardons Commission to review pre-FSA crack cocaine convictions. Support the Youth PROMISE Act, H.R. 1316 Support the Justice Safety Valve Act, H.R. 1695 / S. 619. Support hearings in both the House and the Senate on this legislation. Support the Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013, H.R. 1844 / S. 878. Support nomination of Tony West to serve as Associate Atrorney General. Support amending Section 3305 of S. 744 to: Add a prohibition on profiling based on religion and national origin; and Eliminate overly broad exceptions for border and national security. Oppose Senator Vitters amendment 1056 to S.954, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act. Support the Department of Justice's revision of its policy to ensure the Office of the Attorney General reviews all proposed transfers of youth to adult status in order to provide the scrutiny required by the Supreme Court decision in Miller v. Alabama before the possible imposition of a life sentence. Oppose Representative Reeds amendment #103 to H.R. 1947. Oppose Rep. Hudsons Amendment #22 to H.R. 1497. Support the critical work of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education (ED) to enforce civil rights laws, including Title IXs protections against sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds. Oppose any funding increases for school resource officer programs in the Commerce, Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014.Oppose "Stand your ground" laws. Support H.R. 360 / S. 186. Support the nomination of Mr. B. Todd Jones to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives. Support the House Judiciary's bipartisan task force aimed at reducing the federal criminal code and analyzing our country's apparent addiction to and over-reliance on criminalization and incarceration. Support for the Federal Communication Commissions proposed rule which would ensure that charges for interstate inmate calling services are fair, non-predatory, and reasonable. Oppose amendment #131 by Congressman Austin Scott (GA) to H.R. 1947. Support the Deartment of Justice charging George Zimmerman with federal civil rights charges in the murder of Trayvon Martin. Support the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Patricia Millett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Nina Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Support the nomination of Judge Robert Wilkins to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Work with the Transportation Security Agency to ensure that its rules and regulations regarding criminal background checks were not shutting people put of the potential job market (with package carriers, etc.).