Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act

Legislation: S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; 78 FR 37529, Comments on Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collections (CRDC) - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Corporal Punishment; School Discipline; LGBT; Womens Rights; Disability Rights;E.O. 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 1077, Consumer Mortgage Choice Act - Issues Lobbied: Fair Housing; H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Domestic Drones; H.R. 127, 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. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location Tracking; H.R. 1318, Youth Promise Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice; H.R. 1389, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 1417, The Border Security Results Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement/Security; Immigration Reform; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous CFR Measures and Amendments - Issues Lobbied: CFR; H.R. 1493, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP; H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Federal immigration reform (due process, enforcement, detention, legalization); H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; H.R. 1773, The Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act) - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 1814, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1904, Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killing; H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; Church-State Separation; LGBT Rights; HIV/AIDS; National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.R. 2131, Supplying Knowledge-based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (SKILLS Visa Act) - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Interior Enforcement; Immigration Reform; H.R. 2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2479, HOME Act; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 258, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2610, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Housing Discrimination; H.R. 2711, Citizen Empowerment Act; H.R. 2786, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 2851, End Racial Profiling Act of 2013; H.R. 2855, State-Foreign Operations Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 287, Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 2999, ABC Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 3130, Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Religious Freedom; First Amendment; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 5, Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Youth and Schools; Education; Religious Liberty; H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; National Security, Free Speech; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; Drones; H.R. 698, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 1094, Student Success Act/Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Youth and Schools; S. 1151, America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1168, Restore Our Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1182, A bill to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require specific evidence for access to business records and other tangible things, and provide appropriate transition procedures, and for other purpose - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; Church-State Separation; LGBT Rights; HIV/AIDS; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National SecurityWhistleblowers; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; S. 1242, HOME Act; S. 1279, Freedom to Pray Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1284, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014; S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1329, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Cops in Schools; Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Religious Liberty; S. 1372, State-Foreign Operations Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Mandatory Minimums; S. 210, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Location Tracking; S. 717, Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement; Mandatory Minimums; Criminal Bars to Citizenship; National ID; Employment Verification: Privacy; Immigrants Rights; Border Enforcement; Due Process; S. 777, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 987, The Free Flow of Information Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R.1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 2656, Public Safety Enhancement Act - Issues Lobbied: BOP risk assessment; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; S. 862, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1016, Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Domestic drones; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1037, Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty Congressional Issues without Bills: Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Anonymous Speech Rights; Appointed Counsel in Immigration Proceedings - Issues Lobbied: Due Process; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Background Checks in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Information Sharing; Border Enforcement/ CBP Oversight and Excessive Sse of Force - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Border Security - Issues Lobbied: ; Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Bureau of Prison Oversight; CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issues Lobbied: ; Combat Exclusion; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID: Employment Verification; Privacy; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act update - Issues Lobbied: Due process; Over-criminalization; Free speech; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Corrections Task Force; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cybersecurity legislation - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; DACA; DEA Oversight Hearings - Issues Lobbied: Letter urging House and Senate to schedule a DEA oversight hearing; Defense Department and NSA Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy; Detainee Rights ; Detention Bed Mandate; 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 Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Digital Privacy; DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Armed Drones; DREAM Act; Election administration reform - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking; E-Verify; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal immigration reform (due process, border enforcement, detention, legalization); Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Food Assistance for Convicts ; 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; Homeland Security Issues; House BOP Oversight; Housing Disparate Impact; ICE enforcement issues; ICE Solitary Confinement; Immigration and Familes;Immigration Grassroots ; Immigration Oversight and Border Accountability; Indigent Defense ; 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; KIDS Act - Issues Lobbied: House CIR- path to citizenship, legalization proposals including DREAMers/ possible KIDS Act; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Marijuana Federal Enforcement ; Military Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Nomination of FBI Director; Operation Streamline ; Overcriminalization ; Over-incarceration ; Password Protection - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; 4th Amendment; Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, first amendment, national security; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Religious Displays; Religious Refusals ; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Sec. 230 of the Communications Decency Act ; Senate Hearing on Mandatory Minimums - Issues Lobbied: Testimony opposing Mandatory Minimum Sentences; Senate Marijuana Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Testimony re conflict between state and federal marijuana laws; SNAP Drug Testing ; Stand Your Ground Laws; Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: ; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Syria Military Action; Syria Resolution ; Targeted Killing; Telecom Access ; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice; Torture (SSCI Report) - Issues Lobbied: ; Unlawful presence waiver rule; 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; Vance Legislative Fix - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; IRS Targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Whistleblower Protection - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; Womens Economic Agenda - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Employment Discrimination Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons, Issues Lobbied: Stand Your Ground Laws; Mandatory Minimums; Solitary Confinement; Access to Counsel; Department of Agriculture, Issues Lobbied: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD programs, Docket No.FR 5720-N-01; Department of Commerce, Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform; Department of Defense, Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Military Abortion Coverage; Military Combat Exclusion Policy; LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties, Windsor Implementation; Department of Education, Issues Lobbied: Harassment; Domestic Violence; School Discipline Guidance; Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Diversity Grant Programs; Proposed revisions to the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), as outlined at 78 FR 37529; Women's Rights; Single-Sex Education; Department of Health and Human Services, Issues Lobbied: Abortion Coverage (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services); ACA Anti-discrimination Regulations; Request for Information Regarding Nondiscrimination in Certain Health Programs or Activities, RIN 0945-ZA01; The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD programs, Docket No.FR 5720-N-01; LGBT Rights; Department of Homeland Security, Issues Lobbied: Material support in the immigration asylum context; Immigration Detention Policies; National ID: Employment Verification; Privacy; Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Use of Datamining Technologies by the Government; REAL ID; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Interior and Border Enforcement; DHS Oversight; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Report; Fusion Centers; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Ice Enforcement; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Operation Streamline; Department of Housing and Urban Development, Issues Lobbied: Housing Discrimination; Department of Justice, Issues Lobbied: Prison Rape Elimination Act; Byrne Grant; Double Jeopardy; Drug Policy; SAR Procedures; Marijuana Criminalization; Over-criminalization; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act; Targeted Killing; Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform; H.R. 1312; S. 639; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby; DOJ COPs program; Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Interior and Border Enforcement; DOJ Media Guidelines; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidelines; Indigent Defense Reform; End Racial Profiling Act; Juvenile Life without Parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; ACLU Position on George Zimmerman Case; Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners; Solitary Confinement; Private Prisons; RRC's 2014 Priorites; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Operation Streamline; Department of Labor, Issues Lobbied: Faith-based Funding; OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool; Department of State, Issues Lobbied: Partner Vetting System;International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Education Rights; Guantanamo; Department of Treasury, Issues Lobbied: ; Department of Veterans Affairs, Issues Lobbied: ; Drug Enforcement Administration, Issues Lobbied: Drug Enforcement; Use of NSA Data; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Issues Lobbied: Discrimination; EEOC Outreach on Womens Rights and National Origin Employment Discrimination; Pregnancy Discrimination; Executive Office of the President, Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Immigration Enforcement; Immigration Detention Conditions; Surveillance; Syria Military Action; NSA Asks; Detention; Operation Streamline; Immigration Reform; Presidential Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies;; FBI, Issues Lobbied: ACLU FBI Report; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; Radicalization; Federal Aviation Administration, Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Federal Communications Commission, Issues Lobbied: Telecom Access; Media Diversity; First Amendment; Access to Broadband; Prison Phone Rates; Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Indecency Comments; UO Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; Federal Election Commission, Issues Lobbied: 501(c)(4) Regulations; Internal Revenue Service, Issues Lobbied: Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4; National Archives and Records Aministration, Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Counterterrorism Center, Issues Lobbied: Watchlists; Office of Management and Budget, Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Operation Streamline/ criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-entry; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Appropriations; Office of Personnel Management, Issues Lobbied: Abortion Coverage; Pay Equity; Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Issues Lobbied: Whistleblowers; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Office of the Vice President, Issues Lobbied: The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013: Overview of Applicability to HUD programs, Docket No.FR 5720-N-01; FY14 CJS Appropriations; Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Issues Lobbied: FBI and DOJ Oversight; National security and civil liberties; Privacy; Defense Department and NSA Oversight; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Issues Lobbied: Unlawful presence waiver rule; DACA; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Issues Lobbied: Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Civil Rights; Human Rights; Racial Justice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Issues Lobbied: Lapel Cameras; Use of Force; Border Enforcement/ CBP Oversight and Excessive Sse of Force; Operation Streamline; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Issues Lobbied: Ice Enforcement; DACA; U.S. Sentencing Commission, Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Issues; U.S. Agency for International Development, Issues Lobbied: RIN 0412AA71Partner Vetting in USAID Assistance; United States Trade Representative, Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House, Issues Lobbied: Torture (SSCI Report); Guantanamo; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Surveillance; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby; Presidential Commission on Election Administration; OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act; Interior and Border Enforcement; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; The Youth PROMISE Act; Operation Streamline/ criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-entry; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Ice Enforcement; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Operation Streamline; Appropriations

Client expense: $489,367 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

HR1171-113FOR VETS Act of 2013 HR1223-113Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 2013 HR125-113Congressional Oversight of Afghanistan Agreements Act of 2013 HR1260-112Support for Survivors ActHR1284-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes. HR1305-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide clarification regarding eligibility for services under the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program. HR1333-113Military Family Leave Act of 2013 HR1344-113Helping Heroes Fly Act HR1357-113To amend the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance under such program for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time. HR1517-112Holley Lynn James Act HR152-113Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 HR1593-113Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act HR1605-113Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2013 HR1620-113Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2013 HR1623-113VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act of 2013 HR1714-113Shelter Our Servicemembers Act HR1725-113Veterans Mental Health Accessibility Act HR1729-113VA Claims, Operations, and Records Efficiency Act HR1739-113Veterans Backlog Reduction Act HR1742-113Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 HR1759-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the HR1770-113To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the different treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded members of the reserve components who die from an injury or illness incurred or aggravated in the line of duty during inactive-duty traini HR1774-113Wounded Veteran Job Security Act HR1792-113Infectious Disease Reporting Act HR1796-113Troop Talent Act of 2013 HR1804-113Foreign Travel Accountability Act HR1805-113Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act HR1809-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes. HR1816-113Veterans' STEM Education Program HR183-113Veterans Dog Training Therapy Act HR1904-113Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act HR1938-113To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and for other purposes. HR2118-113Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013 HR2119-113Veterans Access to Speedy Review Act HR2138-113Ending VA Claims Disability Backlog and Accountability Act HR2150-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for a five-year extension to the homeless veterans reintegration programs. HR2151-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach services HR2169-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to educational assistance under certain programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. HR2185-113To amend title 36, United States Code, to encourage the nationwide observance of two minutes of silence each Veterans Day.HR2187-113To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize veterans' treatment courts and encourage services for veterans. HR2189-113To establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR2209-113To establish a chain of command for Army National Military Cemeteries. HR2210-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the eligibility of children of certain deceased veterans to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs. HR2216-113Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 HR2237-113Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act HR2272-113To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish an electronic means by which members of the Ready Reserves of the Armed Forces may track their active-duty service. HR2310-113Guard Units And Reservists Deserve Remembrance Act HR2319-113Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 HR2341-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the resources of individuals applying for pension that were recently disposed of by the individuals for less than fair market value when determining the eligib HR235-113Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013 HR2358-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give preference to local contractors, and for other purposes. HR2382-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a priority for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in processing certain claims for compensation. HR241-113Veterans Timely Access to Health Care Act HR2412-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to consider the best interest of the veteran when determining whether the veteran should receive certain contracted health care. HR2423-113To improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations. HR2481-113Veterans G.I. Bill Enrollment Clarification Act of 2013 HR2485-113Helping Homeless Veterans Act of 2013 HR2510-113Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act HR2519-113Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2013 HR2522-113Fair Access to Co-ops for Veterans Act HR2527-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training. HR2528-113To establish a task force in the Department of Veterans Affairs to assess the retention and training of claims processors. HR2540-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to hire psychiatrists. HR2590-113To amend the Wounded Warrior Act to establish a specific timeline for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to achieve integrated electronic health records, and for other purposes. HR2600-112National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan Act of 2011 HR2797-113To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions and to make additional contributions to the Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund, and for other purposes. HR288-113CHAMPVA Children's Protection Act of 2013 HR2913-113Veterans' Local Access Act HR303-113Retired Pay Restoration ActHR3180-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to include contracts and grants for residential care for veterans in the exception to the requirement that the Federal Government recover a portion of the value of certain projects. HR3181-113To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to clarify the treatment of administrative expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs during sequestration. HR3207-113To amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the method of determining whether Filipino veterans are United States residents for purposes of eligibility for receipt of the full-dollar rate of compensation under the laws administered by the Secretary o HR331-113To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions. HR333-113Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act HR340-113Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act HR3435-112Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act HR4051-112TAP Modernization Act of 2012 HR4057-112Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012 HR4072-112Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012 HR4287-112To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. HR430-113Protect Our Military Trainees Act HR4310-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 HR55-113SHIELD Act of 2013 HR6574-112Servicemember Mental Health Review Act HR683-113Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act HR748-113Universal National Service Act HR773-113To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Department of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration pursuant to section 251A. HR810-113To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes. HR821-113To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes. HR833-113To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal. HR834-113Veterans' Efficiencies Through Savings Act of 2013 HR933-113Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 HR943-112K-9 Companion Corps Act HR958-113Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013 HR975-113Servicemember Mental Health Review Act HR984-113To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force on urotrauma. S1032-113A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to make certain improvements in the Uniform Code of Military Justice related to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. S1041-113A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to afford crime victims' rights to victims of offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and for other purposes. S1042-113A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide support to university law school programs that are designed to provide legal assistance to veterans, and for other purposes.S1058-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans, and for other purposes. S1060-113A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to facilitate emergency medical services personnel training and certification curriculums for military veterans. S1148-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims, and for other purposes. S1155-113Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act S1165-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain requirements relating to the immunization of veterans, and for other purposes. S1216-113Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013 S1255-113Veterans Travel Tax Relief Act of 2013 S1262-113Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2013 S1361-113A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II, and for other purposes. S1367-113A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled members of the Armed Forces and seve S1558-113A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program of outreach for veterans, and for other purposes. S1559-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the method of determining whether Filipino veterans are United States residents for purposes of eligibility for receipt of the full-dollar rate of compensation under the laws administered by the Secr S1707-112Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act S1728-112Stolen Valor Act of 2011 S200-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the interment in national cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration of individuals who served in combat support of the Armed Forces in the Kingdom of Laos between Februa S2116-112Military and Veterans Education Protection Act S2259-112Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012 S3202-112Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 S3234-112A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the time period for contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts. S325-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes. S3254-112National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 S3322-112Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2012 S412-113Keep Our Commitment to Veterans Act S422-113Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2013 S430-113Veterans Small Business Opportunity and Protection Act of 2013S444-113Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 S455-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and c S46-113Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act S470-113A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal. S49-113Veterans Health Equity Act of 2013 S514-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide additional educational assistance under Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to veterans pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, math, or an area that leads to employment in a high-demand S6-113Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 S628-113Servicemember Mental Health Review Act S633-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel in connection with certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and fo S734-113A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation. S759-113A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against income tax for amounts paid by a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of su S800-113Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act of 2013 S810-113Jacob Sexton Military Suicide Prevention Act of 2013 S819-113Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act of 2013 S825-113Homeless Veterans Prevention Act of 2013 S832-113Improving the Lives of Children with Spina Bifida Act of 2013 S845-113A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professionals Educational Assistance Program, and for other purposes. S851-113Caregivers Expansion and Improvement Act of 2013 S852-113Veterans' Health Promotion Act of 2013 S938-113Franchise Education for Veterans Act of 2013 S944-113Veterans' Educational Transition Act of 2013 S967-113Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013

H.R. 198 and H.R. 2324, Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force, all provisions; H.R. 200, Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act, all provisions; H.R. 881and S.419, Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2013, all provisions; H.R. 978, National Emergency Selective Service Act, all provisions; H.R. 1238, True Cost of War Act of 2013, all provisions; H.R. 1506, Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act, all provisions; H.R. 1904, Oversight on Sensitive Military Operations Act,all provisions; H.R. 1960, Defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2014, Title X, provisions pertaining to international security assistance and activities in Africa; Titles XV, XLIII and XLV, provisions relating to Overseas Contingency Operations and policy on drones; TitleXXXI, provisions relating to the National Nuclear Security Administration; and amendments relating to Iran (#s 146, 144, 147, 168, 139, 129, 36, 137, 131, 132, 135, 9). S. 1197, Defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2014, Title X, provisions pertaining to international security assistance and activities in Africa; Titles XV, XLIII and XLV, provisions relating to Overseas Contingency Operations ; TitleXXXI, provisions relating to the National Nuclear Security Administration, and policy on drones H.R. 2183, Drones Accountability Act, all provisions

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Legislation E.O. 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, national security, free speech, privacy; H.R. 11, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones;H.R. 1263, Excellence in Mental Health Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; H.R. 127, 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. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 1389, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous CFR Measures and Amendments - Issues Lobbied: CFR; H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP; H.R. 1497, War Memorial Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Church-State Separation; H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Youth Discrimination; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights; H.R. 1814, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 1845, Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Discrimination; H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 1904, Oversight of Sensitive Military Operations Act - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killing; H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Accommodations; Indefinite Detention; Torture; LGBT Discrimination; Religious Liberty/Church-State Separation; Disability Rights; Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.R. 2216, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act; H.R. 2217, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Abortion; Detention Bed Mandate; DACA; Reproductive Rights; Women's Rights; Employee Discrimination; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration enforcement; Immigration Reform; H.R. 2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Detention; Immigration; First Amendment; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; H.R. 2479, Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Housing; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Relationship Recognition; H.R. 258, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 274, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; H.R. 287, Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 320, Student Support Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; H.R. 337, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Pay Equity; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; H.R. 5, Student Success Act/Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Youth Discrimination; Religious Liberty/ Church-State Separation; Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; H.R. 592, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Church-State Separation; H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance, National Security; Free Speech; H.R. 628, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; H.R. 671, Ruth Moore Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Military Sexual Assault; Women's Rights; H.R. 933, Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 964, Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana pre-emption; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 989, To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other purposes - Issues Lobbied: Lifeline program; HR 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; S 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 1016, Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1034, National Defense Authorization Act FY 14 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Discrimination; S. 1037, Fourth Amendment Preservation and Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Youth Discrimination; S. 1094, Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty/ Church-State Separation; LGBT Youth Discrimination; Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties,Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1168, Restore Our Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1182, A bill to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Church-State Separation; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Free speech, National Security, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; S. 1217, Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Housing; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Relationship Recognition; S. 1242, Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Housing; S. 145, The Save Our Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; S. 146, School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; S. 148, A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; S. 153, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 195, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 210, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 264, Excellence in Mental Health Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 294, Ruth Moore Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Military Sexual Assault; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 47, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 480, NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 5, A bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 631, Healthy Families Act ; S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 689, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Religious Liberties; S. 699, Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 705, War Memorial Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Church-State Separation; S. 717, Non-Profit Energy Efficiency Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Church-State Separation; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Federal immigration reform (due process, enforcement, detention, legalization); Criminal Penalties, Solitary Confinement and Private Prisons/FOIA; Women's Rights; LGBT Relationship Recognition; Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Bars to Citizenship, Racial Pro; S. 777, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 791, Follow the Money Act 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Employment Discrimination/Religious Liberties; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. 862, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 870, Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Discrimination; S. 878, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Equal protection; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: SNAP Restrictions; FOIA; S. 967, Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013; S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; S.374, Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S.572, Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights/; S.649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S.AMDT. 715 to S. 649, Background check bill - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S.AMDT. 720 to S. 649, Due Process protections - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights/; S.AMDT. 725 to S. 649, Background check bill - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S.AMDT.730 to S. 649, Mental health and substance abuse programs - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Congressional Issues without Bills: Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Abortion Riders to Appropriations Bills - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings for individuals with mental disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; AP Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Privacy; National Security; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Campaign Finance - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - Issues Lobbied: Due process, free speech, overcriminalization; Consumer Fraud and Abuse Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Controlled Unclassified Information - Issues Lobbied: Government secrecy;Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Defense Appropriations Bill for 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Defense of Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties; 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; Espionage Act proposals - Issues Lobbied: First amendment; Fair Housing Act - Issues Lobbied: Housing; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Financial Services Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Policy Riders; Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment; FY14 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Government Religious Displays - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Guantanamo - Issues Lobbied: National Security; Human Rights; Gun legislation - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory minimums; SROs; Disability and registration; Cops in schools; Video games; Tip lines; Penalties; HIPPA - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Immigration - Issues Lobbied: Family Unity; IRS Targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Legislative response to Shelby Co and Arizona v. ITCA SCOTUS cases/ Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Low Income Housing Tax Credit - Issues Lobbied: Housing; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Mental health sense of the Senate - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Justice/Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; NLRB Vacancies - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties; Nomination of FBI Director - Issues Lobbied: National Security; Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Privacy Multistakeholder Process - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Private Prison FOIA - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, first amendment, national security; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial Justice; Religious Funding - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Reporter Shield - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA)/Title VI (Sandoval fix) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Voting Rights; Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination;; Sex Education - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; State-Foreign Operations Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Strengthening Americas Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Student Non-discrimination Act, Pregnant Teens; Student tip line in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Student privacy, information sharing; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security; The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - 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; Torture (SSCI Report) - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Trafficking - 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; Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Liberties; Whistleblower Protection - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers. Agencies Lobbied: Department of Commerce, Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Defense, Issues Lobbied: GITMO Force Feeding; Press Access; Sexual Assault; Guantanamo; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Department of Education, Issues Lobbied: Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act; Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues; Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013; The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategiesto prevent school violence and improve student and school safety; Civil Rights Data Collection; School discipline guidance; Department of Health and Human Services, Issues Lobbied: Contraception Coverage; HIPPA; Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act, CMS9968P, Docket ID: CMS2012003163161; 45 CFR Parts 160 and 164 (Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System); Department of Homeland Security, Issues Lobbied: H.R. 2399; H.R. 2440; S. 1130; S. 1182, H.R. 2475; S. 1168; S. 1037; S. 1215; Fusion Centers; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Suspicious Activity Reports; Radicalization; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration); Use of datamining technologies by the government; National ID; Employment Verification; Privacy; REAL ID; Department of Housing and Urban Development, Issues Lobbied: Olmstead Guidance; Affirmative Fair Market Housing Plans; LGBT Housing Discrimination; Proposed Rule 24 CFR Part 579 [Docket No. 5573P01] RIN 2506AC33 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing: Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program and Revisions to the Definition of Chronically Homeless; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Department of Justice, Issues Lobbied: Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliatio; School discipline guidance; COPS Proram; Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act; The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety; Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013; Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues; Policing of domestic violence/sexual assault; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; DOJ Media Guidelines; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; Juvenile Life without Parole; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks APrivacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Issues Lobbied: NSA Surveillance; Social Security Administration, Issues Lobbied: Transgender Discrimination; Agency Information Collection Activities: Form SSA-437, Program Discrimination Complaint (FR Doc. 201307616); U.S. Customs and Border ct; Equal Access to Justice Act; Indigent defense; Youth Solitary Confinement; Religious Freedom; AP Surveillance; Juvenile Justice; Over-incarceration; DOJ Racial Profiling Guidance; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration); Death Penalty; Standard Minimum Rules for Prisoner Treatment; Juvenile Solitary Confinement (Bureau of Prisons); The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act; Federal Over-criminalization; Indigent Defense Reform; Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA)/Title VI (Sandoval fix); Legislative response to Shelby Co and Arizona v. ITCA SCOTUS cases/ Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement; Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD) ; Puerto Rico Police Practices; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act; Department of Labor, Issues Lobbied: Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation, OFCCP guidance rescission; OFCCP data collection tool; Department of State, Issues Lobbied: Human rights of migrants; U.N. Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Human Rights (UN Special Rapporteur requests, including requests to visit the U.S.); Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD); Department of Treasury, Issues Lobbied: ; Department of Veterans Affairs, Issues Lobbied: ; Director of National Intelligence, Issues Lobbied: H.R. 2399; H.R. 2440; S. 1130; S. 1182, H.R. 2475; S. 1168; S. 1037; S. 1215; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Issues Lobbied: National Origin Discrimination; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records; T Visa Certifications and Continued Presence Applications by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Executive Office of the President, Issues Lobbied: Closure of Guantanamo Bay; Classification; Targeted Killing; Immigration Reform; FCC Issues; Torture Report; Lobbying Restrictions; LGBT Non-discrimination in Federal Contracts; Election Administration; Surveillance; Deportation; FBI, Issues Lobbied: H.R. 2399; H.R. 2440; S. 1130; S. 1182, H.R. 2475; S. 1168; S. 1037; S. 1215; Radicalization; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Federal Aviation Administration, Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Privacy; Federal Communications Commission, Issues Lobbied: Indecency restrictions; Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Prison Phone Rulemaking; IP Transition; Federal Trade Commission, Issues Lobbied: Mobile Phone Companies; Unfair telecom practices; Food and Drug Administration, Issues Lobbied: Emergency Contraception; National Archives and Records Aministration, Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Counterterrorism Center, Issues Lobbied: H.R. 2399; H.R. 2440; S. 1130; S. 1182, H.R. 2475; S. 1168; S. 1037; S. 1215; National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Issues Lobbied: Mobile Apps; Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Office of Management and Budget, Issues Lobbied: OFCCP guidance rescission; REAL ID; Office of Personnel Management, Issues Lobbied: Combined Federal Campaign; RIN 3206AM68 (Solicitation of Federal Civilian and Uniformed Service Personnel for Contributions to Private Voluntary Organizations); Protection, Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force;United States Commission on Civil Rights, Issues Lobbied: Meeting on Reconciling Non-Discrimination Principles with Civil Liberties; United States Trade Representative, Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House, Issues Lobbied: S. 744 (Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration); H.R. 2399; H.R. 2440; S. 1130; S. 1182, H.R. 2475; S. 1168; S. 1037; S. 1215; Controlled Unclassified Information; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act; Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending); Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues; Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013; The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; Election administration reform; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; Torture (SSCI Report); Guantanamo; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14.

Indian health care services; Indian Mineral Leasing Act. Mineral Management Service oil and gas lease compliance and enforcement issues; Funding for transmission substations and distribution line projects; HR 1904, SE AZ Land Exchange Act; Energy and Water Dev Appropriations Act. S. 1925, HR 4970, Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $140,000

Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Reclamation, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office

Indian health care services; Indian Mineral Leasing Act. Mineral Management Service oil and gas lease compliance and enforcement issues; Funding for transmission substations and distribution line projects; HR 1904, SE AZ Land Exchange Act; Energy and Water Dev Appropriations Act. S. 1925, HR 4970, Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $140,000

Government targets: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Reclamation, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office