Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013

Support S. 1410 and H.R. 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Reform Act. Support S. 1675, the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act and H.R. 2656, the Public Safety Enhancement Act. Discuss federal pilot project. Support mandatory minimum sentencing reforms.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; union representation; and contractor compensation caps.HR 3278 and S 1809, bills to overturn the Conyers decision on the due process of federal employees holding sensitive positions. Lobbied to gain cosponsors for both bills. S 1276 -- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act (SCORE) providing oversight on use of funds OPM uses to fund security clearance background investigations and requirement that OPM fire any federal worker who engaged in misconduct while conducting background investigations with no appeal rights. S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions aimed to reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence. S 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2014, lobbied in support of Tester Amendment #2, to strike Title V of S 1486, the title relating to FECA; and Tester Amendment #3, to apply the Title V changes to FECA only to federal employees hired after the date of enactment of S 1486. HR 4306, the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act - to provide both General Schedule and wage-grade federal employees a 3.3% pay raise in 2015. HR 2450, the Locality Pay Equity Act - to prohibit OPM from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate (blue collar) employees within a General Schedule pay locality. HR 4964, the Senior Access to Social Security Act of 2014 - lobbied in support of Social Security Administration continuing to provide Social Security number print outs and continue to provide benefit verification forms. H. Res 97, lobbied that the government should preserve paper-based services for millions of Americans who cannot access technology or don't like it, thereby preserving the right of Americans to receive paper information and services unless they choose the digital option. HR 3997, SSA Accountability Act of 2014, lobbied to keep the SSA field offices and trained in-person staff available to respond to the needs of beneficiaries and not having to go online as the only means of service. HR 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - lobbied to curb the explosive growth of the BOP prison population by helping to reduce lengthy sentences for those convicted of non-violent drug offenses thereby making it safer and more secure workplace. HR 5106, lobbied against Meadows Amendment to prohibit payroll deduction of union dues for federal employees who are already members. Letter to Senate in support of the nomination of Carolyn Colvin as Commissioner of Social Security Administration.

Client expense: $510,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Legislation related to public safety and police programs. Smarter sentencing H.R. 3382/S. 1410.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Over-criminalization of Conduct and Over-federalization of Criminal law; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013; H.R. 1960; FISA Reform; H.R. 5212, Civil Asset Reform Act; S. 2567, REDEEM Act; S. 2644, H.R. 5502, FAIR Act; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; HR 5212, The Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act; House RulesCriminal discovery reform; Aaron's Law Act 2013 (H.R. 2454/S. 1196); Smarter Sentencing Act (H.R. 3382, S. 1410) - all provisions; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 1960, S. 2410); USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361, S. 1599); Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 (S.1701); Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act (FERA); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014 (S. 1897); STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013 (S. 149); Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - all provisions; Lacey Act; SAVE Act (H.R. 4225); Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (S. 2588); Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2015 (H.R. 4870); John R. Justice Prosecutors & Defenders Incentive Act - appropriation and reauthorization; Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment (REDEEM) Act (S.2567) - all provisions

Client expense: $12,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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 nomination of Ronnie White to be a judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 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. Support H.R. 2372. Support HR 1447. Support S. 1675. Support the US Department of Justice to investigate civil rights complaints against several Florida-based prisons. Urge the development and implementation of the My Brothers' Keeper program in conjunction with input from local communities.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 urging the CFPB to consider the civil rights implications of mandatory arbitration, including whether the increasing use of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts affects the ability of victims of discriminatory lending practices to seek redress in its study of mandatory arbitration conducted pursuant to Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Support the reintroduction of the Private Prisons Information Act, which would extend Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reporting obligations to private corrections companies that contract with federal agenciesincluding the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service in the 113th Congress. Support the reduction of mandatory, lengthy prison sentences. Support the retroactive application of policies such as the Fair Sentencing Act. Support the establishment of a minimum term before parole consideration of no longer than 15 years in prison for defendents 18 years old or younger. Support Lee (CA) amendment to HR 4660. Support the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment to HR 4660. Support the Rohrbacher (CA) amendment to HR 4660. Oppose the Holding (NC) amendment to HR 4660. Support the Ellison (MN) amendment to HR 4660. Oppose HR 5272. Support rethinking the war on drugs. Support correcting the anti-Muslim training materials and conduct that have afflicted agencies throughout the federal government. Support full retroactivity of the U.S. Sentencing Commission's proposed Amendment #3, which lowers the base offense levels in the Drug Quantity Table by two levels. Support the Department of Justice investigation into the shoting death of Michael Brown. Support U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder updating the 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies (Guidance) without further delay. Support S. 1690/H.R. 3465. Support federal funding for and requiremet that all law enforcement officers be equipped with the maximum amount of video surveillance equipment available and practicle, including body cameras, gun cameras, taser cameras, and dashboard cameras. Support the establishment of effective, independent civilian accountablitlity review boards for all law enforcemen agencies. Support uniform standards for the use of force by law enfrcement agencies. Support grand jury reform. Suport investigations into prosecutoral misconduct; support the Justice Integrity Act. Support the inclusion of all law enforcement agencies within the Department of Homeland Security to comply with the updated Department of Justice guidence on racial profiling. Support nomination of Haywood Gilliam to serve as a federal judge for the US District Court of Northern California. Support H.R. 3471. Support ensuring that the residents of Ferguson, MO are permitted to exercise their constitutional rights to protest peacefully without once again being victimized by those put in office to serve and protect them.

H.R. 3465 / S. 1690 Second Chance Reauthorization Act (entire bill); S.1410 / H.R.3382 Smarter Sentencing Act (entire bill); S.1675 / S.1783 / H.R.2656 Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act (entire bill); and, S.162 / H.R.401 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act (entire bill).

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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Byrne-JAG Act Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Improvenment Act Smarter Sentencing Act (S.1410; H.R.3382) Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act (S. 1675)National Commission on Criminal Justice

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

Byrne-JAG Act Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Improvenment Act Smarter Sentencing Act (S.1410; H.R.3382) Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act (S. 1675)National Commission on Criminal Justice

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

Byrne-JAG Act Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Improvenment Act Smarter Sentencing Act (S.1410; H.R.3382) Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act (S. 1675)National Commission on Criminal Justice

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; union representation; and contractor compensation caps.HR 3278 and S 1809, bills to overturn the Conyers decision on the due process of federal employees holding sensitive positions. Lobbied to gain cosponsors for both bills. S 1276 -- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act (SCORE) providing oversight on use of funds OPM uses to fund security clearance background investigations and requirement that OPM fire any federal worker who engaged in misconduct while conducting background investigations with no appeal rights. S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions aimed to reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence. S 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2014, lobbied in support of Tester Amendment #2, to strike Title V of S 1486, the title relating to FECA; and Tester Amendment #3, to apply the Title V changes to FECA only to federal employees hired after the date of enactment of S 1486. HR 4306, the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act - to provide both General Schedule and wage-grade federal employees a 3.3% pay raise in 2015. HR 2450, the Locality Pay Equity Act - to prohibit OPM from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate (blue collar) employees within a General Schedule pay locality. HR 4964, the Senior Access to Social Security Act of 2014 - lobbied in support of Social Security Administration continuing to provide Social Security number print outs and continue to provide benefit verification forms. H. Res 97, lobbied that the government should preserve paper-based services for millions of Americans who cannot access technology or don't like it, thereby preserving the right of Americans to receive paper information and services unless they choose the digital option. HR 3997, SSA Accountability Act of 2014, lobbied to keep the SSA field offices and trained in-person staff available to respond to the needs of beneficiaries and not having to go online as the only means of service. HR 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - lobbied to curb the explosive growth of the BOP prison population by helping to reduce lengthy sentences for those convicted of non-violent drug offenses thereby making it safer and more secure workplace. HR 5106, lobbied against Meadows Amendment to prohibit payroll deduction of union dues for federal employees who are already members.

Legislation: EO 13665, Rulemaking on Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. EO 13673, Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights.Legislation Cont.: H.J. Res. 50, Parental Rights Amendment - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Implications of Parental Rights Amendment. H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Domestic Drones. H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Location Tracking. H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice. H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous CFR Measures and Constitutional Amendments - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform. H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana. H.R. 1575, Kelsey Smith Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Personal/Data Privacy. H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties. H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. 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. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. 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. 2028, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, LGBT Parenting. H.R. 2175, World War II Memorial Prayer Act - Issues Lobbied: Religion & Belief. H.R. 2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; LGBT Rights. H.R. 3361, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. H.R. 3382, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Sentencing Reform. H.R. 3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry. H.R. 3471, Womens Health Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Police Practices. H.R. 3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Access to Justice; Privacy Rights. H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. H.R. 3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice. H.R. 4215, Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 4225, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 4291, FISA Transparency & Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security. H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religion & Belief. H.R. 4459, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 4578, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 4752, To limit ability of FCC to reclassify broadband - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 4870, House Defense Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: 702 surveillance. H.R. 4989, Justinas Law. H.R. 5005, Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: School Discipline; Corporal Punishment; Racial Justice; Disability Rights. H.R. 5013, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Lifting Ban on Peace Corps Abortion Coverage. H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality. H.R. 5051, Protect Womens Health from Corporate Interference Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 5091, Drone Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings; National Security. H.R. 5114, Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency (HUMANE) Act - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant children; Due Process; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). H.R. 5212, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. H.R. 5230, Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Deportations; Legal Counsel; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). H.R. 5240, CORRECT Act - Issues Lobbied: Declassification, Privacy. H.R. 5272, A bill to prohibit certain actions with respect to deferred action for aliens - Issues Lobbied: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program; Immigration. H.R. 5285, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Religious Liberty. H.R. 5478, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. H.R. 5524, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 5617, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance. H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana. H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Detention. S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Police Practices. S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. S. 1057, Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 1069, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, LGBT Parenting. S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights.Legislation Cont.: S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice. S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Sentencing Reform. S. 1599, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security. S. 1639, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; BOP Reform. S. 1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry. S. 1696, Womens Health Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT. S. 1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. S. 2076, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Religious Liberty. S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. S. 2235, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2399, Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2410, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Religious Liberty. S. 2499, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Lifting Ban on Peace Corps Abortion Coverage. S. 2526, DISCLOSE Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 2531, Better Options for Kids Act - Issues Lobbied: School discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline. S. 2536, SAVE Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 2550, Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2567, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Records and Juvenile Solitary Confinement. S. 2578, Protect Womens Health from Corporate Interference Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 2611, Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency (HUMANE) Act - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant children; Due Process; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). S. 2644, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S. 2648, The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Deportations; Legal Counsel; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). S. 2685, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S. 2687, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S. 2779, Expatriate Terrorists Act - Issues Lobbied: Revocation of U.S. Citizenship. S. 2904, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy. S. 444, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay; National Security; Indefinite Detention. 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 and Location Tracking. S. 678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice. S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Basic Rights and Liberties. S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights. 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. 777, MARCH for Military Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S.J. Res 19, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Congressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers: Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Access to Emergency Contraception in IHS Facilities - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Authorization for Use of Force Against ISIS - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Authorization for Use of Military Force - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Big Data Civil Rights Principles - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Civil Rights, Discrimination. Border Enforcement Supplemental Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Border Enforcement, Excessive Use of Force - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Buckhannon Fix - Issues Lobbied: Freedom of Information Act. Campaign Finance - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Contraceptive Coverage Bill - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Border Militarization, Torture. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights Treaty Ratification. Copyright Succession for LGBT Spouses - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. CORRECT Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment.Congressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers Cont.: Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice. Customs and Border Protection 100-mile rule - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Internet Privacy. Department of Defense Contraception Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Draft resolution regarding LGBT discrimination in Congress - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Draft Resolution Regarding LGBT Discrimination in Congress - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Election Administration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Family Detention - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Federal Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums. Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Force Multiplier Act - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing. Government Use of Datamining Technologies - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Guantanamo Bay - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention. Immigration. June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Police Practices. Juvenile Solitary Confinement - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. LGBT Employment Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Library Internet Content Filtering - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Militarization of Police - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Operation Streamline - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Over-Criminalization Task Force - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Oversight of Executive Branch Actions to Comply with International Human Rights Treaty Obligations (US Helsinki Commission - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. Peace Corps Reproductive Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Police Militarization - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Potential changes to RFRA - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. Prison Reform - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Privacy & Civil Liberties at US Airports - Issues Lobbied: Privacy & Civil Liberties at US Airports. Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Privacy Multistakeholder Process - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Privacy Pledge. Private Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. REAL ID - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Report on CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Reporter Shield - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Reproductive Health Care Refusals at Catholic-affiliated Hospitals - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Rules Transparency. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Stand Your Ground Laws - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Racial Profiling. Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; National Secuirty. Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security. Torture Report - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, National Security. Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Human Trafficking. Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) crisis - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Unaccompanied Minors - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Voting Rights. War Authority - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Weldon Amendment - Issues Lobbied: Abortion rights. Womens Rights. Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Solitary Confinement; Access to Counsel; Juvenile Solitary Confinement; Private Prisons. Central Intelligence Agency - Issues Lobbied: Signals Intelligence; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Financial Privacy, Consumer Complaint Narratives. Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking. Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Torture; EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; Law Enforcement Militarization; Religious Accommodation in the Military; Spousal Benefits; Force feeding at Guantanamo Bay. Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights Data Collection Comments; Disparate Treatment for Disabled Students of Color. Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act RIN 0938-AS50 and RIN 0938-AR42; Access to Reproductive Health Services for Unaccompanied Minors in ORR Custody; Abortion Insurance Coverage; PREA. Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National ID; Employment Verification; Privacy; Laptop Search; Unaccompanied Minors; Immigration (Office of Inspector General); Private Prisons (Office of Inspector General); Detention; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); Federal Administrative Immigration Relief; ICE Enforcement Issues; Federal Immigration Reform (Border enforcement, Use of Force, Legalization); Bond Hearings; National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 3618, S. 1030);Agencies Lobbied Cont.: June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; Immigration Detention of Transgender Individual; Criminal Exclusions. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Fair Housing; Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Commutations and Pardons; Police Militarization; Watchlisting Reform; National Security and Torture; Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Unaccompanied Minors; EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); Federal Administrative Immigration Relief; ICE Enforcement Issues; Federal Immigration Reform (Border enforcement, Use of Force, Legalization); Prison Rape Elimination Act; National Security Issues raised under CAT; Contraception for Native American Women; Employment Discrimination against LGBT People of Color; Housing Access and Implementation of VAWA; Implementation of Fair Labor Standards Act for Home Care Workers; Revision of DoJ Guidance on Use of Race; Signals Intelligence; Global Surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law; Federal Infrastructure for Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Obligations; US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 3618, S. 1030); Juvenile Life without Parole; Federal Over-Criminalization; DOJ Media Guidelines & Regulations; 2007 OLC Memo on RFRA; Spousal Benefits; Marriage Recognition; Disparity for Pregnant Defendants; Special Litigation. Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act RIN 0938-AS50 and RIN 0938-AR42; DOL Rule: Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to Domestic Service; Rulemaking on OFCCP Wage Compensation Data Collection Tool; Rulemaking on Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages (EO 13665); Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673). Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Discrimination; Children's Rights; National Security and Torture; Human Rights Law; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law; Signals Intelligence; U.S. government Involvement in the Organization of American States and Inter American Rights System. Department of Treasury - Issues Lobbied: IRS c4 Rulemaking. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: . Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings; Guantanamo Bay; Authorization for Use of Military Force; Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Obligations; Countering Violent Extremism Domestic Counterterror Programs; Cybersecurity; LGBT Non-discrimination Employment EO; Worker Rights; UPR; Abortion Funding; LGBT Rights; Law Enforcement Bias; Federal Contractor Non-discrimination; DACA Healthcare; Border Enforcement; Immigration Healthcare; Police Militarization; Executive Action on Immigration; Radicalization; Family Detention. Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Armed Drones. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: White House Review of Surveillance Practices (vis-a-vis targeted surveillance of American Muslim communities); Domestic Spying. Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; IP Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; Open Internet Rule; JSA/SSA Order; Net Neutrality; Media Diversity; Harris Corp.. Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Civil Rights; Discrimination. Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking; Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4; IRS c4 Rulemaking; Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act RIN 0938-AS50 and RIN 0938-AR42. National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; Signals Intelligence; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law. National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Consumer Privacy. Office Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; White House Review of Surveillance Practices (vis-a-vis targeted surveillance of American Muslim communities); National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; Signals Intelligence; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law; Domestic Spying. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Non-discrimination. Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; National ID; Law Enforcement Militarization; Budget and Appropriations Issues. Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Securities and Exchange Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking. Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal Benefits. Transportation Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy & Civil Liberties at US Airports; SPOT Program. U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement; Excessive Use of Force; Conditions of Custody; PREA; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Immigration Reform (Legalization); CBP Border Reform; Access to Reproductive Health Services for Unaccompanied Minors in ORR Custody. U.S. Forest Service - Issues Lobbied: Forest Service Rule.Agencies Lobbied Cont.: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Detention; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); ICE Enforcement Issues; Immigration Detention of Transgender Individual. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commision on Civil Rights Reforms. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting. U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; Reductions in the Drug Quantity Table. United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership. White House - Issues Lobbied: Commutations and Pardons; Human Rights; Discrimination; Children's Rights; Unaccompanied Minors; Detention (White House Policy Council and National Security Council); Pregnancy Discrimination; International Abortion Coverage/Helms Amendment; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); Federal Administrative Immigration Relief; ICE Enforcement Issues; Federal Immigration Reform (Border enforcement, Use of Force, Legalization); Sentencing Reform and Clemency Project 2014; Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Obligations (Domestic Policy Council); International Aid for Development of the Internet (Office of Science and Technology Policy); End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 3618, S. 1030); June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; My Brothers Keeper Initiative; Law Enforcement Militarization (Domestice Policy Council); Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending); Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673).

Legislation related to public safety and police programs. Smarter Sentencing H.R. 3382/S. 1410.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Over-criminalization of Conduct and Over-federalization of Criminal law; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013; H.R. 1960; FISA Reform; H.R. 5212, Civil Asset Reform Act; S. 2567, REDEEM Act; S. 2644, H.R. 5502, FAIR ActCriminal discovery reform; Aaron's Law Act 2013 (H.R. 2454/S. 1196); Smarter Sentencing Act (H.R. 3382, S. 1410) - all provisions; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 1960, S. 2410); USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361, S. 1599); Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 (S.1701); Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act (FERA); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014 (S. 1897); STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013 (S. 149); Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - all provisions; Lacey Act; SAVE Act (H.R. 4225); Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (S. 2588); Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2015 (H.R. 4870); John R. Justice Prosecutors & Defenders Incentive Act - appropriation and reauthorization; Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment (REDEEM) Act (S.2567) - all provisions

Client expense: $12,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 S. 2685 Electronic Communication Privacy Act S. 607 H.R. 1852 The Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 S. 1946 HR 3899 Democracy Restoration Act of 2014 S.2235 H.R. 4459 Smarter Sentencing Act S. 1410 Voter Registration Modernization Act S. 2865 Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act S. 2550 Let the People Draw the Lines Act H.R. 3382 USA Freedom Act S. 1599 H.R. 3361 Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2014 S. 2567 A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections S.J. Res. 29 Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 S.1410 FBI oversight Success oriented funding for DOJ criminal justice grant programs Various issues relating to reforms of federal campaign finance regulations Revisions to federal sentencing guidelines for drug trafficking

Client expense: $13,080 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Election Commission (FEC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), SENATE, White House Office

H.R. 3465 / S. 1690 Second Chance Reauthorization Act (entire bill); sentencing reform and earned time credits for federal prisoners: work on compromise incorporating elements of the Smarter Sentencing Act (S.1410/H.R.3382) and the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act (S.1675).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

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. Support H.R. 2372. Support HR 1447. Support S. 1675. Support the US Department of Justice to investigate civil rights complaints against several Florida-based prisons. Urge the development and implementation of the My Brothers' Keeper program in conjunction with input from local communities.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 urging the CFPB to consider the civil rights implications of mandatory arbitration, including whether the increasing use of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts affects the ability of victims of discriminatory lending practices to seek redress in its study of mandatory arbitration conducted pursuant to Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Support the reintroduction of the Private Prisons Information Act, which would extend Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reporting obligations to private corrections companies that contract with federal agenciesincluding the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Marshals Service in the 113th Congress. Support the reduction of mandatory, lengthy prison sentences. Support the retroactive application of policies such as the Fair Sentencing Act. Support the establishment of a minimum term before parole consideration of no longer than 15 years in prison for defendents 18 years old or younger. Support Lee (CA) amendment to HR 4660. Support the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment to HR 4660. Support the Rohrbacher (CA) amendment to HR 4660. Oppose the Holding (NC) amendment to HR 4660. Support the Ellison (MN) amendment to HR 4660. Oppose HR 5272. Support rethinking rethink the war on drugs. Support correcting the anti-Muslim training materials and conduct that have afflicted agencies throughout the federal government. Support full retroactivity of the U.S. Sentencing Commission's proposed Amendment #3, which lowers the base offense levels in the Drug Quantity Table by two levels. Support the Department of Justice investigation into the shoting death of Michael Brown. Support U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder updating the 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies (Guidance) without further delay. Support S. 1690/H.R. 3465.

Support S. 1410 and H.R. 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Reform Act. Support S. 1675, the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act and H.R. 2656, the Public Safety Enhancement Act. Discuss federal pilot project. Support mandatory minimum sentencing reforms.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

Support S. 1410 and H.R. 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Reform Act. Support S. 1675, the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act and H.R. 2656, the Public Safety Enhancement Act. Discuss federal pilot project. Support mandatory minimum sentencing reforms.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

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. 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.

FY 2015 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations - amendment to prohibit bill from being used to implement the pro-contractor revision of OMB Circular A-76; Civil Service Reform; contracting out; blue collar pay; minimum wage; federal retirement systems; union representation; and contractor compensation caps.HR 3278 and S 1809, bills to overturn the Conyers decision on the due process of federal employees holding sensitive positions. Lobbied to gain cosponsors for both bills. S 1276 -- Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act (SCORE) providing oversight on use of funds OPM uses to fund security clearance background investigations and requirement that OPM fire any federal worker who engaged in misconduct while conducting background investigations with no appeal rights. S 47 - Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - provisions aimed to reduce funding levels and lessen protections for victims of domestic violence. S 1486, Postal Reform Act of 2014, lobbied in support of Tester Amendment #2, to strike Title V of S 1486, the title relating to FECA; and Tester Amendment #3, to apply the Title V changes to FECA only to federal employees hired after the date of enactment of S 1486. HR 4306, the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act - to provide both General Schedule and wage-grade federal employees a 3.3% pay raise in 2015. HR 2450, the Locality Pay Equity Act - to prohibit OPM from defining more than one local wage area for prevailing rate (blue collar) employees within a General Schedule pay locality. HR 4964, the Senior Access to Social Security Act of 2014 - lobbied in support of Social Security Administration continuing to provide Social Security number print outs and continue to provide benefit verification forms. H. Res 97, lobbied that the government should preserve paper-based services for millions of Americans who cannot access technology or don't like it, thereby preserving the right of Americans to receive paper information and services unless they choose the digital option. HR 39976, SSA Accountability Act of 2014, lobbied to keep the SSA field offices and trained in-person staff available to respond to the needs of beneficiaries and not a computer system as the only means of service. HR 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - lobbied to curb the explosive growth of the BOP prison population by helping to reduce lengthy sentences for those convicted of non-violent drug offenses thereby making it safer and more secure workplace.

FY 2015 THUD Appropriations - lobbying on Gingrey (GA) amendment in House to eliminate official time for all federal employees in agencies covered by the bill (Transportation, HUD, Merchant Marine Academy, FAA, and NTSB).S 815, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act of 2013 (ENDA), lobbied for extension of worker protections against discrimination to all workers. This would include hiring, firing, and other personnel actions based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age, and disability. This would also include sexual orientation or gender identity. Lobbied for Julie Akins Clark to be confirmed to a second term and the General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. HR 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2014 - lobbied for this bill as a means to curb the explosive growth of the BOP prison population by helping to reduce lengthy sentences for those convicted of non-violent drug offenses thereby making it safer and more secure workplace. HR 3474 portion of tax extenders package, SA 3205, Toomey (PA) amendment to restore tax fairness to certain BOP correctional officers by providing an exemption from the 10% penalty tax on early distributions from Thrift Saving Plan fund for BOP correctional officers who retire before age 55.

Client expense: $420,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Over-criminalization of Conduct and Over-federalization of Criminal law; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013; H.R. 1960; FISA ReformCriminal discovery reform; Aaron's Law Act 2013 (H.R. 2454/S. 1196); Smarter Sentencing Act (H.R. 3382, S. 1410) - all provisions; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (H.R. 1960, S. 2410); USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361, S. 1599); Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 (S.1701); Fraud Enforcement Recovery Act (FERA); Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014 (S. 1897); STOP Identity Theft Act of 2013 (S. 149); Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - all provisions; Lacey Act; SAVE Act (H.R. 4225); Democracy Restoration Act (H.R. 4459, S. 2235) - all provisions; Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014 (S. 2588); Department of Defense Appropriations Act for 2015 (H.R. 4870)

Client expense: $12,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), White House Office

Legislation related to public safety and police programs. Smarter sentencing H.R. 3382-S. 1410.

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

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S.

Support S. 1410 and H.R. 3382, the Smarter Sentencing Reform Act. Support S. 1675, the Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act and H.R. 2656, the Public Safety Enhancement Act. Discuss federal pilot project. Support mandatory minimum sentencing reforms.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE

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

Legislation Lobbied: Executive Order 13636, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending) - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties; H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones;Legislation Lobbied (Cont.): H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act - Issue Lobbied: Border Enforcement; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous Campaign Finance Reform Measures and Constitutional Amendments - Issue Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform; H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP; H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration Reform; H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issue Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties, Religious Liberties; H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1814, Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Religious Freedom; H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act - Issue Lobbied: Interior enforcement, Detention; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 2586, FISA Court Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2684, Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2736, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2761, Presidential Appointment of FISA Court Judges Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2818, Surveillance State Repeal Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2849, Privacy Advocate General Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 2999, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 3035, Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3070, NSA Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3103, Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3130, Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment, LGBT Rights; H.R. 3159, Ensuring Adversarial Process in the FISA Court Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3228, FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3361, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM Act) - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; H.R. 3382, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Justice Reform; H.R. 3431, American Families United Act - Issue Lobbied: Keeping mixed-status families together; H.R. 3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Reentry; H.R. 3471, Womens Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights, Access to Justice, Privacy Rights; H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 3774, Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 3855, Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3875, Telephone Metadata Reform Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3880, National Security Agency Data Collection Review Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3881, Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3882, National Security Agency Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3883, Big Brother Is Not Watching You Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.R. 3920, American Privacy Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issue Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; H.R. 4124, Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act - Issue Lobbied: Juvenile Solitary; H.R. 4227, Fair Employment Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; H.R. 4240, HEAL Immigrant Women and Families Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration and Health Care;Legislation Lobbied (Cont.): H.R. 4278, Ukraine Support Act - Issue Lobbied: Authorized Use of Military Force, National Security, Material Support; H.R. 4291, FISA Transparency and Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 4303, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force; H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 - Issue Lobbied: National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 4459, Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Drones, Surveillance; H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issue Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; S. 1016, Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1057, Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy; S. 1086, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Access to Justice, Police Practices, Racial Profiling, Disparate Impact; S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 1121, Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1168, Restore Our Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; 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 purposes. - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Justice Reform; S. 1452, Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1460, FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1467, FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1551, Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1596, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Access to Justice, Police Practices, Racial Profiling, Disparate Impact; S. 1599, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM Act) - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issue Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; S. 1621, Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties; S. 1639, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; S. 1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Prerelease custody reform, Sentencing Reform; S. 1696, Womens Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1752, Military Justice Improvement Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens rights; S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT; S. 1817, Humane Short Term Custody Act - Issue Lobbied: CBP short-term custody standards; S. 1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; S. 2036, Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issue Lobbied: School Discipline; S. 2133, Fair Employment Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 2235, Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Online privacy; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Justice Reform; S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties, Religious Liberties; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 862, Equitable Access to Care and Health Act (EACH Act) - Issue Lobbied: Reprodutive Freedom, Religious Liberty; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment; S.1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: ReentryCongressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers: Disability Rights - Issued Lobbied: Civil Liberties; Abortion Coverage - Issued Lobbied: Reproductive rights; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Birth Control for Military Women - Issued Lobbied: Reproductive rights; Border Accountability - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Border Enforcement - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Broadband Adoption Act - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Civil Rights Division Vacancies and Oversight - Issued Lobbied: Civil Rights; Access to Justice; Commerce, Justice, and Science Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Operation Streamline/ criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-entry, Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issued Lobbied: National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, State and local immigration enforcement; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issued Lobbied: Access to Justice; Cybersecurity - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, National Security; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: CBP use of force, Oversight and accountability mechanisms, Privacy, Staffing, Short-term detention facilities, ICE detention bed quota; Department of Homeland Security Oversight - Issued Lobbied: National security,Civil Liberties, Privacy; Disparate Impact, Housing - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; DOD Instruction 1300.17 - Issued Lobbied: Religious Liberty; Domestic Drones - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, Armed Drones; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issued Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, Privacy,Location Tracking; Executive Office for Immigration Review Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Federal Over-Criminalization - Issued Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Follow the Money Act - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Force Multiplier Act - Issued Lobbied: Information Sharing; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issued Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Guantanamo Bay - Issued Lobbied: Human Rights, National Security; ICE Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; ICE Detainers; Detention Bed Mandates - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Immigrant Health Care - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Immigration Reform - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Interior and Border Enforcement - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; IRS Tax Exemption Hearing - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Juvenile Solitary Confinement - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; License Plate Readers - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issued Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Military Abortion coverage - Issued Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Equality - Issued Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Military Justice/Military Sexual Assault - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Over-Criminalization - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Password Protection - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Privacy Act - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Privacy Multistakeholder Process - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Racial Profiling - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; REAL ID - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, National ID; School Discipline - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; School-to-Prison Pipeline - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report - Issued Lobbied: Torture, National Security, Human Rights; Sentencing Reform - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Solitary Confinement - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Stand Your Ground Laws - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice, Racial Profiling; Subpoena Authority - Issued Lobbied: ; Surveillance - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, National Security; The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issued Lobbied: Education; Corporal Punishment; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Torture (SSCI Report) - Issued Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Torture; U.S. Border Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Womens Economic Agenda - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights - Issued Lobbied: Civil Liberties Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Compassionate Release; Solitary Confinement; Juvenile Detention; Mandatory Minimums; Access to Counsel; Juvenile Solitary Confinement; Communication Management Rules; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Debt Collection Practices; Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: RIN 0503-AA52, Docket No. 0503-AA52: Nondiscrimination in Programs or Activities Conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13636; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Military Abortion coverage; National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 (H.R. 4435); Guantanamo Bay; Spousal Benefits; Religious Accomondations; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collections (CRDC); School Discipline Guidance; School-to-Prison Pipeline; Single-Sex Education; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Interior and Border Enforcement; ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); Immigration enforcement policy and practice; Border abuse; Access to counsel; Immigration detention; Operation Streamline; Executive Order 13636;Agencies Lobbied (Cont.): Department of Homeland Security Oversight; Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Use of datamining technologies by the government; License Plate Readers; REAL ID; Laptop Searches; Bond Hearings; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Immigration detention bed mandate; TRIG Exemptiopn, CBP Compliant Procedures; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Conditions of Participation and EMTALA; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Interior and Border Enforcement; Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (H.R. 3899/S. 1945); School Discipline Guidance; Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; Convention for the Elimination of Race Discrimination; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (S. 678); June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); Commutations and Pardons; Standard Minimum Rules for Prisoners; Prison Overcrowding; Juvenile Detention; Police Militarization; Access to counsel; Operation Streamline; DOJ Media Guidelines & Regulations; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 1312/S. 639); Targeted Killing; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Indigent Defense Reform; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) (S. 1030/H.R. 3618); Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); Juvenile Life without Parole; Federal Over-Criminalization; School discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline; Disparate Impact, Housing; Spousal Benefits; Marriage Equality; Religious Profiling; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs wage compensation data collection tool; Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages (OFCCP); Disability Rights; Department of State - Issues Lobbied: National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 (H.R. 4435); Guantanamo Bay; TRIG Exemptions; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; Reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Executive Order; Surveillance; Disability Rights; Data Privacy; Elecition Administration; Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Prison Phone Rulemaking; Indecency Comments; IP Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; JSA/SSA Order; Open Internet Rule; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - Issues Lobbied: Regulatory Notice 13-42 FINRA Requests Comment on a Concept Proposal to Develop the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System; Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361/S. 1599); FISA Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1631); Presidents surveillance reform proposal; National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Civil Rights Data Collection; Prviate Prisons; Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361/S. 1599); FISA Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1631) ; Presidents surveillance reform proposal; Presidential Commission on Election Administration - Issues Lobbied: Election administration reform; Securities and Exchange Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal Benefits; U.S. Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Non-Discrimination; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement; CBP oversight and excessive use of force; Detainee FOIA; U.S. Election Assitance Commission - Issues Lobbied: Voting Instructions; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White Hosue Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Immigration enforcement policy and practice; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); White House - Issues Lobbied: Interior and Border Enforcement; Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (H.R. 3899/S. 1945); Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 84/S. 2199/H.R. 377); Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs wage compensation data collection tool; Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); Sentencing Reform; Solitary Confinement; USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361/S. 1599); FISA Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1631); Presidents surveillance reform proposal ; Executive Order 13636; National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 (H.R. 4435); Torture (SSCI Report); Guantanamo Bay; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); School discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline; Disparate Impact; Housing

Legislation related to public safety and police programs. Smarter sentencing H.R. 3382/S. 1410

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

Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S.

Legislation: Executive Order 13636, Cybersecurity Legislation and Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; 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;oversight and accountability; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign finance reform; 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. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; H.R. 1814, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; 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. 2217, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention Bed Mandate; 287(g) funding; H.R. 2278, SAFE Act - Issues Lobbied: Interior Enforcement: House CIR- opposition to SAFE Act and other enforcement-only bills; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (SAFE Act) - Issues Lobbied: Border security, state and local enforcement; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 2586, FISA Court Accountability Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2603, Relevancy Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2684, Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2736, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2761, Presidential Appointment of FISA Court Judges Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2818, Surveillance State Repeal Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2849, Privacy Advocate General Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; 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, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Police Practices; H.R. 3035, Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3070, NSA Accountability Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3103, Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; 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/Religious Liberty; First Amendment; H.R. 3159, Ensuring Adversarial Process in the FISA Court Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3300, FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Assault; Detainee restrictions; National Security/AUMF/Detention; Religious Liberty; H.R. 3361, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance; National Security; Civil Liberties; Privacy; H.R. 3382, The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums and Crack Cocaine; H.R. 3404, National Defense Authorization Act for FY14 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 3431, American Families United Act - Issues Lobbied: Keeping mixed-status families together; H.R. 3471, Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; 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. 3774, Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; 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; H.R.1695, The Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; H.R.2656, The Federal Prison Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, recidivism; HR 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention, immigration enforcement; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act. - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 1121, Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1151, America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1182, A bill to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Assault; Detainee restrictions; National Security/AUMF/Detention; Religious Liberty; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act FY 14 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, HIV/AIDS; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships;H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1329, FY14 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 1452, Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1460, FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1467, FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1599, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance; National Security; Civil Liberties; Privacy; S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1696, Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1752, Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; S. 1817, Humane Short Term Custody Act - Issues Lobbied: ; S. 294, Ruth Moore Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 47, Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; 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. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; 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; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 862, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 878, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.1675, The Recidivism Reduction & Public Safety Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing and Prison Good Time Credits; S.1783, The Federal Prison Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, recidivism Congressional Issues without Bills: Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum Abuse - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Behavioral Detection - Issues Lobbied: ; BOP Oversight Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement, Private Prisons and PREA; Border Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Border Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Border Searches - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Bureau of Prisons Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Byrne Grants - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; CIA Torture Report - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, Employment verification, Privacy; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice; Criminal Exclusions - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention bed mandate; 287(g) funding; Department of Homeland Security Issues; Detainer Issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Detention Bed Mandates - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; 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; Election administration reform - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Employment Credit Checks - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal administrative Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Federal Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; 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; Guantanamo - Issues Lobbied: ; Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Housing Disparate Impact; ICE enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Immigration Local Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Interior and Border enforcement; KIDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; Limits on Using Hearing Videos - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment;Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Nomination of CIA General Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Torture; NSA Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Patent Issues - Issues Lobbied: First 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 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Restoring discretion to immigration system - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Stand Your Ground Laws - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Racial Profiling; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: National security; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Vance Legislative Fix - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; 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: Sentencing reform; Mandatory Minimums; Solitary Confinement; Access to Counsel; Compassionate Release; Private Prisons; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Executive Order 13636; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Equal opportunity training; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Guantanamo; Proposed Rule FAR Case 2013-001, Ending Trafficking in Persons as outlined at 78 FR 69812; Military Abortion coverage; Military Combat Exclusion Policy; Spousal benefits; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Race in education strategic plan; Education; Discrimination (OCR); Single sex education; Proposed revisions to the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), as outlined at 78 FR 37529; School Discipline Guidance; School Diversity Grant Programs; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Sex education; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory custody; ICE Detainers; Immigration detention; National ID; Employment verification; Privacy; Interior and Border enforcement; Federal administrative immigration reform; ICE enforcement issues; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Executive Order 13636; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: VAWA housing; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile solitary confinement; CAIR harassment; NYPD spying; Immigration; Racial profiling; Immigration detention (EOIR); Byrne Grants; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention); United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justices Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting; Sentencing Reform; Targeted Killing; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Interior and Border enforcement; DOJ Media 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; Federal over-criminalization; Federal administrative immigration reform; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby: DOJ COPs program (COPs Office); School Discipline Guidance; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Employment; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation (OFCCP); OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool (OFCCP); Executive Order Prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages (DOL and OFFCP); Department of State - Issues Lobbied: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Guantanamo; Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: Travel privacy; Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Disability benefits; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; Womens Rights and National Origin Employment Discrimination strategic planning; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Deportation; Detainee Restrictions; NSA surveillance; Transparency; Racial profiling; Targeted killing; Detention bed mandate; FBI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; Civil liberties;Privacy, Religious Freedom; Racial Profiling, National Security; Radicalization; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Access to telecommunications; Prison Phone Rates; Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Indecency Comments; IP Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; IP Transition; Open Internet Rule; General Services Administration - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rule FAR Case 2013-001, Ending Trafficking in Persons as outlined at 78 FR 69812; Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Political communications; 501(c)4 petition; Tax exempt standards; NASA - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rule FAR Case 2013-001, Ending Trafficking in Persons as outlined at 78 FR 69812; National Archives and Records Aministration - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Institute of Standards and Technology - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Sex education; Byrne Grants; DHS appropriations (CPB use of force, oversight and accountability mechanisms, privacy, staffing); Operation Streamline; criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-rentry; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Short-term detention facilities; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Religious accommodations; Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal benefits; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: ; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: CBP training; Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Federal administrative immigration reform; ICE enforcement issues; U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: RIN 0412AA71Partner Vetting in USAID Assistance; United States Army - Issues Lobbied: Equal Opportunity Trainings in the Army; United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House - Issues Lobbied: National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Guantanamo; Torture (SSCI Report); Interior and Border enforcement; Possible Executive Order re Nondiscrimination in Federal Contracts; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending); Federal administrative immigration reform; ICE enforcement issues; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Surveillance Legislation: H.R. 3361, S. 1599, S. 1631, H.R. 2399, S. 1215, S. 1182, S. 1121, H.R. 2603, H.R. 2818, H.R. 2684, H.R. 3070, S. 1151, H.R. 2475, S. 1130, H.R. 2440, H.R. 2736, H.R. 3035, S. 1452, S. 1460, S. 1467, H.R. 2761, H.R. 2586, H.R. 2849, H.R. 3159, H.R. 3103; Executive Order 13636; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby; Election administration reform (Presidential Commission on Election Administration); Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool; Executive Order Prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Immigration and Border Enforcement (Domestic Policy Counsel)