Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (H.R. 11; S. 47) Jury ACCESS Act (S. 38) Juror Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 312) Hate Crimes Prevention Act implementation Judicial Nominations Hate Crimes Reporting Act (H.R. 3878; S. 2219) Juvenile Justice Issues Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act (H.R. 4123)

Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

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.

Religious Freedom/Free Speech On-Air and Online; S.815/H.R.1755 - "Employment Non-Discrimination Act" - Religious Exemption; S.2219/HR 3878 - "The Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014"; H.R.5816 - "To extend the authorization for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom."

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (HR 11; S 47); Jury ACCESS Act (S 38); Juror Non-Discrimination Act (HR 312); Hate Crimes Prevention Act implementation; Judicial Nominations; Hate Crimes Reporting Act (HR 3878); Juvenile Justice Issues; Preventing Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act (H.R.4123).

Client expense: $270,000 · 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 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 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.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (H.R. 11; S. 47); Jury ACCESS Act (S. 38); Juror Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 312); Hate Crimes Prevention Act implementation; Judicial Nominations; Hate Crimes Reporting Act (H.R. 3878); Juvenile Justice Issues

Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (H.R. 11; S. 47); Jury ACCESS Act (S. 38); Juror Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 312); Hate Crimes Prevention Act implementation; Judicial Nominations; Hate Crimes Reporting Act (H.R. 3878); Juvenile Justice Issues

Client expense: $330,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Religious Freedom/Free Speech on New Media Platforms (NRB's John Milton Project); S.815/H.R.1755 - "Employment Non-Discrimination Act" and possible EO - Religious Freedom Exemption; Religious Freedom On-Air and Online; S.653 - "The Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act" - International Religious Freedom; S.1044 - World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013; S.2219/HR 3878 - "The Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014"

Client expense: $5,544 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

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

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (HR 11; S 47); Jury ACCESS Act (S 38); Juror Non-Discrimination Act (HR 312); Hate Crimes Prevention Act implementation; Judicial Nominations; Hate Crimes Reporting Act (HR 3878); Juvenile Justice Issues.

Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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- HR 86 Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 210 To require retail establishments that use mobile device tracking technology to display notices to that effect. all provisions relating to cable.- HR 491 Global Online Freedom Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 624 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act- all provisions relating to cable. - HR 756 Cybersecurity Enhancement Act 2013- all provisions relating to cable. - HR 845 Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 889 Global Free Internet Act of 2013- all provisions related to cable. - HR 983 Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act- all provisions related to cable. - HR 989 To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1123 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1312, Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act- all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1468, Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology (SECURE IT) Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1575 Kelsey Smith Act, to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1580 To affirm the policy of the United States regarding Internet governance all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1639 To amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1685 Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1688 Never Contract With the Enemy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1730 Cell Phone Theft Prevention Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1847 Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1852 Email Privacy Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1860 Criminal Code Modernization and Simplification Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1892 Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1913 Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1947 Federal Agricultural Reform and Risk Management Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 1960 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2014 Telephone Records Protection Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2024 End Anonymous Patents Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2084 Partnership to Build America Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2281 Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2454 Aarons Law Act of 2013, reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to clarify the meaning of access without authorization all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2466 "Private Right of Action Against Theft of Trade Secrets Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2553 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2556 Excellence in Cybersecurity Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2639 Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2642 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2684 Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2736 Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2739 Efficient Use of Government Spectrum Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2766 STOP (Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents) Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2818 Surveillance State Repeal Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2911 Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 2952 CIRDA (Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement) Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3032 Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3035 Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable.- HR 3070 NSA Accountability Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3102 Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3103 Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3228 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court Reform Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3283 "Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3309 Innovation Act, to reform the U.S. patent system all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3349 Innovation Protection Act, creating reliable funding for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3361 Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet Collection, and Online Monitoring Act all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3381 Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3410 "Critical Infrastructure Protection Act" ("CIPA") - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3481 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3540 Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3557 Reasonable Expectation of American Privacy (REAP) Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3670 "Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3674 Federal Spectrum Incentive Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3675 Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3696 National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3736 Protect Advanced Communications for Emergency Services (PACE) Act of 2013" all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3750 Telehealth Modernization Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3756 To provide for the public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3779 To require the Director of National Intelligence to annually submit reports on violations of law or executive order by personnel of the intelligence community - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3875 "Telephone Metadata Reform Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3878 "Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3881 "Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3882 "National Security Agency Accountability Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3883 "Big Brother Is Not Watching You Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3916 "Promoting Rural Broadband Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3982 "Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3900 "Intelligence Community Oversight Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3920 "American Privacy Protection Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 3990 "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4048 "Securing Our Nation's Application Privacy Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4070 "Internet Freedom Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4203 "Emergency Responder Radio Communications Protection Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4215 "Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4225 "SAVE ("Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014") Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4291 "FISA ("Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act") Transparency and Modernization Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HR 4342 "Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters ("DOTCOM") Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - HRes 57 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nations telecommunications and technology industries, the United State Government should Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way all provisions relating to cable.- HRes 340 Expressing the support of Congress for National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week all provisions relating to cable. - S 4 Rebuild America Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 10 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 21 Cybersecurity and American Cyber Competitiveness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 387 American Infrastructure Investment Fund Act- all provisions relating to cable. - S 418 Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013- all provisions related to cable. - S 467 Wireless Device Independence Act of 2013- all provisions relating to cable. - S 481 Wireless Consumer Choice Act- all provisions relating to cable. - S 517 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act- all provisions relating to cable.- S 596 Fostering Independence through Technology Act of 2013- all provisions relating to cable. - S 607 Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 639 Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 658 Cyber Warrior Act of 2013- all provisions relating to cable. - S 721 Kelsey Smith Act, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require a provider of a commercial mobile service or an IP-enabled voice service to provide call location information concerning the user of such a service to law enforcement agencies in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves risk of death or serious physical harm all provisions relating to cable. - S 774 To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commissions universal service reforms all provisions relating to cable. - S 866 Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 874 Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 884 Deter Cyber Theft Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1013 "Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1111 "Cyber Economic Espionage Accountability Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1144 "Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1193 "Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1196 Aarons Law Act of 2013, reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to clarify the meaning of access without authorization all provisions relating to cable. - S 1215 FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1244 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1245 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1353 Cybersecurity Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1452 Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1460 FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1467 FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1551 Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act all provisions relating to cable. - S 1553 To amend title 23, United States Code, to reauthorize the State infrastructure bank program - all provisions relating to cable.- S 1599 "Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1612 "Patent Litigation Integrity Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1613 "Credit Access and Inclusion Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1621 Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1631 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Improvements Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1638 Cybersecurity Public Awareness Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1681 "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1700 Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1701 Freedoms and Privacy Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1720 Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1756 USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1766 "USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1776 Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1830 "Tallying of the Actual Liabilities Act of 2013" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1858 Rural Broadband Investment (RBI) Act of 2013 all provisions relating to cable. - S 1897 "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1927 "Data Security Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1957 "Partnership to Build America Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1959 "Quell Unnecessary, Intentional, and Encroaching Telephone Calls Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1976 "Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1981 "Open Internet Preservation Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1984 "Credit Card Theft Sentencing Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 1995 "Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2025 "Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2049 "Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2093 "To Amend FISA ("Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act") oft 1978" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2125 "Public Safety and Economic Security Communications Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2146 "Patent Fee Integrity Act" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2155 "Maximizing Spectrum Efficiency and Value Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - S 2171 "Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014" - all provisions relating to cable. - SRes 343 "Relating to the Investigation of Unauthorized Disclosures Concerning the NSA" - all provisions relating to cable. - SRes 337 Expressing support for the designation of January 28, 2014, as National Data Privacy Day - all provisions relating to cable.

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