Homeland Security Respect for Life Act

HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill HR 5551 - Heartbeat Informed Consent Act: entire bill HR 5524/S 2687 - Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act: entire bill S 2625 - Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S 2876 - A bill to establish a public education and awareness and access program relating to emergency contraception: entire bill

Client expense: $484,122 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in opposition to the "Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act" (S. 2578/H.R. 5051), legislation which would further empower the Obama Administration to mandate that certain insurance plans cover abortion pills such as RU-486, surgical abortion (including late abortions), assisted suicide, or anything else the Administration chooses to classify as preventive services, overriding all existing federal laws that protect religious freedom and conscience rights; the Senate refused to invoke cloture to proceed to this legislation on July 16, 2014. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903); the Aderholt amendment was adopted in House Appropriations Committee, June 11, 2014, 29-18. Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment"), added to FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016) at House Appropriation Committee markup, June 25, 2014, 29-21. H.R. 5016 passed the House July 16, 2014, without challenge to this provision. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. (Final Rule published Oct. 2, 2013.) The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment contained in the Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). (continued)Contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act (legislation to curb use of wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action), introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding possible offering of related provisions as amendment to H.R. 5016 (not offered). Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Consultations regarding H.R. 2772, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act"; no position. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion, including testimony by National Right to Life president at hearing on S. 1696 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, July 15, 2014. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr. Contacts in support of "Heartbeat Informed Consent Act" (H.R. 5551), legislation to require that if an abortionist performs an ultrasound, the pregnant woman is offered an opportunity to view the ultrasound.

FY 2014 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations; Childrens' Hospital Issues; HR 493 "ACE Kids Act of 2014"

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE

HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. H.R. 7 (modified to include components (continued)of H.R. 3279) passed the House of Representatives on January 28, 2014, 227-188. Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. (Final Rule published Oct. 2, 2013.) The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment contained in the Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). (continued)Consultations regarding draft language of legislation to curb "wrongful birth" and "wrongful life" causes of action, and contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act, introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Consultations regarding H.R. 2772, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act"; no position. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr.

HR 23 Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS. 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346 Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154 PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142 Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493 Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973 Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091 Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122 PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583 Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES.206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764 Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943 Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539 Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601 Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire billS. 1696 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60 A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953 Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158 Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396 Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. H.R. 7 (modified to include components (continued)of H.R. 3279) passed the House of Representatives on January 28, 2014, 227-188. Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Consultations on various draft legislative proposals (not introduced) to tighten qualifications for abortion providers. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other carry-over abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services, and State-Foreign Operations. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill. Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr. (continued)

HR 23 Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346 Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 139 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S 154 PROTECT Act: entire bill S 142 Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493 Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 356 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973 Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091 Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122 PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S 583 Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HRes206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764 Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943 Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S 1539 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Entire Disclosure Act: entire bill S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539 Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601 Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S 1848 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S 1696 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S 333 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill SRes60 A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S 777 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire billS 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S 981 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S 13 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S 372 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Consultations on various draft legislative proposals (not introduced) to tighten qualifications for abortion providers. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other carry-over abortion limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 2787/.S. 1329), Financial Services (H.R. 2786/S. 1371), Labor-HHS (House bill unnumbered, S. 1284), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 2855/ S. 1372). Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. All carryover provisions were retained in omnibus appropriations bill (enacted as H.R. 3547) covering the remainder of FY 2014; no new abortion-related provisions were incorporated. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2014 Homeland Security appropriations bill (section 563 of H.R. 2217). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2014 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2786). Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill. Consultations on S. 959, related to drug compounding; NRLC took no position on this legislation. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Consultations regarding possible revisions to Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300). (continued)

HR 23 Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346 Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 139 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S 154 PROTECT Act: entire bill S 142 Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493 Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 356 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973 Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091 Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122 PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S 583 Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HRes206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764 Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943 Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S 1539 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Entire Disclosure Act: entire bill S 333 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill SRes60 A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S 777 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill SRes134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S 981 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S 13 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S 372 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 886). (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (not introduced this quarter). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Consultations on various draft legislative proposals (not introduced) to tighten qualifications for abortion providers. Contacts in support of legislation to repeal Public Law 111-148 ("Obamacare"), H.R. 45. Contacts in support of Blackburn Amendment to continuing resolution H.J.Res. 59, to delay implementation of certain objectionable components of Obamacare law. Contacts in support of certain revisions made in committee to "Helping Sick Americans Now Act" (H.R. 1549), legislation dealing with high-risk insurance pools; NRLC took no position for or against H.R. 1549 as a whole, as amended. Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carry over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other carry-over abortion limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 2787/.S. 1329), Financial Services (H.R. 2786/S. 1371), Labor-HHS (House bill unnumbered, S. 1284), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 2855/ S. 1372). Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2014 Homeland Security appropriations bill (section 563 of H.R. 2217). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2014 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2786). Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Contacts in opposition to legislation to empower Federal Trade Commission to harass or persecute pregnancy resource centers (H.R. 2030, S. 981). Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill.Consultations on draft legislation later introduced as "Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act" (H.R. 3279); NRLC supports this legislation. Consultation regarding draft "court stripping" legislation, later introduced as HR 2764; NRLC took no position on this measure. Consultation regarding draft legislation, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act" later introduced as H.R. 2772; NRLC took no position on this legislation. Consultations on S. 959, related to drug compounding; NRLC took no position on this legislation.

H.R.23 Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill H.R.61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill H.R.217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS.135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S.32 Child Custody Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S.137 Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2013: entire bill S.138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill S.139 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S.154 Preventing the Offering of Elective Coverage of Taxpayer-Funded-Abortion Act of 2013: entire bill S.142 Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S.143 Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill H.R.447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill H.R.493 Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill H.R.732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S.369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S.356 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill H.R.940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S.1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill H.R.973 Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill H.R.1091 Life at Conception Act: entire bill H.R.1122 PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S.583 A bill to implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.: entire bill H.R.1797 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S.886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S.946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill H.R.7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill S.RES.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution H.RES.206 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the States should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution H.R.718Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill H.R.725Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S.372Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S.13Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S.333 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill H.R.728 Access to Birth Control : entire bill S.RES.60 A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire resolution S.777 A bill to restore the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities: entire bill H.R.1389 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S.813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S.981 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act of 2013: entire bill H.R.2030 Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act: entire bill H.R.2457 Women's Preventive Health Awareness Campaign: entire bill H.RES.192 Supporting the goals and ideals of National STD Awareness Month: entire resolution H.R.1975 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: entire bill S.942 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act: entire bill

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 886) and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age. (continued)Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). In support of legislation to repeal Public Law 111-148 ("Obamacare"), H.R. 45. Contacts in support of certain revisions made in committee to "Helping Sick Americans Now Act" (H.R. 1549), legislation dealing with high-risk insurance pools; NRLC took no position for or against H.R. 1549 as a whole, as amended. Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carry over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and comparable provisions in Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 2217) and other FY 2014 appropriations bills not yet numbered. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2014 Homeland Security appropriations bill (section 563 of H.R. 2217). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language in FY 2014 Financial Services appropriations bill (as yet unnumbered). Consultations regarding letters sent by to state attorneys general by House Judiciary Committee, seeking information on state laws pertaining to protection of newborn infants and related matters. Consultations regarding letters sent by House Energy & Commerce Committee to heads of state public health agencies posing certain questions relating to regulation of abortion. Consultations regarding possible legislative remedies for certain abuses associated with the abortion industry (including failure to protect rights of infants born alive during abortions), including but not limited to contacts in support of S. Res. 133 (Lee), expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States "should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices," and that "there is a compelling governmental interest in protecting the lives of unborn children beginning at least from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates that they are capable of feeling pain . . .". Contacts in opposition to S. Res. 134 (Blumenthal), a sham resolution contrived to obstruct S. Res. 133. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135) and consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X. Contacts in opposition to legislation to empower Federal Trade Commission to harass or persecute pregnancy resource centers (H.R. 2030, S. 981).

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 886) and the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age. (continued)Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). In support of legislation to repeal Public Law 111-148 ("Obamacare"), H.R. 45. Contacts in support of certain revisions made in committee to "Helping Sick Americans Now Act" (H.R. 1549), legislation dealing with high-risk insurance pools; NRLC took no position for or against H.R. 1549 as a whole, as amended. Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carry over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and comparable provisions in Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 2217) and other FY 2014 appropriations bills not yet numbered. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2014 Homeland Security appropriations bill (section 563 of H.R. 2217). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language in FY 2014 Financial Services appropriations bill (as yet unnumbered). Consultations regarding letters sent by to state attorneys general by House Judiciary Committee, seeking information on state laws pertaining to protection of newborn infants and related matters. Consultations regarding letters sent by House Energy & Commerce Committee to heads of state public health agencies posing certain questions relating to regulation of abortion. Consultations regarding possible legislative remedies for certain abuses associated with the abortion industry (including failure to protect rights of infants born alive during abortions), including but not limited to contacts in support of S. Res. 133 (Lee), expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the States "should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices," and that "there is a compelling governmental interest in protecting the lives of unborn children beginning at least from the stage at which substantial medical evidence indicates that they are capable of feeling pain . . .". Contacts in opposition to S. Res. 134 (Blumenthal), a sham resolution contrived to obstruct S. Res. 133. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135) and consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X. Contacts in opposition to legislation to empower Federal Trade Commission to harass or persecute pregnancy resource centers (H.R. 2030, S. 981).

Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (as yet unnumbered), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (as yet unnumbered). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447), and Amendment No. 332 to FY 2014 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 8), by Sen. David Vitter, expressing the sense of the Senate that (continued)the PRENDA should be enacted (amendment did not receive a vote). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of Rubio Amendment No. 292 to FY 2014 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 8), expressing the sense of the Senate that the CIANA should be enacted (amendment failed 48-51, with 60-vote threshold). Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws, including letter to House members dated March 5, 2013. Contacts in support of inclusion of retention of pro-life provisions in continuing resolution (HR 933) to fund various agencies for remainder of FY 2013, and in support of pro-life provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of similar Aderholt amendment to FY 2013 continuing resolution (HR 933). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135) and consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X. Contacts in support of Cruz Amendment to FY 2013 continuing resolution (HR 933), to remove funding for implementation of PL111-148 ("Obamacare") for remainder of FY 2013 (failed 45-52, March 13, 2013). Contacts in support of Fischer Amendment No. 630 to FY 2014 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 8), stating that federal programs dealing with "basic primary and preventive health care" should be conducted consistently with the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, "the protection of religious beliefs and moral convictions," and the Hyde Amendment (failed 44-55, March 22, 2013). Opposed Shaheen Amendment No. 438, which took contrary position (resolution).

Legislation: H.R. 1263, Excellence in Mental Health Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; 77 FR 75299, Prison Rape Elimination Commission Comments - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; Amdt. 503 to S. Con. Res. 8, Opposing reduced funding for mental health services to individuals who are eligible to purchase a weapon - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Executive Order 13636,Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 11, Violence Against Women Reauthorizations Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, First Amendment, Criminal Justice, Non-discrimination, LGBT Rights; H.R. 1177, Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens rights; H.R. 127, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 1389, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform; H.R. 152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; H.R. 258, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 274, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; H.R. 287, Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 320, Student Support Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 377, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, Mental Health, Criminal Justi ce; H.R. 493, Homeland Security Respect for Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 519, Uniting American Families - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Immigration; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 592, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Church-State Separation; H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection; H.R. 628, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy, Surveillance; H.R. 698, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 725, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Education; H.R. 933, Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 964, Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana Pre-emption; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy; HR 312, Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Criminal Justice; S .649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S 38, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Criminal Justice; S. 12, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 145, The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, School Discipline; S. 146, The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, School Discipline; S. 148, The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, School Discipline; S. 153, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 195, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 210, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 264, Excellence in Mental Health Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 294, Ruth Moore Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 296, Uniting American Families - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Immigration; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; S. 372, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Education; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 47, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights, Religious Liberties, Mandatory Minimums, Tribal Provisions; S. 480, NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 572, Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 649, Safe Communities and Safe Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums,Police in Schools, First Amendment, Disability Rights; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and Modernization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Federal immigration reform; S. 84, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. Con. Res. 8, Fiscal Year 2014 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Vouchers, Church-State Separation, Reproductive Rights, School Vouchers, Voter ID; S.162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; S.374, Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S.607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S.689, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S.744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; S.AMDT. 715 to S. 649, Background check bill - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights Congressional Issues without Bills: Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Appointed counsel for individuals with mental disabilities in immigration proceedings - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings, Disability Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Background Checks in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing; Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Campaign Disclosure - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Indefinite Detention; Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, Immigration; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act update - Issues Lobbied: Due process, over-criminalization, free speech; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Department of Homeland Security Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy; Department of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Department fo Defense Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Armed Drones, National Security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Religious Liberty; Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Guantanamo - Issues Lobbied: ; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Gun Control Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, School Discipline, Criminal Justice, First Amendment; police in schools; mandatory minimums; Harassment Regulations - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act (HOME Act) - Issues Lobbied: Fair housing/LGBT rights; HUD Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Fair housing; ICE enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Racial Profiling; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; Legislative response to Shelby Co and Arizona v. ITCA SCOTUS cases/ Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; LGBT Parenting - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing;MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Mental disabilities and gun regulation - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Mental Health Sense of the Senate - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Justice/Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; National Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/AUMF; Nomination of CIA Director - Issues Lobbied: ; Operation Streamline - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; Password Protection - Issues Lobbied: privacy; Peace Corps abortion coverage- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Privacy of medical records in gun legislation - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Private Prison Information Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Proposed immigration reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration (Racial Profiling, Detainee Release, Criminal Exclusions, Gangs, Judicial Discretion); biometric ID, E-Verify, Operation Streamline; border enforcement; access to counsel, pre-emption, state/local enforcement, 100 mile border zone, detention c; Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, first amendment, national security; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial Justice; Restoring discretion to immigration system - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; School Safety - Issues Lobbied: School Discipline; Sequester BOP Cuts - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; SSCI Report on Torture - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT; Student tip line in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Student privacy, information sharing; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Human Rights; The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Urging ratification of CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human rights/womens rights; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Whistleblower Protection - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; Youth Promise Act - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons, Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Detention; Department of Agriculture, Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act, Women's Rights; Department of Commerce, Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location Tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Commerce; Department of Defense, Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings, Executive Order 13627/ Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 112-239, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, Trafficking, Human Rights, Military Abortion Coverage, Torture, Detention, Human Trafficking, Disability Rights, Combat Exclusion, LGBT Rights; Department of Education, Issues Lobbied: Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, S. 145, S.146, S.148, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, Civil Rights Data Collection, School Discipline Guidance, School Discipline, LGBT Rights, First Amendment, Single Sex Education, School Diversity, DC Voucher Data; Department of Health and Human Services, Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559, Church-State Separation, Reproductive Rights, Immigrants Rights, LGBT Rights, Education, Religious Liberties, Disability Rights, DACA Health Coverage; Department of Homeland Security, Issues Lobbied: National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, REAL ID, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013, Vouchers, Church-State Separation , Reproductive Rights, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and Modernization Act of 2013, Restoring discretion to immigration system, Operation Streamline, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Department of Homeland Security Oversight, National Security, Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Radicalization, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Fusion Centers, Stakeholder meetings on CBP, Use of Force, Asylum, Detention, Immigration, Indefinite Detention, First Amendment, Voting Rights, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Alien Criminal Response Information Management System; Department of Housing and Urban Development, Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act, Harassment regulation under the Fair Housing Act, Olmstead guidance from HUD, Disability Rights, Womens Rights, Religious Liberties, Housing for victims of domestic violence; Department of Justice, Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Targeted Killings, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location Tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, S. 145, S.146, S.148, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, Department of Justice's COPs program, School Discipline Guidance, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Employment Discrimination,Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA)/Title VI, Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD), Human Rights, Indigent Defense Reform, Federal Over-Criminalization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Juvenile Life without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Commutations and Pardons, Prison overcrowding, Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Detention, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and Modernization Act of 2013, PREA rule covering immigration detainees/ sex abuse in DHS custody, Restoring discretion to immigration system, Operation Streamline, Immigration Enforcement/Detention, UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Whistleblower Protection, Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Department of Justice Racial Profiling Guidance, School Discipline, Pay Equity, Voting Rights, Immigration, Torture, Human Trafficking, Detention, First Amendment, Privacy, Disability Rights, Mandatory Minimums. Criminal Justice, Racial Profiling, Reproductive Rights, LGBT Rights, Religious Liberties, Indigent Defense, Whistleblower Protections; Department of Labor, Issues Lobbied: Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Women's Rights, Employment Discrimination, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Guidance, Pay Equity, Disability Rights, LGBT Rights, Religious Liberties; Department of State, Issues Lobbied: Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Women's Rights, Employment Discrimination, Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD), Human Rights, UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Torture, Human Trafficking, Womens Rights; Department of Treasury, Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act, Women's Rights, Privacy, LGBT Rights; Department of Veterans Affairs, Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Womens Rights; Director of National Intelligence, Issues Lobbied: Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Surveillence; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Issues Lobbied: National Origin Employment Discrimination, Women's Rights, Racial Justice, Immigrants Rights, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Pay Equit, LGBT Rights, T-Visas; Executive Office of the President, Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, LGBT Rights, Religious Liberties, Pay Equity, Torture, Human Rights, Detention, First Amendment, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Racial Profiling, Criminal Justice, Senate Select Intelligence Committees Report on Torture, Border Enforcement, Gun Control Legislation; FBI, Issues Lobbied: Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Radicalization; Federal Aviation Administration, Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Federal Communications Commission, Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership Rule, Low Power FM Application Window, Prison Phone Rulemaking, Indecency Comments, Censorship, Broadband Access, Spectrum Auction; Federal Trade Commission, Issues Lobbied: COPPA, Online Privacy, Privacy; Government Accountability Office, Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees/ sex abuse in DHS custody; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice; NASA, Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13627/ Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 112-239, the End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, Trafficking, Human Rights; National Archives and Records Aministration, Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Over-Classification Reduction, Department of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Issues Lobbied: Event Data Recorders; National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Office of Management and Budget, Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Office of Personnel Management, Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights; Peace Corps, Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Social Security Administration, Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; U.S. General Services Administration, Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13627/ Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 112-239, the End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, Trafficking, Human Rights; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force, Operation Streamline, Immigration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement issues, Stakeholder meetings on CBP, use of force, asylum, detention, Unlawful presence waiver rule, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Stakeholder meetings on CBP, use of force, asylum, detention; United States Commission on Civil Rights, Issues Lobbied: Background Checks; United States Trade Representative, Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House, Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, S. 145, S.146, S.148, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Employment Discrimination, Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Voting Rights, LGBT Non-Discrimination Executive Order, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Commutations and Pardons, Solitary Confinement, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and ModernizationAct of 2013, Restoring discretion to immigration system, Operation Streamline, Immigration Enforcement/Detention, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Whistleblower Protection, Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, Controlled Unclassified Information, Government Secrecy, Reproductive Rights, Religous Liberties, FAR Council