Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015
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Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to give preferential consideration in awarding Community Oriented Police Services grants to an application from an applicant in a state that has in effect a law that: (1) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons; (2) discourages the charging or prosecution of such individual for a prostitution or sex trafficking offense based on such conduct; and (3) encourages the diversion of such an individual to appropriate service providers, including child welfare services, victim treatment programs, child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social services. (Sec. 3) Amends the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (VTVPA) to require the Attorney General's annual report on federal agencies that are implementing provisions relating to the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to include information on the activities of such agencies in cooperation with state, tribal, and local law enforcement officials to identify, investigate, and prosecute: (1) sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion or with a minor; (2) sexual exploitation of children; (3) the selling and buying of children; (4) transportation with intent that the victim engage in illegal sexual activity; (5) coercion or enticement to travel for illegal sexual activity; and (6) transportation of minors for illegal sexual activity. (Sec. 4) Amends the VTVPA to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, annually beginning in FY2017, to make grants for a national communication system to assist victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in communicating with service providers. (Sec. 5) Amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons among those eligible for the Job Corps without being required to demonstrate low-income eligibility. (Sec. 6) Amends the federal judicial code to authorize the United States Marshals Service to assist state, local, and other federal law enforcement agencies, upon request, in locating and recovering missing children.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H592-593)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H592-593)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 159.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H592-595)
Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 2.
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
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H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex H.R.1854-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 H.R.1877-Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015 H.R.3014-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 H.R.3537-Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 H.R.4365-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.529-Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.623-Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 S.642-Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015 S.711-Mental Health First Act of 2015 S.993-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015 S.2932-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 P.L.114-324-Justice for All Reauthorization Act
Client expense: $462,139 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2016 (S. 3441) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613/H.R. 6133) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614/H.R. 4919) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016 (S. 2895) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 2625) Section 578 of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209/S. 3016) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice (H.R. 5393/S. 2837) and Department of Homeland Security (H.R. 5634/S. 3001) for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 Kelsey Smith Act (H.R. 4881/S. 2770) Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 356) Encryption General Issues involving Efforts to Combat Child Pornography
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR350, HR515, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR 814, S 2034, HR 3139, S3100 and all issues involving PSOB benefits and administration. Asset forfeiture funding and procurement of military equipment.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2016 (S. 3441) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613/H.R. 6133) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614/H.R. 4919) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016 (S. 2895) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 2625) Section 578 of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209/S. 3016) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice (H.R. 5393/S. 2837) and Department of Homeland Security (H.R. 5634/S. 3001) for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 Kelsey Smith Act (H.R. 4881/S. 2770) Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 356) General Issues involving Encryption
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
2016 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR350, HR515, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR 814, S 2034, HR 3139, S3100 and all issues involving PSOB benefits and administration. Asset forfeiture funding and procurement of military equipment.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex H.R.1854-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 H.R.1877-Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015 H.R.3014-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 H.R.3537-Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 H.R.4365-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.529-Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.623-Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 S.642-Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015 S.711-Mental Health First Act of 2015 S.993-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015 S.2932-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016
Client expense: $512,329 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge; H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1258, the "Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act," which would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to assist victims of domestic violence to safely shelter their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;" H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 2293, the "Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act," which would provide criminal penalties for those who engage in "animal crushing" as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 2667, the "School Safety Act," which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program through 2020; H.R. 3036, the "National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Act," which would Federally recognize the 9/11 Memorial as a national memorial and authorize funding for its upkeep and preservation; H.R. 3537, the "Synthetic Drug Control Act," would enhance the ability fo law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 3968, the "Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act," which would encourage the use of new tamper-resistent technologies to prevent pseudoephedrine rom being extracted from cold medicines in order to be used in the production of methamphetamine; H.R. 4002, the "Criminal Code Improvement Act," which would would overturn long-standing court holdings on mens rea standards and applications and replace them with a new and arbitrary standard; Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
2016 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex H.R.1854-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 H.R.1877-Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015 H.R.3014-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 H.R.3537-Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 H.R.4365-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.529-Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.623-Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 S.642-Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015 S.711-Mental Health First Act of 2015 S.993-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015 S.2932-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016
Client expense: $217,135 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016 (S. 2895) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 2625) Section 578 of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209/S. 3016) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice (H.R. 5393/S. 2837) and Department of Homeland Security (H.R. 5634/S. 3001) for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 Kelsey Smith Act (H.R. 4881/S. 2770) Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 356) General Issues involving Encryption
2016 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR350, HR515, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR 814, S 2034, HR 3139, S3100 and all issues involving PSOB benefits and administration. Asset forfeiture funding and procurement of military equipment.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209), along with draft proposal by Senator Bob Casey on similar proposal in Senate to H.R. 3209 International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 General Issues involving Encryption
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex H.R.1854-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 H.R.1877-Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015 H.R.3014-Medical Controlled Substances Transportation Act of 2015 H.R.3537-Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 H.R.4365-Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2016 S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.529-Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.623-Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 S.642-Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015 S.711-Mental Health First Act of 2015 S.993-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015
Client expense: $661,366 · Firm income: Not reported
2016 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR350, HR515, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR 814, S 2034, HR 3139 and all issues involving PSOB benefits and administration. Asset forfeiture funding.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge; H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1258, the "Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act," which would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture designed to assist victims of domestic violence to safely shelter their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;" H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 2293, the "Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act," which would provide criminal penalties for those who engage in "animal crushing" as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 2667, the "School Safety Act," which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program through 2020; H.R. 3036, the "National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center Act," which would Federally recognize the 9/11 Memorial as a national memorial and authorize funding for its upkeep and preservation; H.R. 3537, the "Synthetic Drug Control Act," would enhance the ability fo law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 3968, the "Stop Meth Labs and Enhance Patient Access Act," which would encourage the use of new tamper-resistent technologies to prevent pseudoephedrine rom being extracted from cold medicines in order to be used in the production of methamphetamine; H.R. 4002, the "Criminal Code Improvement Act," which would would overturn long-standing court holdings on mens rea standards and applications and replace them with a new and arbitrary standard; Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
2015 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
HR 885 - Voting Rights Amendment Act: entire bill HR 64 - Candaces Law: entire bill HR 159/S 166 - Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 181/HR 296/S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: entire bill S 140 - Combat Human Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 345 - To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United State of America: entire bill HR 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act: entire bill HR 398 - Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act: entire bill HR 75 - Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 219 - John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act: entire bill S 457 - Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act: entire bill S 772 - Democracy Restoration Act HR 246 - To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking: entire bill HR 1586 - REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act: entire bill HJ Res 52/SJ Res 16 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women: entire resolution H Con Res 35 - Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women: entire resolution HR 1787 - Fair Pay Act: entire bill SJ Res 15 - A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution HJ Res 51 - Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution
Client expense: $42,941 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209), along with draft proposal by Senator Bob Casey on similar proposal in Senate to H.R. 3209 International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 285/S. 572, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, which would impose criminal penalties on persons who knowingly selling advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or profiting from such advertising; H.R. 296, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge; H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;" H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
2015 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex H.R.1854-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 H.R.1877-Mental Health First Aid Act of 2015 H.R.3537-Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.529-Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.623-Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 S.642-Human Trafficking Survivors Relief and Empowerment Act of 2015 S.711-Mental Health First Act of 2015 S.993-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015
Client expense: $374,793 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR350, HR515, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR 814, S 2034, HR 3139 and all issues involving PSOB benefits and administration. Asset forfeiture funding.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex H.R.1854-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 H.R.3537-Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.993-Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015
Client expense: $491,382 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
HR 885 - Voting Rights Amendment Act: entire bill HR 64 - Candaces Law: entire bill HR 159/S 166 - Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 181/HR 296/S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: entire bill S 140 - Combat Human Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 345 - To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United State of America: entire bill HR 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act: entire bill HR 398 - Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act: entire bill HR 75 - Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 219 - John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act: entire bill S 457 - Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act: entire bill S 772 - Democracy Restoration Act HR 246 - To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking: entire bill HR 1586 - REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act: entire bill HJ Res 52/SJ Res 16 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women: entire resolution H Con Res 35 - Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women: entire resolution HR 1787 - Fair Pay Act: entire bill SJ Res 15 - A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution HJ Res 51 - Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution
Client expense: $278,546 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.71, Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015 H.R.74, Custodial Interrogation Recording Act H.R.320, Rapid DNA Act of 2015 H.R.429, Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015 H.R.731, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015 H.R.1232, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act H.R.1251, A bill to add a Federal defender representative to the United States Sentencing Commission H.R.1252, Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1254, Recidivism Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1253, Prisoner Incentive Act of 2015 H.R.1255, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2015 H.R.1459/S.772, Democracy Restoration Act S.140/H.R.1201, Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.166/H.R.159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 S.178/H.R.296, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.255/H.R.540, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 S.353/H.R.706, Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 S.467, CORRECTIONS Act of 2015 S.449, A bill to Reduce Recidivism and Increase Public Safety S.502, H.R.920, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 S.524/H.R.953, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S.675, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015 H.R. 2944, SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015 S.1119, H.R.2330, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015 S.1513, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015 H.R. 3713, the Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 S. 2021, H.R. 3470, the Fair Change Act S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking issues: H.R.460/S.628, Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 H.R.357, Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.514, Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 H.R.181, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.398/S.205, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 H.R.159/S.166, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.246, To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking. H.R.468, Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.469, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.515, International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking S.381, Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 S.529, Combating Human Trafficking Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209), along with draft proposal by Senator Bob Casey on similar proposal in Senate to H.R. 3209 International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR350, HR515, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR 814, S 2034, HR 3139 and all issues involving PSOB benefits and administration.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 285/S. 572, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, which would impose criminal penalties on persons who knowingly selling advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or profiting from such advertising; H.R. 296, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge; H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;" H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; S. 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act, would strengthen law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute all who commit sex trafficking crimes, particularly buyers of sex acts from trafficking victims; Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
2015 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
HR 885 - Voting Rights Amendment Act: entire bill HR 64 - Candaces Law: entire bill HR 159/S 166 - Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 181/HR 296/S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: entire bill S 140 - Combat Human Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 345 - To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United State of America: entire bill HR 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act: entire bill HR 398 - Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act: entire bill HR 75 - Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 219 - John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act: entire bill S 457 - Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act: entire bill S 772 - Democracy Restoration Act HR 246 - To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking: entire bill HR 1586 - REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act: entire bill HJ Res 52/SJ Res 16 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women: entire resolution H Con Res 35 - Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women: entire resolution HR 1787 - Fair Pay Act: entire bill SJ Res 15 - A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution HJ Res 51 - Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution
Client expense: $172,805 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.71, Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015 H.R.74, Custodial Interrogation Recording Act H.R.320, Rapid DNA Act of 2015 H.R.429, Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015 H.R.731, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015 H.R.1232, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act H.R.1251, A bill to add a Federal defender representative to the United States Sentencing Commission H.R.1252, Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1254, Recidivism Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1253, Prisoner Incentive Act of 2015 H.R.1255, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2015 H.R.1459/S.772, Democracy Restoration Act S.140/H.R.1201, Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.166/H.R.159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 S.178/H.R.296, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.255/H.R.540, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 S.353/H.R.706, Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 S.467, CORRECTIONS Act of 2015 S.449, A bill to Reduce Recidivism and Increase Public Safety S.502, H.R.920, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 S.524/H.R.953, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S.675, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015 H.R. 2944, SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015 S.1119, H.R.2330, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015 S.1513, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015 Communications urging specific cybersecurity policies to be considered as a part of comprehensive cybersecurity legislation
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.471-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.483-Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2015 S.1446-SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2015
Client expense: $741,468 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking issues: H.R.460/S.628, Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 H.R.357, Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.514, Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 H.R.181, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.398/S.205, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 H.R.159/S.166, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.246, To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking. H.R.468, Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.469, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.515, International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking S.381, Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 S.529, Combating Human Trafficking Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law (H.R. 515) SAVE Act (S. 572) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
2015 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR296, HR350, HR515, S178, S291, HR228, HR1269, HR 1786, S 125, S291, S1018, S1162, S1476, HR
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 285/S. 572, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, which would impose criminal penalties on persons who knowingly selling advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or profiting from such advertising; H.R. 296, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; S. 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act, would strengthen law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute all who commit sex trafficking crimes, particularly buyers of sex acts from trafficking victims; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.
2015 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law (H.R. 515) SAVE Act (S. 572) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
HR 885 - Voting Rights Amendment Act: entire bill HR 64 - Candaces Law: entire bill HR 159/S 166 - Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 181/HR 296/S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: entire bill S 140 - Combat Human Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 345 - To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United State of America: entire bill HR 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act: entire bill HR 398 - Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act: entire bill HR 75 - Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 219 - John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act: entire bill S 457 - Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act: entire bill S 772 - Democracy Restoration Act HR 246 - To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking: entire bill
Client expense: $119,054 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.71, Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015 H.R.74, Custodial Interrogation Recording Act H.R.320, Rapid DNA Act of 2015 H.R.429, Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015 H.R.731, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015 H.R.1232, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act H.R.1251, A bill to add a Federal defender representative to the United States Sentencing Commission H.R.1252, Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1254, Recidivism Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1253, Prisoner Incentive Act of 2015 H.R.1255, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2015 H.R.1459/S.772, Democracy Restoration Act S.140/H.R.1201, Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.166/H.R.159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 S.178/H.R.296, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.255/H.R.540, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 S.353/H.R.706, Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 S.467, CORRECTIONS Act of 2015 S.449, A bill to Reduce Recidivism and Increase Public Safety S.502, H.R.920, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 S.524/H.R.953, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S.675, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015.
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.159-Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act H.R.181-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act H.R.246-To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking H.R.285-Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act H.R.350-Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention and Recovery Act H.R.357-Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.398-Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act H.R.460-Human Trafficking Detection Act H.R.468-Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims for Youth Trafficking Act H.R.469-Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act H.R.514-Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.515-International Megans Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex S.178-Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015
Client expense: $398,804 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Human Trafficking issues: H.R.460, Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 H.R.357, Human Trafficking Prevention Act H.R.514, Human Trafficking Prioritization Act H.R.350, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 H.R.181, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.398, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 H.R.159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.246, To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking. H.R.468, Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.469, Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 H.R.515, International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
HR159, HR181, HR296, HR350, HR515, S178, S291, HR228, HR1269
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 114-6, Part I.
Congress.gov source codes: 5000, H12200
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Congress.gov source codes: H11100, H11100-A
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Markup by |
| January 21, 2015 |
| Education and the Workforce Committee | House | Referred to | January 6, 2015 |
| Judiciary Committee | House | Referred to | January 6, 2015 |
| January 27, 2015 |
| Introduced in House | January 6, 2015 |
| Republican |
| AR |
| Derek Kilmer | Democratic | WA |
| Diane Black | Republican | TN |
| Gwen Moore | Democratic | WI |
| Jackie Speier | Democratic | CA |
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | Republican | WA |
| John Kline | Republican | MN |
| Juan Vargas | Democratic | CA |
| Karen Bass | Democratic | CA |
| Keith Ellison | Democratic | MN |
| Kevin Cramer | Republican | ND |
| Kristi L. Noem | Republican | SD |
| Kyrsten Sinema | Independent | AZ |
| Lynn Jenkins | Republican | KS |
| Matt Cartwright | Democratic | PA |
| Mike Bishop | Republican | MI |
| Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Republican | TX |
| Robert E. Latta | Republican | OH |
| Robert Pittenger | Republican | NC |
| Rodney Davis | Republican | IL |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | Republican | NJ |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
| Theodore E. Deutch | Democratic | FL |
| Tim Walberg | Republican | MI |
| Vicky Hartzler | Republican | MO |
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Education, Dept of, 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), Legal Services Corporation, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Legal Services Corporation, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office