No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015
Legislative Progress
Introduced
January 21, 2015
Latest Action
January 26, 2015
Primary Sponsor
Christopher H. SmithRepublican(NJ)
Momentum (last 30 days)
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0 actions · 0 new cosponsors · 0 votes
Speed vs cohort
41pct
5d open
vs 6,526 other HR bills in the 114th — cohort avg 56d
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 TITLE I--PROHIBITING FEDERALLY FUNDED ABORTIONS (Sec. 101) This bill prohibits federal funds, including funds in the budget of the District of Columbia, from being expended for abortion or health coverage that includes coverage of abortion. Abortions are eligible for federal funding only in cases of rape or incest, or where a physical condition endangers a woman's life unless an abortion is performed. Currently, federal funding of abortion and health coverage that includes abortion is prohibited, with the same exceptions. Health care provided in a federal health care facility or by a federal employee may not include abortions that are ineligible for federal funding. TITLE II--APPLICATION UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (Sec. 201) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow premium assistance tax credits or health insurance tax credits for qualified health plans that cover abortions ineligible for federal funding. This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Office of Personnel Management to ensure that multi-state qualified health plans offered on health insurance exchanges do not cover abortions ineligible for federal funding. (Sec. 202) A qualified health plan's coverage of abortion must be disclosed to enrollees at the time of enrollment and must be prominently displayed in marketing materials, comparison tools, or any summary of benefits and coverage made available by the plan issuer, a health insurance exchange, or the Department of Health and Human Services. The amount of a plan's premium that is attributable to coverage of abortions ineligible for federal funding must be disclosed in material where the premium is disclosed.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 179 (Roll no. 45). (text: CR H494-495)
HousePassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 242 - 179 (Roll no. 45).(text: CR H494-495)
HouseOn motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 177 - 240 (Roll no. 44).
HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H510)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Moore motion to recommit with instructions, pending reservation of a point order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment to clarify that no one is permitted to violate the medical privacy of any woman, including victims of rape and incest, with respect to her choice of or use of comprehensive health insurance coverage. Subsequently, the reservation of a point of order was withdrawn.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681 Support regulations as they relate to children in foster care; offer a few suggestions to strengthen. Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439 Support HR 1286 / S 631 Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Support S. 1012
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule Support the restoration of monies to AIDS programs Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire moreSupport an agreement that would enable Canadian drug company Biolyse to manufacture a more affordable generic version of cancer drug enzalutamide for export and sale in low- and middle-income countries physical activity. Support shared use of school grounds, parks, gymnasiums and other physical activity spaces beyond normal business hours for public use Oppose repeal of Affordable Care Act without an adequate replacement.
2016 · fourth_quarter · Religion
H.R.3762, Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 Support for Senator James Landfords Initiative to Oppose the Presidents Mandate for Transgender Bathrooms in Schools Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
H.R.3762, Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 James Landfords Initiative to Oppose the Presidents Mandate for Transgender Bathrooms in Schools H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) S.1668. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Sen. Graham; anti-online gambling) H.R.707. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Rep. Chaffetz); anti-online gambling) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Opposition to federal tax dollars for abortion. Federal funding for pro-marriage and pro-family initiatives. Social Security reform Increasing abstinence education funding
2016 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2650. The Rescue Act (Rep. Price) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Ms. Moore moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on the Judiciary. (consideration: CR H509-510; text: CR H509)
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H509)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 42. (consideration: CR H494-511)
Rule H. Res. 42 passed House.
Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Discharged.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 42 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, 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
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
| Referred to |
| January 21, 2015 |
| Republican |
| WA |
| Cynthia M. Lummis | Republican | WY |
| Daniel Lipinski | Democratic | IL |
| Diane Black | Republican | TN |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | FL |
| Jackie Walorski | Republican | IN |
| John A. Boehner | Republican | OH |
| John Abney Culberson | Republican | TX |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | Republican | TN |
| Joseph R. Pitts | Republican | PA |
| Kevin McCarthy | Republican | CA |
| Lynn Jenkins | Republican | KS |
| Marsha Blackburn | Republican | TN |
| Martha Roby | Republican | AL |
| Mimi Walters | Republican | CA |
| Patrick T. McHenry | Republican | NC |
| Pete Sessions | Republican | TX |
| Ralph Lee Abraham | Republican | LA |
| Renee L. Ellmers | Republican | NC |
| Rodney Davis | Republican | IL |
| Sam Graves | Republican | MO |
| Steve Scalise | Republican | LA |
| Ted Poe | Republican | TX |
| Thomas Massie | Republican | KY |
| Vicky Hartzler | Republican | MO |
| Virginia Foxx | Republican | NC |
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, as approved by the House of Representatives May 13, 2015, and the Senate companion bill, S. 1553. Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 582), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 22, 2015, 242-179), and renewed consideration of this legislation early in the 115th Congress. Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R. 803, S. 404) 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 Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515, Smith), including letter to House members dated February 12, 2016, encouraging cosponsorship. Contacts in support of Senate companion bill, S. 3306, introduced by Sen. Lankford on September 8, 2016, including letters to senators dated Sept. 13 and Sept. 22, 2016. Contacts in support of renewed consideration of this legislation in the 115th Congress. Contacts expressing nonsupport for H.R. 426, H.R. 816, and S. 2464, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 448, S. 217), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 2972), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans." Contacts in opposition to Murray Amendment to Military Construction/VA appropriations bill (S. 2806) to mandate funding by Veterans Administration of certain procedures destructive of human embryos, in the form adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 14, 2016, subsequently modified in conference committee. Contacts regarding contours of Zika virus response package, ultimately incorporated with VA appropriations into H.R. 2577; no position on conference report on H.R. 2577. Contacts regarding contours of Zika-related provisions of successor legislation, H.R. 5325, a continuing resolution extending to December 9, 2016; no position on H.R. 5325 as passed by the Senate and House on Sept. 28, 2016, and signed into law on Sept. 29, 2016. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504, Franks), passed by the House Sept. 18, 2015, and in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2066 (Sasse). Contacts in support of renewed consideration of this legislation in the 115th Congress. Contacts in support of actions by Members of Congress to call attention to refusal of DHHS to enforce the Weldon Amendment (prohibiting any level of government that receives DHHS funds from forcing participating in abortion) in the face of California's 2014 abortion-coverage mandate. Contacts related to objections by various members of Congress to June 21, 2016, letters issued by the DHHS Office of Civil Rights, amounting to refusal to enfore the Weldon Amendment. Contacts in support of the Conscience Protection Act (H.R. 4828, Fleming), to create a private cause of action for victims of government-based discrimination for non-participation in abortion, passed by the House within the shell of S. 304 on July 13, 2016, including letter to House dated July 11, 2016. Contacts in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2927 (Lankford). Contacts in support of renewed consideration of this legislation in the 115th Congress. Contacts in opposition to rule proposed by DHHS (81 FR 61639) on Sept. 7, 2016, to further restrict the rights of states to direct funds under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. Contacts in support of nullification of this rule through the mechanisms provided by the Congressional Review Act in the 115th Congress. Consultations regarding potential future nominations for various positions within the Department of Health and Human Services (none submitted during this reporting period). Communications in support of adding certain abortion-related pro-life provisions to FY 2017 appropriations bills, including prohibition on coverage of abortion in Obamacare multi-state plans in Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5485) (Harris), conscience protections for health care providers and defunding of Planned Parenthood in HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 5926), limitations on funding of abortion-promoting groups in State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (H.R. 5912), and prohibition on funding of elective abortions for ICE detainees on Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5634) (Aderholt)(adopted by House Appropriations Committee on June 22, 2016). Contacts in support of original language of amendment to HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 5926) to restrict funding of embryo-destructive procedures (Harris); contacts expressing non-support for the language as adopted by House Appropriations Committee on July 13, 2016. Consultations regarding contemplated amendments dealing with restrictions on compensation for fetal tissue (not offered). Contacts expressing qualified support for S. 217 (Casey), to codify Hyde Amendment. No legislative action occurred on this measure. Contacts expressing support for addition of language to prevent subsidies for abortion and other pro-life components in proposed legislation to revise laws dealing with health benefits for Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 6037 and draft legislation in Senate). Consultations regarding draft language to endorse World Prematurity Day (no position on the draft language).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.217/H.R.448, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, in support of ensuring access to reproductive health care; H.R.7, No Taxpayers Funding for Abortion & Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, in opposition to restricting access abortion services; H.R.532, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015, in support of parental leave and flexible workplace policies for federal employees; H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, in opposition to legislative actions that prevent a woman's access to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services; S.358/H.R.742, Access to Contraception for Women Service Members and Dependents Act, in support of women members of the Armed Forces and families having access to reproductive health services; S.1881/H.R.3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in opposition to prohibiting federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; S. 304/H.R. 4828, Conscience Protection Act, in support of equal access to women's reproductive health care.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Support for Senator James Landfords Initiative to Oppose the Presidents Mandate for Transgender Bathrooms in Schools H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) S.1668. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Sen. Graham; anti-online gambling) H.R.707. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Rep. Chaffetz); anti-online gambling) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Opposition to federal tax dollars for abortion. Federal funding for pro-marriage and pro-family initiatives. Social Security reform Increasing abstinence education funding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Religion
Support for Senator James Landfords Initiative to Oppose the Presidents Mandate for Transgender Bathrooms in Schools Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2650. The Rescue Act (Rep. Price) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.217/H.R.448, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, in support of ensuring access to reproductive health care; H.R.7, No Taxpayers Funding for Abortion & Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, in opposition to restricting access abortion services; H.R.532, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015, in support of parental leave and flexible workplace policies for federal employees; S.30/H.R.30, Save American Workers Act of 2015, in opposition to repealing the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee; H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, in opposition to legislative actions that prevent a woman's access to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services; S.1881/H.R.3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in opposition to prohibiting federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; S. 304/H.R. 4828, Conscience Protection Act, in support of equal access to women's reproductive health care.
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule Support the restoration of monies to AIDS programs Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire more physical activity.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681 Support regulations as they relate to children in foster care; offer a few suggestions to strengthen. Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, as approved by the House of Representatives May 13, 2015, and the Senate companion bill, S. 1553. Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 582), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 22, 2015, 242-179). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R. 803, S. 404) 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 Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515, Smith), including letter to House members dated February 12, 2016, encouraging cosponsorship. Contacts in support of Senate companion bill, S. 3306, introduced by Sen. Lankford on September 8, 2016, including letters to senators dated Sept. 13 and Sept. 22, 2016. Contacts expressing nonsupport for H.R. 426, H.R. 816, and S. 2464, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 448, S. 217), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 2972), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans." Contacts in opposition to Murray Amendment to Military Construction/VA appropriations bill (S. 2806) to mandate funding by Veterans Administration of certain procedures destructive of human embryos, in the form adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 14, 2016, subsequently modified in conference committee. Contacts regarding contours of Zika virus response package, ultimately incorporated with VA appropriations into H.R. 2577; no position on conference report on H.R. 2577. Contacts regarding contours of Zika-related provisions of successor legislation, H.R. 5325, a continuing resolution extending to December 9, 2016; no position on H.R. 5325 as passed by the Senate and House on Sept. 28, 2016, and signed into law on Sept. 29, 2016. Contacts in opposition to action on nominations of Mary Wakefield as DHHS deputy secretary and Karen DeSalvo as DHHS assistant secretary for health; the Senate acted on neither nomination during this reporting period. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504, Franks), passed by the House Sept. 18, 2015, and in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2066 (Sasse). Contacts in support of actions by Members of Congress to call attention to refusal of DHHS to enforce the Weldon Amendment (prohibiting any level of government that receives DHHS funds from forcing participating in abortion) in the face of California's 2014 abortion-coverage mandate. Contacts related to objections by various members of Congress to June 21, 2016, letters issued by the DHHS Office of Civil Rights, amounting to refusal to enfore the Weldon Amendment. Contacts in support of the Conscience Protection Act(H.R. 4828, Fleming), to create a private cause of action for victims of government-based discrimination for non-participation in abortion, passed by the House within the shell of S. 304 on July 13, 2016, including letter to House dated July 11, 2016. Contacts in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2927 (Lankford). Contacts in opposition to rule proposed by DHHS (81 FR 61639) on Sept. 7, 2016, to further restrict the rights of states to direct funds under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. Communications in support of adding certain abortion-related pro-life provisions to FY 2017 appropriations bills, including prohibition on coverage of abortion in Obamacare multi-state plans in Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5485) (Harris), conscience protections for health care providers and defunding of Planned Parenthood in HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 5926), limitations on funding of abortion-promoting groups in State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (H.R. 5912), and prohibition on funding of elective abortions for ICE detainees on Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5634) (Aderholt)(adopted by House Appropriations Committee on June 22, 2016). Contacts in support of original language of amendment to HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 5926) to restrict funding of embryo-destructive procedures (Harris); contacts expressing non-support for the language as adopted by House Appropriations Committee on July 13, 2016. Consultations regarding contemplated amendments dealing with restrictions on compensation for fetal tissue (not offered). Contacts in opposition to Grayson Amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill(H.R. 5485), to remove limitation on inclusion of elective abortion coverage in FEHBP plans; amendment rejected by House on July 7, 2016. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 4924), to provide certain criminal penalties and civil remedies to prevent sex-based and race-based abortions, subject of a hearing in House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee, April 14, 2016. Contacts expressing qualified support for S. 217 (Casey), to codify Hyde Amendment.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA Oppose proposed CMS Meaningful Use rule Support the restoration of monies to AIDS programs Support investing $120 million per year into CDC directed data collection and programs to inspire more physical activity.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681 Support regulations as they relate to children in foster care; offer a few suggestions to strengthen. Support an expansion of the EITC to low wage adults not raising children. Support S. 786 / H.R. 1439
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2650. The Rescue Act (Rep. Price) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
H.R.Res.494, a resolution with articles of impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) S.1668. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Sen. Graham; anti-online gambling) H.R.707. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Rep. Chaffetz); anti-online gambling) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Opposition to federal tax dollars for abortion. Federal funding for pro-marriage and pro-family initiatives. Social Security reform Increasing abstinence education funding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Religion
H.R.Res.494, a resolution with articles of impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762 Oppose Price motion to concur with Senate amendments to HR 3762 Support the Health Equity and Accountability Act Support treating the drug problem as a health issue sUPPORT hr 2014 / s 1078 Support HHS proposed rule on Section 1557 of the ACA
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406 Support HR 4681
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.217/H.R.448, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, in support of ensuring access to reproductive health care; H.R.7, No Taxpayers Funding for Abortion & Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, in opposition to restricting access abortion services; H.R.532, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015, in support of parental leave and flexible workplace policies for federal employees; S.30/H.R.30, Save American Workers Act of 2015, in opposition to repealing the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee; H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, in opposition to legislative actions that prevent a woman's access to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services; S.358/H.R.742, Access to Contraception for Women Service Members and Dependents Act, in support of women members of the Armed Forces and families having access to reproductive health services; S.1881/H.R.3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in opposition to prohibiting federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, as approved by the House of Representatives May 13, 2015, and the Senate companion bill, S. 1553. Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 582), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 22, 2015, 242-179). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R. 803, S. 404) 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 Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515, Smith), including letter to House members dated February 12, 2016, encouraging cosponsorship, and contacts in support of possible Senate companion bill (not introduced during Second Quarter). Contacts expressing nonsupport for H.R. 426, H.R. 816, and S. 2464, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 448, S. 217), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 2972), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans." Contacts in opposition to Murray Amendment to Military Construction/VA appropriations bill (S. 2806) to mandate funding by Veterans Administration of certain procedures destructive of human embryos, in the form adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 14, 2016, subsequently modified in conference committee. Contacts regarding contours of Zika virus response package, ultimately incorporated with VA appropriations into H.R. 2577; no position on conference report. Contacts pertaining to alternative VA benefits bill, H.R. 4892 (Miller), no position. Contacts regarding nominations of Mary Wakefield as DHHS deputy secretary and Karen DeSalvo as DHHS assistant secretary for health; opposed to confirmation at this time. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504, Franks), passed by the House Sept. 18, 2015, and in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2066 (Sasse). Contacts offering advice on possible productive lines of investigation within the purview of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives (House Energy & Commerce Committee). Contacts in support of actions by Members of Congress to call attention to refusal of DHHS to enforce the Weldon Amendment (prohibiting any level of government that receives DHHS funds from forcing participating in abortion) in the face of California's 2014 abortion-coverage mandate. Contacts related to objections by various members of Congress to June 21, 2016, letters issued by the DHHS Office of Civil Rights, amounting to refusal to enfore the Weldon Amendment. Contacts in support of the Conscience Protection Act(H.R. 4828, Fleming), to create a private cause of action for victims of government-based discrimination for non-participation in abortion, passed by the House within the shell of S. 304 on July 13, 2016. Contacts in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2927 (Lankford). Communications regarding S. 553 (Corker),"End Slavery Initiative." No position on draft legislation under consideration March 3, 2016; reserve right to support possible abortion-related floor amendments; reserve right to reassess non-position if substantial changes occur subsequent to text reviewed March 3, 2016. Communications in support of adding certain abortion-related pro-life provisions to FY 2017 appropriations bills, including prohibition on coverage of abortion in Obamacare multi-state plans in Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5485) (Harris), conscience protections for health care providers and defunding of Planned Parenthood in HHS appropriations bill (unnumbered), limitations on funding of embryo-destructive procedures on HHS appropriations bill (Harris, adopted by House Appropriations Committee on July 13, 2016), limitations on funding of abortion-promoting groups in State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (unnumbered), and prohibition on funding of elective abortions for ICE detainees on Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5634) (Aderholt)(adopted by House Appropriations Committee on June 22, 2016). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 4924), to provide certain criminal penalties and civil remedies to prevent sex-based and race-based abortions, subject of a hearing in House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee, April 14, 2016. Contacts in opposition to Speier amendment to H.R. 4909, defense authorization bill, to repeal prohibition on use of U.S. military facilities for elective abortion (filed at House Rules Committee but not made in order).
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2650. The Rescue Act (Rep. Price) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
H.R.Res.494, a resolution with articles of impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) S.1668. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Sen. Graham; anti-online gambling) H.R.707. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Rep. Chaffetz); anti-online gambling) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Opposition to federal tax dollars for abortion. Federal funding for pro-marriage and pro-family initiatives. Social Security reform Increasing abstinence education funding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Religion
H.R.Res.494, a resolution with articles of impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.217/H.R.448, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, in support of ensuring access to reproductive health care; H.R.7, No Taxpayers Funding for Abortion & Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, in opposition to restricting access abortion services; H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, in opposition to legislative actions that prevent a woman's access to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services; S.358/H.R.742, Access to Contraception for Women Service Members and Dependents Act, in support of women members of the Armed Forces and families having access to reproductive health services; S.1881/H.R.3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in opposition to prohibiting federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America; S.355/H.R.453, Teach Safe Relationships Act of 2015/Healthy Relationships Act of 2015, in support of safe relationship behavior education; H.R. 2101, Research for All Act, in support of women's inclusion in medical research.
Client expense: $51,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, as approved by the House of Representatives May 13, 2015, and the Senate companion bill, S. 1553. Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 582), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 22, 2015, 242-179). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R. 803, S. 404) 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 Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515, Smith), including letter to House members dated February 12, 2016, encouraging cosponsorship, and contacts in support of possible Senate companion bill (not introduced during First Quarter). Contacts expressing nonsupport for H.R. 426, H.R. 816, and S. 2464, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 448, S. 217), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 2972), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans." Contacts in opposition to H.R. 2257 (Rep. Jeff Miller) and S. 469 (Murray); in the forms introduced; these bills would require the Veterans Administration to provide certain services involving the creation, manipulation, and freezing of human embryos; contacts regarding possible revisions to the legislation. Contacts regarding nominations of Mary Wakefield as DHHS deputy secretary and Karen DeSalvo as DHHS assistant secretary for health; opposed to confirmation at this time. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504, Franks), passed by the House Sept. 18, 2015, and in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2066 (Sasse). Contacts offering advice on possible productive lines of investigation within the purview of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives (House Energy & Commerce Committee). Contacts in support of concurrence in Senate amendments to H.R. 3762, the Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act (AKA "pro-life budget reconciliation bill"), based on provisions to defund Planned Parenthood and to repeal certain provisions of Obamacare, including the program that provides subsidies to about 1,000 private health plans that cover elective abortion. (House concurred Jan. 6, 2016, 240-181.) Contacts in support of attempt to override the President's veto (which attempt fell short of constitutionally required supermajority, 241-186, Feb. 2, 2016). Communication regarding S. 1438, "Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Consistent Contraception Act" (Ayotte) (no position). Communication regarding S. 2689 (Kirk) (companion H.R. 4762, Coffman), "REGROW Act" (no position). Contacts in support of H.R. 4536 (Tiberi), "Protecting the Dignity of Unborn Children Act" (creates federal crime for disposal of abortion victims in navigable waters or landfills). Contacts in support of actions by Members of Congress to call attention to refusal of DHHS to enforce the Weldon Amendment (prohibiting any level of government that receives DHHS funds from forcing participating in abortion) in the face of California's 2014 abortion-coverage mandate. Contacts in support of H.R. 4828 (Fleming-Hartzler), "Conscience Protection Act," and S. 50, "Abortion Nondiscrimination Act," to strengthen federal protections for health-care providers who do not wish to participate in providing abortions. Communications regarding S. 553 (Corker),"End Slavery Initiative." No position on draft legislation under consideration March 3, 2016; reserve right to support possible abortion-related floor amendments; reserve right to reassess non-position if substantial changes occur subsequent to text reviewed March 3, 2016. Communications in support of abortion-related pro-life provisions to FY 2017 appropriations bills, including prohibition on coverage of abortion in Obamacare multi-state plans in Financial Services appropriations bill (Harris), conscience protections for health care providers and defunding of Planned Parenthood in HHS appropriations bill, and limitations on funding of abortion-promoting groups in Foreign Operations appropriations bill. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 4924), to provide certain criminal penalties and civil remedies to prevent sex-based and race-based abortions.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Support continued funding in FY2016 to the National Center for Environmental Healths Healthy Community Design Initiative (HCDI) at its current level of $2.8 million. Support Andy Slavitt to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oppose HR 2646 Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Specifically, $129,325,000 for the DOL International Affairs Labor Bureau; $5,000,000 for the DOL / Department of Wage and Hour / Services and Benefits for Victims of Trafficking; $32,000,000 for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families; $2,500, for the HHS / Administration for Children and Families / The National Human Trafficking Resource Center; $165,000,000 for the HHS / Administration of Children and Families / Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; $85,000,000for the Department of Education / McKinney - Vento Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program; $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Oppose increasing cost sharing for beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D program. Support the final regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) be finalized as quickly as possible and with strong protections addressing the serious issues of discrimination that we know affect members of marginalized communities, such as racial and ethnic minorities; women; people with disabilities; immigrants; people whose primary language is not English; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals. Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Oppose HR 3762. Oppose veto override of HR 3762
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration. Support HR 4681 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support H.R. 3406
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Religion
Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Opposition to Fiscal Year 2016 Budget: H.R. 1314 (Trade Act of 2015) in the House and the Senate (included funding for Planned Parenthood) H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) S.1668. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Sen. Graham; anti-online gambling) H.R.707. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Rep. Chaffetz); anti-online gambling) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Opposition to federal tax dollars for abortion. Federal funding for pro-marriage and pro-family initiatives. Social Security reform Increasing abstinence education funding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2650. The Rescue Act (Rep. Price) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 217/ S 51 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S 50 - Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 220 - The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 - Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 48 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA): entire bill HR 803/S 404 - Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 7/S 582 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill HR 489 - Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 36/S 1553 - Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 448/S 217 - Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR.3134/S 1836 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act HR 3301/S 1861/S 1881 - A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. H Res 461 - Establishing a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Client expense: $10,700 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 426 - Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 217/ S 51 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S 201 - Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 50 - Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 78 - Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S 219 - Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S 220 - The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 - Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 48 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA): entire bill HR 803/S 404 - Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 816 - Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 463 - PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill HR 7/S 582 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill HR 489 - Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 36/S 1553 - Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 311 - Adoption Promotion Act: entire bill HR 1696 - Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill HR 448/S 217 - Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill FY 2016 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (entire bill) The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill Abstinence Education Reallocation Act: entire bill HR 1706 - Real Education for Healthy Youth Act: entire bill Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act: entire bill HR 281 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill HR 742/S 358 - Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act: entire bill HR 492 - Ultrasound Informed Consent Act: entire bill HR 610 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to audit States to determine if such States used Medicaid funds in violation of the Hyde Amendment and other Federal prohibitions on funding for abortions, and for other purposes: entire bill S 466 - Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act: entire bill HR 1209/S 628 - Improving Access to Maternity Care Act: entire bill HR 3652/S 674 - 21st Century Womens Health Act: entire bill HR 932/S 497 - Healthy Families Act: entire bill HR 2761 - Sanctity of Life Act: entire bill HR 2026 - SUPPORT Act: entire bill HR 2449/S 1382 - Every Child Deserves a Family Act: entire bill HR 532 - Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: entire bill HR 2818 - Protecting Adoption Act: entire bill HR 2721 - Pathways Out of Poverty Act: entire bill HR 2972 - the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015 HR.3134/S 1836 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act HR 3197 - Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act HR 3301/S 1861/S 1881 - A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. HR 3215 - End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act S 1877 - A bill to require the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Planned Parenthood, and for other purposeS HR 3245 - GRACE Act H Res 399 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. HR 3504/S 2066 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act HR 3515 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit dismemberment abortions, and for other purposes. HR 3494 - Protecting Infants Born Alive Act Protecting Infants from Partial Birth Abortion Act HR 3378 - To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services. HR 3486 - RISE Out of Poverty Act HR 938/S 1299 - Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization HR 3762 - Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act H.R.3495/S 2159 - Women's Public Health and Safety Act H Res 510/S Res 312 - Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 8, 2015, as "National Pregnancy Center Week" to recognize the vital role that pregnancy care and resource centers play in saving lives and serving women and men faced with difficult pregnancy decisions. H Res 461 - Establishing a Select Investigative Panel of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
Client expense: $42,941 · 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.217/H.R.448, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, in support of ensuring access to reproductive health care; H.R.7, No Taxpayers Funding for Abortion & Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, in opposition to restricting access abortion services; H.R.532, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2015, in support of parental leave and flexible workplace policies for federal employees; S.30/H.R.30, Save American Workers Act of 2015, in opposition to repealing the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee; H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, in opposition to legislative actions that prevent a woman's access to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services; S.358/H.R.742, Access to Contraception for Women Service Members and Dependents Act, in support of women members of the Armed Forces and families having access to reproductive health services; S.1881/H.R.3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in opposition to prohibiting federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, as approved by the House of Representatives May 13, 2015, and the Senate companion bill, S. 1553, introduced by Senator Graham (R-SC) on June 11, 2015. Senate motion to proceed to H.R. 36 (cloture failed, September 22, 2015. Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 582), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 22, 2015, 242-179). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R. 803, S. 404) 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 (H.R. 940, Black, S. 1919, Lankford), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, and 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 inclusion of parallel language in FY 2016 Labor-HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 3020). Amendment to strike those provisions was rejected by the House Appropriations Committee on June 24, 2015, and the bill reported out. Components of the conscience-protection legislation were introduced in the Senate as the Abortion Nondiscrimination Act (ANDA, S. 50), also supported. Contacts in support of retention of pro-life limitations in Senate version of HHS appropriations bill, S. 1695. Contacts in support of inclusion of Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA) provisions in H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (not included). Contacts in support of Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515, Smith) and possible Senate companion bill (not introduced during Fourth Quarter). On FY 2016 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2995, S. 1910). Contacts in support of Harris Amendment, to prohibit 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; amendment adopted by House Appropriations Committee on June 17, 2015. Contacts in support of retention of the "Smith Amendment" (Sections 613-614) to prohibit OPM from paying administrative expenses connected with any FEHB health plan that covers elective abortion. Contacts in support of retention of "D.C. Hyde Amendment" (Section 810), to prohibit use of appropriated funds for abortion by the local government of the District of Columbia, with certain exceptions. The FY 2016 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2995) approved by the House Appropriations Committee June 17, 2015, contained these three provisions; the second and third were carried over into H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. H.R. 2995 also contained the Palazzo Amendment, supported, to prevent use of appropriated funds by the local government of the District of Columbia to enforce the "Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act," as reported under DOC; this provision was not carried over into H.R. 2029. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 426 and H.R. 816, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises, and nonsupport for possible draft Senate companion bill. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 448, S. 217), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to "EACH Woman Act" (H.R. 2972), a bill to mandate coverage of abortion without limitation in Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, and other federally funded health insurance program, to nullify the laws in effect in about half of the states that restrict coverage of abortion in health plans sold on the Obamacare exchanges, and to nullify all other state laws or policies that "inhibit insurance coverage of abortion by private health plans." Contacts in opposition to H.R. 2257 (Rep. Jeff Miller) and S. 469 (Murray), in the forms introduced; these bills would require the Veterans Administration to provide certain services involving the creation, manipulation, and freezing of human embryos; contacts regarding possible revisions to the legislation. Contacts regarding clarifying revisions recommend to H.R. 1356 (gender-specific services by VA). Contacts in support of H.R. 3495 (Duffy), to increase state flexibility to exclude certain abortion providers from Medicaid (passed by the House on Sept. 29. 2015), and Senate companion bill S. 2159 (Vitter). Contacts in support of inclusion of this provision in H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (not included). Contacts pertaining to H.R. 3171 (Sensenbrenner), to make certain amendments to current law governing certain federally funded research involving fetal tissue (non-support), and H.R. 3729 (Sensenbrenner) to limit permissible sources of fetal tissue for federally funded research (under review). Responses to inquiries regarding possible revisions to 42 USC Sec. 289g-1 and 289g-2, including H.R. 3429 (Yoder)(legislation to tighten definition of "valuable consideration" in 289g-2, qualified support). Contacts regarding possible legislation to tighten requirements regarding altering method of abortion and consent pertaining to harvesting of baby body parts (qualified support). Contacts regarding nomination of Karen DeSalvo as DHHS Assistant Secretary for Health; opposed to confirmation at this time. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504, Franks), passed by the House Sept. 18, 2015, and in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2066 (Sasse). Contacts received regarding provisions of H.R. 2029, and freestanding bill HR 3920, pertaining to drug ESSURE (no position). Contacts regarding H. Res. 461 (Foxx), to establish a Select Panel attached to House Energy and Commerce Committee to investigate certain aspects of abortion industry practice, including body-parts harvesting, live-born infants, and related issues (support), and potential appointments to that panel. H.Res. 461 approved by House October 7, 2015. Contacts in support of "Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015," H.R. 3134 and S. 1836. Contacts in support of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Act (budget reconciliation bill), including provision to block most federal funding to Planned Parenthood for one year, including contacts in support of Rule providing for consideration of the bill in the House and House passage on October 23, 2015. Contacts in support of inclusion of similar language in the Senate substitute amendment, and addition of provisions to repeal certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act, including the tax credit program that subsidizes about 1,000 health plans that cover elective abortion. Contacts in opposition to the Collins Amendment to remove the defund-Planned Parenthood provision, and in opposition to the Murray Amendment to replace that provision with a new $1 billion authorization for a fund for which only elective-abortion providers would be eligible (both amendments were rejected). Contacts regarding amendments filed pertaining to Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances statute; no position (amendments did not come to vote). Contacts in support of passage of the bill in the Senate (bill passed Dec. 3, 2015).
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) Drug Trials Snapshots, an initiative to implement one of the steps in the FDA Action Plan to Enhance the Collection and Availability of Demographic Subgroup Data. Support restoring DACA/DAPA eligibility for the Affordable Care Acts affordability credits. Support four years of renewed funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Support the restoration of funding for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. Support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as it prepares to finalize the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2016 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and 2016 Call Letter, move forward with meaningfully addressing the intersection of quality improvement initiatives and health equity. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support Congressional action on the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, health care extenders, and an extension of funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support HHS enforcing new requirements which include new transparency provisions and exceptions processes along with adequate drug coverage and standards with which to guard against discriminatory practices such as high patient cost-sharing and excessive use of prior authorization and other medical management techniques. Support steps to increase sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) data collection in Electronic Health Records Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support the re-definition by the FDA in its draft guidance for the Rare Pediatric Priority Review Voucher Program defines pediatric to include those suffering from sickle cell anemia. Support inclusion of obesity among Medicare beneficiaries suffering from chronic conditions during consideration of the full Finance Committee chronic care working group Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood / Oppose S. 1881 Support maintained funding in the House bill and the $5 million increase in the Senate bill for the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Requests $170.3 million for the Division of Viral Hepatitis at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Presidents proposed FY 2017 budget and continue pursuing the ban on the use of federal funds for syringe exchange programs and allowing the use of local funds for syringe exchange programs in the District of Columbia, and urge that he continue this in the FY2017 budget. Oppose HR 2646 Support that HHS administers this Section 1557 of the ACA through robust implementation and enforcement mechanisms, and this must be reflected in the final regulations that HHS promulgates. Oppose Carter and Yoho amendments to H.R. 3763 / Support the Transportation Alternatives Program
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support, for FY 16, - Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program Support, in the President's budget proposal for FY 17, Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program - Additional $400 million for McKinney-Vento HUD Homeless Assistance programs, of which $150 million be directed to serving homeless youth - Additional $40 million for 10 community demonstration projects to provide comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth. - Clarifying language that all children, youth and families in vulnerable and unsafe situations should be eligible for HUD homeless assistance and waived from being required to provide third-part documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuum of Care funds. Support, in FY16, - $300 million in additional funding for HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs in line with the President's request. - $33 million for a pilot to implement comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth in up to 10 communities, including at least four in rural communities. - Require HUD to incorporate additional Federal data on youth homelessness into the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) that HUD submits to Congress. - Provide $2 million to fund the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics study authorized in the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. This money should be directed to HHS to conduct this critical research. - Clarify that youth 24 and under would be waived from being required to provide third-party documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuums of Care funds and that unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth-serving providers funded under this heading. - Require HUD, in awarding grants with homeless assistance funds to ensure that incentives created through the application process fairly balance priorities for different populations, including youth, families, veterans, and people experiencing chronic homelessness. - Add HUD as a partner with the other Federal agencies participating in the P3 initiative serving disconnected youth through innovative, cost-effective, and outcome-focused strategies. - Provide $20 million for new FUP vouchers to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) targeted to youth in partnership with local child welfare agencies to further improve the program and reduce the incidence of youth homelessness. Support S. 786/H.R. 1439 Support proposed rule rules to modernize the federal child support system, and to break the link between unaffordable child support orders/arrears and mass incarceration.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Religion
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2802. First Amendment Defense Act (Rep. Labrador) S.1598. First Amendment Defense Act (Sen. Lee) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) S.1668. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Sen. Graham; anti-online gambling) H.R.707. Restoration of Americas Wire Act (Rep. Chaffetz); anti-online gambling) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Opposition to federal tax dollars for abortion. Federal funding for pro-marriage and pro-family initiatives. Social Security reform Increasing abstinence education funding
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.3762, Reconciliation bill with no funding for Planned Parenthood and funding cuts for Obamacare. Opposition to Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 with $85 BILLION in spending increases. S.2182, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2015 H.R.2650. The Rescue Act (Rep. Price) S.1881. Defund Planned Parenthood Act (Sen. Ernst) H.R.3134. The Defunding of Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) H.R.3301. Prohibit funding for Planned Parenthood (Rep. Jolly) H.R.3197. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act of 2015 (Rep. Black) S.177. ObamaCare Repeal Act (Sen. Cruz) H.R.2300. Empowering Patients First Act (Rep. Tom Price) H.R.36. Pain-Capable Child Protection Act (Rep. Franks) S.158. Employee Health Care Protection Act (Sen. Cassidy) H.R.7. - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 (Reps. Chris Smith/Lipinski) H.R.940. Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (Rep. Black) S.404. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Sen. Rubio) H.R.803. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)/(Rep. Ros-Lehtinen) S.51. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Sen. Vitter) H.R.217. Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (Rep. Black) S.48. Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter) Abortion Non-Discrimination Act of 2015 (Sen. Vitter)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $9,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Support the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) Drug Trials Snapshots, an initiative to implement one of the steps in the FDA Action Plan to Enhance the Collection and Availability of Demographic Subgroup Data. Support restoring DACA/DAPA eligibility for the Affordable Care Acts affordability credits. Support four years of renewed funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Support the restoration of funding for the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. Support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as it prepares to finalize the Advance Notice of Methodological Changes for Calendar Year (CY) 2016 for Medicare Advantage (MA) Capitation Rates, Part C and Part D Payment Policies and 2016 Call Letter, move forward with meaningfully addressing the intersection of quality improvement initiatives and health equity. Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund. Support Congressional action on the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, health care extenders, and an extension of funding for the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Support S. 705 Oppose H.R. 596 Support full funding for domestic HIV / AIDS programs Oppose HR 30 Oppose HR 7 Support HR 2 Support efforts to fight childhood obesity Support HR 1974 Support HR 932 / S 497 Support HHS enforcing new requirements which include new transparency provisions and exceptions processes along with adequate drug coverage and standards with which to guard against discriminatory practices such as high patient cost-sharing and excessive use of prior authorization and other medical management techniques. Support steps to increase sexual orientation and gender identity (SO/GI) data collection in Electronic Health Records Support the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Support the re-definition by the FDA in its draft guidance for the Rare Pediatric Priority Review Voucher Program defines pediatric to include those suffering from sickle cell anemia. Support inclusion of obesity among Medicare beneficiaries suffering from chronic conditions during consideration of the full Finance Committee chronic care working group Support H Res 82 Support HR 3285 Support Planned Parenthood / Oppose S. 1881 Support maintained funding in the House bill and the $5 million increase in the Senate bill for the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose HR 7 Support HR 932 / S. 497 Support, for FY 16, - Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program Support, in the President's budget proposal for FY 17, Additional $50 million for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) programs - $2.5 million for the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics of homeless youth in America authorized by RHYA - Additional $50 million for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCYA) Program - Additional $400 million for McKinney-Vento HUD Homeless Assistance programs, of which $150 million be directed to serving homeless youth - Additional $40 million for 10 community demonstration projects to provide comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth. - Clarifying language that all children, youth and families in vulnerable and unsafe situations should be eligible for HUD homeless assistance and waived from being required to provide third-part documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuum of Care funds. Support, in FY16, - $300 million in additional funding for HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Programs in line with the President's request. - $33 million for a pilot to implement comprehensive approaches to serving homeless youth in up to 10 communities, including at least four in rural communities. - Require HUD to incorporate additional Federal data on youth homelessness into the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) that HUD submits to Congress. - Provide $2 million to fund the national prevalence, needs, and characteristics study authorized in the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act. This money should be directed to HHS to conduct this critical research. - Clarify that youth 24 and under would be waived from being required to provide third-party documentation to receive housing and supportive services with Continuums of Care funds and that unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by youth-serving providers funded under this heading. - Require HUD, in awarding grants with homeless assistance funds to ensure that incentives created through the application process fairly balance priorities for different populations, including youth, families, veterans, and people experiencing chronic homelessness. - Add HUD as a partner with the other Federal agencies participating in the P3 initiative serving disconnected youth through innovative, cost-effective, and outcome-focused strategies. - Provide $20 million for new FUP vouchers to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) targeted to youth in partnership with local child welfare agencies to further improve the program and reduce the incidence of youth homelessness. Support S. 786/H.R. 1439
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 217/ S 51 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S 201 - Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 50 - Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 220 - The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 - Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 48 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA): entire bill HR 803/S 404 - Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 7/S 582 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill HR 489 - Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 36/S 1553 - Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 448/S 217 - Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR.3134/S 1836 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act HR 3301/S 1861/S 1881 - A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Client expense: $329,241 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 426 - Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 217/ S 51 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S 201 - Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 50 - Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 78 - Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S 219 - Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S 220 - The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 - Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 48 - Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA): entire bill HR 803/S 404 - Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 816 - Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 463 - PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill HR 7/S 582 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill HR 489 - Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 36/S 1553 - Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 311 - Adoption Promotion Act: entire bill HR 1696 - Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill HR 448/S 217 - Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill FY 2016 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Act (entire bill) The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2016 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill Abstinence Education Reallocation Act: entire bill HR 1706 - Real Education for Healthy Youth Act: entire bill Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act: entire bill HR 281 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill HR 742/S 358 - Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act: entire bill HR 492 - Ultrasound Informed Consent Act: entire bill HR 610 - To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to audit States to determine if such States used Medicaid funds in violation of the Hyde Amendment and other Federal prohibitions on funding for abortions, and for other purposes: entire bill S 466 - Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act: entire bill HR 1209/S 628 - Improving Access to Maternity Care Act: entire bill HR 3652/S 674 - 21st Century Womens Health Act: entire bill HR 932/S 497 - Healthy Families Act: entire bill HR 2761 - Sanctity of Life Act: entire bill HR 2026 - SUPPORT Act: entire bill HR 2449/S 1382 - Every Child Deserves a Family Act: entire bill HR 532 - Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: entire bill HR 2818 - Protecting Adoption Act: entire bill HR 2721 - Pathways Out of Poverty Act: entire bill HR 2972 - the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2015 HR.3134/S 1836 - Defund Planned Parenthood Act HR 3197 - Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act HR 3301/S 1861/S 1881 - A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. HR 3215 - End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act S 1877 - A bill to require the Attorney General to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Planned Parenthood, and for other purposeS HR 3245 - GRACE Act H Res 399 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should consider legislation to protect traditional marriage and prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. HR 3504/S 2066 - Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act HR 3515 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit dismemberment abortions, and for other purposes. HR 3494 - Protecting Infants Born Alive Act Protecting Infants from Partial Birth Abortion Act HR 3378 - To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services. HR 3486 - RISE Out of Poverty Act HR 938/S 1299 - Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act Reauthorization HR 3762 - Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act H.R.3495 - Women's Public Health and Safety Act
Client expense: $278,546 · 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), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2015 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.217/H.R.448, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015, in support of ensuring access to reproductive health care; H.R.7, No Taxpayers Funding for Abortion & Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015, in opposition to restricting access abortion services; S.30/H.R.30, Save American Workers Act of 2015, in opposition to repealing the 30-hour threshold for classification as a full-time employee; H.R.36, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, in opposition to legislative actions that prevent a woman's access to safe, accessible, affordable, and comprehensive family planning and reproductive health services; S.1881/H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in opposition to the removal of federal funds allocated to Planned Parenthood Federation of America; H.R. 3504, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act; in opposition to eliminating access to women's health care services; S.358/H.R.742, Access to Contraception for Women Service Members and Dependents Act, in support of women members of the Armed Forces and families having access to reproductive health services.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Innovation Act (H.R. 9); Patent Reform (H.R. 7); and other issues relating to patent reform
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age, and Franks Substitute Amendment thereto, approved by the House of Representatives May 13, 2015. Contacts in support of the Senate companion bill, S. 1553, introduced by Senator Graham (R-SC) on June 11, 2015. Contacts in support of Senate motion to proceed to H.R. 36 (cloture failed, September 22, 2015). Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 582), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion (passed House January 22, 2015, 242-179). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(H.R. 803, S. 404) 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 (H.R. 940, Black, S. 1919, Lankford), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, and 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 inclusion of parallel language in FY 2016 Labor-HHS appropriations bill (H.R. 3020). Amendment to strike those provisions was rejected by the House Appropriations Committee on June 24, and the bill reported out. Components of the conscience-protection legislation were introduced in the Senate as S. 50, also supported. Contacts in support of retention of pro-life limitations in Senate version of HHS appropriations bill, S. 1695. Contacts in support of Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act (H.R. 3515, Smith) and possible Senate companion bill (not introduced during Third Quarter). On FY 2016 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2995, S. 1910). Contacts in support of Harris Amendment, to prohibit 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; amendment adopted by House Appropriations Committee on June 17, 2015. Contacts in support of retention of the "Smith Amendment" (Sections 613-614) to prohibit OPM from paying administrative expenses connected with any FEHB health plan that covers elective abortion. Contacts in support of retention of "D.C. Hyde Amendment" (Section 810), to prohibit use of appropriated funds for abortion by the local government of the District of Columbia, with certain exceptions. The FY 2016 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2995) approved by the House Appropriations Committee June 17, 2015, contained these three provisions. The bill also contained the Palazzo Amendment, supported, to prevent use of appropriated funds by the local government of the District of Columbia to enforce the "Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act," as reported under DOC. Contacts in support of H.R. 281, the Every Child is a Blessing Act, legislation to curb use of wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action, introduced by Rep. Palazzo. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 426 and H.R. 816, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (S. 48, Vitter)(House companion, Franks, not introduced), to prohibit sex-selection abortions. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 448, S. 217), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts in opposition to H.R. 2257 (Rep. Jeff Miller) and S. 469 (Murray), in the forms introduced; these bills would require the Veterans Administration to provide certain services involving the creation, manipulation, and freezing of human embryos; contacts regarding possible revisions to the legislation. Contacts regarding clarifying revisions recommend to H.R. 1356 (gender-specific services by VA). Contacts advocating inclusion of language in "American Health Care Reform Act" (Rep. Roe) to prevent support for human cloning and other anti-life practices, including protective language included in the bill as introduced (H.R. 2653) on June 4, 2015. Contacts regarding abortion-related aspects of "Care Planning Act of 2015" (S. 1549), introduced by Senators Warner and Isakson. Contacts regarding abortion-related aspects of "Personalize Your Care Act," draft legislation by Reps. Blumenauer and Roe. Contacts in support of various bills to exclude Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and/or certain other abortion providers from receiving certain federal funds, including S. 1881 (Ernst), S. 1861 (Paul), H.R. 3134/S. 1836 (Defund Planned Parenthood Act, Rep. Black, Sen. Lankford), H.R. 3197 (Black), and H. Con. Res. 79 (Roby). Contacts in support of inclusion of related language in reconciliation legislation (not numbered), including letter to House dated Sept. 29, 2015. Contacts pertaining to draft legislation (Ellmers) proposing defunding remedy for entities involved in violations of 18 USC Sec. 1531; nonsupport (not introduced). Contacts pertaining to H.R. 3443 (Ellmers), proposing curb on funding to PPFA from Title X of PHSA only during duration of GAO review; nonsupport. Contacts regarding H.R. 2722 (Maloney), funding of certain breast cancer research; no position. Contacts in support of H.R. 3495 (Duffy), to increase state flexibility to exclude certain abortion providers from Medicaid (passed by the House on Sept. 29. 2015). Contacts in support of inclusion of clarifying language in H.R. 6 (21st Century Cures Act). Contacts pertaining to H.R. 3171 (Sensenbrenner), to make certain amendments to current law governing certain federally funded research involving fetal tissue; non-support. Responses to inquiries regarding possible revisions to 42 USC Sec. 289g-1 and 289g-2, including H.R. 3429 (Yoder)(legislation to tighten definition of "valuable consideration" in 289g-2, qualified support). Contacts regarding nomination of Karen DeSalvo as DHHS Assistant Secretary for Health; opposed to confirmation at this time. Contacts in support of Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504, Franks), passed by the House Sept. 18, 2015, and possible inclusion of such language in continuing resolution. Contacts in support of Senate companion bill, S. 2066 (Sasse). Contacts pertaining to H.R. 3494 (Blackburn), defunding remedy for entities involved in born-alive violations; nonsupport. Contacts regarding H. Res. 461 (Foxx), to establish a Select Panel attached to House Energy and Commerce Committee to investigate Planned Parenthood, fetal tissue use, late abortions and related issues (support), and potential appointments to that panel.
Client expense: $85,770 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Health Insurance Coverage, Genetic Testing (general); Health Disparities (general); Emergency Contraception (general); Health Care Reform Implementation; Drug Dependence (general); HIV Screening (general); Gynecological Cancer; Breast Cancer (general); Breastfeeding (general); Medical Liability Reform (general); Health IT (general); Prematurity (general); Disparities (general); Prevention and Public Health Fund (general); Maternal Mortality (general); Imaging (general); Graduate Medical Education (general); Quality Improvement Measurement (general); Contraception (general); Postpartum Depression (general); CMS Provider Penalties (general); Preeclampsia (general); National Health Service Corps (general); Abortion (general); Indian Health (general); Teaching Health Centers (general); Research in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women (general); H.R. 2866, Healthy MOM Act; CMS Health IT Incentive Program, Meaningful Use Stage 3; H.R. 1974, HEAL for Immigrant Women and Families Act of 2015; S. 466, Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act; S. 1427, Quality Measure Alignment Act of 2015; H.R. 836/S. 884, Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act; H.R. 3658/S. 84, GEDI Act; H.R. 2603/S. 1475, Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act; Pregnancy Discrimination (general); S. 821, BPA in Food Packaging Right to Know Act; H.R. 1209/S.628 Improving Access to Maternity Care Act; H.R. 1462/S.799, Protecting our Infants Act; H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act; Innovation for Healthier Americans; Health Equity and Accountability Act; H.R. 293 Exempt certain transfers of value from reporting requirements under Sunshine Act; H.R. 1375/S. 142, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act; H.R. 3652/S. 674, 21st Century Womens Health Act; H.R.7/S. 582, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015; H.R.36/S. 1553, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 448/S.217, Women's Health Protection Act of 2015; H.R. 865, Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act of 2015; H.R. 2654/S. 1512, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; S. 1532, Affordability is Access Act; H.R. 2191/S. 1170, Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2015; H.R. 1925, To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Ernie Bodai; H.R. 2058, FDA Deeming Authority Clarification Act of 2015; H.R. 3656/S. 2100, Tobacco to 21 Act; H.R. 3441, Accurate Education for Prenatal Screenings Act; H.R. 3339/S. 1926, Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act; H.R. 3235, Bringing Postpartum Depression Out of the Shadows Act; Shackling During Pregnancy (general); H.R. 3134/S. 764, Defund Planned Parenthood Act; H.R. 3504/S. 1603, Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act; H.R. 3495, Womens Public Health and Safety Act; H.R. 3539, Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation; H.R. 3539, Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act; H.R. 2407, School Milk Nutrition Act of 2015.
Client expense: $498,494 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office