Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act

H.R. 1215 (Protecting Access to Care Act); establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits, including limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. S. 808/H.R. 302 (Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act); provides protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State. H.R. 1565 (Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act); establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. H.R. 1704 (ACCESS Act of 2017); affects healthcare lawsuits by limiting liability and capping noneconomic damages, among other measures. H.R. 1118 (Innocent Sellers Fairness Act); limits liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products during the regular course of trade or business. S. 781/H.R. 1876 (Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act); limits the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. S. 1134/H.R. 2437 (Back the Blue Act); alters rules governing criminal and civil rights cases against government entities. H.R. 1103 (Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act); amends title 10, United States Code, to provide for garnishment pursuant to a court order to satisfy a judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child. S. 1693 (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking. H.R. 1865 (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes. H.R. 459 (Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017); provides for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking. S. 1426 (United States Center for Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017); amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to expand the purposes of the corporation, to designate the United States Center for Safe Sport. H.R. 3808 (Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017); preempts New York state law and precludes absolute liability in any action against a property owner or contractor for projects receiving federal financial assistance. General lobbying with regard to preemption of state common law. General lobbying opposing the federalization of tort reform.

Client expense: $1,830,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

H.R. 1215 (Protecting Access to Care Act); establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits, including limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. S. 808/H.R. 302 (Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act); provides protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State. H.R. 1565 (Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act); establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. H.R. 1704 (ACCESS Act of 2017); affects healthcare lawsuits by limiting liability and capping noneconomic damages, among other measures. H.R. 1118 (Innocent Sellers Fairness Act); limits liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products during the regular course of trade or business. S. 781/H.R. 1876 (Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act); limits the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. S. 1134/H.R. 2437 (Back the Blue Act); alters rules governing criminal and civil rights cases against government entities. H.R. 1103 (Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act); amends title 10, United States Code, to provide for garnishment pursuant to a court order to satisfy a judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child. S. 1693 (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking. H.R. 1865 (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes. H.R. 459 (Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017); provides for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking. S. 1426 (United States Center for Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017); amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to expand the purposes of the corporation, to designate the United States Center for Safe Sport. General lobbying with regard to preemption of state common law. General lobbying opposing the federalization of tort reform.

Abolish Human Trafficking Act, S 1311 (includes HERO Act expansion) Allow State and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, HR 1865 Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act, HR 1103 Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA) Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act, HR 2480 Extending Justice For Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017, HR 1034, S 30 Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, HR 2200 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Act expansion, S1517 Intimate Privacy Protection, H.R. 1588 Protect Our Children Reauthorization Act, S 782, HR 1846: Reauthorization for Internet Crimes Against Children Reauthorization Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017, HR 1761 Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017, S 534 Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) Trafficking Victims Protections Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), S 1312 Senate Judiciary Committee DOJ oversight hearing, questions for Attorney General Sessions

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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

H.R. 1215 (Protecting Access to Care Act); establishes provisions governing health care lawsuits, including limiting noneconomic damages to $250,000. S. 808/H.R. 302 (Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act); provides protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State. H.R. 1565 (Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act); establishes a framework for health care liability lawsuits to undergo review by independent medical review panels if health care professionals (practicing physicians or their agents or employees) allege adherence to applicable clinical practice guidelines in the provision of health care goods or services. H.R. 1704 (ACCESS Act of 2017); affects healthcare lawsuits by limiting liability and capping noneconomic damages, among other measures. H.R. 1118 (Innocent Sellers Fairness Act); limits liability for personal injury, monetary loss, or damage to property arising out of an accident or transaction involving a seller's products during the regular course of trade or business. S. 781/H.R. 1876 (Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act); limits the liability of health care professionals who volunteer to provide health care services in response to a disaster. S. 1134/H.R. 2437 (Back the Blue Act); alters rules governing criminal and civil rights cases against government entities. H.R. 1103 (Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act); amends title 10, United States Code, to provide for garnishment pursuant to a court order to satisfy a judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child. S. 1693 (Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of that Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sex trafficking. H.R. 1865 (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017); amends the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify that section 230 of such Act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of Federal and State criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking, and for other purposes. H.R. 459 (Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017); provides for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking. S. 1426 (United States Center for Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017); amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to expand the purposes of the corporation, to designate the United States Center for Safe Sport. General lobbying with regard to preemption of state common law.

Abolish Human Trafficking Act, S 1311 (includes HERO Act expansion) Allow State and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, HR 1865 Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act, HR 1103 Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA) Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act, HR 2480 Extending Justice For Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017, HR 1034, S 30 Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, HR 2200 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Act expansion, S1517 Intimate Privacy Protection, H.R. 1588 Protect Our Children Reauthorization Act, S 782, HR 1846: Reauthorization for Internet Crimes Against Children Reauthorization Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017, HR 1761 Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017, S 534 Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) Trafficking Victims Protections Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), S 1312

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

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

H.R. 985 (Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015); amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from certifying any proposed class unless the party seeking to maintain a class action affirmatively demonstrates through admissible evidentiary proof that each proposed class member suffered an injury of the same type and extent as the injury of the named class representatives. H.R. 725 (Innocent Party Protection Act); amends title 28, United States Code, to affect claims of fraudulent joinder. H.R. 720 (Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act); amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to make sanctions mandatory. S. 951/H.R. 5 (Regulatory Accountability Act); amends the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which is the law that governs how federal agencies propose and establish regulations. S. 21/H.R. 26 (REINS Act); provides that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. S. 34/H.R. 21 (Midnight Rules Relief Act); amends chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules. S. 56 (RED Tape Act of 2017); prohibits a federal agency from issuing a rule that causes a new financial or administrative burden on businesses or people in the United States unless the agency has repealed or amended two or more such existing rules. S. 69 (Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2017); sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations. S. 584/H.R. 33 (Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act); amends chapter 6 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules. H.R. 74 (REVIEW Act of 2017); prohibits a final agency rule from being published or taking effect until the agency submits the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), and the OIRA makes a determination as to whether the rule is a high-impact rule. H.R. 75 (ALERT Act of 2017); amends title 5, united States Code, to provide for the publication, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information relating to rulemakings. H.R. 76 (Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017); modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. H.R. 78 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require new standards to issue new rules and mandating a review of existing regulations. H.R. 978 (Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017); establish an independent advisory committee to review certain regulations. S. 288 (Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2017); requires notice and comment for certain interpretative rules. S. 579 (Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2017); require agencies to publish an advance notice of proposed rule making for major rules. S.119/H.R. 469 (Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017); establishes public notice and comment procedures and motion to intervene standards for civil actions seeking to compel agency action and alleging that an agency is unlawfully withholding or unreasonably delaying an agency action, and for consent decrees or settlement agreements that require agency action, relating to a regulatory action that would affect the rights of: (1) private persons other than the person bringing the action; or (2) a state, local, or tribal government. H.R. 1430 (HONEST Act); prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible. S. 378/H.R. 1033 (Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act); amends titles 5 and 28, United States Code, to require the maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a party. S. 328/H.R. 968 (Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017); enforces the Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of effective counsel at all stages of the adversarial process, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide declaratory and injunctive relief against systemic violations of such right. H.R. 1103 (Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act); amends title 10, United States Code, to provide for garnishment pursuant to a court order to satisfy a judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child. H.R. 459 (Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017); provides for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking. H.R. 620 (ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017); amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to promote compliance through education, to clarify the requirements for demand letters, to provide for a notice and cure period before the commencement of a private civil action. H.R. 1493 (ADA Lawsuit Clarification Act of 2017); amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to impose notice and a compliance opportunity to be provided before commencement of a private civil action. General lobbying with regard to alternative litigation funding. General lobbying with regard to proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence. General lobbying with regard to clarifying state and federal court jurisdiction in certain cases. Lobbying with regard to federal judicial selection generally. General lobbying with regard to settlement disclosures. General lobbying with respect to diversity jurisdiction and potential changes to the jurisdiction rules. General lobbying with regard to the emoluments clause. General lobbying with regard to nominations to executive agencies. General lobbying with regard to regulatory reform. General lobbying with regard to the Congressional Review Act.

Abolish Human Trafficking Act, S 1310 (includes HERO Act expansion) Allow State and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, HR 1865 Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act, HR 1103 Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA) Empowering Law Enforcement to Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act, HR 2480 Extending Justice For Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017, HR 1034, S 30 Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017, HR 2200 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Act expansion, S1517 Intimate Privacy Protection, H.R. 1588 Protect Our Children Reauthorization Act, S 782, HR 1846: Reauthorization for Internet Crimes Against Children Reauthorization Protecting Against Child Exploitation Act of 2017, HR 1761 Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017, S 534 Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) Trafficking Victims Protections Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), S 1311

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

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

H.R. 985 (Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015); amends the federal judicial code to prohibit federal courts from certifying any proposed class unless the party seeking to maintain a class action affirmatively demonstrates through admissible evidentiary proof that each proposed class member suffered an injury of the same type and extent as the injury of the named class representatives. H.R. 725 (Innocent Party Protection Act); amends title 28, United States Code, to affect claims of fraudulent joinder. H.R. 720 (Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act); amends Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to make sanctions mandatory. H.R. 5 (Regulatory Accountability Act); amends the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which is the law that governs how federal agencies propose and establish regulations. S. 21/H.R. 26 (REINS Act); provides that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. S. 34/H.R. 21 (Midnight Rules Relief Act); amends chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules. S. 56 (RED Tape Act of 2017); prohibits a federal agency from issuing a rule that causes a new financial or administrative burden on businesses or people in the United States unless the agency has repealed or amended two or more such existing rules. S. 69 (Regulatory Responsibility for our Economy Act of 2017); sets forth general requirements for the federal regulatory system, including the protection of public health, welfare, safety, and the environment, the promotion of predictability in the regulatory process, and the consideration of benefits and costs of regulations. S. 584/H.R. 33 (Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act); amends chapter 6 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, to ensure complete analysis of potential impacts on small entities of rules. H.R. 74 (REVIEW Act of 2017); prohibits a final agency rule from being published or taking effect until the agency submits the rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), and the OIRA makes a determination as to whether the rule is a high-impact rule. H.R. 75 (ALERT Act of 2017); amends title 5, united States Code, to provide for the publication, by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, of information relating to rulemakings. H.R. 76 (Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2017); modifies the scope of judicial review of agency actions to authorize courts reviewing agency actions to decide de novo (without giving deference to the agency's interpretation) all relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of: (1) constitutional and statutory provisions, and (2) rules made by agencies. H.R. 78 (SEC Regulatory Accountability Act); amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to direct the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to require new standards to issue new rules and mandating a review of existing regulations. H.R. 978 (Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017); establish an independent advisory committee to review certain regulations. H.R. 1430 (HONEST Act); prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible. S. 378/H.R. 1033 (Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act); amends titles 5 and 28, United States Code, to require the maintenance of databases on, awards of fees and other expenses to prevailing parties in certain administrative proceedings and court cases to which the United States is a party. S. 328/H.R. 968 (Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017); enforces the Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of effective counsel at all stages of the adversarial process, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide declaratory and injunctive relief against systemic violations of such right. H.R. 1103 (Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act); amends title 10, United States Code, to provide for garnishment pursuant to a court order to satisfy a judgment against a retired member of the uniformed services for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child. H.R. 459 (Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017); provides for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking. H.R. 620 (ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017); amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to promote compliance through education, to clarify the requirements for demand letters, to provide for a notice and cure period before the commencement of a private civil action. H.R. 1493 (ADA Lawsuit Clarification Act of 2017); amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to impose notice and a compliance opportunity to be provided before commencement of a private civil action. General lobbying with regard to alternative litigation funding. General lobbying with regard to proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence. General lobbying with regard to clarifying state and federal court jurisdiction in certain cases. Lobbying with regard to federal judicial selection generally and with specific regard to the nomination of Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. General lobbying with regard to settlement disclosures. General lobbying with respect to diversity jurisdiction and potential changes to the jurisdiction rules. General lobbying with regard to the emoluments clause. General lobbying with regard to nominations to executive agencies.

Extending Justice For Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017, H.R. 1034, S.30 Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Act expansion Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment Act (CAPTA) Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) Child Abuse Accountability Enhancement Act, H.R.1103 Protect Our Children Reauthorization Act, S.782, H.R. 1846: Reauthorization for Internet Crimes Against Children Reauthorization Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017, H.R. 1865

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

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