PACT Act

H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act, H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017, H.Res. 30 - Condemning the Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, and urging China to end the dog meat trade, H.R. 6720 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2018, H.R. 113/ S. 1706 Safeguard American Food Exports Act, H.R. 2651 Horseracing Integrity Act, H.R. 1847/S. 2957 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act, H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act, H.R. 1753/S.741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act, H.R. 4202/S. 2971 Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act.

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

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 113/S. 1706 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 2651 Horseracing Integrity Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 2 Farm Bill - House and Senate H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act H.R. 4691 Welfare of Our Friends Act of 2017 H.R. 4693 Puppy Protection Act of 2017

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.

H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2142/S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1666, the Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2495, the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act, which would reauthorize and expand the existing Securie Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.

Legislation: H.R. 1818 Big Cat Public Safety Act H.R. 2790 Humane Cosmetics Act H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act H.R. 2651 Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 113 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Farm Bill (not yet introduced) Puppy Mill Bills (not yet introduced) H.R. 2887 No Regulation without Representation Act of 2017 Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act S. 733 Sportsmens Act S. 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act H.R. 226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act H.R. 1243 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act H.R. 2810 and S. 1519 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.R. 1438 Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act H.R. 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act H. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations H.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act H.R. 2542 Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act S. 951 Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 816 FACT Act H.R. 3197 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies: Potential revisions to the Endangered Species Act Upgrading dog dealer standards Organic Livestock and Poultry Protection Rule Horse Protection Act Rule Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records Nominations Sonny Perdue, Department of Agriculture

Regulation of aquariums and marine parks. Department of Agriculture Appropriations. H.R.1584 - Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017. H.R.1456/S. 793 - Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017. H.R.1494/S. 654 - PACT Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000

H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616/S. 904, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1846/S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children ( ICAC) Task Forces; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2142/S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SISTA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 4471, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1666, the Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.

Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 909, the Pet and Women Safety Act; H.R. 1456, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act; H.R. 1494, the Preventing Cruelty and Torture Act; H.R. 1847, the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act; H.R. 2790, the Humane Cosmetics Act; H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act; H.R.1406, the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act; and H.R.4202, Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act. Discussed reforms to the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro program (Steve Only).

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

Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 909, the Pet and Women Safety Act; H.R. 1456, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act; H.R. 1494, the Preventing Cruelty and Torture Act; H.R. 1847, the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act; H.R. 2790, the Humane Cosmetics Act; H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act; H.R.1406, the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act; and H.R.4202, Parity in Animal Cruelty Enforcement Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 510/S. 139, the Rapid DNA Act, which would implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlogs; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; HR. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1428/S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heros Act, which would prioritize the hiring of veterans and reservists through the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616/S. 904, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SISTA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 419, the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvements Act, which would make key changes to the Public Safety Officers Benefit program to improve transparency and accountability as well as reduce the existing backlog of claims; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children ( ICAC) Task Forces; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.

H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 510/S. 139, the Rapid DNA Act, which would implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlogs; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; HR. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1428/S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heros Act, which would prioritize the hiring of veterans and reservists through the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616/S. 904, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SISTA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 419, the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvements Act, which would make key changes to the Public Safety Officers Benefit program to improve transparency and accountability as well as reduce the existing backlog of claims; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children ( ICAC) Task Forces; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.

H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 387, the Email Privacy Act, would make it more difficult for law enforcement to collect and obtain electronic evidence; H.R. 426, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 510/S. 139, the Rapid DNA Act, which would implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlogs; H.R. 613, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; HR. 1057, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1428/S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heros Act, which would prioritize the hiring of veterans and reservists through the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1494 (Smith, R-TX), the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; S. 419, the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvements Act, which would make key changes to the Public Safety Officers Benefit program to improve transparency and accountability as well as reduce the existing backlog of claims; S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; and S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces.

Regulation of aquariums and marine parks. Department of Agriculture Appropriations. H.R.1584 - Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017. H.R.1456/S. 793 - Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017. H.R.1494/S. 654 - PACT Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000

Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 909, the Pet and Women Safety Act; H.R. 1456, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act; H.R. 1494, the Preventing Cruelty and Torture Act; H.R. 1818, the Big Cat Public Safety Act; H.R. 1847, the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act; H.R. 2790, the Humane Cosmetics Act; H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act; and H.R. 1406, the Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Legislation: H.R. 1818 Big Cat Public Safety Act H.R. 2790 Humane Cosmetics Act H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act H.R. 2651 Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 113 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Farm Bill (not yet introduced) Puppy Mill Bills (not yet introduced) H.R. 2887 No Regulation without Representation Act of 2017 Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act S. 733 Sportsmens Act S. 1514 Hunting Heritage and Environmental Legacy Preservation (HELP) for Wildlife Act H.R. 226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act H.R. 1243 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act H.R. 2810 and S. 1519 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 H.R. 1438 Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act H.R. 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act H. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations H.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act H.R. 2542 Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act S. 951 Regulatory Accountability Act H.R. 816 FACT Act H.R. 3197 Preventing Unkind and Painful Procedures and Experiments on Respected Species (PUPPERS) Act Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies: Potential revisions to the Endangered Species Act Upgrading dog dealer standards Organic Livestock and Poultry Protection Rule Horse Protection Act Rule Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records Nominations Sonny Perdue, Department of Agriculture

Regulation of aquariums and marine parks. Department of Agriculture Appropriations. H.R.1584 - Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017. H.R.1456/S. 793 - Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017. H.R.1494/S. 654 - PACT Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000

Lobbied in support of the following full bills: H.R. 909, the Pet and Women Safety Act; H.R. 1456, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act; H.R. 1494, the Preventing Cruelty and Torture Act; H.R. 1818, the Big Cat Public Safety Act; and H.R. 1847, the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act. (Steve) Lobbied in support of H.R. 2790, the Humane Cosmetics Act and H.R. 2651, the Horseracing Integrity Act. (Matt) (House) Lobbied in support of a Congressional sign-on letter urging adequate funding in the Fiscal Year 2018 Agriculture Appropriations bill to allow USDA to enforce the Animal Welfare Act, the Horse Protection Act, and the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act. (Senate)

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Regulation of aquariums and marine parks. Department of Agriculture Appropriations. H.R.1584 - Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017. H.R.1456/S. 793 - Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2017. H.R.1494/S. 654 - PACT Act

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $110,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1818 Big Cat Public Safety Act Humane Cosmetics Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 1753/S. 741 Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act H.R. 1752/S. 740 Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 909/S. 322 Pet and Women Safety Act H.R. 113 Safeguarding American Food Exports Act H.R. 1456/S. 793 Shark Fin Trade Elimination Act H.R. 1406 Dog and Cat Meat Trade Prohibition Act of 2017 H.R. 1368/S. 503 Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act Farm Bill (not yet introduced) H.R. 1759 Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act Animal Welfare in Agricultural Research Endeavors Act (not yet introduced) H.R. 424/S. 164 Gray Wolf State Management Act S. 733 Sportsmens Act H.R. 226 African Elephant Conservation and Legal Ivory Possession Act H.R. 1243 Battlefield Excellence through Superior Training Practices Act H.R. 1438 Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act H.R. 1584 Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act H. Res. 244 Expressing support for Japan to end its whaling in all forms and to strengthen measures to conserve whale populations H.R. 1817 Chemical Poisons Reduction Act H.J.Res. 69 and S.J.Res.18 Hunting Prohibitions on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska Congressional Review Act: Alaska National Wildlife Refuges Rule H.R. 816 Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing (FACT) Act S. 1014 Personal Care Products Safety Act H.Res. 133 National Pet Adoption Day/Month Midnight Rules and Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Acts Rulemaking and Federal Government Decisions and Policies: Potential revisions to the Endangered Species Act Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the West Indian Manatee From Endangered to Threatened Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act online records Wildlife trafficking enforcement discussions with DOJ (see federal agency section) Nonanimal alternatives policies at FDA De-listing of grizzly bears from endangered species list Environmental Impact Statement on presence of wolves in Isle Royale National Park Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule USDA Horse soring rule Appointments: Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency Appointments: Tom Price, Health and Human Services Mick Mulvaney, Office of Management and Budget Rex Tillerson, Department of State Jeff Sessions, Attorney General Wilbur Ross, Department of Commerce Ryan Zinke, Department of Interior Sonny Perdue, Department of Agriculture

H.R. 1338 Horse Protection Amendments Act H.R. 1494/S. 654 Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act H.R. 1847 Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2017 H.R. 1238/S. 500 Securing Our Agriculture and Food Act Horse Protection; Licensing of Designated Qualified Persons and Other Amendments"; Final Rule, 9 CFR part 11, Docket No. APHIS-2011-0009, finalized of Rule as written. 2018 reauthorization of H.R. 2642, the Agricultural Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-79); Title 7, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative; Title 12, Animal Health Protection Act and National Animal Health Laboratory Network Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act compliance information provided on the USDA APHIS website Pending EO Review: RIN 0579-AE19, Horse Protection; Licensing of Designated Qualified Persons and Other Amendments

Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported