POWER Act

H.R 1437, the No Money Bail Act of 2017 -- provisions relating to the use of money as a condition of pretrial release in state criminal cases where the state receives federal grant funding and as a condition of pretrial release in Article III court. The Redeem Act (S. 827, H.R. 1906), the Mercy Act (S. 329, H.R. 901), Kaliefs Law (H.R. 47) and the Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act (H.R. 1926), as they pertain to the use of solitary confinement and other juvenile justice issues. H.R. 115 and S.1085, the Thin Blue Line -provisions relating to adding aggravating factors to criminal offenses involving law enforcement. H.R.2437 and S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act of 2017 - provisions relating to expanding the federal criminal code to add new crimes and impose new mandatory minimum sentences for certain offenses. H.R. 1762 and S. 717, the POWER Act, as it relates to increasing pro bono legal services to domestic violence victims. H.R. 2612, the Community Reentry Act of 2017, as it pertains to formerly incarcerated individuals being housed in residential reentry centers. S.860, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017 H.R.584, the Cyber Preparedness Act of 2017 H.R.1795, DUE PROCESS Act-provisions designed to help harmonize certain aspects of the federal civil asset forfeiture laws with the federal bankruptcy laws S.178, the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (114th Congress), general discussions about potential sentencing reform in the 115th Congress. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Proposed Rule on Amendments Relating to Disclosure of Records and Information; Docket No. CFPB-2016-0039; RIN 3170-AA63, 81 Fed. Reg. 58310 (August 24, 2016)-provisions (1) expanding the Bureaus discretion to share confidential information it receives from supervised and regulated entities with other foreign, state, and other governmental agencies and (2) prohibiting subjects of investigations and other recipients of civil investigative demands from disclosing information regarding the Bureaus investigation. Proposed changes to Customs and Border Protection Directive No. 3340-049 (Border Search of Electronic Devices Containing Information, dated August 20, 2009) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement Directive No. 7-6.1 (Border Searches of Electronic Devices, dated August 18, 2009) to prevent border officials from reading, duplicating, seizing, or sharing attorney-client privileged or confidential client documents or information contained on lawyers laptop computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices at U.S. border crossings unless the officials first obtain a subpoena based on reasonable suspicion or a warrant supported by probable cause

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office

Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S.2123. REDEEM Act, S.675 & HR 1762 Fair Chance Act, S.2021 & HR 3470 Blue Lives Matter bill (re-introduction pending). PRIDE Act (re-introduction pending).

Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE