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Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act
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Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act or the Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act This bill revises the authority and procedures that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses to seize property that has been structured to avoid Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reporting requirements. The IRS may only seize property it suspects has been structured to avoid BSA reporting requirements if the property was derived from an illegal source or the funds were structured to conceal the violation of a criminal law or regulation other than structuring transactions to evade BSA reporting requirements. Within 30 days of seizing property, the IRS must (1) make a good faith effort to find all owners of the property, and (2) notify the owners of the post-seizure hearing rights established by this bill. The IRS may apply to a court for one 30-day extension of the notice requirement if it can establish probable cause of an imminent threat to national security or personal safety. If the owner requests a court hearing within 30 days after notice is provided, the property must be returned unless the court holds a hearing within 30 days after notice is provided and finds that there is probable cause to believe that the property was derived from an illegal source or the funds were structured to conceal the violation of a criminal law or regulation other than a structuring violation. For tax purposes, the bill excludes from gross income any interest received from the federal government with respect to an action to recover property seized by the IRS pursuant to a claimed violation of the structuring provisions of the BSA.
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2020 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting efforts to ease negative consequences and suffering of incarcerated populations during COVID-19 epidemic generally and including supporting increased use of compassionate release, cessation of prosecution and use of unnecessary pretrial detention, and specifically supporting the Emergency GRACE Act, HEROES Act, and the SAFER Detention Act; supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act (H.R. 5065), Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2020 (S. 3240 / H.R. 3627), Shift Back to Society Act of 2019 (H.R. 4253), and Fair Hiring in Banking Act (S. 3441); supporting police accountability measures including ending or substantially limiting the court-created doctrine of qualified immunity; abolishing "no knock" warrants; supporting increasing pretrial justice including specifically the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act; supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses including the Driving for Opportunity Act; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics and accountability in general and specifically including the Inspector General Access Act; ending overcriminalization including supporting various "count the crimes" measures; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); raising concerns with the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (S. 3398); supporting amendments to US FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 to increase due process and Constitutional protections for Americans; support of SAPRA, the Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act (H.R. 5675); supporting reforms to existing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants and structure; supporting clarification of the use of expert testimony and admission of expert evidence in criminal law trials under the federal rules of evidence; supporting the expansion of expungement including supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; and supporting Presidential clemency and pardons.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting efforts to ease negative consequences and suffering of incarcerated populations during COVID-19 epidemic generally and including supporting increased use of compassionate release, cessation of prosecution and use of unnecessary pretrial detention, and specifically supporting the Emergency GRACE Act, HEROES Act, and the SAFER Detention Act; supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act (H.R. 5065), Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2020 (S. 3240 / H.R. 3627), Shift Back to Society Act of 2019 (H.R. 4253), and Fair Hiring in Banking Act (S. 3441); supporting police accountability measures including ending or substantially limiting the court-created doctrine of qualified immunity; abolishing "no knock" warrants; supporting increasing pretrial justice including specifically the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act; supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses including the Driving for Opportunity Act; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics and accountability in general and specifically including the Inspector General Access Act; ending overcriminalization including supporting various "count the crimes" measures; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); raising concerns with the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (S. 3398); supporting amendments to US FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 to increase due process and Constitutional protections for Americans; support of SAPRA, the Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act (H.R. 5675); supporting reforms to existing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants and structure; supporting clarification of the use of expert testimony and admission of expert evidence in criminal law trials under the federal rules of evidence; supporting the expansion of expungement including supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; supporting potential legislative reforms to treatment of incarcerated witness testimony; and supporting Presidential clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting efforts to ease negative consequences and suffering of incarcerated populations during COVID-19 epidemic generally and including supporting increased use of compassionate release, cessation of prosecution and use of unnecessary pretrial detention, and specifically supporting the Emergency GRACE Act, HEROES Act, and the SAFER Detention Act; supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act (H.R. 5065), Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2020 (S. 3240 / H.R. 3627), Shift Back to Society Act of 2019 (H.R. 4253), and Fair Hiring in Banking Act (S. 3441); supporting police accountability measures including ending or substantially limiting the court-created doctrine of qualified immunity; abolishing "no knock" warrants; supporting increasing pretrial justice including specifically the Smarter Pretrial Detention for Drug Charges Act; supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses including the Driving for Opportunity Act; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics and accountability in general and specifically including the Inspector General Access Act; ending overcriminalization including supporting various "count the crimes" measures; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); raising concerns with the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (S. 3398); supporting amendments to US FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 to increase due process and Constitutional protections for Americans; support of SAPRA, the Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act (H.R. 5675); supporting reforms to existing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants and structure; supporting clarification of the use of expert testimony and admission of expert evidence in criminal law trials under the federal rules of evidence; supporting the expansion of expungement including supporting the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act; and supporting Presidential clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting efforts to ease negative consequenes and suffering of incarcerated populations during COVID-19 epidemic generally and including supporting increased use of compassionate release, cecessation of prosecution and use of unnecessary pretrial detention, and supporting the Emergency GRACE Act, HEROES Act, and the SAFER Detention Act; supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting Prison to Proprietorship for Formerly Incarcerated Act (H.R. 5065), Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2020 (S. 3240 / H.R. 3627), Shift Back to Society Act of 2019 (H.R. 4253), and Fair Hiring in Banking Act (S. 3441); supporting policy accountability measures including ending or substantially limiting the court-created doctrine of qualified immunity; abolishing "no knock" warrants; supporting increasing pretrial justice; supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses including the Driving for Opportunity Act; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics and accountability in general and including the Inspector General Access Act; ending overcriminalization including supporting various "count the crimes" measures; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); raising concerns with the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (S. 3398); supporting amendments to US FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 to increase due process and Constitutional protections for Americans; support of SAPRA, the Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act (H.R. 5675);and supporting Presidential clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Security Agency (NSA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics in general; overcriminalization; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); raising concerns with the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (S. 3398); supporting amendments to US FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 to increase due process and Constitutional protections for Americans; support of SAPRA, the Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act (H.R. 5675);and supporting Presidential clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Security Agency (NSA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics in general; overcriminalization; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219), The Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act (H.R. 1219/S. 1099); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); and supporting clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Agency (NSA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
supporting the funding and full implementation of First Step Act law; supporting prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); supporting easing of federal laws that requires states to suspend drivers' licenses for minor drug offenses; mens rea reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics in general; overcriminalization; supporting Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (H.R. 3884); criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219), The Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act (H.R. 1219/S. 1099); endorsing acquitted conduct sentencing reform, including Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); and supporting clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $25,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Agency (NSA), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Implementation of First Step Act law and prison reform generally including Pell grant eligibility via the REAL Act (H.R. 2168; S. 1074); mens rea reform; acquitted conduct sentencing reform; criminal discovery reform; abolition of prosecutorial immunity; prosecutorial ethics in general; overcriminalization; criminal enforcement of federal regulations; grand jury reform; Fourth Amendment warrant requirements; criminal and civil asset forfeiture reform including the FAIR Act (H.R. 1895), Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 1219), The Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act (H.R. 1219/S. 1099), and amendment numbered 13 printed in Part B of House Report 116-119 to H.R. 3055: Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, which would prohibit the use of funds for adoptive seizures; and supporting clemency and pardons.
Client expense: $8,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
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