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Jobs Originated through Launching Travel Act of 2019 or the JOLT Act of 2019 This bill establishes a nonimmigrant visa for qualified Canadian citizens and makes various amendments related to nonimmigrant visas. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may admit as a visitor a Canadian citizen who (1) is at least 50 years old, (2) maintains a residence in Canada, (3) owns a U.S. residence or has signed a rental agreement for the duration of the stay, (4) is not inadmissible or deportable under various provisions, (5) will not engage in U.S. employment, and (6) will not seek U.S. assistance or benefits. Such visitors may be admitted for up to 240 days out of any single 365-day period. The Visa Waiver Program (program allowing citizens of participating countries to visit the United States without a visa) shall be renamed the Secure Travel Partnership Program. The bill amends various provisions relating to the program, such as the maximum nonimmigrant visa refusal rate a qualifying country may have. DHS may waive the refusal rate requirement if a country meets other requirements, such as entering into intelligence collection and information sharing arrangements with the United States. The Department of State shall set a goal of interviewing nonimmigrant visa applicants worldwide within 15 days of receiving the application and periodically report to Congress on efforts to meet this goal. The State Department shall conduct a pilot program for using secure remote videoconferencing technology for conducting visa interviews for certain classes of nonimmigrant visa applications.
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2020 · second_quarter · Homeland Security
FY21 Appropriations regarding implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005, renaming the Visa Waiver Program, and accelerating CBP and TSAs transition to voluntary biometric identification; Customs and Border Protection Personnel Resources, attrition policy, and hiring goals; Expanding the Visa Waiver Program - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); H.R. 1996, Renaming the Visa Waiver Program: Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019; Opening additional Preclearance sites; promoting and expanding Trusted Traveler Programs; fully implementing and allocating resources for biometric entry-exit; International inbound travel; Visa Security; B1/2 Visa Interview Wait Times; Electronic System for Travel Authorization; Standards and data for biometric identification technology; and Regulations for electronic document collection for REAL ID compliance; enhancing the Secure Flight and CAT-C programs; the Registered Traveler Act of 2020 (S.3730); implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005; and ensuring issuance of work visas (particularly J-1 and H-2B visas). Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Non-immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), Reopening international inbound travel; Implementing health and safety standards and protocols.
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Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. Passage of H.R.4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof).. Passage of S. 2507 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s))..
2020 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period.. Passage of S.2507 A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)).. Passage of H.R. 4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof)..
2020 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 60, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 250, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 641/S. 175, Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 773, To Terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1044/S. 386, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1399/S.556, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act H.R. 1740, Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act H.R. 1778, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 2278/S. 1103, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act H.R. 2413, Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 2418/H.R. 2877/S. 3134, To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program H.R. 2658, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 H.R. 2783, TPS and DED Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2813, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2820, Dream Act of 2019 H.R. 2821, American Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 2895/S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3033, H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 3319, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act H.R. 3401/S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3564, Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019 H.R. 3740, AGRI Act of 2019 H.R. 4218, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2019 H.R. 4482, Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5174, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6507, COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act H.R. 6717, Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 H.R. 6788/S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act H.R. 6870, Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020 H.R. 6905, FIRST COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 H.R. 6993/S. 3770, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020 H.R. 7508, To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. H.R. 7669, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8046, Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2020 H.R. 8078, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8089, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8337, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act S. 135, Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act S. 301, E-Verify Act of 2019 S. 328, Startup Act S. 599, Singh's Law S. 636, Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 S. 874, Dream Act of 2019 S. 1004, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 S. 1744, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019 S. 1806, Permanent E-Verify Act S. 1887, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act S. 2091, Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act S. 2540, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2778, Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act S. 2863, E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2926, Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act S. 3470, New Deal for New Americans Act of 2020 S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6794/S. 2344, Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 Proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file H-1B petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 Fed. Reg. 62,406-62,447, December 3, 2018) Interim final rule on strengthening the H-1B nonimmigrant visa classification program (85 Fed. Reg. 63,918-63,965, October 8, 2020) Interim final rule on strengthening wage protections for the temporary and permanent employment of certain aliens in the United States, (85 Fed. Reg. 63,872-63,915, October 8, 2020) Proposed rule establishing a fixed time period of admission and an extension of stay procedure for nonimmigrant academic students, exchange visitors, and representatives of foreign information media; 85 Fed. Reg. 60,526-60,598, September 25, 2020) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 rule; EB-5 regional center program; H-2A Visa Program; E-Verify program; I-129 form delay request; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; supplemental funding for additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports-of-entry; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding; Presidential Proclamation 9996, suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain additional persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus, March 14, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10014, suspending entry of immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak, April 22, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10052, suspending entry of aliens who present a risk to the U.S. labor market following the Coronavirus outbreak, June 22, 2020; Potential recision of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; comments on modification of registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file cap-subject H-1B petitions; comments on request for 60-Day comment period (30-day extension); high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; employment verification; interior enforcement; family separations; family reunification; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; travel issues; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; Department of Labor Guidance on Labor Condition Application requirements in the wake of COVID-19; temporary Department of Labor procedural changes regarding the Permanent Labor Certification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for H-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of COVID-19; temporary United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary USCIS guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on USCIS forms and documents; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding shortfalls; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding shortfalls; clarification of the criteria that makes one eligible for a waiver from the entry restrictions for various employment-based immigrants and nonimmigrants; regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future; regulatory proposals that would change how the period of admission for student visa holders and exchange visa holders is determined; enhanced COVID-19 testing protocols for international air travel; creation/use of digital passports
2020 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 3960/S. 2303, Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5827, Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6404, COVID-19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act H.R. 8480/S. 3831, Visit America Act S. 3504, Delay REAL ID Act S. 4299, Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During the COVID-19 Pandemic (STEP) Act Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; funding for Brand USA program; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler programs; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers; presidential proclamations restricting international travel from China, Iran, various Schengen Area countries, the UK, Ireland, and Brazil due to COVID-19; clarifications on the process for obtaining waivers to the aforementioned travel bans; Customs and Border Protection funding shortfalls; enhanced COVID-19 testing protocols for international air travel; creation and use of digital passports
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| Elaine G. Luria | Democratic | VA |
| Jefferson Van Drew | Republican | NJ |
| Kathy Castor | Democratic | FL |
| Salud O. Carbajal | Democratic | CA |
| Scott H. Peters | Democratic | CA |
| Susie Lee | Democratic | NV |
| Tom Rice | Republican | SC |
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Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
Client expense: $22,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people to travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa WaiverVisa Waiver Program reform Jobs Originating Through Luanch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion, Brand USA Reauthorization (S. 2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203). Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). Issues related to credit card chargebacks. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). FY 2021 THUD Appropriations (H.R. 7616). FY 2021 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 7612). Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957). The Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-Twenty (RESTART) Act (S. 3814). The Jumpstarting Our Businesses Success (JOBS) Credit Act of 2020 (H.R. 6776). The American Tax Rebate and Incentive Program (TRIP) Act (S. 4031). The Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act (S. 4150). Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa Waiver Program reform; Jobs Originating Through Launch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion. Brand USA Reauthorization (S.2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203), Travel Promotion, Enhancement and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851, (P.L. 116-94). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). FY2021 President's Budget Request. FY2021 Commerce, THUD, and Homeland Security Appropriations. Issues related to credit card chargebacks. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). FY 2021 THUD Appropriations (H.R. 7616). FY 2021 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 7612). Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957). The revised HEROES Act (H.R. 8406). The Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-Twenty (RESTART) Act (S. 3814). The Jumpstarting Our Businesses Success (JOBS) Credit Act of 2020 (H.R. 6776). The American Tax Rebate and Incentive Program (TRIP) Act (S. 4031). The Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act (S. 4150). Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · third_quarter · Travel/Tourism
H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5827, Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6404, COVID-19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S. 3504, Delay REAL ID Act S. 4299, Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During the COVID-19 Pandemic (STEP) Act Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler programs; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers; presidential proclamations restricting international travel from China, Iran, various Schengen Area countries, the UK, Ireland, and Brazil due to COVID-19; clarifications on the process for obtaining waivers to the aforementioned travel bans; Customs and Border Protection funding shortfalls; enhanced COVID-19 testing protocols for international air travel
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 60, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 250, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 641/S. 175, Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 773, To Terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1044/S. 386, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1399/S.556, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act H.R. 1740, Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act H.R. 1778, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 2278/S. 1103, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act H.R. 2413, Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 2418/H.R. 2877/S. 3134, To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program H.R. 2658, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 H.R. 2783, TPS and DED Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2813, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2820, Dream Act of 2019 H.R. 2821, American Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 2895/S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3033, H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 3319, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act H.R. 3401/S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3564, Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019 H.R. 3740, AGRI Act of 2019 H.R. 4218, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2019 H.R. 4482, Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5174, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6404, To extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 due to COVID-19 H.R. 6507, COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act H.R. 6717, Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 H.R. 6788/S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act H.R. 6870, Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020 H.R. 6905, FIRST COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 H.R. 6993/S. 3770, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020 H.R. 7508, To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. H.R. 7669, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8046, Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2020 H.R. 8078, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8089, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8337, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act S. 135, Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act S. 301, E-Verify Act of 2019 S. 328, Startup Act S. 599, Singh's Law S. 636, Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 S. 874, Dream Act of 2019 S. 1004, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 S. 1744, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019 S. 1806, Permanent E-Verify Act S. 1887, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act S. 2091, Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act S. 2540, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2778, Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act S. 2863, E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2926, Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act S. 3470, New Deal for New Americans Act of 2020 S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Potential legislation updating The Heroes Act (116th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6794/S. 2344, Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 Proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file H-1B petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 Fed. Reg. 62,406-62,447, December 3, 2018) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 rule; EB-5 regional center program; H-2A Visa Program; E-Verify program; I-129 form delay request; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; supplemental funding for additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports-of-entry; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding; Presidential Proclamation 9996, suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain additional persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus, March 14, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10014, suspending entry of immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak, April 22, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10052, suspending entry of aliens who present a risk to the U.S. labor market following the Coronavirus outbreak, June 22, 2020; Potential recision of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; employment verification; interior enforcement; family separations; family reunification; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; travel issues; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; Department of Labor Guidance on Labor Condition Application requirements in the wake of COVID-19; temporary Department of Labor procedural changes regarding the Permanent Labor Certification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for H-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of COVID-19; temporary United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary USCIS guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on USCIS forms and documents; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding shortfalls; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding shortfalls; clarification of the criteria that makes one eligible for a waiver from the entry restrictions for various employment-based immigrants and nonimmigrants; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; forthcoming proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period.. Passage of S.2507 A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)).. Passage of H.R. 4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof)..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. Passage of H.R.4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof).. Passage of S. 2507 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s))..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 60, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 250, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 641/S. 175, Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 773, To Terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1044/S. 386, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1399/S.556, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act H.R. 1740, Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act H.R. 1778, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 2278/S. 1103, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act H.R. 2413, Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 2418/H.R. 2877/S. 3134, To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program H.R. 2658, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 H.R. 2783, TPS and DED Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2813, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2820, Dream Act of 2019 H.R. 2821, American Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 2895/S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3033, H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 3319, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act H.R. 3401/S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3564, Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019 H.R. 3740, AGRI Act of 2019 H.R. 4218, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2019 H.R. 4482, Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5174, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6404, To extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 due to COVID-19 H.R. 6507, COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act H.R. 6717, Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 H.R. 6788/S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act H.R. 6870, Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020 H.R. 6905, FIRST COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 H.R. 6993/S. 3770, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020 H.R. 7508, To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. H.R. 7669, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8046, Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2020 H.R. 8078, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8089, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8337, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act S. 135, Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act S. 301, E-Verify Act of 2019 S. 328, Startup Act S. 599, Singh's Law S. 636, Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 S. 874, Dream Act of 2019 S. 1004, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 S. 1744, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019 S. 1806, Permanent E-Verify Act S. 1887, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act S. 2091, Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act S. 2540, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2778, Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act S. 2863, E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2926, Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act S. 3470, New Deal for New Americans Act of 2020 S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Potential legislation updating The Heroes Act (116th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6794/S. 2344, Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 Proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file H-1B petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 Fed. Reg. 62,406-62,447, December 3, 2018) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 rule; EB-5 regional center program; H-2A Visa Program; E-Verify program; I-129 form delay request; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; supplemental funding for additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports-of-entry; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding; Presidential Proclamation 9996, suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain additional persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus, March 14, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10014, suspending entry of immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak, April 22, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10052, suspending entry of aliens who present a risk to the U.S. labor market following the Coronavirus outbreak, June 22, 2020; Potential recision of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; employment verification; interior enforcement; family separations; family reunification; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; travel issues; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; Department of Labor Guidance on Labor Condition Application requirements in the wake of COVID-19; temporary Department of Labor procedural changes regarding the Permanent Labor Certification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for H-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of COVID-19; temporary United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary USCIS guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on USCIS forms and documents; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding shortfalls; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding shortfalls; clarification of the criteria that makes one eligible for a waiver from the entry restrictions for various employment-based immigrants and nonimmigrants; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; forthcoming proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Travel/Tourism
H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5827, Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6404, COVID-19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S. 3504, Delay REAL ID Act S. 4299, Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During the COVID-19 Pandemic (STEP) Act Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler programs; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers; presidential proclamations restricting international travel from China, Iran, various Schengen Area countries, the UK, Ireland, and Brazil due to COVID-19; clarifications on the process for obtaining waivers to the aforementioned travel bans; Customs and Border Protection funding shortfalls; enhanced COVID-19 testing protocols for international air travel
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people to travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa WaiverVisa Waiver Program reform Jobs Originating Through Luanch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion, Brand USA Reauthorization (S. 2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203). Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). Issues related to credit card chargebacks. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). FY 2021 THUD Appropriations (H.R. 7616). FY 2021 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 7612). Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957). The Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-Twenty (RESTART) Act (S. 3814). The Jumpstarting Our Businesses Success (JOBS) Credit Act of 2020 (H.R. 6776). The American Tax Rebate and Incentive Program (TRIP) Act (S. 4031). The Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act (S. 4150).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2020 · third_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa Waiver Program reform; Jobs Originating Through Launch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion. Brand USA Reauthorization (S.2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203), Travel Promotion, Enhancement and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851, (P.L. 116-94). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). FY2021 President's Budget Request. FY2021 Commerce, THUD, and Homeland Security Appropriations. Issues related to credit card chargebacks. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). FY 2021 THUD Appropriations (H.R. 7616). FY 2021 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 7612). Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957). The revised HEROES Act (H.R. 8406). The Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards a Recovery in Twenty-Twenty (RESTART) Act (S. 3814). The Jumpstarting Our Businesses Success (JOBS) Credit Act of 2020 (H.R. 6776). The American Tax Rebate and Incentive Program (TRIP) Act (S. 4031). The Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) Act (S. 4150).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · third_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 60, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 250, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 641/S. 175, Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 773, To Terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1044/S. 386, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1399/S.556, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act H.R. 1740, Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act H.R. 1778, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 2278/S. 1103, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act H.R. 2413, Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 2418/H.R. 2877/S. 3134, To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program H.R. 2658, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 H.R. 2783, TPS and DED Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2813, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2820, Dream Act of 2019 H.R. 2821, American Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 2895/S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3033, H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 3319, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act H.R. 3401/S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3564, Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019 H.R. 3740, AGRI Act of 2019 H.R. 4218, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2019 H.R. 4482, Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5174, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 6404, To extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 due to COVID-19 H.R. 6507, COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act H.R. 6717, Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 H.R. 6788/S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act H.R. 6870, Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020 H.R. 6905, FIRST COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 H.R. 6993/S. 3770, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020 H.R. 7508, To provide supplemental appropriations to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and for other purposes. H.R. 7669, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8046, Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2020 H.R. 8078, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8089, Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act H.R. 8337, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act S. 135, Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act S. 301, E-Verify Act of 2019 S. 328, Startup Act S. 599, Singh's Law S. 636, Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 S. 874, Dream Act of 2019 S. 1004, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 S. 1744, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019 S. 1806, Permanent E-Verify Act S. 1887, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act S. 2091, Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act S. 2540, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2778, Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act S. 2863, E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2926, Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act S. 3470, New Deal for New Americans Act of 2020 S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Potential legislation updating The Heroes Act (116th Cong.) Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6794/S. 2344, Immigration Innovation Act of 2018 Proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file H-1B petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 Fed. Reg. 62,406-62,447, December 3, 2018) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 rule; EB-5 regional center program; H-2A Visa Program; E-Verify program; I-129 form delay request; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; supplemental funding for additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports-of-entry; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding; Presidential Proclamation 9996, suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain additional persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus, March 14, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10014, suspending entry of immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak, April 22, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10052, suspending entry of aliens who present a risk to the U.S. labor market following the Coronavirus outbreak, June 22, 2020; Potential recision of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; employment verification; interior enforcement; family separations; family reunification; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; travel issues; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; Department of Labor Guidance on Labor Condition Application requirements in the wake of COVID-19; temporary Department of Labor procedural changes regarding the Permanent Labor Certification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for H-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of COVID-19; temporary United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary USCIS guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on USCIS forms and documents; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding shortfalls; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding shortfalls; clarification of the criteria that makes one eligible for a waiver from the entry restrictions for various employment-based immigrants and nonimmigrants; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would restrict applicant eligibility for the H-1B program; forthcoming regulatory proposals that would drastically change how prevailing wage levels are determined for the purposes of obtaining certain employment nonimmigrant and immigrant visas; forthcoming proposals that would significantly change how cap-subject H-1B petitions will be chosen in the future
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Travel/Tourism
H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5827, Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6404, COVID-19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act S. 3504, Delay REAL ID Act S. 4299, Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During the COVID-19 Pandemic (STEP) Act Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler programs; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers; presidential proclamations restricting international travel from China, Iran, various Schengen Area countries, the UK, Ireland, and Brazil due to COVID-19; clarifications on the process for obtaining waivers to the aforementioned travel bans; Customs and Border Protection funding shortfalls; enhanced COVID-19 testing protocols for international air travel
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. Passage of H.R.4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof).. Passage of S. 2507 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s))..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period.. Passage of S.2507 A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)).. Passage of H.R. 4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof)..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Homeland Security
FY21 Appropriations regarding implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005, renaming the Visa Waiver Program, and accelerating CBP and TSAs transition to voluntary biometric identification; Customs and Border Protection Personnel Resources, attrition policy, and hiring goals; Expanding the Visa Waiver Program - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); H.R. 1996, Renaming the Visa Waiver Program: Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019; Opening additional Preclearance sites; promoting and expanding Trusted Traveler Programs; fully implementing and allocating resources for biometric entry-exit; International inbound travel; Visa Security; B1/2 Visa Interview Wait Times; Electronic System for Travel Authorization; Standards and data for biometric identification technology; and Regulations for electronic document collection for REAL ID compliance; enhancing the Secure Flight and CAT-C programs; the Registered Traveler Act of 2020 (S.3730); implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005; and ensuring issuance of work visas (particularly J-1 and H-2B visas). Proclamation 10052 of June 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants and Non-immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), Proclamation 10014 of April 22, 2020 (Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Present a Risk to the United States Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak), Reopening international inbound travel; Implementing health and safety standards and protocols.
Client expense: $835,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 60, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 250, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 641/S. 175, Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 773, To Terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1044/S. 386, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1399/S.556, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act H.R. 1740, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an H-2C nonimmigrant classification, and for other purposes H.R. 1778, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 2278/S. 1103, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act H.R. 2413, Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 2418/H.R. 2877/S. 3134, To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program H.R. 2658, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 H.R. 2783, TPS and DED Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2813, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2820, Dream Act of 2019 H.R. 2821, American Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 2895/S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3033, H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 3319, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act H.R. 3401 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3564, Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019 H.R. 3740, AGRI Act of 2019 H.R. 4218, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2019 H.R. 4482, Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5174, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act H.R. 6404, To extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 due to COVID-19 H.R. 6507, COVID-19 Employment Authorization Document Extension Act H.R. 6717, Health Care Workforce Protection Act of 2020 H.R. 6788/S. 3599, Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act H.R. 6870, Landscaping Workforce Act of 2020 H.R. 6905, FIRST COVID-19 Care Delivery Act of 2020 H.R. 6993/S. 3770, H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2020 S. 135, Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act S. 301, E-Verify Act of 2019 S. 328, Startup Act S. 599, Singh's Law S. 636, Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 S. 874, Dream Act of 2019 S. 1004, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 S. 1744, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019 S. 1806, Permanent E-Verify Act S. 1887, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 S. 2091, Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act S. 2540, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2778, Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act S. 2863, E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2926, Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act S. 3470, New Deal for New Americans Act of 2020 S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file H-1B petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 Fed. Reg. 62,406-62,447, December 3, 2018) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 rule; EB-5 regional center program; H-2A Visa Program; E-Verify program; I-129 form delay request; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; immigration and non-immigrant temporary worker visa policy; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; supplemental funding for additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports-of-entry; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding; Presidential Proclamation 9996, suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants of certain additional persons who pose a risk of transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus, March 14, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10014, suspending entry of immigrants who present risk to the U.S. labor market during the economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak, April 22, 2020; Presidential Proclamation 10052, suspending entry of aliens who present a risk to the U.S. labor market following the Coronavirus outbreak, June 22, 2020; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; employment verification; interior enforcement; family separations; family reunification; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; travel issues; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol officers and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; Department of Labor Guidance on Labor Condition Application requirements in the wake of COVID-19; temporary Department of Labor procedural changes regarding the Permanent Labor Certification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for H-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of COVID-19; temporary United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary USCIS guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on USCIS forms and documents; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) funding shortfalls; Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding shortfalls
Client expense: $12,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Travel/Tourism
H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 3851, Brand USA Extension Act H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5827, Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6404, COVID-19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 S. 3504, Delay REAL ID Act Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler program; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers; presidential proclamations restricting international travel from China, Iran, various Schengen Area countries, the UK, Ireland, and Brazil due to COVID-19; Customs and Border Protection funding shortfalls
Client expense: $12,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · second_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa Waiver Program reform; Jobs Originating Through Launch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion. Brand USA Reauthorization (S.2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203), Travel Promotion, Enhancement and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851, (P.L. 116-94). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). FY2021 President's Budget Request. FY2021 Commerce, THUD, and Homeland Security Appropriations. Issues related to credit card chargebacks. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). FY 2021 THUD Appropriations (H.R. 7616). FY 2021 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 7612). Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · second_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people to travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa WaiverVisa Waiver Program reform Jobs Originating Through Luanch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion, Brand USA Reauthorization (S. 2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203). Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). Issues related to credit card chargebacks. HEROES Act (H.R. 6800). FY 2021 THUD Appropriations (H.R. 7616). FY 2021 Interior Appropriations (H.R. 7612). Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2020 · second_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to visa waiver program, travel executive orders, travel visas, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, H.R.2187, H.R.1996
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2020 · second_quarter · Homeland Security
Issues related to Preclearance, visa waiver program, travel visas, CBP, TSA, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, H.R.2187, H.R.1996
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2020 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period.. Passage of S.2507 A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)).. Passage of H.R. 4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof)..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. Passage of H.R.4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof).. Passage of S. 2507 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s))..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Homeland Security
FY21 Appropriations regarding implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005, renaming the Visa Waiver Program, and accelerating CBP and TSAs transition to voluntary biometric identification for air travel; Customs and Border Protection Personnel Resources, attrition policy, and hiring goals; Expanding the Visa Waiver Program - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); H.R. 1996, Renaming the Visa Waiver Program: Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019; Opening additional Preclearance sites; promoting and expanding Trusted Traveler Programs; fully implementing and allocating resources for biometric entry-exit; International inbound travel; Visa Security; B1/2 Visa Interview Wait Times; Electronic System for Travel Authorization; non-immigrant visa policy; Allied Nations Travel Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 2946); Standards and data for biometric identification technology; and Regulations for electronic document collection for REAL ID compliance; and the Southwest Tourism Expansion Act (S.3022/ H.R.5405); and the CARES Act (H.R.748), Division B, relating to delaying implementation of the REAL ID Act for air travel. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R.1158) and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865). DHS RFI, modernizing REAL ID application with technology.
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Non immigrant visas, Visa and Travel Executive Orders; Electronic System for Travel Authorization; J-1 Visas; Passenger Facility Charges; Trusted Traveler Program promotion, including access to Global Entry; Economic Impact of Travel; National Parks; International inbound travel and Chinese Travel; Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 (H.R. 1996); JOLT Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); non-immigrant visa policy and business travel; Expand travel/tourism promotion funding for coronavirus economic recovery; enactment and implementation of The CARES Act (H.R.748), Division A (titles I, II, and IV) and Division B (titles VI and XII), relating to economic relief to save travel industry jobs and airports, providing unemployment assistance for furloughed workers, and delaying implementation of the REAL ID Act for air travel; potential coronavirus relief legislation providing additional financial assistance for travel-dependent businesses and nonprofit organizations; economic relief efforts by the Small Business Administration, Federal Reserve and Treasury Department to help distressed businesses, organizations, and governmental entities; potential economic recovery legislation providing infrastructure spending and tax incentives for travel spending, including a temporary travel tax credit and the entertainment business expense tax deduction; ; and FY2021 Appropriations, regarding implementation of the REAL ID Act, renaming the Visa Waiver Program, accelerating CBP and TSAs transition to voluntary biometric identification for air travel, maintaining Electronic System for Travel Authorization revenue for Brand USA, increasing H-2B visas for seasonal businesses, H2B visa allocation and issuance reform, reducing National Park deferred maintenance, and promoting State Department review of B1/2 visa interview wait times. Possible legislation setting national standards and leadership for business and leisure travel at the Dept of Commerce.
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Immigration
Visa Security; Electronic System for Travel Authorization; J-1 Visas; Customs and Border Protection staffing; non-immigrant visa policy; Expanding the Visa Waiver Program through the Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); and the Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 (H.R. 1996), regarding renaming the Visa Waiver Program; temporary and seasonal worker visas issuance and allocation reform; Visa issuance, quotas, and caps; DHS Biometric Entry/Exit Activities; and FY2021 Appropriations, regarding renaming the Visa Waiver Program, increasing H-2B visas for seasonal businesses, and promoting State Department review of adequacy of B1/2 visa interview process/resources at consular posts.
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Transportation
Issues related to encouraging safe travel to and within the United States for both business travel and tourists; Issues related to Visas and Visa Waiver Program. Issues related to aviation and transportation security, including: security operations at airports, Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection; H.R. 2187, the Jolt Act of 2019 (entire legislation); H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act (entire legislation). Issues related to implementation of REAL ID Act of 2005 - no specific legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $24,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Aviation/Airlines/Airports
Issues related to aviation and transportation security, including: security operations at airports, Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection; H.R. 2187, the Jolt Act of 2019 (entire legislation); H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act (entire legislation). Issues related to implementation of REAL ID Act of 2005 and H.R. 5827, the Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $24,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to visa waiver program, travel executive orders, travel visas, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, H.R.2187, H.R.1996
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2020 · first_quarter · Homeland Security
Issues related to Preclearance, visa waiver program, travel visas, CBP, TSA, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, H.R.2187, H.R.1996
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2020 · first_quarter · Travel/Tourism
H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 3960/S. 2303, Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5827, Trusted Traveler REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 H.R. 6372, To extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 H.R. 6404, To extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 due to COVID-19 S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes Various issues relating to the visa waiver program; funding for Brand USA; biometric entry-exit; border security; interior enforcement; travel issues; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; trusted traveler program; resources at the Department of State and Department of Homeland Security; aerial security enhancements; REAL ID Act (P.L. 109-13, Title II) implementation; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol agents, and customs and border protection officers
Client expense: $15,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 60, Better Agriculture Resources Now (BARN) Act H.R. 250, Legal Workforce Act H.R. 549, Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 641/S. 175, Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2019 H.R. 648, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 H.R. 748/S. 3548, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act H.R. 773, To Terminate the EB-5 program H.R. 1044/S. 386, Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1399/S.556, Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act H.R. 1740, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an H-2C nonimmigrant classification, and for other purposes H.R. 1778, Dairy and Sheep H-2A Visa Enhancement Act H.R. 1865, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 1996, Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 H.R. 2187, Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 H.R. 2278/S. 1103, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act H.R. 2413, Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 H.R. 2418/H.R. 2877, To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program H.R. 2658, Commercial Fishing and Seafood Business Act of 2019 H.R. 2783, TPS and DED Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 2813, Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2019 H.R. 2820, Dream Act of 2019 H.R. 2821, American Promise Act of 2019 H.R. 2895/S. 948, Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act H.R. 3033, H-4 Employment Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 3055, Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 H.R. 3319, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act H.R. 3401 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 H.R. 3564, Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act of 2019 H.R. 3740, AGRI Act of 2019 H.R. 4218, Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2019 H.R. 4482, Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019 H.R. 4498, Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019 H.R. 5038, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 H.R. 5174, State Sponsored Visa Pilot Program Act of 2019 H.R. 6312, COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020 H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act H.R. 6404, A bill to extend the deadline for States to meet the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005 due to COVID-19 S. 135, Prioritizing Help to Businesses Act S. 301, E-Verify Act of 2019 S. 328, Startup Act S. 599, Singh's Law S. 636, Venezuela Temporary Protected Status Act of 2019 S. 874, Dream Act of 2019 S. 1004, Securing America's Ports of Entry Act of 2019 S. 1744, Keep STEM Talent Act of 2019 S. 1806, Permanent E-Verify Act S. 1887, Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act S. 1900, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019 S. 2091, Backlog Elimination, Legal Immigration, and Employment Visa Enhancement Act S. 2540, EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2778, Immigrant Investor Program Reform Act S. 2863, E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 S. 2926, Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success (AMIGOS) Act S. 3134, A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program S. 3504, A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to extend, until not earlier than September 30, 2021, the requirement that State-issued identification must be compliant with the REAL ID Act of 2005 to be accepted by Federal agencies for certain purposes H.J.Res. 31, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 Proposed rule regarding registration requirement for petitioners seeking to file H-1B petitions on behalf of cap-subject aliens (83 Fed. Reg. 62,406-62,447, December 3, 2018) Various issues relating to visa waiver program; H-1B Visa Program; H-1B registration rule; H-2 Visa Program and temporary rule; H-4 rule; L-1 Visa Program; EB-5 Visa Program; EB-5 rule; EB-5 regional center program; H-2A Visa Program; E-Verify program; I-129 form delay request; expansion of the use of the E-Verify system; private-public partnerships with the Department of Homeland Security at land border ports of entry; STEM visa reform; nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment; Customs and Border Protection staffing at U.S. ports of entry; border security; immigration policy and reforms; guest worker programs; legalization concepts; visa reform; customs trade facilitation and enforcement; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program; extension of temporary protected status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Haiti; administrative-regulatory efforts related to public charge, notice to appear, H-4 & OPT; supplemental funding for additional Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at ports-of-entry; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision on electronic registration for the fiscal year (FY) 2021 H-1B cap filing season and stakeholder engagement for the H-1B registration tool; United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule; high-skilled immigration; lesser skilled immigration; temporary agriculture guest worker; temporary non-agriculture guest worker; optional practical training program; size and administration of employment-based immigrant visa categories; size and administration of family-based immigrant visa categories; employment verification; interior enforcement; family separations; family reunification; temporary suspension of entry of nationals from certain countries; increased vetting of visa applicants; unfair immigration related employment practices; travel issues; trusted traveler programs; biometric entry-exit; increasing the number of ICE officers, border patrol officers and Customs and Border Protection officers; aerial security enhancements; temporary DHS guidance for the I-9 employment verification process in the wake of COVID-19; Department of Labor Guidance on Labor Condition Application requirements in the wake of COVID-19; temporary Department of Labor procedural changes regarding the Permanent Labor Certification process in the wake of COVID-19; State Department policy accommodations regarding the use of interview waivers for H-2 nonimmigrant workers in the wake of COVID-19; temporary United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) procedures to provide flexibility with regard to filing deadlines, and temporary USCIS guidelines providing flexibility to wet-ink signatures on USCIS forms and documents
Client expense: $15,770,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people to travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa WaiverVisa Waiver Program reform Jobs Originating Through Luanch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion, Brand USA Reauthorization (S. 2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203). Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). Issues related to credit card chargebacks.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2020 · first_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa Waiver Program reform; Jobs Originating Through Launch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion. Brand USA Reauthorization (S.2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203), Travel Promotion, Enhancement and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851, (P.L. 116-94). COVID-19 relief; CARES Act (P.L. 116-136); Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127); Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L. 116-123). FY2021 President's Budget Request. FY2021 Commerce, THUD, and Homeland Security Appropriations. Issues related to credit card chargebacks.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. Passage of H.R.4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof).. Passage of S. 2507 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s))..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Passage of H.R. 3241, Canadian Snowbird Visa Act that would create a retired person's visa for eligible Canadian citizens. This would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purpose. Passage of H.R. 2187, JOLT Act of 2019 Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the alien's stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraph (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the alien's residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period.. Passage of S.2507 A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize admission of Canadian retirees as long-term visitors for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) of such Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Canadian Snowbirds Act. SEC. 2. ADMISSION OF CANADIAN RETIREES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit an alien as a visitor described in section 101(a)(15)(B) if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 50 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens intended stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) is not otherwise inadmissible or removable under the immigration laws; (H) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States other than employment or labor for hire for a person or entity not based in the United States by whom the Canadian citizen was employed in Canada or for whom the Canadian citizen performed services in Canada; and (I) will not seek any form of assistance, benefit, or credit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)) or sections 24(d), 32, 35, 36, and 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1) (other than subparagraph (D)). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted under this subsection as a visitor for pleasure described in section 101(a)(15)(B) for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Time spent outside of the United States during such period of admission shall not be counted for purposes of determining the termination date of such period. (5) SECRETARYS DISCRETION.-A decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to withhold admission of an alien described in paragraph (1), or to withdraw an authorization of admission of such alien, shall be at the Secretarys sole and unreviewable discretion under the immigration laws.. SEC. 3. NONRESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS. Section 7701(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (B) NONRESIDENT ALIEN.-An individual is a nonresident alien if such individual- (i) is not a citizen of the United States or a resident of the United States (as defined in subparagraph (A)), or (ii) is a Canadian citizen described in section 214(s) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(s)).. Passage of H.R. 4498 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to encourage Canadian tourism to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2019. SEC. 2. ENCOURAGING CANADIAN TOURISM TO THE UNITED STATES. Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Canadian Retirees.- (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Homeland Security may admit as a visitor for pleasure as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) any alien for a period not to exceed 240 days, if the alien demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, that the alien- (A) is a citizen of Canada; (B) is at least 55 years of age; (C) maintains a residence in Canada; (D) owns a residence in the United States or has signed a rental agreement for accommodations in the United States for the duration of the aliens stay in the United States; (E) is not inadmissible under section 212; (F) is not described in any ground of deportability under section 237; (G) will not engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States; and (H) will not seek any form of assistance or benefit described in section 403(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(a)). (2) SPOUSE.-The spouse of an alien described in paragraph (1) may be admitted under the same terms as the principal alien if the spouse satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1), other than subparagraphs (B) and (D). (3) IMMIGRANT INTENT.-In determining eligibility for admission under this subsection, maintenance of a residence in the United States shall not be considered evidence of intent by the alien to abandon the aliens residence in Canada. (4) PERIOD OF ADMISSION.-During any single 365-day period, an alien may be admitted as described in section 101(a)(15)(B) pursuant to this subsection for a period not to exceed 240 days, beginning on the date of admission. Periods of time spent outside the United States during such 240-day period shall not toll the expiration of such 240-day period. (5) NON-RESIDENT ALIEN TAX STATUS.-An alien admitted pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a nonresident alien for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other than subtitle B thereof)..
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people to travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa WaiverVisa Waiver Program reform Jobs Originating Through Luanch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion, Brand USA Reauthorization (S. 2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203). Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Park Service (NPS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2019 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
People to people travel and Cuba legislation. Freedom to Export to Cuba Act of 2019 (S. 428), United States-Cuba Normalization Act (H.R. 2404), Visa Waiver Program reform; Jobs Originating Through Launch Travel (JOLT) Act (H.R. 2187) and expansion. Brand USA Reauthorization (S.2134). Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203), Travel Promotion, Enhancement and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851, (P.L. 116-94).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
FY20 Homeland Security Appropriations; Customs and Border Protection Personnel Resources, attrition policy, and hiring goals; Expanding the Visa Waiver Program - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); H.R. 1996, Renaming the Visa Waiver Program: Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019; Opening additional Preclearance sites, promoting and expanding Trusted Traveler Programs, fully implementing and allocating resources for biometric entry-exit, Visa Waiver Program enhanced vetting regulations. International inbound travel; Brand USA Extension Act (H.R. 3851); Visa Security, Electronic System for Travel Authorization, J-1 Visas, non-immigrant visa policy. Allied Nations Travel Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 2946); Implementation of REAL ID Act of 2005; Standards and data for biometric identification technology. Regulations for electronic document collection for REAL ID compliance; Regulations for social media vetting with visas. FY20 DOT Appropriations; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R.1158) and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1865).
Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Visa Security, FY20 DHS Appropriations, Electronic System for Travel Authorization, Brand USA, FY20 Commerce Department Budget, Survey of International Air Travelers, J-1 Visas, Customs and Border Protection staffing, Visa Waiver Program, non-immigrant visa policy; Expanding the Visa Waiver Program - Jobs Originated through Launching Travel (JOLT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187); H.R. 1996, Renaming the Visa Waiver Program: Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019; temporary and seasonal worker visas; Visa issuance, quotas, and caps. DHS Biometric Entry/Exit Activities. FY20 Labor Appropriations - H2B allocation and cap relief; visa application process, inbound international business visitation and business travel; Social media vetting regulations.
Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Nonimmigrant visas, Visa and Travel Executive Orders, FY20 DHS Appropriations, FY20 CJS Appropriations, Electronic System for Travel Authorization, Reauthorizing and funding BRAND USA, Survey of International Air Travelers, J-1 Visas. Passenger Facility Charges, Trusted Traveler Program promotion, FY20 Department of State and Foreign Operations Appropriations, Economic Impact of Travel. National Parks, International inbound travel and Chinese Travel; Secure Travel Partnership Act of 2019 (H.R. 1996); JOLT Act of 2019 (H.R. 2187). Implementation of REAL ID Act of 2005; Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2019 (H.R. 3851); Brand USA Extension Act (S. 2203); Visa application process, non-immigrant visa policy and business travel. Expand travel/tourism promotion.
Client expense: $850,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), White House Office
2019 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
Issues related to visa waiver program, travel executive orders, travel visas, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, H.R.2187, H.R.1996
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2019 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
Issues related to Preclearance, visa waiver program, travel visas, CBP, TSA, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, H.R.2187, H.R.1996
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2019 · fourth_quarter · Travel/Tourism
Issues related to travel executive orders, travel visas, visa waiver program, TSA precheck, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, Brand USA, H.R.2187, H.R.1996, S. 2203 Brand USA Extension Act, S.2134 Brand USA Extension Act; H.R. 3851, Travel Promotion Enhancement and Modernization Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2019 · fourth_quarter · Transportation
Issues related to airport financing, travel executive orders, travel visas, entry-exit, CBP Global Entry, Brand USA, H.R.2187, H.R.1996, H.R. 3851, S.2203
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs & Border Protection