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Summary
Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act of 2020 or the JUSTICE Act This bill addresses policies and issues regarding policing practices and law enforcement accountability. The bill funds state and local grants, incentivizes state and local reporting on the use of certain policing practices, creates new federal offenses for certain misconduct, establishes a commission to study the conditions affecting Black men and boys, and establishes best practices and training requirements.
Lobbying filings that explicitly cite this bill (11)
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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer;
H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates;
H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force;
H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners;
H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress;
H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films;
H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program;
H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management;
H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities;
H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;
H.R. 1325/S. 4605, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death;
H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP);
H.R. 1387, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations;
H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana;
H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund;
H.R. 1866, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties;
H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl;
H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs;
H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training;
H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness;
H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program;
H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes
H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly;
H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl;
H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement;
H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security;
H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis;
H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children;
H.R. 5855, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program for specified trauma centers and nonprofits to establish or expand intervention or prevention programs related to intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence;
H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD);
H.R. 6509, the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims;
H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act," which proposes a series of police reforms;
H.R. 7278/S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," which proposes a series of police reforms;
H.R. 7568, the "Public Safety Officer Support Act," which would expand the eligibility of certain officers or their surviving family for death and disability benefits as provided for by the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program;
H.R. 7951, the "Qualified Immunity Act," which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine;
H.R. 8772/S. 2174, the "Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act," would expand eligibility for grants to State and local governments to identify remains;
H. Res. 1093, which calls on Congress to enact a bill of rights for law enforcement officers;
S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List";
S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;
S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act;
S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly;
S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program;
S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse;
S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes;
S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information;
S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion;
S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases;
S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids;
S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances;
S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet;
S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021;
S. 3987, the "Strong communities Act," which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers in their own community;
S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," which would undermine the existing qualified immunity doctrine;
S. 4186, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees;
S. 4486, the Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act," which would establish an interactive, internet website-based dashboard that publicizes all Federally funded mental health related grants; and
S. 4491, the "Methamphetamine Response Act," which would designate methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat which would then require the Office of National Drug Control Policy to create an Emerging Threat Response Plan.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
DOL - EBSA Request for Information - Open MEPs and Other Issues under Section 3(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 CFR Parts 2510).
DOL - EBSA Proposed PTE for Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans RFI (85 FR 36880 - Application No. D-12010 - Document Number: 2020-13142).
DOL - EBSA - Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans - RIN: 1210-ZA28.
DOL - EBSA - Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments - ZRIN 1210-AB95.
DOL - EBSA - Improving Investment Advice for Workers and Retirees - ZRIN 1210-ZA29.
DOL - EBSA - Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers - RIN 1210-AB94.
DOL - EBSA - Pension Benefit Statements-Lifetime Income Illustrations - RIN 1210-AB20.
DOL - EBSA - Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights - RIN 1210-AB91.
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Trump Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform.
Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Treasury - IRS Proposed Rulemaking: Multiple Employer Plans (26 CFR Part 1 [REG-121508-18] RIN 1545-BO97).
Treasury - IRS Proposed Rulemaking: Updated Life Expectancy and Distribution Period Tables Used for Purposes of Determining Minimum Required Distributions (26 CFR Part 1 [REG-132210-18] RIN 1545-BP11).
Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
SEC - Updated Disclosure Requirements and Summary Prospectus for Variable Annuity and Variable Life Insurance Contracts (17 CFR Parts 230, 232, 239, 240, 270, and 274).
The Automatic Retirement Plan Act of 2017 (H.R. 4523 - 115th Congress).
The Retirement Plan Simplification Act of 2017 (H.R. 4524 - 115th Congress).
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 6744 - 115th Congress).
Women's Retirement Protection Act (S.975/H.R. 2005- 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2019 (S.1020 - 116th Congress).
Refund to Rainy Day Savings Act (S.1018 - 116th Congress).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for multiple employer plans, and for other purposes (S.1011 - 116th Congress).
Strengthening Financial Security Through Short-Term Savings Accounts Act of 2019 (S.1019 - 116th Congress).
Savings for the Future Act (H.R. 2120 - 116th Congress).
Social Security 2100 Act (S.269/H.R. 860 - 116th Congress).
SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act (S.322 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Act of 2019 (S.321 - 116th Congress).
Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment (SWIFT) Act (S.345 - 116th Congress).
SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act (H.R. 1815 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security for American Workers Act (H.R. 1907 - 116th Congress).
Senior Security Act (H.R. 1876 - 116th Congress).
Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act (H.R. 3078 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act (S.1428 - 116th Congress).
Legacy IRA Act (S.1257 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2019 (S.2352 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No: 116-136).
DOL implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Treasury/IRS implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6364).
Securing Additional Value for Every Retirement Saver (SAVERS) Act (H.R.6562).
Application of ERISA to Insurance Company General Accounts and General Account Contracts (H.R. 7278 - 115th Session).
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800).
Senior Investor Pandemic and Fraud Protection Act - House Financial Services National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Subcommittee (Discussion Draft).
The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (S.1200/H.R. 1595 - 116th Congress).
The Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act (H.R. 905 - 116th Congress).
Registered Index Linked Annuity Act (S.3795/H.R. 6994 - 116th Congress).
Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R.7617 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Savings Lost & Found Act 2020 S.4192/H.R. 7439 - 116th Congress).
The Edith Shorougian Senior Victims of Fraud Compensation Act (Ediths Bill) (S.3487/H.R.7620 - 116th Congress).
Addressing Missing-savings Opportunities for Retirement due to an Epidemic Act (AMORE Act) (S.4297 - 116th Congress).
Military Spouses Retirement Security Act (H.R. 7927 - 116th Congress).
Preserving Employee Retirement Savings Act (H.R. 8083 - 116th Congress).
The E-SIGN Modernization Act. (S. 4159 - 116th Congress).
The HEROES Act (H.R. 925 - 116th Congress).
American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act (S.4318 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Savings and Security Act (S.1431 - 116th Congress).
Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020 (H.R. 8696 - 116th Congress).
Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act (S.5064 - 116th Congress).
Lifetime Income for Employees Act (HR. 8990 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (P.L. 116-159 - 116th Congress).
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
SEC Regulation Best Interest (17 CFR Part 240).
SEC Commission Interpretation Regarding Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers; Request for Comment on Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation (17 CFR Part 275).
SEC Form CRS Relationship Summary; Amendments to Form ADV; Required Disclosures in Retail Communications and Restrictions on the use of Certain Names or Titles (17 CFR Parts 240, 249, 275 and 279).
DOL EBSA Proposed PTE for Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans RFI (85 FR 36880 - Application No. D-12010 - Document Number: 2020-13142).
DOL - EBSA - Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans - RIN: 1210-ZA28.
DOL - EBSA - Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments - ZRIN 1210-AB95.
DOL - EBSA - Improving Investment Advice for Workers and Retirees - ZRIN 1210-ZA29.
DOL - EBSA - Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers - RIN 1210-AB94.
DOL - EBSA - Pension Benefit Statements-Lifetime Income Illustrations - RIN 1210-AB20.
DOL - EBSA - Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights - RIN 1210-AB91.
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Trump Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform.
Public Law 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2013, implementation and regulatory reform.
Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Women's Retirement Protection Act (S.975/H.R. 2005 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2019 (S.1020 - 116th Congress).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for multiple employer plans, and for other purposes (S.1011 - 116th Congress).
Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2019 (S.1298/H.R. 2479 - 116th Congress).
International Insurance Standards Act (H.R. 4592 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No: 116-136).
The Registration of Linked Indexed Annuity (RILA) Act (S.3795/H.R. 6994).
Securing Additional Value for Every Retirement Saver (SAVERS) Act (H.R. 6562).
Application of ERISA to Insurance Company General Accounts and General Account Contracts (H.R. 7278 - 115th Session).
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800).
The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2 - 116th Congress).
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020
(S.3533/H.R.6364- 116th Congress).
The E-SIGN Modernization Act (S.4159 - 116th Congress).
The HEROES Act (H.R. 925 - 116th Congress).
Safe to Work Act (S. 4317- 116th Congress).
Retirement Savings and Security Act (S.1431 - 116th Congress).
Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2020 (H.R. 8696 - 116th Congress).
Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act (S.5064 - 116th Congress).
Lifetime Income for Employees Act (HR. 8990 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (P.L. 116-159 - 116th Congress).
DOL implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Treasury/IRS implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC - Reporting Threshold for Institutional Investment Managers - RIN 3235-AM65.
Client expense: $160,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer;
H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates;
H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force;
H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners;
H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress;
H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films;
H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program;
H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management;
H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities;
H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;
H.R. 1325/S. 4605, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death;
H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP);
H.R. 1387, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations;
H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana;
H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund;
H.R. 1866, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties;
H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl;
H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs;
H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training;
H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness;
H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program;
H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes
H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly;
H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl;
H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement;
H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security;
H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis;
H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children;
H.R. 5855, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program for specified trauma centers and nonprofits to establish or expand intervention or prevention programs related to intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence;
H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD);
H.R. 6509, the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims;
H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act," which proposes a series of police reforms;
H.R. 7278/S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," which proposes a series of police reforms;
H.R. 7568, the "Public Safety Officer Support Act," which would expand the eligibility of certain officers or their surviving family for death and disability benefits as provided for by the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program;
H.R. 7951, the "Qualified Immunity Act," which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine;
H. Res. 1093, which calls on Congress to enact a bill of rights for law enforcement officers;
S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List";
S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;
S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act;
S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly;
S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program;
S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse;
S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes;
S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information;
S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion;
S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases;
S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids;
S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances;
S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet;
S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021;
S. 3987, the "Strong communities Act," which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers in their own community;
S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," which would undermine the existing qualified immunity doctrine;
S. 4186, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees;
S. 4486, the Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act," which would establish an interactive, internet website-based dashboard that publicizes all Federally funded mental health related grants; and
S. 4491, the "Methamphetamine Response Act," which would designate methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat which would then require the Office of National Drug Control Policy to create an Emerging Threat Response Plan.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
SEC Regulation Best Interest (17 CFR Part 240).
SEC Commission Interpretation Regarding Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers; Request for Comment on Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation (17 CFR Part 275).
SEC Form CRS Relationship Summary; Amendments to Form ADV; Required Disclosures in Retail Communications and Restrictions on the use of Certain Names or Titles (17 CFR Parts 240, 249, 275 and 279).
DOL EBSA Proposed Definition of Employer under Section 3(5) of ERISA - Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans Rule (29 CFR Part 2510).
DOL EBSA Proposed Rulemaking Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA (29 CFR Part 2520 RIN 1210-AB90).
DOL EBSA Proposed PTE for Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans RFI (85 FR 36880 - Application No. D-12010 - Document Number: 2020-13142).
DOL - EBSA - Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans - RIN: 1210-ZA28.
DOL - EBSA - Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments - ZRIN 1210-AB95.
DOL - EBSA - Improving Investment Advice for Workers and Retirees - ZRIN 1210-ZA29.
DOL - EBSA - Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers - RIN 1210-AB94.
DOL - EBSA - Pension Benefit Statements-Lifetime Income Illustrations - RIN 1210-AB20.
DOL - EBSA - Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights - RIN 1210-AB91.
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Trump Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform.
Public Law 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2013, implementation and regulatory reform.
Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Department of Labor rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Women's Retirement Protection Act (S.975/H.R. 2005 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2019 (S.1020 - 116th Congress).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for multiple employer plans, and for other purposes (S.1011 - 116th Congress).
Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2019 (S.1298/H.R. 2479 - 116th Congress).
International Insurance Standards Act (H.R. 4592 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No: 116-136).
The Registration of Linked Indexed Annuity (RILA) Act (S.3795/H.R. 6994).
Securing Additional Value for Every Retirement Saver (SAVERS) Act (H.R. 6562).
Application of ERISA to Insurance Company General Accounts and General Account Contracts (H.R. 7278 - 115th Session).
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800).
The Moving Forward Act (H.R. 2 - 116th Congress).
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020
(S.3533/H.R.6364- 116th Congress).
The E-SIGN Modernization Act (S.4159 - 116th Congress).
The HEROES Act (H.R. 925 - 116th Congress).
Safe to Work Act (S. 4317- 116th Congress).
DOL implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Treasury/IRS implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC - Reporting Threshold for Institutional Investment Managers - RIN 3235-AM65
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
DOL - EBSA Proposed Definition of Employer under Section 3(5) of ERISA - Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans Rule (29 CFR Part 2510).
DOL - EBSA Request for Information - Open MEPs and Other Issues under Section 3(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 CFR Parts 2510).
DOL - EBSA Proposed Rulemaking Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA (29 CFR Part 2520 RIN 1210-AB90).
DOL - EBSA Proposed PTE for Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans RFI (85 FR 36880 - Application No. D-12010 - Document Number: 2020-13142).
DOL - EBSA - Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans - RIN: 1210-ZA28.
DOL - EBSA - Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments - ZRIN 1210-AB95.
DOL - EBSA - Improving Investment Advice for Workers and Retirees - ZRIN 1210-ZA29.
DOL - EBSA - Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers - RIN 1210-AB94.
DOL - EBSA - Pension Benefit Statements-Lifetime Income Illustrations - RIN 1210-AB20.
DOL - EBSA - Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights - RIN 1210-AB91.
SEC Proposal - Updated Disclosure Requirements and Summary Prospectus for Variable Annuity and Variable Life Insurance Contracts (17 CFR Parts 230, 232, 239, 240, 270, and 274).
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Trump Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform.
Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Treasury - IRS Proposed Rulemaking: Multiple Employer Plans (26 CFR Part 1 [REG-121508-18] RIN 1545-BO97).
Treasury - IRS Proposed Rulemaking: Updated Life Expectancy and Distribution Period Tables Used for Purposes of Determining Minimum Required Distributions (26 CFR Part 1 [REG-132210-18] RIN 1545-BP11).
Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Department of Labor rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
The Receiving Electronic Statements to Improve Retiree Earnings Act (H.R. 4610 - 115th Congress).
The Automatic Retirement Plan Act of 2017 (H.R. 4523 - 115th Congress).
The Retirement Plan Simplification Act of 2017 (H.R. 4524 - 115th Congress).
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 6744 - 115th Congress).
Women's Retirement Protection Act (S.975/H.R. 2005- 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2019 (S.1020 - 116th Congress).
Refund to Rainy Day Savings Act (S.1018 - 116th Congress).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for multiple employer plans, and for other purposes (S.1011 - 116th Congress).
Strengthening Financial Security Through Short-Term Savings Accounts Act of 2019 (S.1019 - 116th Congress).
Savings for the Future Act (H.R. 2120 - 116th Congress).
Social Security 2100 Act (S.269/H.R. 860 - 116th Congress).
SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act (S.322 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Act of 2019 (S.321 - 116th Congress).
Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment (SWIFT) Act (S.345 - 116th Congress).
SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act (H.R. 1815 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security for American Workers Act (H.R. 1907 - 116th Congress).
Senior Security Act (H.R. 1876 - 116th Congress).
Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act (H.R. 3078 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act (S.1428 - 116th Congress).
Legacy IRA Act (S.1257 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2019 (S.2352 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No: 116-136).
DOL implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Treasury/IRS implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6364).
Securing Additional Value for Every Retirement Saver (SAVERS) Act (H.R.6562).
Application of ERISA to Insurance Company General Accounts and General Account Contracts (H.R. 7278 - 115th Session).
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800).
Senior Investor Pandemic and Fraud Protection Act - House Financial Services National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Subcommittee (Discussion Draft).
The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (S.1200/H.R. 1595 - 116th Congress).
The Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act (H.R. 905 - 116th Congress).
Registered Index Linked Annuity Act (S.3795/H.R. 6994 - 116th Congress).
Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R.7617 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Savings Lost & Found Act 2020 S.4192/H.R. 7439 - 116th Congress).
The Edith Shorougian Senior Victims of Fraud Compensation Act (Ediths Bill) (S.3487/H.R.7620 - 116th Congress).
Addressing Missing-savings Opportunities for Retirement due to an Epidemic Act (AMORE Act) (S.4297 - 116th Congress).
Military Spouses Retirement Security Act (H.R. 7927 - 116th Congress).
Preserving Employee Retirement Savings Act (H.R. 8083 - 116th Congress).
The E-SIGN Modernization Act. (S. 4159 - 116th Congress).
The HEROES Act (H.R. 925 - 116th Congress).
American Workers, Families, and Employers Assistance Act (S.4318 - 116th Congress).
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer;
H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates;
H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force;
H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners;
H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress;
H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films;
H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program;
H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management;
H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities;
H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;
H.R. 1325, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death;
H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP);
H.R. 1387, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations;
H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana;
H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund;
H.R. 1866, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties;
H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl;
H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs;
H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training;
H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness;
H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program;
H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes
H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly;
H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl;
H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement;
H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security;
H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis;
H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children;
H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD);
H.R. 6509, the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims;
H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act," which proposes a series of police reforms;
H.R. 7278/S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," which proposes a series of police reforms;
S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List";
S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB;
S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security;
S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act;
S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly;
S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program;
S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse;
S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes;
S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information;
S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion;
S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases;
S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids;
S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances;
S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet;
S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021;
S. 3987, the "Strong communities Act," which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers in their own community;
S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," which would undermine the existing qualified immunity doctrine.
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
DOL - EBSA Proposed Definition of Employer under Section 3(5) of ERISA - Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans Rule (29 CFR Part 2510).
DOL - EBSA Request for Information - Open MEPs and Other Issues under Section 3(5) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 CFR Parts 2510).
DOL - EBSA Proposed Rulemaking Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA (29 CFR Part 2520 RIN 1210-AB90).
DOL - EBSA Proposed PTE for Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans RFI (85 FR 36880 - Application No. D-12010 - Document Number: 2020-13142).
DOL - EBSA Proposed Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments Rule (85 FR 39113 - 29 CFR 2550 - RIN: 1210-AB95 - Document Number: 2020-13705).
SEC Proposal - Updated Disclosure Requirements and Summary Prospectus for Variable Annuity and Variable Life Insurance Contracts (17 CFR Parts 230, 232, 239, 240, 270, and 274).
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Trump Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform.
Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Treasury - IRS Proposed Rulemaking: Multiple Employer Plans (26 CFR Part 1 [REG-121508-18] RIN 1545-BO97).
Treasury - IRS Proposed Rulemaking: Updated Life Expectancy and Distribution Period Tables Used for Purposes of Determining Minimum Required Distributions (26 CFR Part 1 [REG-132210-18] RIN 1545-BP11).
Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Department of Labor rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
The Receiving Electronic Statements to Improve Retiree Earnings Act (H.R. 4610 - 115th Congress).
The Automatic Retirement Plan Act of 2017 (H.R. 4523 - 115th Congress).
The Retirement Plan Simplification Act of 2017 (H.R. 4524 - 115th Congress).
Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 6744 - 115th Congress).
Women's Retirement Protection Act (S.975/H.R. 2005- 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2019 (S.1020 - 116th Congress).
Refund to Rainy Day Savings Act (S.1018 - 116th Congress).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for multiple employer plans, and for other purposes (S.1011 - 116th Congress).
Strengthening Financial Security Through Short-Term Savings Accounts Act of 2019 (S.1019 - 116th Congress).
Savings for the Future Act (H.R. 2120 - 116th Congress).
Social Security 2100 Act (S.269/H.R. 860 - 116th Congress).
SIMPLE Plan Modernization Act (S.322 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Act of 2019 (S.321 - 116th Congress).
Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment (SWIFT) Act (S.345 - 116th Congress).
SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act (H.R. 1815 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security for American Workers Act (H.R. 1907 - 116th Congress).
Senior Security Act (H.R. 1876 - 116th Congress).
Expanding Access to Retirement Savings for Caregivers Act (H.R. 3078 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act (S.1428 - 116th Congress).
Legacy IRA Act (S.1257 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2019 (S.2352 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No: 116-136).
DOL implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Treasury/IRS implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6364).
The Registration of Linked Indexed Annuity (RILA) Act (S.3795/H.R. 6994).
Securing Additional Value for Every Retirement Saver (SAVERS) Act (H.R.6562).
Application of ERISA to Insurance Company General Accounts and General Account Contracts (H.R. 7278 - 115th Session).
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800).
Senior Investor Pandemic and Fraud Protection Act - House Financial Services National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Subcommittee (Discussion Draft).
The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (S.1200/H.R. 1595 - 116th Congress).
The Servicemember Retirement Improvement Act (H.R. 905 - 116th Congress).
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
SEC Regulation Best Interest (17 CFR Part 240).
SEC Commission Interpretation Regarding Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers; Request for Comment on Enhancing Investment Adviser Regulation (17 CFR Part 275).
SEC Form CRS Relationship Summary; Amendments to Form ADV; Required Disclosures in Retail Communications and Restrictions on the use of Certain Names or Titles (17 CFR Parts 240, 249, 275 and 279).
DOL EBSA Proposed Definition of Employer under Section 3(5) of ERISA - Association Retirement Plans and Other Multiple-Employer Plans Rule (29 CFR Part 2510).
DOL EBSA Proposed Rulemaking Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA (29 CFR Part 2520 RIN 1210-AB90).
DOL EBSA Proposed PTE for Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans RFI (85 FR 36880 - Application No. D-12010 - Document Number: 2020-13142).
DOL EBSA Proposed Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments Rule (85 FR 39113 - 29 CFR 2550 - RIN: 1210-AB95 - Document Number: 2020-13705).
Legislation and rulemaking affecting annuities, variable life products and retirement savings including Trump Administration and Congressional proposals on tax reform.
Public Law 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2013, implementation and regulatory reform.
Proposals at the Department of Treasury for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Proposals at the Department of Labor for increasing Americans' access to guaranteed lifetime income solutions.
Department of Labor rule to expand the scope of persons and entities that would be considered a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Women's Retirement Protection Act (S.975/H.R. 2005 - 116th Congress).
Retirement Security Flexibility Act of 2019 (S.1020 - 116th Congress).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for multiple employer plans, and for other purposes (S.1011 - 116th Congress).
Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2019 (S.1298/H.R. 2479 - 116th Congress).
International Insurance Standards Act (H.R. 4592 - 116th Congress).
Implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Public Law No: 116-136).
Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6364).
The Registration of Linked Indexed Annuity (RILA) Act (S.3795/H.R. 6994).
Securing Additional Value for Every Retirement Saver (SAVERS) Act (H.R. 6562).
Application of ERISA to Insurance Company General Accounts and General Account Contracts (H.R. 7278 - 115th Session).
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act (H.R. 6800).
DOL implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Treasury/IRS implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
SEC implementation of Division O of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020 (Public Law No: 116-94).
Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets
H.R. 3735, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," legislation to require the Director of the FBI to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; entire bill. S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," legislation to require the Director of the FBI to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; entire bill. S. 3732, the "Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Law Enforcement Protection Act," legislation to ensure that Section 1114 of Title 18, U.S. Code ("Protection of officers and employees of the United States") applies extraterritorially; entire bill. H.R. 7120, the "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020," legislation to reform federal, state, and local law enforcement practices and protections; entire bill. S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere (JUSTICE) Act," legislation to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency; entire bill. S. 3912, the "Justice in Policing Act," legislation to reform federal, state, and local law enforcement practices and protections; entire bill. H.R. 7278, the "Just and Unifying Solutions To Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," legislation to improve and reform policing practices, accountability, and transparency; entire bill. S. 3873, the "Walter Scott Notification Act," legislation to require law enforcement agencies to report the use of lethal force and use of force; entire bill. S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," legislation to fundamentally alter the doctrine of qualified immunity as it is currently interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court; entire bill. S. Res. 613, a resolution calling for justice for George Floyd and opposing calls to defund the police; entire resolution. Executive Order 13929, "Safe Policing for Safe Communities." General education regarding law enforcement's use of facial recognition technology and the potential impact of proposals to impose a ban or moratorium on such use. General education concerning challenges that New York City law enforcement is facing in responding to civil unrest during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
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