Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021

H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 H.R. 701, Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act H.R. 3460/S. 1787, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021 H.R. 3843, Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022 H.R. 4737, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5773/S. 2079, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021 H.R. 6843, Building Civic Bridges Act H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 S. 742, Open and Responsive Government Act of 2021 S. 2428, False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 S. 2429, Administrative False Claims Act of 2021 S. 3137, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act S. 4822, Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2022 Nomination of Grant Harris to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis at the United States Department of Commerce Nomination of Chris Wilson to be Chief Intellectual Property Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Nomination of Laurie Locascio to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Nominations of Bradley Merrill Thompson, Beena Ammanath, Christina Montgomery, Paul Daugherty, and Dr. Swani Sivasubramanian to serve on the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) Nomination of Robert Gordon to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources at the Department of Health and Human Services Nomination of John Goffman to serve as Associate Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Nomination of Richard Revesz to be OIRA Administrator Nomination of Shailen Bhatt to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Various issues relating to regulatory reform; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal contractors; False Claims Act and potential amendments related to materiality, and disclosure of third-party funding, U.S. Code cite. 31 USC 3729, et seq.; class action reform; antitrust; Corporate Enforcement Policy Issues Memorandum from the Deputy Attorney General, dated October 31, 2021; potential legislation dealing with state attorney general use of state AG use of outside contingency fee counsel; unfair or deceptive advertising related to lawsuits; potential legislation on judicial review of administrative agency activities; rescinding by the Department of Justice the interim final rule relating to Guidelines and Limitations for Settlement Agreements Involving Payments to Non-Governmental Third Parties; government contractors during the coronavirus pandemic; use of the Defense Production Act (P.L. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; reopening of Capitol Hill to visitors and the public; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator; supply chain and the defense industrial base; small business innovation research; Buy America provisions especially in infrastructure legislation; defense industrial base;

Client expense: $23,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)

HR 5773 "Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act," all provisions.

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

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. 1/S. 1/S. 2093, For the People Act of 2021 H.R. 701, Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act H.R. 3460/S. 1787, State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021 H.R. 4737, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act H.R. 4773, Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act H.R. 5773/S. 2079, Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2021 H.R. 6843, Building Civic Bridges Act H.R. 7691, Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 H.R. 7900, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 S. 742, Open and Responsive Government Act of 2021 S. 2428, False Claims Amendments Act of 2021 S. 2429, Administrative False Claims Act of 2021 Draft legislation titled Department of State, Foreign Operation and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2023 Nomination of Grant Harris to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis at the United States Department of Commerce Nomination of Chris Wilson to be Chief Intellectual Property Negotiator for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Nomination of Laurie Locascio to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology Nominations of Bradley Merrill Thompson, Beena Ammanath, Christina Montgomery, Paul Daugherty, and Dr. Swani Sivasubramanian to serve on the National Artificial Initiative Advisory Committee (NAIAC) Nomination of Gigi Sohn to be a Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission Nomination of Kathryn Huff to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Nomination of Alice Hill to serve as the Deputy Administrator for Resilience at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Nomination of Robert Gordon to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources at the Department of Health and Human Services Nomination of Alvaro Bedoya to be a Member of the Federal Trade Commission Nomination of Katherine Vidal to be Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Nomination of Mark Uyeda to be Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Various issues relating to regulatory reform; application of Kristof Terryn to serve on the Department of Labor's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship; COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal contractors; False Claims Act and potential amendments related to materiality, and disclosure of third-party funding, U.S. Code cite. 31 USC 3729, et seq.; class action reform; antitrust; Corporate Enforcement Policy Issues Memorandum from the Deputy Attorney General, dated October 31, 2021; potential legislation dealing with state attorney general use of state AG use of outside contingency fee counsel; potential legislation on judicial review of administrative agency activities; government contractors during the coronavirus pandemic; use of the Defense Production Act (P.L. 81-774) during the coronavirus pandemic; implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (P.L. 117-2); decisions of the Congressional Parliamentarians; reopening of Capitol Hill to visitors and the public; urging a rapid nomination of a new FAA Administrator; supply chain and the defense industrial base; small business innovation research; Buy America provisions especially in infrastructure legislation;

Client expense: $15,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)