Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2023

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

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Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

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Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

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Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Veteran Access to Care (HR 740, S 275, HR 1644, HR 3951) Veteran Mental Health and Brain-Related Care (HR 72, S 800, S 862, HR 1336, HR 2605, S 3130) Transition, Education and Employment (HR 980, HR 983, HR 1391, HR 1423, HR 5035) Veterans' Rights and Claims (HR 1041, HR 1286, HR 2102) Housing (HR 1815) VA Accountability (HR 472)

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H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269/S. 4255, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.R. 7456 (Duarte, R-CA) the First Responders Emergency Assistance Act., which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 8989 (Salazar, R-FL) the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; H.R. 9390 (Johnson, R-SD) the Supporting Opportunities to Build Everyday Responsibility (SOBER) Act, which would expand a grant program for 24/7 sobriety programs; H.R. 9641/S. 5060 (Schultz, D-FL) the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program for three years; H.R. 9576 (Phillips, D-MN), the Pathways to Policing Act, which would provide $50 million a year to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to operate a nationwide marketing and recruitment campaign; H.R. 9660 (Neguse, D-CO) the Samaritan Efforts to Ensure Key Health Emergency and Life-saving Protection Act (SEEK HELP) Act, which would close gaps in Good Samaritan laws by ensuring that people cannot be prosecuted for drug possession when they seek medical assistance after witnessing or experiencing an overdose; H.R. 9871 (Larsen, D-WA) the End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act, which would invest and expand in multiple anti-drug task forces in the U.S. Department of Justice to improve cooperation and collaboration between departments to combat the fentanyl epidemic; H.R. 9910 (Spanberger, D-VA) the Supporting Federal Employees in the National Guard & Reserves Act, which would increase the paid leave available for Federal law enforcement and correctional officers in the National Guard from 15 to 36 days per fiscal year; H.R. 9928 (Malliotakis, R-NY) the U.S. Park Police Modernization Act, which would restructure the service timeline for Park Police officers by reducing the number and time between pay grade steps; H.R. 9929 (Miller-Meeks, R-IA) the Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act, which would establish a grant program that would provide funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals, where applicable, to mental healthcare providers for those corrections officers who are struggling with their mental health; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972/H.R. 8420, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 8918/S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637/H.R. 8871, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes; S. 4450 (Kelly D-AZ), the Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety Act, which would offer officers financial assistance for higher education for those who have served for a period of eight years with the same agency and who are willing to commit to serving at least an additional four. S. 4569 (Cantwel,l D-WA), the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; S. 4970 (Ossoff, D-GA), the Female Officers Ballistic Protection Act, which would ensure that women in law enforcement have improved ballistic body armor; S. 5056 (Grassley, R-IA), the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which will add a Schedule A to the existing five schedules of the Controlled Substances Act, allowing synthetic analogues to be prohibited; S. 5062 (Blackburn, R-TN), the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, which would require the OIG to conduct reviews and analysis into cases of sexual harassment and assault, report those findings to Congress, and subsequently have corrective rules promulgated by the U.S. Attorney General; S. 5128 (Casey, D-PA), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; S. 5270 (Kelly-AZ), the HIDTA Enhancement Act, which would increase the HIDTA programs budget by over $28 million to provide for the creation of new grant programs that would enhance fentanyl seizure operations and improve coordination between law enforcement agencies;

H.R. 9029/S. 4942, the FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. P.L. 118-84, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. H.R. 8977, legislation to reimburse fire and EMS departments for treating patients on scene. P.L. 118-147, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. Issues relating to the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program. H.R. 8042, the Community Paramedicine Act, provisions to create a grant program for mobile integrated health programs. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems and reimbursement for the installation of thermal fuses. H.R. 5530/S. 2757, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act, provisions to set requirements before the Department of Veterans Affairs can change reimbursement rates for ambulance transport. H.R. 2574/S. 1115, the EMS Counts Act, provisions to better account for the national EMS workforce. H.R. 1666/S. 1673, the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act, provisions to extend the add-on payments for ambulance transport of patients. Issues relating to the use of human factors in investigations by the National Fallen Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program.

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894, S1569, S140, HR1047, HR5240, HR4684, HR4260, HR4105, HR2380, HR898, HR 2582, S 1514, HR 3170, HR 2592, HR 2494

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269/S. 4255, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.R. 7456 (Duarte, R-CA) the First Responders Emergency Assistance Act., which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 8989 (Salazar, R-FL) the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; H.R. 9390 (Johnson, R-SD) the Supporting Opportunities to Build Everyday Responsibility (SOBER) Act, which would expand a grant program for 24/7 sobriety programs; H.R. 9641/S. 5060 (Schultz, D-FL) the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology to Eradicate Cyber Threats (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force program for three years; H.R. 9576 (Phillips, D-MN), the Pathways to Policing Act, which would provide $50 million a year to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to operate a nationwide marketing and recruitment campaign; H.R. 9660 (Neguse, D-CO) the Samaritan Efforts to Ensure Key Health Emergency and Life-saving Protection Act (SEEK HELP) Act, which would close gaps in Good Samaritan laws by ensuring that people cannot be prosecuted for drug possession when they seek medical assistance after witnessing or experiencing an overdose; H.R. 9871 (Larsen, D-WA) the End Fentanyl Trafficking with Local Task Forces Act, which would invest and expand in multiple anti-drug task forces in the U.S. Department of Justice to improve cooperation and collaboration between departments to combat the fentanyl epidemic; H.R. 9910 (Spanberger, D-VA) the Supporting Federal Employees in the National Guard & Reserves Act, which would increase the paid leave available for Federal law enforcement and correctional officers in the National Guard from 15 to 36 days per fiscal year; H.R. 9928 (Malliotakis, R-NY) the U.S. Park Police Modernization Act, which would restructure the service timeline for Park Police officers by reducing the number and time between pay grade steps; H.R. 9929 (Miller-Meeks, R-IA) the Corrections Officer Blake Schwarz Suicide Prevention Act, which would establish a grant program that would provide funding to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, States, and localities to carry out mental health screenings and provide referrals, where applicable, to mental healthcare providers for those corrections officers who are struggling with their mental health; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972/H.R. 8420, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 8918/S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637/H.R. 8871, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes; S. 4450 (Kelly D-AZ), the Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety Act, which would offer officers financial assistance for higher education for those who have served for a period of eight years with the same agency and who are willing to commit to serving at least an additional four. S. 4569 (Cantwel,l D-WA), the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which would clarify and expand agency authority to combat the distribution of exploitative deepfake technology; S. 4970 (Ossoff, D-GA), the Female Officers Ballistic Protection Act, which would ensure that women in law enforcement have improved ballistic body armor; S. 5056 (Grassley, R-IA), the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which will add a Schedule A to the existing five schedules of the Controlled Substances Act, allowing synthetic analogues to be prohibited; S. 5062 (Blackburn, R-TN), the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, which would require the OIG to conduct reviews and analysis into cases of sexual harassment and assault, report those findings to Congress, and subsequently have corrective rules promulgated by the U.S. Attorney General; S. 5128 (Casey, D-PA), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would authorize the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; S. 5270 (Kelly-AZ), the HIDTA Enhancement Act, which would increase the HIDTA programs budget by over $28 million to provide for the creation of new grant programs that would enhance fentanyl seizure operations and improve coordination between law enforcement agencies;

H.R. 9029/S. 4942, the FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. P.L. 118-84, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. H.R. 8977, legislation to reimburse fire and EMS departments for treating patients on scene. H.R. 3821/S. 2119, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. Issues relating to the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program. H.R. 8042, the Community Paramedicine Act, provisions to create a grant program for mobile integrated health programs. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems and reimbursement for the installation of thermal fuses. H.R. 5530/S. 2757, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act, provisions to set requirements before the Department of Veterans Affairs can change reimbursement rates for ambulance transport. H.R. 2574/S. 1115, the EMS Counts Act, provisions to better account for the national EMS workforce. H.R. 1666/S. 1673, the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act, provisions to extend the add-on payments for ambulance transport of patients. Issues relating to the use of human factors in investigations by the National Fallen Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program.

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894, S1569, S140, HR1047, HR5240, HR4684, HR4260, HR4105, HR2380, HR898, HR 2582, S 1514, HR 3170, HR 2592, HR 2494

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 9029, the FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. S. 265/H.R. 4646, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. H.R. 8977, legislation to reimburse fire and EMS departments for treating patients on scene. H.R. 3821/S. 2119, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. Issues relating to the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program. H.R. 8042, the Community Paramedicine Act, provisions to create a grant program for mobile integrated health programs. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems and reimbursement for the installation of thermal fuses. H.R. 5530/S. 2757, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act, provisions to set requirements before the Department of Veterans Affairs can change reimbursement rates for ambulance transport. H.R. 2574/S. 1115, the EMS Counts Act, provisions to better account for the national EMS workforce. H.R. 1666/S. 1673, the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act, provisions to extend the add-on payments for ambulance transport of patients.

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269/S. 4255, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.R. 7456 (Duarte, R-CA) the First Responders Emergency Assistance Act., which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972/H.R. 8420, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 8918/S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637/H.R. 8871, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes; S. 4450 (Kelly D-AZ), the Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety Act, which would offer officers financial assistance for higher education for those who have served for a period of eight years with the same agency and who are willing to commit to serving at least an additional four.

Drug Enforcement Administration proposed rule, "Schedules of Controlled Substances: Rescheduling of Marijuana" (89 Fed. Reg. 44597, May 21, 2024). H.R. 1294, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. H.R. 1719, the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. H.R. 2548, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 3148, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 3184, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. H.R. 472, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 6973, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 7581, the "Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 795, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. H.R. 8663, the "DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act," a bill to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations; entire bill. Nomination of Adeel A. Mangi for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (PN 1251). S. 1144, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 1306, the "COPS Reauthorization Act," legislation to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program through FY 2029; entire bill. S. 1387, the "Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act," a bill to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 through FY 2028; entire bill. S. 1507, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1530, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 261, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 3884, the "Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act," legislation to establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; entire bill. S. 4235, the "Reauthorizing Support and Treatment for Officers in Crisis Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize grants to support for law enforcement officers and families; entire bill. S. 4419, the "DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act," a bill to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations; entire bill. S. 546, the "Recruit and Retain Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities; entire bill. S. 569, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. S. 645, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. S. 894, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. S. 930, the "Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill.

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894, S1569, S140, HR1047, HR5240, HR4684, HR4260, HR4105, HR2380, HR898, HR 2582, S 1514, HR 3170, HR 2592, HR 2494

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722/S.3554, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3005/S.3356, the Postal Police Reform Act," which would reverse a 2020 directive from the United States Postal Service (USPS) that bans postal police from performing their patrol duties outside of real estate owned or leased by the postal service. Prior to this directive, the postal police additionally had jurisdiction over all postal service property and were authorized to protect mail carriers, collection boxes, and vehicles; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3269, the Law Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act, which would create a new definition for a less-than-lethal projectile device in Federal firearms law; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266, the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.R. 7185, the HIDTA Reauthorization Act., which would reauthorize the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; H.R. 7456, the "First Responders Emergency Assistance Act.", which would establish additional grants through the Department of Homeland Security to law enforcement agencies within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico Border; H.R. 7487, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act., which would allocate $400 million to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy. H.R. 7720(Kean, R-NJ), which would allow grant funds from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) to be used for the purchase of fentanyl testing kits and opioid reversal agents; H.R. 7730 (Spanberger, D-VA), directing the GAO to investigate the methods used to enable such online sales and assess the procedures and efforts of Federal law enforcement and online providers in combatting online sales of fentanyl; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2569, the "Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act". which would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify that the possession, sale, purchase, importation, exportation, or transportation of drug testing equipment that tests for the presence of fentanyl or xylazine is not unlawful; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; S.3522, the Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act, which would require the Attorney General to develop reports relating to violent attacks against law enforcement officers, and for other purposes; S. 3643, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update current law concerning hawala and other informal value transfer systems like those used by international terrorists and trafficking organizations, additionally, purposes to double the penalties for those who violate bulk-cash smuggling laws; S. 3763, the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, which would establish a grant program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to help State, Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies improve their clearance rates for homicides and firearm-related violent crimes.

HR 472- S 645- Fighting Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Client expense: $690,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

P.L. 118-47, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. S. 265/H.R. 4646, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. Issues relating to reimbursement for ambulance transport and the treatment of patients in place or their transportation to an alternate destination of care. H.R. 3821/S. 2119, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. Issues relating to the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program. Issues relating to reimbursement of fire and EMS departments for mobile integrated health programs, treatment of patients in place, and transportation of patients to alternate destinations of care. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems and reimbursement for the installation of thermal fuses. H.R. 5530/S. 2757, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act, provisions to set requirements before the Department of Veterans Affairs can change reimbursement rates for ambulance transport. H.R. 2574/S. 1115, the EMS Counts Act, provisions to better account for the national EMS workforce.

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894, S1569, S140, HR1047, HR5240, HR4684, HR4260, HR4105, HR2380, HR898, HR 2582, S 1514, HR 3170, HR 2592, HR 2494

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 3184, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 1144, the "Invest to Protect Act," a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 569, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. H.R. 1294, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. Legislative proposal to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program (no bill introduced). S. 930, the "Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. H.R. 1719, the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. S. 894, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 2548, the "Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act," a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. S. 546, the "Recruit and Retain Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities; entire bill. S. 645, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 472, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. S. 1387, the "Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act," a bill to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 through FY 2028; entire bill. H.R. 3148, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1507, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act," a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 6973, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1530, the "COPS on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act," legislation to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 795, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 261, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 3884, the "Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act," legislation to establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; entire bill. Legislative proposal to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to allow Byrne-JAG grants to be used for childcare centers for children of first responders (no bill introduced). H.R. 871, the "Honoring Our Fallen TSA Officers Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for the eligibility of Transportation Security Administration employees to receive public safety officers death benefits; entire bill. S. 1306, the "COPS Reauthorization Act," legislation to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program through FY 2029; entire bill. Legislative proposal to require the Science and Technology Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security to develop greater capacity to detect, identify, and disrupt illicit substances in very low concentrations (no bill introduced).

H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5182, the Child Online Safety Modernization Act, which would strengthen the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children CyberTipline by modernizing and improving the reporting process, extending the required preservation period for individual reports to one year, and replacing the term, child pornography, with child sexual abuse materials throughout all Federal statutes; H.R. 5266 (Bacon, R-NE), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.R. 5538, the Border Patrol Pay Fix Act, which would allow the majority of Border Patrol agents to receive a special overtime pay rate; H.R. 5798, the Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act, which would undue certain provisions of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) passed by the Washington D.C. City Council; H.R. 6246, the Eliminate Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, the nations centralized reporting system for the online exploitation of children; H.R. 6688, the Cold Case Modernization Act, which will extend DOJ grant funding for forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) testing to cover the identification process of all unidentified human remains, without regard to the manner of their death; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2567, the Stop Computer Crimes Proliferation Act, which would reauthorize the programs in the Computer Crime Enforcement Act; S. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2637, the Law Enforcement Scenario-Based Training for Safety and De-Escalation Act, which would direct the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to authorize grants to State, and local law enforcement agencies to provide law enforcement personnel access to an immersive, real-life, scenario-based training curriculum which will improve community-police relations, as well as officer safety and resilience; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;

FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. S. 265/H.R. 4646, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. Issues relating to billing for ambulance transport. H.R. 3821/S. 2119, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. S.2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. Issues relating to the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation program. Issues relating to reimbursement of fire and EMS departments for mobile integrated health programs, treatment of patients in place, and transportation of patients to alternate destinations of care. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome Act, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems. H.R. 5530/S. 2757, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act, provisions to set requirements before the Department of Veterans Affairs can change reimbursement rates for ambulance transport. H.R. 2574/S. 1115, the EMS Counts Act, provisions to better account for the national EMS workforce.

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894, S1569, S140, HR1047, HR5240, HR4684, HR4260, HR4105, HR2380, HR898, HR 2582, S 1514, HR 3170,

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1105, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.R. 5029, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; H.R. 5266 (Bacon, R-NE), the Interdiction of Fentanyl in Postal Mail at Federal Prisons Act, which would empower the Director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to evaluate correctional facilities capabilities to protect staff and detainees from exposure to synthetic drugs and opioids and implement appropriate protective measures as a result of the findings; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. S. 265/H.R. 4646, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. Issues relating to billing for ambulance transport. H.R. 3821/S. 2119, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. S.2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems. H.R. 5530/S. 2757, the VA Emergency Transportation Access Act, provisions to set requirements before the Department of Veterans Affairs can change reimbursement rates for ambulance transport. H.R. 2574/S. 1115, the EMS Counts Act, provisions to better account for the national EMS workforce.

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894, S1569, S140, HR1047, HR5240, HR4684, HR4260, HR4105, HR2380, HR898,

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 130/S. 459, the Thin Blue Line Act, which would expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responders; H.R. 233, which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine as established and upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court; H.R. 304, the Stop Enabling Repeat Violence and Endangering (SERVE) Our Communities Act, which would establish an annual grant program for State and local governments to fund programs like transitional services, mentoring, and job training for young offenders; H.R. 355, the Back the Blue Act, which would improve protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, impose time and other limits on Federal courts review of habeas corpus, amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), and provide new grants; H.R. 472/S. 645, the Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, which directs the U.S. Department of Justice to develop a state-of-the-art treatment program for public safety officers experiencing acute stress disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or similar conditions; H.R. 743, 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. 795/S. 261, the Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act, would allow State and local governments to purchase containment devices through the existing Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP); H.R. 898/S. 546, the Recruit and Retain Act, which would authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 1649, the Establishing Accreditation Grants for Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Act, which would establish a grant program that would pay the certification or re-certification fees for small to mid-size agencies that have fewer than 350 employees; H.R. 1719, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; H.R. 1839/S. 993, the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, which would add xylazine to the Controlled Substances Act, listing it as a Schedule III drug for illicit use; H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would direct the CDC to expand their data collection efforts, publicly release their findings, and suggest protocols to prevent instances of Traumatic Brain Injuries for Law Enforcement; H.R. 2601, the National Human Trafficking Hotline Enhancement Act, which would require the full cooperation of any grant recipient that contracts with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline, sharing information and assisting efforts by State and local law enforcement to combat human trafficking; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act," which would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits; H.R. 2722, the Providing Child Care to Police Officers Act, which would establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers; H.R. 2949, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; H.R. 3150, the Overcoming Prevalent Inadequacies in Overdose Information Data Sets (OPIOIDS) Act., which would empower the Attorney General to award grants to local law enforcement departments and forensic laboratories in communities with high rates of drug overdoses; H.R. 3170/S. 1514, the Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator, and Responder (HELPER) Act, which creates a home loan benefits program for first responders and educators based on the successful U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program available to our nations veterans; H.R. 3333/S.1271, the Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which would direct the resources of the U.S. government to target the fentanyl supply chain; H.R. 3449, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; H.R. 4384, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; H.R. 4639, the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, which would impose a probable cause standard for certain types of information; H.J. Res. 26/S.J. Res. 12/PL 118-1, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) of 2022 by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H.J. Res. 42/S.J. Res. 26, a resolution disapproving the adoption of the Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act (CPJRAA) by the Washington, D.C. City Council; H. Res. 285, a resolution calling on Congress to respect the rights of law enforcement officers and establish a Bill of Rights for them; S. 474, the Revising Existing Procedures on Reporting via Technology (REPORT) Act, which would provide the CyberTipline, a critical tool for law enforcement run by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the necessary resources and infrastructure needed to protect children from digital exploitation; S. 499, the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act for five years and allocate $151 million in funding; S. 529, Erics Law, which would allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of a Federal capital case if the first jury does not reach a unanimous decision on the sentence; S.894, the Public Safety Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act, which would help law enforcement agencies establish concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI) protocols; S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under Public Safety Officers Benefits program; S. 972, the Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, which provides a one-time boost of $162 million for the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 994, the Strong Communities Act, which would help build on the community-policing model by establishing a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers from their own community; S. 1080, the Cooper Davis Act, which would require social media providers to report all suspected illicit drug activity occurring on their platforms to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA); S. 1170, Project Safe Childhood, which updates and expands provisions included in the original Project Safe Childhood initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); S. 1199, Strengthening Transparency and Obligation to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment (STOP CSAM) Act, which provides special privacy protections to certain child victims and witnesses in criminal prosecutions; S. 1207, 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. 1306, the COPS Reauthorization Act, which will reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and all the programs it administers through 2029; S. 1331, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Payment Completion Fairness Act, which would aid our nations public servants, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, and first responders, by forgiving the remaining balance of their Federal direct student loans after ten years of qualifying public service and payments; S. 1387, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, which would reauthorize critical funding and support for local law enforcement agencies and community organizations that help reduce violent crime and enhance public safety; S. 1447, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would authorize the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to select existing violence prevention or intervention programs, administered by State and local trauma centers, to receive Federal grants to expand existing programs, study the effectiveness of those programs, and examine their impacts on reincarceration and re-admittance rates; S. 1507, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which establishes a grant program within the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to aid State and local law enforcement in obtaining portable chemical screening devices to identify the substances they encounter daily; S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act, which allows underserved and rural communities greater flexibility to use COPS grants to raise law enforcement salaries to help retain good officers and improve recruitment efforts; S. 1569, the Back the Blue Act. which improves protections for law enforcement officers by increasing the penalties for those who kill or assault law enforcement officers, judges, and other public safety officers; S. 1857, the Assisting Narcotics and Trafficking Officers in Interdicting (ANTI) Drugs Act, which would reauthorize, and increase funding for, Operation Stonegarden; S. 2313, 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. 2596, the Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act, would amend current law (18 U.SC. 3607) expunging an individuals minor possession offense if the individual meets the laws stringent requirements. This legislation amends this rule, eliminating the age requirement; S. 2644, the American Law Enforcement Sustaining Aid and Vital Emergency Resources (SAVER) Act, would expand the existing Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG) program to allow for the purchase of trauma kits;

H.R. 1719/S. 930, the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, provisions to grant eligibility for the Public Safety Officers Benefits program to the families of public safety officers that die or are disabled from cancer due to job-related exposures. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. H.R. 1631/S.835, the Pro Codes Act, provisions to protect the intellectual property of fire safety and prevention codes.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Bureau of Justice Assistance, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, provisions re: - Funding at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for a national firefighter cancer registry. - Funding at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration for the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. S. 265, the SIREN Reauthorization Act, provisions to reauthorize the Rural Emergency Medical Services Training Grant program. Issues relating to billing for ambulance transport. H.R. 3821/S. 2119, the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act of 2023, provisions to reauthorize the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to supply chain issues and the effects on the cost and delivery of fire apparatus and equipment. H.R. 3671/H.R. 4274/S.1925, provisions to create behavioral health resources for fire and EMS personnel. S. 645/H.R. 472, The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act, provisions to provide behavioral health resources to first responders at the Department of Justice. Issues relating to the National EMS Advisory Council. Issues relating to the Advisory Committee on Ground Ambulance and Patient Billing (GAPB). Issues related to fire safety in home oxygen systems.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

911 emergency dispatchers' mental health issues HR 472, S 645- Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act HR 795, S 261- Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act HR 2548, S 894- Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act HR 2847, S 1196- Ending Qualified Immunity Act

Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

H.R. 1294, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. S. 569, the "9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023," a bill to amend title XXXIII of the Public Health Service Act with respect to flexibility and funding for the World Trade Center Health Program; entire bill. H.R. 1005, the "EAGLES Act of 2023," a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security; entire bill. H.R. 1719, the "Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. H.R. 2548, the Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act of 2023, a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 3148, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act, a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 472, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2023," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. H.R. 795, "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023," a bill to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. Nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. S. 1144, the Invest to Protect Act, a bill to establish a grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies; entire bill. S. 1306, the "COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023," legislation to reauthorize the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program through 2029; entire bill. S. 1387, the "Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2023," legislation to reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018; entire bill. S. 1507, the "Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act, a bill to provide grants to State, local, territorial, and Tribal law enforcement agencies to purchase chemical screening devices and train personnel to use chemical screening devices in order to enhance law enforcement efficiency and protect law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 1530, the COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, a bill to permit COPS grants to be used for the purpose of increasing the compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 261, the "Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2023," a bill to authorize the use of grant amounts for providing training and resources for first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances, and purchasing such containment devices for use by first responders; entire bill. S. 411, the "EAGLES Act of 2023," a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to reauthorize and expand the National Threat Assessment Center of the Department of Homeland Security; entire bill. S. 546, the Recruit & Retain Act, a bill to authorize law enforcement agencies to use COPS grants for recruitment activities; entire bill. S. 645, the "Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act," a bill to require the Attorney General to propose a program for making treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers; entire bill. S. 894, the Public Safety Officers Concussion and TBI Health Act of 2023, a bill to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to collect and disseminate information on concussion and traumatic brain injury among public safety officers; entire bill. S. 930, the "Honoring our Fallen Heroes Act," a bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers; entire bill. S. 994, the "Strong Communities Act of 2023," legislation to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities; entire bill. Legislative proposal to establish a grant pilot program to provide child care services for the minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate the shift work and abnormal work hours of such officers, and to enhance recruitment and retention of such officers (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to establish a grant program for states and local governments for the purposes of providing access to counsel for petitioners seeking an extreme risk protection order (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to establish standards for trauma kits purchased using funds provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (no bill introduced). Legislative proposal to allow COPS grants to be used to hire and train criminal investigators specializing in the investigation of a crime involving controlled substances (no bill introduced).

Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, officer health and wellness, PSOB benefits, cyber security, FirstNet, spectrum policy, school safety, FEMA preparedness grants, counter UAS, undetectable firearms, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, law enforcement training, Next Generation 911, CISA operations, spectrum auction authority, S. 993/H.R. 1839 - Combating Illegal Xylazine Act, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, S. 894/H.R. 2548 - Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2023, S. 645/H.R. 472 - Fighting PTSD Act of 2023, H.R. 957 - Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023, S. 930/H.R. 1719 - Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023, H.R. 1005/S. 411 - EAGLES Act, S. 1631 - Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023, H.R.3565 - Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office

Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, illicit xylazine, drug trafficking, officer health and wellness, PSOB benefits, immigration enforcement, cyber security, encryption, dark web, FirstNet, spectrum policy, school safety, FEMA preparedness grants, DHS HERO Corps, online child sexual exploitation, counter UAS, undetectable firearms, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, law enforcement training, Next Generation 911, CISA operations, spectrum auction authority, S. 993/H.R. 1839 - Combating Illegal Xylazine Act, S. 894/H.R. 2548 - Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2023, S. 645/H.R. 472 - Fighting PTSD Act of 2023, H.R. 743 - Protect and Serve Act, H.R. 957 - Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023, S. 930/H.R. 1719 - Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023, H.R. 3148/S. 1507 - POWER Act, H.R. 2494 - POLICE Act of 2023, H.R. 3587/S. 1728 - Dark Web Interdiction Act, H.R. 467/S. 1141 - HALT Fentanyl Act, H.R. 3150 - OPIOIDS Act, H.R. 1005/S. 411 - EAGLES Act, S. 987 - PREVENT Fentanyl Act, S. 1199 - STOP CSAM Act of 2023, S. 1080 - Cooper Davis Act, S. 1475 - Stop Pills That Kill Act, S. 1631 - Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023, H.R.3565 - Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023

Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Law enforcement policy and operations, law enforcement grants and funding, illicit xylazine, drug trafficking, violent crime, bail reform, criminal justice system accountability, criminal justice reform, criminal record sealing and expungement, officer health and wellness, PSOB benefits, data privacy, American Data Privacy and Protection Act, violence against law enforcement officers, legal protections for law enforcement officers, fentanyl, Project Safe Neighborhoods, COPS Grants, law enforcement recruitment and retention, law enforcement officer pay and benefits, mental health and substance abuse, reentry policy, immigration enforcement, gun violence, firearms policy, gun safety, cyber security, encryption, dark web, alternative response, Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy, FirstNet, spectrum policy, Byrne JAG funding, hate crimes, school safety, FEMA preparedness grants, DHS HERO Corps, online child sexual exploitation, crack versus powder cocaine sentencing disparity, encryption, Sec. 230 liability, counter UAS, extreme risk protection orders, catalytic converter theft, swatting, undetectable firearms, federal-local law enforcement partnerships, policing reform, law enforcement training, Next Generation 911, CISA operations, spectrum auction authority, forensic science, S. 993/H.R. 1839 - Combating Illegal Xylazine Act, H.R. 2983 - Fresh Start Act of 2023, S. 894/H.R. 2548 - Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 2023, H.R. 354 - LEOSA Reform Act, S. 1569/H.R. 355 - Back the Blue Act of 2023, S. 645/H.R. 472 - Fighting PTSD Act of 2023, H.R. 743 - Protect and Serve Act, H.R. 957 - Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023, S. 930/H.R. 1719 - Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act of 2023, H.R. 2620 - Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, S. 1514/H.R. 3170 - HELPER Act, H.R. 3148/S. 1507 - POWER Act, S. 546 - Recruit and Retain Act, S. 1387 - Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act, S. 1530 - COPS on the Beat Grant Program Parity Act of 2023, H.R. 2494 - POLICE Act of 2023, H.R. 2722 - Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act, H.R. 2897 - End Gun Violence Act of 2023, H.R. 2898 - Secure Background Checks Act of 2023, H. Res. 363., H.R. 3587/S. 1728 - Dark Web Interdiction Act, H.R. 130/S. 459 - Thin Blue Line Act, H.R. 3247 - Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, H.R. 467/S. 1141 - HALT Fentanyl Act, H.R.3074/S.971 - Due Process Continuity of Care Act, H.R. 2400 - Reentry Act, H.R. 3150 - OPIOIDS Act, H.R. 3563 - STRIP Act, H.R. 4172/S. 2030 - Hate Crimes Commission Act, H.R. 1005/S. 411 - EAGLES Act, S. 972 - Filling Public Safety Vacancies Act, S. 987 - PREVENT Fentanyl Act, S. 1199 - STOP CSAM Act of 2023, S. 524/H.R. 1062 - EQUAL Act, S. 1207 - EARN IT Act of 2023, S. 1223 - Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act, S. 1080 - Cooper Davis Act, S. 1475 - Stop Pills That Kill Act, S. 1247 - Terry Technical Correction Act, S. 1306 - COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023, S. 1631 - Safeguarding the Homeland from the Threats Posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act of 2023, H.R. 4330 - Ammo Identification Act of 2023, H.R. 612/S. 154 - PART Act, H.R.3565 - Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023

S 868, S 645, S 546, S441, S389, HR 1124, HR 895, HR 743, HR 661, HR 472, HR 354, HR 304, HR 233, S1207, S1107, S1617, S1475, S1271, S319, HR3079, HR3189, HR3376, S1462, HR2548, S894

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE