Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013
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2015 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S.1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (Storage 2013 Act) - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.1465 - Storage 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.2502 - Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R.3017 - Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013 - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Architectural & Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (ACCESS)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S.1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (Storage 2013 Act) - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.1465 - Storage 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.2502 - Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R.3017 - Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013 - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
STORAGE Act (H.R. 1465, S. 1030), MLP Parity Act (H.R. 1696, S. 795), Start Up Jobs and Innovation Act (S. 1658)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: EO12333, United States intelligence activities-Issues Lobbied:Surveillance. EO13665, Rulemaking on Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. EO13672, Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity-Issues Lobbied:Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights. EO13673, Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. S84, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. S162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act-Issues Lobbied:Mental Health and Criminal Justice. S444, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013-Issues Lobbied:Guantanamo Bay.S607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Privacy. S678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice.S777, MARCH for Military Women Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S813, Peace Corps Equity Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Womens Rights. S987, Free Flow of Information Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. S1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices. S1069, Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. S1236, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. S1307, The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. S1410, Smarter Sentencing Act-Issues Lobbied:Mandatory Minimums. S1599, USA Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. S1631, FISA Improvements Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. S1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:BOP Reform. S1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Reentry and PREA Amendment. S1696, Womens Health Protection Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S1847, National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Guantanamo Bay. S1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. S2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. S2199, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. S2235, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. S2410, National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Religion and Belief, Women's Rights. S2499, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY 2015-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S2520, FOIA Improvement Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Government Transparency. S2531, Better Options for Kids Act-Issues Lobbied:School Discipline, School-to-Prison Pipeline. S2536, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. S2550, Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. S2567, REDEEM Act-Issues Lobbied:Criminal Records and Juvenile Solitary Confinement. S2588, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act-Issues Lobbied:Cybersecurity. S2611, HUMANE Act-Issues Lobbied:Immigration. S2644, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied:Due Process. S2685, USA Freedom Act 2014-Issues Lobbied:Surveillance. S2687, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S2904, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied:Law Enforcement Militarization. S2919, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. SJReS19, Constitutional amendment to limit 1A on political speech-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR20, Government By the People Act-Issues Lobbied:Campaign finance reform. HR57, Transparency in Policing Act-Issues Lobbied:Police Reform. HR83, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015-Issues Lobbied:Surveillance, Criminal Justice Reform, Immigration, Civil Rights, Reproductive Rights. HR148, DISCLOSE Act-Issues Lobbied:Campaign finance reform. HR377, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. HR401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act-Issues Lobbied:Mental Health and Criminal Justice. HR637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Privacy. HR983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act-Issues Lobbied:Privacy. HR1318, The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. HR1447, Death in Custody Reporting Act-Issues Lobbied:Criminal Justice. HR1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR1962, Free Flow of Information Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Womens Rights. HR2028, Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR2523, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR3361, USA Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. HR3382, Smarter Sentencing Act-Issues Lobbied:Mandatory Minimums. HR3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Re-entry and PREA Amendment. HR3471, Womens Health Protection Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices. HR3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Disability Rights, Access to Justice, Privacy Rights. HR3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. HR3979, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015-Issues Lobbied:National Defense, Religious Liberty. HR4225, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR4291, FISA Transparency & Modernization Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. HR4435, National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Religion and Belief. HR4459, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. HR4578, Peace Corps Equity Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR4752, To limit ability of FCC to reclassify broadband-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR5005, Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act-Issues Lobbied:School Discipline, Corporal Punishment, Racial Justice, Disability Rights. HR5013, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY 2015-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR5091, Drone Reform Act-Issues Lobbied:National security. HR5114, HUMANE Act-Issues Lobbied:Unaccompanied Alien Children. HR5212, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act-Issues Lobbied:Police Reform. HR5478, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied:Militarization of Law Enforcement. HR5524, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR5617, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR5759, Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Immigration. HR5865, Camera Authorization and Maintenance Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Police Reform. Congressional Issues without Bill Numbers: Omnibus crime bill-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform. Department of Defense 1033 program-Issues Lobbied: Militarization of Law Enforcement. Marriage Equality-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Gender-biased Policing-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. Surveillance Reform-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Whistleblower Protections-Issues Lobbied: National Security. Peace Corps Reproductive Coverage-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Convention Against Torture interpretation-Issues Lobbied: Torture. Immigration Alternatives to Detention-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program-Issues Lobbied: Torture. Womens Health Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Family Detention-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order-Issues Lobbied: Employment Rights. Religious Accommodations in the Military-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. War Powers-Issues Lobbied: National Defense. Executive Orders on Immigration-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Border Enforcement Reform-Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement. Congressional investigation into interaction between National Resources Defense Council and EPA-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Countering Violence Extremism Initiatives-Issues Lobbied: White House Summit on Countering Violence Extremism. Watchlisting Reform-Issues Lobbied: National Security. Charity Delisting/Humanitarian Aid-Issues Lobbied: Charity Delisting. Locating Tracking-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. License Plate Readers-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Racial Profiling Guidance-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. Wireless E911 Location Tracking-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. More information added on addendum pages.
2014 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation, climate legislation, PTC/ITC/CREBs extension and other tax incentives (S.1030 and H.R. 1465), renewable/clean energy standards, hydropower licensing (including S. 306, 545 and H.R. 267, 678, 1963, others), WRDA (S.601, H.R. 3080), hydropower appropriations, EPA 111(d) rules, other energy bills/initiatives affecting hydropower energy resources.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
| Democratic |
| OR |
| John E. Walsh | Democratic | MT |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Susan M. Collins | Republican | ME |
Client expense: $378,998 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: EO12333, United States intelligence activities-Issues Lobbied:Surveillance. EO13665, Rulemaking on Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. EO13672, Further Amendments to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Government, and Executive Order 11246, Equal Employment Opportunity-Issues Lobbied:Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights. EO13673, Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. S84, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. S162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act-Issues Lobbied:Mental Health and Criminal Justice. S444, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013-Issues Lobbied:Guantanamo Bay.S607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Privacy. S678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice.S777, MARCH for Military Women Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S813, Peace Corps Equity Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Womens Rights. S987, Free Flow of Information Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. S1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices. S1069, Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. S1236, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. S1307, The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. S1410, Smarter Sentencing Act-Issues Lobbied:Mandatory Minimums. S1599, USA Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. S1631, FISA Improvements Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. S1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:BOP Reform. S1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Reentry and PREA Amendment. S1696, Womens Health Protection Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S1847, National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Guantanamo Bay. S1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. S2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. S2199, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination, Womens Rights. S2235, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. S2410, National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Religion and Belief, Women's Rights. S2499, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY 2015-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S2520, FOIA Improvement Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Government Transparency. S2531, Better Options for Kids Act-Issues Lobbied:School Discipline, School-to-Prison Pipeline. S2536, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. S2550, Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. S2567, REDEEM Act-Issues Lobbied:Criminal Records and Juvenile Solitary Confinement. S2588, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act-Issues Lobbied:Cybersecurity. S2611, HUMANE Act-Issues Lobbied:Immigration. S2644, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied:Due Process. S2685, USA Freedom Act 2014-Issues Lobbied:Surveillance. S2687, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. S2904, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied:Law Enforcement Militarization. S2919, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. SJReS19, Constitutional amendment to limit 1A on political speech-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR20, Government By the People Act-Issues Lobbied:Campaign finance reform. HR57, Transparency in Policing Act-Issues Lobbied:Police Reform. HR83, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015-Issues Lobbied:Surveillance, Criminal Justice Reform, Immigration, Civil Rights, Reproductive Rights. HR148, DISCLOSE Act-Issues Lobbied:Campaign finance reform. HR377, Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. HR401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act-Issues Lobbied:Mental Health and Criminal Justice. HR637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Privacy. HR983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act-Issues Lobbied:Privacy. HR1318, The Youth PROMISE Act-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. HR1447, Death in Custody Reporting Act-Issues Lobbied:Criminal Justice. HR1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR1962, Free Flow of Information Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied:Womens Rights. HR2028, Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR2523, Respect for Marriage Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR3361, USA Freedom Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. HR3382, Smarter Sentencing Act-Issues Lobbied:Mandatory Minimums. HR3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Re-entry and PREA Amendment. HR3471, Womens Health Protection Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA)-Issues Lobbied:Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices. HR3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013-Issues Lobbied:Disability Rights, Access to Justice, Privacy Rights. HR3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. HR3979, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015-Issues Lobbied:National Defense, Religious Liberty. HR4225, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR4291, FISA Transparency & Modernization Act-Issues Lobbied:National Security. HR4435, National Defense Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied:Religion and Belief. HR4459, Democracy Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied:Voting Rights. HR4578, Peace Corps Equity Act-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR4752, To limit ability of FCC to reclassify broadband-Issues Lobbied:First Amendment. HR5005, Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act-Issues Lobbied:School Discipline, Corporal Punishment, Racial Justice, Disability Rights. HR5013, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY 2015-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR5091, Drone Reform Act-Issues Lobbied:National security. HR5114, HUMANE Act-Issues Lobbied:Unaccompanied Alien Children. HR5212, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act-Issues Lobbied:Police Reform. HR5478, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied:Militarization of Law Enforcement. HR5524, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Reproductive Rights. HR5617, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act-Issues Lobbied:LGBT Rights. HR5759, Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Immigration. HR5865, Camera Authorization and Maintenance Act of 2014-Issues Lobbied:Police Reform. Congressional Issues without Bill Numbers: Omnibus crime bill-Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform. Department of Defense 1033 program-Issues Lobbied: Militarization of Law Enforcement. Marriage Equality-Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Gender-biased Policing-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. Surveillance Reform-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Whistleblower Protections-Issues Lobbied: National Security. Peace Corps Reproductive Coverage-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Convention Against Torture interpretation-Issues Lobbied: Torture. Immigration Alternatives to Detention-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program-Issues Lobbied: Torture. Womens Health Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Family Detention-Issues Lobbied: Immigration.Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order-Issues Lobbied: Employment Rights. Religious Accommodations in the Military-Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. War Powers-Issues Lobbied: National Defense. Executive Orders on Immigration-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Border Enforcement Reform-Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement. Congressional investigation into interaction between National Resources Defense Council and EPA-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Countering Violence Extremism Initiatives-Issues Lobbied: White House Summit on Countering Violence Extremism. Watchlisting Reform-Issues Lobbied: National Security. Charity Delisting/Humanitarian Aid-Issues Lobbied: Charity Delisting. Locating Tracking-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. License Plate Readers-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Racial Profiling Guidance-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. Wireless E911 Location Tracking-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. More information to be added upon access to addendum pages.
Client expense: $378,998 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), White House Office
2014 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S.1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (Storage 2013 Act) - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.1465 - Storage 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.2502 - Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R.3017 - Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013 - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2014 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
The Smart Energy Act Promoting Electric Vehicles Act Comprehensive Energy Policy Keystone XL Greenhouse Gas Regulations Energy Efficiency Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act of 2013 (H.R. 1465/S. 1030) Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (H.R. 1616/S. 761) Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) Better Buildings Act of 2013 (H.R. 2126) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826) North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (S. 1905) Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189) State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (S. 1218) The POWER Act (H.R. 4916) American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act (H.R. 2)
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R. 2, the "American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act"; H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act; H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 367, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 580, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act; H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1211, the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014; H.R. 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 1465, the "Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act "; H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013; H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumer Relief Act; H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1900, the "Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act"; H.R. 2122, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013" (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2542, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013; H.R. 2576, To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes.; H.R. 2641, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 2804, the "All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act" (ALERT Act); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3760, the Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 3985, the Expand Act; H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4092, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act; H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act; H.R. 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act; H.R. 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act; H.R. 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4419, the "Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act"; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 4801, directs the Department of Energy to report on using thermal insulation to save energy and water with water heating devices; H.R. 4874, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations That are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act); H.R. 5072, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act," to establish federal RES and EERs; H.R. 5205, the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 5335, the "Marine and Hydrokinectic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014"; S. 15, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 157, the Denali National Park Improvement Act; S. 192, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 306, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; S. 362, the Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013; S. 363, the Geothermal Production Expansion Act; S. 545, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 714, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act"; S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 763, the The Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act; S. 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1029, the Regulatory Accountability Act; S. 1030, the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1397, the Federal Permitting Improvement Act; S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 1767, the Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act of 2013; S. 1768, the Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2084, the Community Protection Act; S. 2112, the Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2161, the EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2189, the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act; S. 2198, the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2287, the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act; S. 2288, the Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act; S. 2379, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2440, the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014; S. 2479, the "Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act"; S. 2480, the Nevada Native Nations Land Act; S. 2494, The Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014; S. 2613, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; S. 2620, the Grid Reliability Act of 2014; S. 2727, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2776, A bill to establish a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Acceleration Fund to promote the establishment of not fewer than 10 commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration units in the United States during the next 10 years, and for other purposes.; S. 2823, the "North American Infrastructure Act"; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; S. 2971, the "Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2014"; Advocacy related to natural gas supply and related issues; Advocacy related to transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Advocacy related to public/tribal lands renewables project siting, leasing, permitting, and management issues generally; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.
Client expense: $410,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
General discussion of reforming U.S. tax treatment of foreign earnings (worldwide, territorial, deferral, base erosion) General discussion renewable energy tax credits (PTC, ITC, Section 1603 Grants) General discussion inclusion of renewables in MLPs General discussion of tax reform legislation that would impose mark-to-market accounting on derivatives and commodity contractsH.R. 1 - Tax Reform H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 259 - Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 1524 - Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 860 - Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2502 - ITC Commence Construction - all aspects of the bill S. 332 - the Climate Protection Act - all aspects of the bill S. 307 - Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - all aspects of the bill S. 1225 - The SUN Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2081 - No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.CON.RES.24 - Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States - all aspects of the bill S. 1103 And H.R. 2202 - LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill S. 1030 And H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill S. 795 and H.R. 1696 - Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - all aspects of the bill S. 570 - Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R.2877 - To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property - all aspects of the bill Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act -- renewables, natural gas vehicles, MLPs House Ways & Means Committee Tax Reform Discussion Draft H.R. 4429 To permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income H.R. 4457 To permanently extend increased expensing limitations H.R. 4464 To make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations H.R. 4718 To permanently extend bonus depreciation H.R. 3474 Hire More Heroes Act tax extender provisions S. 2260, the Expiring Provisions Ikprovement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act renewable, alternative fuel vehicle provisions Preserving Americas Transit and Highways Act of 2014 (PATH Act) a bill to amend tax code to provide for the extension of highway fund expenditures, to provide revenues for highway programs, and for other purposes revenue provisions General discussion of offsets for Highway Trust Fund restoration
Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
The Smart Energy Act Promoting Electric Vehicles Act Comprehensive Energy Policy Keystone XL Greenhouse Gas Regulations Energy Efficiency Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act of 2013 (H.R. 1465/S. 1030) Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (H.R. 1616/S. 761) Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) Better Buildings Act of 2013 (H.R. 2126) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826) North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (S. 1905) Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189) State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (S. 1218) The POWER Act (H.R. 4916) American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act (H.R. 2)
Client expense: $150,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
STORAGE Act (H.R. 1465, S. 1030); Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (H.R. 1696, S. 795); Start Up Jobs and Innovation Act (S. 1658)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
General discussion of reforming U.S. tax treatment of foreign earnings (worldwide, territorial, deferral, base erosion) General discussion renewable energy tax credits (PTC, ITC, Section 1603 Grants) General discussion inclusion of renewables in MLPs General discussion of tax reform legislation that would impose mark-to-market accounting on derivatives and commodity contractsH.R. 1 - Tax Reform H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 259 - Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 1524 - Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 860 - Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2502 - ITC Commence Construction - all aspects of the bill S. 332 - the Climate Protection Act - all aspects of the bill S. 307 - Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - all aspects of the bill S. 1225 - The SUN Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2081 - No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.CON.RES.24 - Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States - all aspects of the bill S. 1103 And H.R. 2202 - LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill S. 1030 And H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill S. 795 and H.R. 1696 - Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - all aspects of the bill S. 570 - Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R.2877 - To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property - all aspects of the bill Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act -- renewables, natural gas vehicles, MLPs House Ways & Means Committee Tax Reform Discussion Draft H.R. 4429 To permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income H.R. 4457 To permanently extend increased expensing limitations H.R. 4464 To make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations H.R. 4718 To permanently extend bonus depreciation H.R. 3474 Hire More Heroes Act tax extender provisions Preserving Americas Transit and Highways Act of 2014 (PATH Act) a bill to amend tax code to provide for the extension of highway fund expenditures, to provide revenues for highway programs, and for other purposes revenue provisions General discussion of offsets for Highway Trust Fund restoration
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S.1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (Storage 2013 Act) - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.1465 - Storage 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.2502 - Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R.3017 - Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013 - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2014 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: EO 13665, Rulemaking on Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. EO 13673, Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights.Legislation Cont.: H.J. Res. 50, Parental Rights Amendment - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Implications of Parental Rights Amendment. H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Domestic Drones. H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Location Tracking. H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice. H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous CFR Measures and Constitutional Amendments - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform. H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana. H.R. 1575, Kelsey Smith Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Personal/Data Privacy. H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties. H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 1960, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 2028, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, LGBT Parenting. H.R. 2175, World War II Memorial Prayer Act - Issues Lobbied: Religion & Belief. H.R. 2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; LGBT Rights. H.R. 3361, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. H.R. 3382, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Sentencing Reform. H.R. 3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry. H.R. 3471, Womens Health Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Police Practices. H.R. 3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Access to Justice; Privacy Rights. H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. H.R. 3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice. H.R. 4215, Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 4225, Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 4291, FISA Transparency & Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security. H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Religion & Belief. H.R. 4459, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 4578, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 4752, To limit ability of FCC to reclassify broadband - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 4870, House Defense Appropriations Bill - Issues Lobbied: 702 surveillance. H.R. 4989, Justinas Law. H.R. 5005, Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: School Discipline; Corporal Punishment; Racial Justice; Disability Rights. H.R. 5013, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Lifting Ban on Peace Corps Abortion Coverage. H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality. H.R. 5051, Protect Womens Health from Corporate Interference Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 5091, Drone Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings; National Security. H.R. 5114, Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency (HUMANE) Act - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant children; Due Process; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). H.R. 5212, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. H.R. 5230, Supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Deportations; Legal Counsel; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). H.R. 5240, CORRECT Act - Issues Lobbied: Declassification, Privacy. H.R. 5272, A bill to prohibit certain actions with respect to deferred action for aliens - Issues Lobbied: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program; Immigration. H.R. 5285, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Religious Liberty. H.R. 5478, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. H.R. 5524, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 5617, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance. H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana. H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.2397, Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Detention. S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Police Practices. S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. S. 1057, Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 1069, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, LGBT Parenting. S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights.Legislation Cont.: S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice. S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Sentencing Reform. S. 1599, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security. S. 1639, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; BOP Reform. S. 1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reentry. S. 1696, Womens Health Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT. S. 1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. S. 2076, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Religious Liberty. S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. S. 2235, Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2399, Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2410, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Religious Liberty. S. 2499, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Lifting Ban on Peace Corps Abortion Coverage. S. 2526, DISCLOSE Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 2531, Better Options for Kids Act - Issues Lobbied: School discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline. S. 2536, SAVE Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 2550, Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2567, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Records and Juvenile Solitary Confinement. S. 2578, Protect Womens Health from Corporate Interference Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 2611, Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency (HUMANE) Act - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant children; Due Process; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). S. 2644, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S. 2648, The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Deportations; Legal Counsel; Funding for Immigration Courts; Border Enforcement; Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). S. 2685, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S. 2687, Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2014 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S. 2779, Expatriate Terrorists Act - Issues Lobbied: Revocation of U.S. Citizenship. S. 2904, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Online Privacy. S. 444, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay; National Security; Indefinite Detention. S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums. S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Location Tracking. S. 678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Juvenile Justice. S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Basic Rights and Liberties. S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. S.162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice. S. 777, MARCH for Military Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S.J. Res 19, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Congressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers: Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Access to Emergency Contraception in IHS Facilities - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Authorization for Use of Force Against ISIS - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Authorization for Use of Military Force - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Big Data Civil Rights Principles - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Civil Rights, Discrimination. Border Enforcement Supplemental Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Border Enforcement, Excessive Use of Force - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Buckhannon Fix - Issues Lobbied: Freedom of Information Act. Campaign Finance - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Contraceptive Coverage Bill - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Border Militarization, Torture. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights Treaty Ratification. Copyright Succession for LGBT Spouses - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. CORRECT Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment.Congressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers Cont.: Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice. Customs and Border Protection 100-mile rule - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Cybersecurity - Issues Lobbied: Internet Privacy. Department of Defense Contraception Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Draft resolution regarding LGBT discrimination in Congress - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Draft Resolution Regarding LGBT Discrimination in Congress - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Election Administration - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights. Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Family Detention - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Federal Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums. Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Force Multiplier Act - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing. Government Use of Datamining Technologies - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Guantanamo Bay - Issues Lobbied: Indefinite Detention. Immigration. June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling; Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Police Practices. Juvenile Solitary Confinement - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. LGBT Employment Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Library Internet Content Filtering - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Location Tracking - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Militarization of Police - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Operation Streamline - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Over-Criminalization Task Force - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Oversight of Executive Branch Actions to Comply with International Human Rights Treaty Obligations (US Helsinki Commission - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights. Peace Corps Reproductive Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Police Militarization - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Potential changes to RFRA - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. Prison Reform - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Privacy & Civil Liberties at US Airports - Issues Lobbied: Privacy & Civil Liberties at US Airports. Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Privacy Multistakeholder Process - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Privacy Pledge. Private Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. REAL ID - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Report on CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Reporter Shield - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Reproductive Health Care Refusals at Catholic-affiliated Hospitals - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Rules Transparency. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report on CIA Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Stand Your Ground Laws - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice; Racial Profiling. Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; National Secuirty. Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; National Security. Torture Report - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, National Security. Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Human Trafficking. Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) crisis - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Unaccompanied Minors - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Voting Rights. War Authority - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Weldon Amendment - Issues Lobbied: Abortion rights. Womens Rights. Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Solitary Confinement; Access to Counsel; Juvenile Solitary Confinement; Private Prisons. Central Intelligence Agency - Issues Lobbied: Signals Intelligence; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Financial Privacy, Consumer Complaint Narratives. Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking. Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: National Security and Torture; EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; Law Enforcement Militarization; Religious Accommodation in the Military; Spousal Benefits; Force feeding at Guantanamo Bay. Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights Data Collection Comments; Disparate Treatment for Disabled Students of Color. Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act RIN 0938-AS50 and RIN 0938-AR42; Access to Reproductive Health Services for Unaccompanied Minors in ORR Custody; Abortion Insurance Coverage; PREA. Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: National ID; Employment Verification; Privacy; Laptop Search; Unaccompanied Minors; Immigration (Office of Inspector General); Private Prisons (Office of Inspector General); Detention; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); Federal Administrative Immigration Relief; ICE Enforcement Issues; Federal Immigration Reform (Border enforcement, Use of Force, Legalization); Bond Hearings; National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 3618, S. 1030);Agencies Lobbied Cont.: June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; Immigration Detention of Transgender Individual; Criminal Exclusions. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; Fair Housing; Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Commutations and Pardons; Police Militarization; Watchlisting Reform; National Security and Torture; Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking; Civil Rights; Discrimination; Unaccompanied Minors; EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); Federal Administrative Immigration Relief; ICE Enforcement Issues; Federal Immigration Reform (Border enforcement, Use of Force, Legalization); Prison Rape Elimination Act; National Security Issues raised under CAT; Contraception for Native American Women; Employment Discrimination against LGBT People of Color; Housing Access and Implementation of VAWA; Implementation of Fair Labor Standards Act for Home Care Workers; Revision of DoJ Guidance on Use of Race; Signals Intelligence; Global Surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law; Federal Infrastructure for Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Obligations; US Compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination; End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 3618, S. 1030); Juvenile Life without Parole; Federal Over-Criminalization; DOJ Media Guidelines & Regulations; 2007 OLC Memo on RFRA; Spousal Benefits; Marriage Recognition; Disparity for Pregnant Defendants; Special Litigation. Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act RIN 0938-AS50 and RIN 0938-AR42; DOL Rule: Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to Domestic Service; Rulemaking on OFCCP Wage Compensation Data Collection Tool; Rulemaking on Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages (EO 13665); Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673). Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Discrimination; Children's Rights; National Security and Torture; Human Rights Law; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law; Signals Intelligence; U.S. government Involvement in the Organization of American States and Inter American Rights System. Department of Treasury - Issues Lobbied: IRS c4 Rulemaking. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: . Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings; Guantanamo Bay; Authorization for Use of Military Force; Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Obligations; Countering Violent Extremism Domestic Counterterror Programs; Cybersecurity; LGBT Non-discrimination Employment EO; Worker Rights; UPR; Abortion Funding; LGBT Rights; Law Enforcement Bias; Federal Contractor Non-discrimination; DACA Healthcare; Border Enforcement; Immigration Healthcare; Police Militarization; Executive Action on Immigration; Radicalization; Family Detention. Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Armed Drones. Federal Bureau of Investigation - Issues Lobbied: White House Review of Surveillance Practices (vis-a-vis targeted surveillance of American Muslim communities); Domestic Spying. Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; IP Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; Open Internet Rule; JSA/SSA Order; Net Neutrality; Media Diversity; Harris Corp.. Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and Civil Rights; Discrimination. Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking; Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4; IRS c4 Rulemaking; Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act RIN 0938-AS50 and RIN 0938-AR42. National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; Signals Intelligence; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law. National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Consumer Privacy. Office Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 Surveillance; White House Review of Surveillance Practices (vis-a-vis targeted surveillance of American Muslim communities); National Security issues raised under international human rights treaties and in connection with United Nations reviews on the Convention Against Torture and Universal Periodic Review; Signals Intelligence; Global surveillance; Internet Freedom and Human Rights Law; Domestic Spying. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Non-discrimination. Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; National ID; Law Enforcement Militarization; Budget and Appropriations Issues. Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Securities and Exchange Commission - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment; Privacy; Location Tracking. Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal Benefits. Transportation Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy & Civil Liberties at US Airports; SPOT Program. U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement; Excessive Use of Force; Conditions of Custody; PREA; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Immigration Reform (Legalization); CBP Border Reform; Access to Reproductive Health Services for Unaccompanied Minors in ORR Custody. U.S. Forest Service - Issues Lobbied: Forest Service Rule.Agencies Lobbied Cont.: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Detention; Unaccompanied Immigrant Children; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); ICE Enforcement Issues; Immigration Detention of Transgender Individual. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: U.S. Commision on Civil Rights Reforms. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Issues Lobbied: Gene Patenting. U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; Reductions in the Drug Quantity Table. United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership. White House - Issues Lobbied: Commutations and Pardons; Human Rights; Discrimination; Children's Rights; Unaccompanied Minors; Detention (White House Policy Council and National Security Council); Pregnancy Discrimination; International Abortion Coverage/Helms Amendment; Family Detention; Treatment of Refugee Women and Children/Victims of Violence; Federal Administrative Immigration Enforcement Reform (Deportations, Detention, Due Process, Detainers, Appointed Counsel); Federal Administrative Immigration Relief; ICE Enforcement Issues; Federal Immigration Reform (Border enforcement, Use of Force, Legalization); Sentencing Reform and Clemency Project 2014; Domestic Implementation of Human Rights Obligations (Domestic Policy Council); International Aid for Development of the Internet (Office of Science and Technology Policy); End Racial Profiling Act (H.R. 3618, S. 1030); June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; My Brothers Keeper Initiative; Law Enforcement Militarization (Domestice Policy Council); Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending); Rulemaking on Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order (EO 13673).
Client expense: $445,557 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R. 6, the Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act; H.R. 267, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 367, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 580, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act; H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 678, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1211, the FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014; H.R. 1422, the EPA Science Advisory Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 1465, the "Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act "; H.R. 1493, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013; H.R. 1582, the Energy Consumer Relief Act; H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1900, the "Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act"; H.R. 2122, the Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013" (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2542, the Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013; H.R. 2576, To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes.; H.R. 2641, the Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 2804, the "All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act" (ALERT Act); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3760, the Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 3985, the Expand Act; H.R. 4012, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4092, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act; H.R. 4315, the 21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act; H.R. 4316, the Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act; H.R. 4317, the State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act; H.R. 4318, the Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. 4419, the "Sage-Grouse and Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Act"; H.R. 4536, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; H.R. 4553, the Fossil Energy Encouragement and Accountability Act of 2014; H.R. 4801, directs the Department of Energy to report on using thermal insulation to save energy and water with water heating devices; H.R. 4874, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations That are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act); H.R. 5072, the "American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act," to establish federal RES and EERs; H.R. 5205, the Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act; H.R. 5301, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act; H.R. 5335, the "Marine and Hydrokinectic Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2014"; S. 15, the "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 157, the Denali National Park Improvement Act; S. 192, the Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 306, the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; S. 362, the Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013; S. 363, the Geothermal Production Expansion Act; S. 545, the Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 714, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act"; S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 763, the The Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act; S. 974, the Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1029, the Regulatory Accountability Act; S. 1030, the Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act; S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1397, the Federal Permitting Improvement Act; S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 1767, the Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act of 2013; S. 1768, the Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2084, the Community Protection Act; S. 2112, the Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2161, the EPA Employment Impact Analysis Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; S. 2189, the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act; S. 2198, the Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014; S. 2262, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 2273, the Department of Defense Energy Security Act; S. 2287, the Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Act; S. 2288, the Expanding Carbon Capture through Enhanced Oil Recovery Act; S. 2379, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2440, the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Act of 2014; S. 2479, the "Moapa Band of Paiutes Land Conveyance Act"; S. 2480, the Nevada Native Nations Land Act; S. 2494, The Natural Gas Export Promotion Act of 2014; S. 2613, the Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; S. 2620, the Grid Reliability Act of 2014; S. 2727, the Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2014; S. 2776, A bill to establish a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Deployment Acceleration Fund to promote the establishment of not fewer than 10 commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration units in the United States during the next 10 years, and for other purposes.; S. 2823, the "North American Infrastructure Act"; S. 2901, to provide rebates for purchase and installation of photovoltaic systems; Advocacy related to natural gas supply and related issues; Advocacy related to transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Advocacy related to public/tribal lands renewables project siting, leasing, permitting, and management issues generally; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation, climate legislation, PTC/ITC/CREBs extension and other tax incentives (S.1030 and H.R. 1465), renewable/clean energy standards, hydropower licensing (including S. 306, 545 and H.R. 267, 678, 1963, others), WRDA (S.601, H.R. 3080), hydropower appropriations, EPA 111(d) rules, other energy bills/initiatives affecting hydropower energy resources.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2014 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Energy Storage Investment Tac Credit--STORAGE Act (H.R. 1465, S. 1030); Master Limited partnership Parity Act (H.R. 1696, S. 795); Start Up Jobs and Innovation Act (S. 1658)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
The Smart Energy Act Promoting Electric Vehicles Act Comprehensive Energy Policy Keystone XL Greenhouse Gas Regulations Energy Efficiency Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act of 2013 (H.R. 1465/S. 1030) Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (H.R. 1616/S. 761) Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) Better Buildings Act of 2013 (H.R. 2126) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826) North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (S. 1905) Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189) State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (S. 1218) The POWER Act (H.R. 4916)
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL (LIHEAP); SIGN-ON LETTERS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TO THE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION; PROVISIONS RELATED TO LOW INCOME HOUSING ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROPOSALENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2015; PROVISIONS RELATED TO ENERGY USER FEES AND NUCLEAR POWER HR 259: ENERGY FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 407: CLEAN VEHICLES INCENTIVE ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 624: CYBER INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND PROTECTION ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 756: CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 1616: ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 2128: HOME OWNER MANAGING ENERGY SAVINGS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 3080: WATER RESOURCES REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013; U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMITTING ISSUES HR 3696: NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 3964: SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY EMERGENCY WATER DELIVERY ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 4125: SHASTA DAM EXPANSION ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 4126: SAN LUIS RESERVOIR EXPANSION ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 4127: UPPER SAN JOAQUIN RIVER STORAGE ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 4298: GRID RELIABILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEFENSE ACT (GRID ACT); ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 4300: SACRAMENTO VALLEY WATER STORAGE AND RESTORATION ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 570: A BILL TO ESTABLISH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO STATES AND UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO CARRY OUT CLEAN ENERGY AND CARBON REDUCTION MEASURES, TO CLOSE BIG OIL COMPANY TAX LOOPHOLES TO PAY FOR THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM AND REDUCE THE DEFICIT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 601: WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013; PROVISIONS RELATED TO U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMITTING ISSUES S 761: ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL AND NUMEROUS AMENDMENTS S 1030: STORAGE 2013 ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL SECTION 111(d) CLEAN AIR ACT; EPA 111(d) PROPOSED RULE; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE RULE P.L. 112-141 (HR 4348 112TH CONGRESS): MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ACT (MAP-21); PROVISIONS RELATED TO SECTION 1518S 1240: NUCLEAR WASTE ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 2013; PROVISIONS RELATED TO USED FUEL S 1261: ENERGY EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1392: ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1767: PIPELINE MODERNIZATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1768: PIPELINE REVOLVING FUND AND JOB CREATION ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 2016: CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 2198: EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
Client expense: $740,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2014 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S.1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 (Storage 2013 Act) - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.1465 - Storage 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R.2502 - Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R.3017 - Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013 - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
2014 · second_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation, climate legislation, PTC/ITC/CREBs extension and other tax incentives (S.1030 and H.R. 1465), renewable/clean energy standards, hydropower licensing (including S. 306, 545 and H.R. 267, 678, 1963, others), WRDA (S.601, H.R. 3080), hydropower appropriations, EPA 111(d) rules, other energy bills/initiatives affecting hydropower energy resources.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
General discussion of reforming U.S. tax treatment of foreign earnings (worldwide, territorial, deferral, base erosion) General discussion renewable energy tax credits (PTC, ITC, Section 1603 Grants) General discussion inclusion of renewables in MLPs General discussion of tax reform legislation that would impose mark-to-market accounting on derivatives and commodity contractsH.R. 1 - Tax Reform H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 259 - Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 1524 - Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 860 - Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2502 - ITC Commence Construction - all aspects of the bill S. 332 - the Climate Protection Act - all aspects of the bill S. 307 - Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - all aspects of the bill S. 1225 - The SUN Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2081 - No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.CON.RES.24 - Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States - all aspects of the bill S. 1103 And H.R. 2202 - LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill S. 1030 And H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill S. 795 and H.R. 1696 - Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - all aspects of the bill S. 570 - Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R.2877 - To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property - all aspects of the bill Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act -- renewables, natural gas vehicles, MLPs House Ways & Means Committee Tax Reform Discussion Draft H.R. 4429 To permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income H.R. 4457 To permanently extend increased expensing limitations H.R. 4464 To make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations H.R. 4718 To permanently extend bonus depreciation H.R. 3474 Hire More Heroes Act tax extender provisions Preserving Americas Transit and Highways Act of 2014 (PATH Act) a bill to amend tax code to provide for the extension of highway fund expenditures, to provide revenues for highway programs, and for other purposes revenue provisions General discussion of offsets for Highway Trust Fund restoration
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones. H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking. H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice.Legislation Lobbied (cont.): H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement, oversight and accountability. H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act - Issue Lobbied: Campaign Financie Reform. H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP. H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration Reform, Border and Immigration Enforcement. H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issue Lobbied: Marijuana. H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties. H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: HIV/AIDS. H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy. H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: privacy. H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 2028, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, LGBT Parenting. H.R. 2175, World War II Memorial Prayer Act - Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty. H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act - Issue Lobbied: Interior enforcement. H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. H.R. 3130, Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement. H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment, LGBT Rights. H.R. 3361, USA FREEDOM Act - Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. H.R. 3404, National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 - Issue Lobbied: National Security, AUMF, Detention. H.R. 3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Reentry. H.R. 3471, Womens Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 3571, International Violence Against Women Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices. H.R. 3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights, Access to Justice, Privacy Rights. H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. H.R. 3846, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Authorization Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement. H.R. 3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issue Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice. H.R. 4215, Federal Agency Data Breach Notification Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 4225, SAVE Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 4227, Fair Employment Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination. H.R. 4291, FISA Transparency & Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security. H.R. 4303, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force. H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security, Religious Liberties, Guantanamo Bay Transfer Restrictions, Drones, Religion and Belief, Women's Rights. H.R. 4459, Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 449, TRICARE Moms Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 4516, She is Ready Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 4578, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 4660, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration Courts Funding, Racial Profiling, DHS Prosecutorial Discretion, State and Local Enforcement, EOIR Funding, Reproductive Rights, Operation Streamline, Criminal Prosecution for Illegal Entry and Re-entry, Access to Counsel. H.R. 4660, Senate Minibus Appropriations Bill - Issue Lobbied: Guantanamo Transfer Provisions. H.R. 4681, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 - Issue Lobbied: . H.R. 4745, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: Housing Discrimination. H.R. 4752, To limit ability of FCC to reclassify broadband - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. H.R. 4870, Department of Defense Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: 702 Back Door Search Loopholes, Guantanamo Transfer Provisions, National Security, Detention. H.R. 4903, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 - Issue Lobbied: CBP Use of Force, Oversight and Accountability Mechanisms, Privacy, Staffing, Abortion, Short-term Detention Facilities, ICE Bed Quota. H.R. 5013, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issue Lobbied: Marijuana. H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.3471, Women's Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R.4225, SAVE Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S. 1016, Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones. S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices. S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act - Issue Lobbied: Religion & Belief. S. 1057, Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy. S. 1069, Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, LGBT Parenting.Legislation Lobbied (cont.): S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform. S. 1596, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Issue Lobbied: Background checks (Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Access to Justice, Police Practices, Racial Profiling, Disparate Impact). S. 1599, USA FREEDOM Act - Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security. S. 1639, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy. S. 1670, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform, BOP Reform. S. 1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Reentry. S. 1696, Womens Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 1752, Military Justice Improvement Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S. 1817, Humane Short Term Custody Act - Issue Lobbied: CBP short-term custody standards. S. 1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 1994, TRICARE Moms Improvement Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. S. 2133, Fair Employment Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination. S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights. S. 2307, International Violence Against Women Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships. S. 2399, Native Voting Rights Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2410, National Defense Authorization Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights, Religion and Belief. S. 2437, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: EOIR Funding, Operation Streamline, Criminal Prosecution for Illegal Entry and Re-entry,Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings. S. 2499, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 2526, DISCLOSE Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 2531, Better Options for Kids Act - Issue Lobbied: School discipline, School-to-Prison Pipeline. S. 2534, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 - Issue Lobbied: CBP Use of Force, Oversight and Accountability Mechanisms, Privacy, Staffing, Short-term Detention Facilities, ICE Detention Bed Quotas. S. 2536, SAVE Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. S. 2550, Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 2588, Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act - Issue Lobbied: Cybersecurity. S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Online Privacy. S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums. S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking. S. 678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. S. 777, MARCH for Military Women Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties. S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination, Pay Equity, Womens Rights. S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. S.162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issue Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice. S.1696, Women's Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S.1994, TRICARE Moms Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 2235, Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S.J. Res. 19, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. - Issue Lobbied: Campaign Finance, Free Speech. Congressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers: 287(g) - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Big Data Civil Rights Principles - Issues Lobbied: Privacy and civil rights, discrimination. Birth Control/Family Planning for Military Women - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Border Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Border Enforcement Funding - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Border Safety - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Campus Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights. CBP Body Cameras - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. CBP Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Civil Rights Division Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Access to Justice. Classification Reform - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Clearance and Over-Classification Reform and Reduction Act - Issues Lobbied: Declassification, Privacy. Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy. Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights. CORRECT Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice. Criminal Alien Requirement Facilities - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Customs and Border Patrol FY 2015 Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Enforcement, Drones, Custody. DC Appropriations Policy Riders - Issues Lobbied: Abortion, HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs, Marijuana.Congressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers (cont.): DC Marijuana Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Detention Standards Criminal Justice, Immigrants Rights. Disparate Impact - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice. Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Armed drones. Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, National Security. Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking. Federal Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums. Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Force Multiplier Act - Issues Lobbied: Information Sharing. FY 2015 Defense Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Global Gag Rule. Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice. Guantanamo - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Human Rights. Housing - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice. Immigration Bond Hearings - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Immigration Courts - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Immigration Enforcement Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Juvenile Solitary Confinement - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing. Material Support - Issues Lobbied: National Security. Miliritization of Police - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Military Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights. Needle Exchange Funding - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS. Net Neutrality - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Nomination of David Barron to First Circuit - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Human Rights. Non-discrimination in Adoptions - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Overcriminalization Task Force - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice. Password Protection - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment. Privacy Multistakeholder Process - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Private Prison Beds Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Private Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Racial Profiling - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice. REAL ID - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, National ID. Rep. Keating Surveillance Bill - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. School Vouchers - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty. Stand Your Ground Laws - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Racial Profiling. Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy. Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Human Rights. The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education, Corporal Punishment, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline. Torture (SSCI Report) - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Human Rights. UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights, Disability Rights. Unaccompanied Minors - Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Use of Datamining Technologies by the Government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment. Womens Economic Agenda - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, Employment Discrimination. Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: FY 2015 Appropriations, Operation Streamline, Criminal Alien Requirement Facilities, Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Detention, Mandatory Minimums, Access to Counsel, Immigration Detention, Juvenile Solitary Confinement, Thompson Prison, Private Prisons. Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: VAWA Housing Provisions. Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform. Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay Forced Feeding, National Defense Authorization Act for FY15, Guantanamo, Defense Appropriations Bill for FY 2015, Military Abortion Coverage, Religious Accommodation in the Military, Spousal Benefits. Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Transgender Youth, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Civil Rights Data Collection Comments. Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Sensitive Locations Enforcement, Border Safety, Racial Profiling, Immigration Enforcement, OIG Impropriety, Deportation Abuses, Secure Communities, ICE Holds, California Licenses, Radicalization, Unaccompanied Minors Immigration, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Use of Datamining Technologies by the Government, License Plate Readers, REAL ID, Laptop Search, Interior and Border Enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors, ICE Enforcement Issues, Federal Administrative Immigration Reform, Bond Hearings. Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: Housing. Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Racial Profiling, Access to Justice, Commutations, Operation Streamline, NSA Metadata, Religious Profiling, Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Prison Overcrowding, Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Detention, Police Militarization, Targeted Killing, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, Interior and Border Enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014, Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Retaliating Against Workers Who Discuss Wages (DOJ CRT), Civil Rights Division Omnibus Legislation, Convention for the Elimination of Race Discrimination, DOJ Media Guidelines & Regulations, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, ICE Enforcement Issues, Federal Administrative Immigration Reform. Indigent Defense Reform, End Racial Profiling Act, Juvenile Life Without Parole, Federal Over-Criminalization, Prosecutorial Discretion, Private Prisons, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Gender Discrimination, 2007 OLC Memo on RFRA, Spousal Benefits.Agencies Lobbied (cont.): Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Health Home Care Workers, OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool, Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Retaliating Against Workers Who Discuss Wages. Department of State - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Treaty Powers, CERD Report, National Defense Authorization Act for FY15, Guantanamo, Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Gender Discrimination. Department of Treasury - Issues Lobbied: IRS c4 Rulemaking. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Retaliating Against Workers Who Discuss Wages, Pregnancy Discrimination/Accommodation. Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: ECPA Reform, Pay Equity, Targeted Killing, Net Neutrality, Intelligence and Media, Gender Discrimination, Racial Discrimination. Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones. Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Net Neutrality, Media Ownership Rule, Low Power FM Application Window, IP Transition, E-Rate Rulemaking, Open Internet Rule, JSA/SSA Order. Federal Trade Commission - Issues Lobbied: Big Data Civil Rights Principles. Food and Drug Administration - Issues Lobbied: Medical Devices Ban. Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act Reform, Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4. National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Facial Recognition Programs, Privacy Multistakeholder Process. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - Issues Lobbied: OFCCP Wage Cmpensation Data Collection Tool, Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Retaliating Against Workers Who Discuss Wages. Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. Securities and Exchange Commission - Issues Lobbied: ECPA Reform. Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal Benefits. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: Asylum and Credible Fear. U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement, Racial Profiling, Complaint Process, Border Security, CBP Oversight, Excessive Use of Force, Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Federal Immigratin Reform, Conditions of Custody, PREA. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigration Detention, Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, ICE Enforcement Issues, Federal Administrative Immigration Reform. U.S. Marshals Services - Issues Lobbied: Prison Rape Elimination Act. U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Retroactivity, Sentencing Reform, Sentencing Reform and Reductions in the Drug Quantity Table. United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership. White House - Issues Lobbied: Commutations and Pardons, Solitary Confinement, National Defense Authorization Act for FY15, Torture (SSCI Report), Guantanamo, Defense Appropriations Bill for FY 2015, Interior and Border Enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors, Paycheck Fairness Act, Womens Economic Agenda, OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool, Executive Order Prohibiting Federal Contractors from Retaliating Against Workers Who Discuss Wages, Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, ICE Enforcement Issues, Federal Administrative Immigration Reform, My Brothers Keeper Initiative, Sentencing Reform, Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending).
Client expense: $472,218 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation, climate legislation, PTC/ITC/CREBs extension and other tax incentives (S.1030 and H.R. 1465), renewable/clean energy standards, hydropower licensing (including S. 306, 545 and H.R. 267, 678, 1963, others), WRDA (S.601, H.R. 3080), hydropower appropriations, EPA 111(d) rules, other energy bills/initiatives affecting hydropower energy resources.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2014 · second_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Medical Device Tax; Expiring Provision Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260); Energy Efficiency Tax Incentive for commercial buildings, industrial facilities, and the Smart Grid proposed by NEMA; extension of Section 30C tax credit for alternative fuel vehicle refueling property; extension of Section 179D deduction for commercial buildings; HR1465/S1030 STORAGE 2013;
Client expense: $594,433 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2014 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Energy Storage Investment Tax Credit--STORAGE Act (H.R. 1465, S. 1030); Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (H.R. 1696, S. 795); Start Up Jobs and Innovation Act (S. 1658)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
The Smart Energy Act Promoting Electric Vehicles Act Comprehensive Energy Policy Keystone XL Greenhouse Gas Regulations Energy Efficiency Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act of 2013 (H.R. 1465/S. 1030) Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (H.R. 1616/S. 761) Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) Better Buildings Act of 2013 (H.R. 2126) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826) North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (S. 1905) Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189) State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (S. 1218)
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R. 6, Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act; H.R. 267, Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; H.R. 271, the Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013; H.R. 367, "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act";H.R. 540, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act, (energy efficiency); H.R. 580, Expedited LNG for American Allies Act; H.R. 596, the Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; H.R. 678, Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; H.R. 835, the Energy Assistance for American Families Act, (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program); H.R. 1211, FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014; H.R. 1422, EPA Science Advisory Reform Act of 2013; H.R. 1465, "Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act "; H.R. 1493, Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013; H.R. 1582, Energy Consumer Relief Act; H.R. 1616, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; H.R. 1659, the Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013; H.R. 1900, "Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act"; H.R. 2122, Regulatory Accountability Act; H.R. 2126, the Better Buildings Act of 2013, (building energy benchmarking); H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act of 2013 (HOMES Act); H.R. 2351, to repeal the fossil fuel consumption percentage reduction requirements for Federal buildings under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; H.R. 2542, Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013; H.R. 2576, To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify requirements relating to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents, and for other purposes.; H.R. 2641, Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act; H.R. 2689, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); H.R. 2803, to establish a natural gas turbine RD&D program; H.R. 2804, "All Economic Regulations are Transparent Act" (ALERT Act); H.R. 3301, the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (permitting for cross-border energy infrastructure projects); H.R. 3654, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; H.R. 3760, Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013; H.R. 3860, the Low Income Heating Improvement Act; H.R. 3963, the Federal Leadership in Energy Efficient Transportation (FLEET) Act of 2014; H.R. 3985, Expand Act; H.R. 4012, Secret Science Reform Act of 2014; H.R. 4066, to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; H.R. 4327, regarding FERC decisions affecting electricity costs; H.R. ___, Searching for and Cutting Regulations That are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act); S. 15, "Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act"; S. 52, the Promoting Efficiency and Savings in Government Act, (Federal Building energy efficiency); S. 157, Denali National Park Improvement Act; S. 192, Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013; S. 279, the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013; S. 306, Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act; S. 362, Geothermal Exploration and Technology Act of 2013; S. 363, Geothermal Production Expansion Act; S. 545, Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 2013; S. 552, the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2013; S. 570, the Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013, (energy efficiency; clean energy and carbon reduction measures); S. 714, "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act"; S. 717, the Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act; S. 761, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013; S. 763, A bill to authorize States to enforce pipeline safety requirements related to wellbores at interstate storage facilities; S. 1020, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1029, Regulatory Accountability Act; S. 1030, Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) 2013 Act;S. 1084, the Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013; S. 1106, the SAVE Act; S. 1191, the Better Buildings Act, (building energy benchmarking); S. 1199, the All-Of-The-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2013; S. 1200, the Residential Energy Savings Act of 2013; S. 1205, the Local Energy Supply and Resiliency Act of 2013; S. 1206, a bill to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings; S. 1218, the Senate Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013; S. 1230, the Alternative Fueled Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2013; S. 1261, the Energy Efficient Government Technology Act (energy efficiency); S. 1308, the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act (energy efficiency); S. 1392, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (energy efficiency); S. 1397, Federal Permitting Improvement Act; S. 1595, the Renewable Electricity Standard Act of 2013; S. 1627, the American Renewable Energy and Efficiency Act (Energy Efficiency Resource Standard; RES); S. 1739, a bill to modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters; S. 1767, Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act of 2013; S. 1768, Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act; S. 2074, the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2014; S. 2152, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology Investment in Our Nation (ACCTION) Act; S. 2165, the Access to Consumer Energy Information Act; Natural gas supply and related issues; Transmission siting, permitting, management issues generally and associated return on equity; Extension of Presidential memorandum on implementation of energy savings projects and performance-based contracting for energy savings.
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Discussion draft, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for comprehensive income tax reform (taxation of derivatives).Tax Reform Issues in general Renewable energy tax incentives in general. Issues related to tax rates in general H.R. 4196, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets S. 2240, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets H.R. 3091, To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, relating to inclusion of production tax credit H.R. 1465, S. 1030, Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 S. 795, H.R. 1696, the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act H.R.259, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate H.R. 1569, the New Fair Deal Busting Americas Rigid Outdated & Needless Subsidies Act of 2013, (tax incentives for electric vehicles and fueling infrastructure) S. 1225, the Solar Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) Act of 2013 S. 2003, the Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2014 S. 2148, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 (pension smoothing) Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act, (energy tax extenders)
Client expense: $1,300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Park Service (NPS), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
FISCAL YEAR 2015 BUDGET FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL (LIHEAP); SIGN-ON LETTERS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND TO THE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION; PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE LOW INCOME HOUSING ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL (LIHEAP)P.L. 112-141 (HR 4348): MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ACT (MAP-21); PROVISIONS RELATED TO SECTION 1518 HR 540: ENERGY EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 624: CYBER INTELLIGENCE SHARING AND PROTECTION ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 756: CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 1616: ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 2126: ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 2128: HOME OWNER MANAGING ENERGY SAVINGS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 2609: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014; PROVISIONS RELATED TO ENERGY USER FEES AND NUCLEAR POWER HR 3080: WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013; PROVISIONS RELATED TO SECTION 102 AND U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMITTING ISSUES HR 3696: NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 3964: SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY EMERGENCY WATER DELIVERY ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL HR 4298: GRID RELIABILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEFENSE ACT (GRID ACT); ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 21: CYBERSECURITY AND AMERICAN CYBER COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 601: WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2013; PROVISIONS RELATED TO U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PERMITTING ISSUES S 761: ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1030: STORAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR RENEWABLE AND GREEN ENERGY (STORAGE) ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1240: NUCLEAR WASTE ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 2013; PROVISIONS RELATED TO USED FUEL S 1261: ENERGY EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT TECHNOLOGY ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1353: CYBERSECURITY ACT OF 2013; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 1392: ENERGY SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 2016: CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY DROUGHT RELIEF ACT OF 2014; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 2158: GRID RELIABILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEFENSE ACT (GRID ACT); ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL S 2165: ACCESS TO CONSUMER ENERGY INFORMATION ACT; ALL PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
Client expense: $920,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2014 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Patent Litigation Reform (H.R. 3309 - the Innovation Ac; S 1720, Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013; S. 1030 - Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013; S 866 - Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013) - Provisions related to discovery reform, fee shifting, and patent demand letters
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S. 1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 ("STORAGE 2013 Act") - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R. 1465 - STORAGE 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposesH.R. 2502 - "Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013" - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R. 3017 - "Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013" - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2014 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation, climate legislation, PTC/CREBs extension and other tax incentives (S.1030 and H.R. 1465), renewable/clean energy standards, hydropower licensing issues (including S. 306, 545 and H.R. 267, 678, 1963, others), WRDA (S.601, H.R. 3080), hydropower appropriations, EPA 111(d) rules, other energy bills/initiatives affecting hydropower energy resources.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
General discussion of reforming U.S. tax treatment of foreign earnings (worldwide, territorial, deferral, base erosion) General discussion renewable energy tax credits (PTC, ITC, Section 1603 Grants) General discussion inclusion of renewables in MLPs General discussion of tax reform legislation that would impose mark-to-market accounting on derivatives and commodity contractsH.R. 1 - Tax Reform H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 259 - Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 1524 - Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 860 - Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2502 - ITC Commence Construction - all aspects of the bill S. 332 - the Climate Protection Act - all aspects of the bill S. 307 - Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - all aspects of the bill S. 1225 - The SUN Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2081 - No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.CON.RES.24 - Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States - all aspects of the bill S. 1103 And H.R. 2202 - LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill S. 1030 And H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill S. 795 and H.R. 1696 - Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - all aspects of the bill S. 570 - Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R.2877 - To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property - all aspects of the bill Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act -- renewables, natural gas vehicles, MLPs House Ways & Means Committee Tax Reform Discussion Draft
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Energy Storage Investment Tax Credit--STORAGE Act (H.R. 1465, S. 1030); Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (H.R. 1696, S. 795); Start Up Jobs and Innovation Act (S. 1658)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2014 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation Lobbied: Executive Order 13636, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending) - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties; H.R. 1262, A bill to amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones;Legislation Lobbied (Cont.): H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act - Issue Lobbied: Border Enforcement; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act & Numerous Campaign Finance Reform Measures and Constitutional Amendments - Issue Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform; H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP; H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration Reform; H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issue Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties, Religious Liberties; H.R. 1772, Legal Workforce Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 1814, Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Freedom, Religious Freedom; H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 1847, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 1852, Email Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: privacy; H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement (SAFE) Act - Issue Lobbied: Interior enforcement, Detention; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 2586, FISA Court Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2684, Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2736, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2761, Presidential Appointment of FISA Court Judges Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2818, Surveillance State Repeal Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2849, Privacy Advocate General Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 2999, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 3035, Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3070, NSA Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3103, Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3130, Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment, LGBT Rights; H.R. 3159, Ensuring Adversarial Process in the FISA Court Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3228, FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3361, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM Act) - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; H.R. 3382, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Justice Reform; H.R. 3431, American Families United Act - Issue Lobbied: Keeping mixed-status families together; H.R. 3465, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Reentry; H.R. 3471, Womens Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 3696, National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3717, Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights, Access to Justice, Privacy Rights; H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 3774, Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 3855, Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3875, Telephone Metadata Reform Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3880, National Security Agency Data Collection Review Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3881, Expansion of National Security Agency Oversight Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3882, National Security Agency Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3883, Big Brother Is Not Watching You Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 3899, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.R. 3920, American Privacy Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issue Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; H.R. 4124, Protecting Youth from Solitary Confinement Act - Issue Lobbied: Juvenile Solitary; H.R. 4227, Fair Employment Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; H.R. 4240, HEAL Immigrant Women and Families Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration and Health Care;Legislation Lobbied (Cont.): H.R. 4278, Ukraine Support Act - Issue Lobbied: Authorized Use of Military Force, National Security, Material Support; H.R. 4291, FISA Transparency and Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy; H.R. 4303, Border Enforcement, Accountability, Oversight, and Community Engagement Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement, CBP oversight and excessive use of force; H.R. 4435, National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 - Issue Lobbied: National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 4459, Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Drones, Surveillance; H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issue Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; S. 1016, Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, domestic drones; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1057, Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: privacy; S. 1086, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Access to Justice, Police Practices, Racial Profiling, Disparate Impact; S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 1121, Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1168, Restore Our Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1182, A bill to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to require specific evidence for access to business records and other tangible things, and provide appropriate transition procedures, and for other purposes. - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Justice Reform; S. 1452, Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1460, FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1467, FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1551, Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 1596, Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Access to Justice, Police Practices, Racial Profiling, Disparate Impact; S. 1599, Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ending Eavesdropping, Dragnet-collection, and Online Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM Act) - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties, Privacy, Surveillance; S. 162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issue Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; S. 1621, Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties; S. 1639, Drone Aircraft Privacy and Transparency Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; S. 1675, Recidivism Reduction and Public Safety Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Prerelease custody reform, Sentencing Reform; S. 1696, Womens Health Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1752, Military Justice Improvement Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens rights; S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT; S. 1817, Humane Short Term Custody Act - Issue Lobbied: CBP short-term custody standards; S. 1945, Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; S. 2036, Keeping All Students Safe Act - Issue Lobbied: School Discipline; S. 2133, Fair Employment Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; S. 2199, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 2235, Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Online privacy; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issue Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums, Criminal Justice Reform; S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 678, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: National ID, employment verification, privacy; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Basic Rights and Liberties, Religious Liberties; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 862, Equitable Access to Care and Health Act (EACH Act) - Issue Lobbied: Reprodutive Freedom, Religious Liberty; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issue Lobbied: First Amendment; S.1690, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issue Lobbied: ReentryCongressional Issues Lobbied without Bill Numbers: Disability Rights - Issued Lobbied: Civil Liberties; Abortion Coverage - Issued Lobbied: Reproductive rights; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Birth Control for Military Women - Issued Lobbied: Reproductive rights; Border Accountability - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Border Enforcement - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Broadband Adoption Act - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Civil Rights Division Vacancies and Oversight - Issued Lobbied: Civil Rights; Access to Justice; Commerce, Justice, and Science Fiscal Year 2015 Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights, Operation Streamline/ criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-entry, Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issued Lobbied: National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, State and local immigration enforcement; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issued Lobbied: Access to Justice; Cybersecurity - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, National Security; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: CBP use of force, Oversight and accountability mechanisms, Privacy, Staffing, Short-term detention facilities, ICE detention bed quota; Department of Homeland Security Oversight - Issued Lobbied: National security,Civil Liberties, Privacy; Disparate Impact, Housing - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; DOD Instruction 1300.17 - Issued Lobbied: Religious Liberty; Domestic Drones - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, Armed Drones; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issued Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, Privacy,Location Tracking; Executive Office for Immigration Review Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Federal Over-Criminalization - Issued Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Follow the Money Act - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Force Multiplier Act - Issued Lobbied: Information Sharing; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issued Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Guantanamo Bay - Issued Lobbied: Human Rights, National Security; ICE Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; ICE Detainers; Detention Bed Mandates - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Immigrant Health Care - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Immigration Reform - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Interior and Border Enforcement - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; IRS Tax Exemption Hearing - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Juvenile Solitary Confinement - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; License Plate Readers - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issued Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Military Abortion coverage - Issued Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Equality - Issued Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Military Justice/Military Sexual Assault - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Over-Criminalization - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Password Protection - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Privacy Act - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Privacy Multistakeholder Process - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Racial Profiling - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; REAL ID - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, National ID; School Discipline - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; School-to-Prison Pipeline - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice; Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Torture Report - Issued Lobbied: Torture, National Security, Human Rights; Sentencing Reform - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Solitary Confinement - Issued Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform; Stand Your Ground Laws - Issued Lobbied: Racial Justice, Racial Profiling; Subpoena Authority - Issued Lobbied: ; Surveillance - Issued Lobbied: Privacy, National Security; The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issued Lobbied: Education; Corporal Punishment; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Torture (SSCI Report) - Issued Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Torture; U.S. Border Appropriations - Issued Lobbied: Immigrants Rights; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issued Lobbied: Privacy; Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issued Lobbied: First Amendment; Womens Economic Agenda - Issued Lobbied: Womens Rights; Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights - Issued Lobbied: Civil Liberties Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Compassionate Release; Solitary Confinement; Juvenile Detention; Mandatory Minimums; Access to Counsel; Juvenile Solitary Confinement; Communication Management Rules; Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - Issues Lobbied: Debt Collection Practices; Department of Agriculture - Issues Lobbied: RIN 0503-AA52, Docket No. 0503-AA52: Nondiscrimination in Programs or Activities Conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13636; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Military Abortion coverage; National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 (H.R. 4435); Guantanamo Bay; Spousal Benefits; Religious Accomondations; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collections (CRDC); School Discipline Guidance; School-to-Prison Pipeline; Single-Sex Education; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Interior and Border Enforcement; ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); Immigration enforcement policy and practice; Border abuse; Access to counsel; Immigration detention; Operation Streamline; Executive Order 13636;Agencies Lobbied (Cont.): Department of Homeland Security Oversight; Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Use of datamining technologies by the government; License Plate Readers; REAL ID; Laptop Searches; Bond Hearings; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Immigration detention bed mandate; TRIG Exemptiopn, CBP Compliant Procedures; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Conditions of Participation and EMTALA; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Interior and Border Enforcement; Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (H.R. 3899/S. 1945); School Discipline Guidance; Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; Convention for the Elimination of Race Discrimination; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act (S. 678); June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); Commutations and Pardons; Standard Minimum Rules for Prisoners; Prison Overcrowding; Juvenile Detention; Police Militarization; Access to counsel; Operation Streamline; DOJ Media Guidelines & Regulations; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act (H.R. 1312/S. 639); Targeted Killing; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Indigent Defense Reform; End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) (S. 1030/H.R. 3618); Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); Juvenile Life without Parole; Federal Over-Criminalization; School discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline; Disparate Impact, Housing; Spousal Benefits; Marriage Equality; Religious Profiling; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs wage compensation data collection tool; Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages (OFCCP); Disability Rights; Department of State - Issues Lobbied: National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 (H.R. 4435); Guantanamo Bay; TRIG Exemptions; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; Reasonable accommodations for pregnant employees; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Executive Order; Surveillance; Disability Rights; Data Privacy; Elecition Administration; Federal Aviation Association - Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Prison Phone Rulemaking; Indecency Comments; IP Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; JSA/SSA Order; Open Internet Rule; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - Issues Lobbied: Regulatory Notice 13-42 FINRA Requests Comment on a Concept Proposal to Develop the Comprehensive Automated Risk Data System; Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Petition for IRS Rulemaking on 501c4; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; National Security Agency - Issues Lobbied: USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361/S. 1599); FISA Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1631); Presidents surveillance reform proposal; National Telecommunications and Information Administration - Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: REAL ID; Civil Rights Data Collection; Prviate Prisons; Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361/S. 1599); FISA Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1631) ; Presidents surveillance reform proposal; Presidential Commission on Election Administration - Issues Lobbied: Election administration reform; Securities and Exchange Commission - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal Benefits; U.S. Census Bureau - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Non-Discrimination; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: Border Enforcement; CBP oversight and excessive use of force; Detainee FOIA; U.S. Election Assitance Commission - Issues Lobbied: Voting Instructions; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); U.S. Sentencing Commission - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White Hosue Domestic Policy Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Immigration enforcement policy and practice; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); White House - Issues Lobbied: Interior and Border Enforcement; Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014 (H.R. 3899/S. 1945); Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 84/S. 2199/H.R. 377); Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs wage compensation data collection tool; Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; ICE enforcement issues; Federal administrative immigration reform (deportations, detention, due process, detainers, appointed counsel ); Sentencing Reform; Solitary Confinement; USA FREEDOM Act (H.R. 3361/S. 1599); FISA Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1631); Presidents surveillance reform proposal ; Executive Order 13636; National Defense Authorization Act for FY15 (H.R. 4435); Torture (SSCI Report); Guantanamo Bay; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act (H.R. 2999); School discipline; School-to-Prison Pipeline; Disparate Impact; Housing
Client expense: $524,700 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2014 · first_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
The Smart Energy Act Promoting Electric Vehicles Act Comprehensive Energy Policy Keystone XL Greenhouse Gas Regulations Energy Efficiency Northern Route Approval Act (H.R. 3) Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy (STORAGE) Act of 2013 (H.R. 1465/S. 1030) Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (H.R. 1616/S. 761) Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) Better Buildings Act of 2013 (H.R. 2126) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826) North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301) Electricity Security and Affordability Act (S. 1905) Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189) State Energy Race to the Top Initiative Act of 2013 (S. 1218)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $140,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Medical Device Tax repeal; Tax reform - Energy Efficiencey Tax proposal; extension of 1790 Commercial Building Tax Deduction; STORAGE 2013 - HR 1465/S 1030; Industrial Facilities and the Smart Grid proposed by NEMA
Client expense: $591,319 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Energy Storage Investment Tax Credit--STORAGE Act (H.R. 1465, S. 1030, Master Limited Partnership Parity Act (H.R. 1696, S. 795), Start Up Jobs and Innovation Act (S. 1658)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
S. 1030 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 ("STORAGE 2013 Act") - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposes H.R. 1465 - STORAGE 2013 Act - To amend Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid, and for other purposesH.R. 2502 - "Renewable Energy Parity Act of 2013" - To amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend the energy credit to solar energy, fuel cell, microturbine, combined health and power system, small wind energy, and thermal energy properties for which construction does not begin before January 1, 2017 H.R. 3017 - "Renewable Energy Construction and Investment Parity Act of 2013" - To extend the energy credit for certain property under construction
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Discussion draft, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for comprehensive income tax reform (taxation of derivatives). Renewable energy tax incentives in general. Issues related to tax rates in general. Tax reform issues; general.H.R. 4196, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets S. 2240, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets H.R. 3091, To make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, relating to inclusion of production tax credit H.Con. Res. 25, establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023 (tax reform) S.Con. Res. 8, an original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023, (tax reform) H.R. 1465, S. 1030, Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2013 H.R. 1486, the No Carbon Tax Act of 2013 S. 795, H.R. 1696, the Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act H.R.259, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate
Client expense: $1,310,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), White House Office
General discussion of reforming U.S. tax treatment of foreign earnings (worldwide, territorial, deferral, base erosion) General discussion renewable energy tax credits (PTC, ITC, Section 1603 Grants) General discussion inclusion of renewables in MLPs General discussion of tax reform legislation that would impose mark-to-market accounting on derivatives and commodity contractsH.R. 1 - Tax Reform H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 259 - Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 1524 - Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 860 - Biogas Investment Tax Credit Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2502 - ITC Commence Construction - all aspects of the bill S. 332 - the Climate Protection Act - all aspects of the bill S. 307 - Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - all aspects of the bill S. 1225 - The SUN Act - all aspects of the bill H.R. 2081 - No More Excuses Energy Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.CON.RES.24 - Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States - all aspects of the bill S. 1103 And H.R. 2202 - LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill S. 1030 And H.R. 1465 - Storage Technology for Renewable and Green Energy Act - all aspects of the bill S. 795 and H.R. 1696 - Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act - all aspects of the bill S. 570 - Clean Energy Race to the Top Act of 2013 - all aspects of the bill H.R.2877 - To prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property - all aspects of the bill
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2013 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: Executive Order 13636, Cybersecurity Legislation and Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 127, To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendment - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment;oversight and accountability; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign finance reform; H.R. 1497, The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Drug Testing, SNAP; H.R. 15, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Federal immigration reform (due process, enforcement, detention, legalization); H.R. 1523, The Respect States Marijuana Laws Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 1652, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 1755, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; H.R. 1814, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 1843, REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 1962, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 1975, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; H.R. 2217, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention Bed Mandate; 287(g) funding; H.R. 2278, SAFE Act - Issues Lobbied: Interior Enforcement: House CIR- opposition to SAFE Act and other enforcement-only bills; H.R. 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (SAFE Act) - Issues Lobbied: Border security, state and local enforcement; H.R. 2399, LIBERT-E Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2440, FISA Court in the Sunshine Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2475, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2523, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships; H.R. 2586, FISA Court Accountability Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2603, Relevancy Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2684, Telephone Surveillance Accountability Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2736, Government Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2761, Presidential Appointment of FISA Court Judges Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2818, Surveillance State Repeal Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 2849, Privacy Advocate General Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 287, Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2872, Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 2999, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights; Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Employment Discrimination; Police Practices; H.R. 3035, Surveillance Order Reporting Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3070, NSA Accountability Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3103, Intelligence Oversight and Accountability Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3130, Protect Family Values at the Border Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 3133, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; First Amendment; H.R. 3159, Ensuring Adversarial Process in the FISA Court Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 3300, FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 3304, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Assault; Detainee restrictions; National Security/AUMF/Detention; Religious Liberty; H.R. 3361, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance; National Security; Civil Liberties; Privacy; H.R. 3382, The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums and Crack Cocaine; H.R. 3404, National Defense Authorization Act for FY14 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/AUMF/Detention; H.R. 3431, American Families United Act - Issues Lobbied: Keeping mixed-status families together; H.R. 3471, Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 377, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; H.R. 3774, Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 698, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS; H.R. 964, Respect States and Citizens Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R.1695, The Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; H.R.2656, The Federal Prison Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, recidivism; HR 2278, Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention, immigration enforcement; S. 1030, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 1044, World War II Memorial Prayer Act. - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 1088, Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 1121, Fourth Amendment Restoration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1130, Ending Secret Law Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1151, America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1182, A bill to modify the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Assault; Detainee restrictions; National Security/AUMF/Detention; Religious Liberty; S. 1197, National Defense Authorization Act FY 14 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, HIV/AIDS; S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1236, Respect for Marriage Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Relationships;H.R. 1417, Border Security Results Act - Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement; H.R. 1318, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1307, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; S. 1329, FY14 CJS Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; S. 1410, Smarter Sentencing Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 1452, Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1460, FISA Judge Selection Reform Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1467, FISA Court Reform Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1599, USA FREEDOM Act - Issues Lobbied: Surveillance; National Security; Civil Liberties; Privacy; S. 1631, FISA Improvements Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; S. 1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1696, Women's Health Protection Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 1752, Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 1808, Marriage and Religious Freedom Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; S. 1817, Humane Short Term Custody Act - Issues Lobbied: ; S. 294, Ruth Moore Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; S. 47, Violence Against Women Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 619, The Justice Safety Valve Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement; Mandatory Minimums; Criminal Bars to Citizenship; National ID; Employment verification; Privacy; S. 813, Peace Corps Equity Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT/Religious Liberty; S. 84, Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights; S. 862, EACH Act - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; S. 878, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; S. 942, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 987, Free Flow of Information Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.1675, The Recidivism Reduction & Public Safety Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing and Prison Good Time Credits; S.1783, The Federal Prison Reform Act - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, recidivism Congressional Issues without Bills: Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Asylum Abuse - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Behavioral Detection - Issues Lobbied: ; BOP Oversight Hearing - Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement, Private Prisons and PREA; Border Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Border Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Border Searches - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Broadband Adoption Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Bureau of Prisons Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Byrne Grants - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; CIA Torture Report - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, Employment verification, Privacy; Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Access to Justice; Criminal Exclusions - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: Detention bed mandate; 287(g) funding; Department of Homeland Security Issues; Detainer Issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Detention Bed Mandates - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; DOD Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight; Election administration reform - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Employment Credit Checks - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal administrative Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Federal Over-Criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Follow the Money Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Fusion Centers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing, intelligence collection, First Amendment; Gang Abatement and Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Guantanamo - Issues Lobbied: ; Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes - Issues Lobbied: Human Rights; Housing Disparate Impact; ICE enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Immigration Local Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Interior and Border enforcement; KIDS Act - Issues Lobbied: Legalization; Limits on Using Hearing Videos - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment;Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing; Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Nomination of CIA General Counsel - Issues Lobbied: Torture; NSA Surveillance - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Surveillance; Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; Patent Issues - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Racial Profiling Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, civil liberties, first amendment, national security; Radicalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties, privacy, religious freedom, racial profiling, national security; Religious Displays - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Restoring discretion to immigration system - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Stand Your Ground Laws - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Racial Justice; Racial Profiling; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: National security; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice; U.S. Customs and Border Protection Oversight - Issues Lobbied: Immigrant Rights; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Vance Legislative Fix - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Various bills responding to IRS targeting - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Voting Discrimination - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Whistleblower Protection - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; Womens Economic Agenda - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Employment Discrimination Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons - Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform; Mandatory Minimums; Solitary Confinement; Access to Counsel; Compassionate Release; Private Prisons; Department of Commerce - Issues Lobbied: Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Executive Order 13636; Department of Defense - Issues Lobbied: Equal opportunity training; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Guantanamo; Proposed Rule FAR Case 2013-001, Ending Trafficking in Persons as outlined at 78 FR 69812; Military Abortion coverage; Military Combat Exclusion Policy; Spousal benefits; Department of Education - Issues Lobbied: Race in education strategic plan; Education; Discrimination (OCR); Single sex education; Proposed revisions to the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), as outlined at 78 FR 37529; School Discipline Guidance; School Diversity Grant Programs; Department of Health and Human Services - Issues Lobbied: Sex education; Department of Homeland Security - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory custody; ICE Detainers; Immigration detention; National ID; Employment verification; Privacy; Interior and Border enforcement; Federal administrative immigration reform; ICE enforcement issues; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Executive Order 13636; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT; Radicalization; Suspicious Activity Reports; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Fusion Centers; Department of Housing and Urban Development - Issues Lobbied: VAWA housing; Department of Justice - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile solitary confinement; CAIR harassment; NYPD spying; Immigration; Racial profiling; Immigration detention (EOIR); Byrne Grants; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention); United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justices Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting; Sentencing Reform; Targeted Killing; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform; Interior and Border enforcement; DOJ Media Guidelines; Indigent Defense Reform; End Racial Profiling Act; Juvenile life without parole; June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies; Federal over-criminalization; Federal administrative immigration reform; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby: DOJ COPs program (COPs Office); School Discipline Guidance; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; Department of Labor - Issues Lobbied: Employment; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation (OFCCP); OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool (OFCCP); Executive Order Prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages (DOL and OFFCP); Department of State - Issues Lobbied: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Guantanamo; Department of Transportation - Issues Lobbied: Travel privacy; Department of Veterans Affairs - Issues Lobbied: Disability benefits; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - Issues Lobbied: Employment; Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; Womens Rights and National Origin Employment Discrimination strategic planning; Executive Office of the President - Issues Lobbied: Deportation; Detainee Restrictions; NSA surveillance; Transparency; Racial profiling; Targeted killing; Detention bed mandate; FBI - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; FBI Oversight; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates; Civil liberties;Privacy, Religious Freedom; Racial Profiling, National Security; Radicalization; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines; Federal Communications Commission - Issues Lobbied: Access to telecommunications; Prison Phone Rates; Media Ownership Rule; Low Power FM Application Window; Indecency Comments; IP Transition; E-Rate Rulemaking; IP Transition; Open Internet Rule; General Services Administration - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rule FAR Case 2013-001, Ending Trafficking in Persons as outlined at 78 FR 69812; Internal Revenue Service - Issues Lobbied: Political communications; 501(c)4 petition; Tax exempt standards; NASA - Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rule FAR Case 2013-001, Ending Trafficking in Persons as outlined at 78 FR 69812; National Archives and Records Aministration - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Institute of Standards and Technology - Issues Lobbied: Cybersecurity; Office of Management and Budget - Issues Lobbied: Sex education; Byrne Grants; DHS appropriations (CPB use of force, oversight and accountability mechanisms, privacy, staffing); Operation Streamline; criminal prosecution for illegal entry and re-rentry; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Short-term detention facilities; Office of Personnel Management - Issues Lobbied: Religious accommodations; Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Issues Lobbied: DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Social Security Administration - Issues Lobbied: Spousal benefits; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services - Issues Lobbied: ; U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Issues Lobbied: CBP training; Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Federal administrative immigration reform; ICE enforcement issues; U.S. Agency for International Development - Issues Lobbied: RIN 0412AA71Partner Vetting in USAID Assistance; United States Army - Issues Lobbied: Equal Opportunity Trainings in the Army; United States Trade Representative - Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House - Issues Lobbied: National Defense Authorization Act for FY14; Guantanamo; Torture (SSCI Report); Interior and Border enforcement; Possible Executive Order re Nondiscrimination in Federal Contracts; Access to counsel in immigration proceedings; Executive Order: LGBT Non-Discrimination for Federal Contractors (Pending); Federal administrative immigration reform; ICE enforcement issues; Restoring discretion to immigration system; Surveillance Legislation: H.R. 3361, S. 1599, S. 1631, H.R. 2399, S. 1215, S. 1182, S. 1121, H.R. 2603, H.R. 2818, H.R. 2684, H.R. 3070, S. 1151, H.R. 2475, S. 1130, H.R. 2440, H.R. 2736, H.R. 3035, S. 1452, S. 1460, S. 1467, H.R. 2761, H.R. 2586, H.R. 2849, H.R. 3159, H.R. 3103; Executive Order 13636; Whistleblower Protection; DHS Intelligence/Information Sharing; Voting Rights Act legislative response to Shelby; Election administration reform (Presidential Commission on Election Administration); Paycheck Fairness Act and executive order on pay retaliation; OFCCP wage compensation data collection tool; Executive Order Prohibiting federal contractors from retaliating against workers who discuss wages; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Immigration and Border Enforcement (Domestic Policy Counsel)
Client expense: $477,443 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2013 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy legislation, climate legislation, PTC/CREBs extension and other tax incentives (S.1030 and H.R. 1465), renewable/clean energy standards, hydropower licensing issues (including S. 306, 545 and H.R. 267, 678, 1963, others), WRDA (S.601, H.R. 3080), hydropower/waterpower appropriations, other energy/environmental bills and initiatives affecting hydropower energy resources.
Client expense: $140,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Reclamation, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service
2013 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
tax reform generally (no specific bill number), 163(j); management & control; S. 1030, Storage 2013 Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy efficiency legislation, including building efficiency and industrial efficiency (no specific legislation) S. 761, S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (so-called Shaheen Portman) S. 1030, Storage 2013 Act Department of Energy's proposed rule on testing and certification of commercial air conditioners
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy efficiency legislation, including building efficiency and industrial efficiency (no specific legislation) S. 761, S. 1392, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013 (so-called Shaheen Portman) S. 1030, Storage 2013 Act Department of Energy's proposed rule on testing and certification of commercial air conditioners
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · third_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
tax reform generally (no specific bill number), 163(j); management & control; S. 1030, Storage 2013 Act
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Medical Device Tax repeal; Tax reform - Energy Efficiencey Tax proposal; extension of 1790 Commercial Building Tax Deduction; STORAGE 2013 - HR 1465/S 1030; Industrial Facilities and the Smart Grid proposed by NEMA
Client expense: $591,319 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)