Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
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2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.1670 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, abortion restriction at 20 weeks and women's health H.R. 5016 Financial Services Appropriations Bill, Section 901, abortion provisions and taxpayer funding of abortion S. 1696 Women's Health Protection Act, all provisions on abortion regulations
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
H.R. 1797/S. 1670: Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S. 137 (113th Congress):The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act; H.R. 217/S. 135: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act; H.R. 940 (113th Congress): Health Care Conscience Rights Act.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 1797/S. 1670: Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S. 137 (113th Congress):The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act; H.R. 217/S. 135: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act; H.R. 940 (113th Congress): Health Care Conscience Rights Act.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Constitution
H.R. 1797/S. 1670: Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S. 137 (113th Congress):The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 & H.R. 1797, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 7 & S. 946 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; H.R. 1199 & S. 403 - Safe Schools Improvement Act; H.R. 217 & S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition; H.R. 1652 & S. 1088 - Student Non-Discrimination Act;H.R. 725 & S. 372 - Real Education of Healthy Youth Act; H.R. 61 / S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act; Support Abstinence Education Efforts; HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act; Treaty 112-7 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $19,000
Government targets: White House Office
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| LA |
| Deb Fischer | Republican | NE |
| James E. Risch | Republican | ID |
| James M. Inhofe | Republican | OK |
| Jeff Flake | Republican | AZ |
| Jeff Sessions | Republican | AL |
| Jerry Moran | Republican | KS |
| John Barrasso | Republican | WY |
| John Boozman | Republican | AR |
| John Cornyn | Republican | TX |
| John Hoeven | Republican | ND |
| John McCain | Republican | AZ |
| John Thune | Republican | SD |
| Johnny Isakson | Republican | GA |
| Kelly Ayotte | Republican | NH |
| Lamar Alexander | Republican | TN |
| Marco Rubio | Republican | FL |
| Michael B. Enzi | Republican | WY |
| Mike Crapo | Republican | ID |
| Mike Johanns | Republican | NE |
| Mike Lee | Republican | UT |
| Mitch McConnell | Republican | KY |
| Orrin G. Hatch | Republican | UT |
| Pat Roberts | Republican | KS |
| Patrick J. Toomey | Republican | PA |
| Rand Paul | Republican | KY |
| Richard Burr | Republican | NC |
| Richard C. Shelby | Republican | AL |
| Rob Portman | Republican | OH |
| Roger F. Wicker | Republican | MS |
| Ron Johnson | Republican | WI |
| Roy Blunt | Republican | MO |
| Saxby Chambliss | Republican | GA |
| Ted Cruz | Republican | TX |
| Thad Cochran | Republican | MS |
| Tim Scott | Republican | SC |
| Tom Coburn | Republican | OK |
2014 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 & H.R. 1797, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 7 & S. 946 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; H.R. 1199 & S. 403 - Safe Schools Improvement Act; H.R. 217 & S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition; H.R. 1652 & S. 1088 - Student Non-Discrimination Act;H.R. 725 & S. 372 - Real Education of Healthy Youth Act; H.R. 61 / S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act; Support Abstinence Education Efforts; HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act;Treaty 112-7 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty
Client expense: $25,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill HR 5551 - Heartbeat Informed Consent Act: entire bill HR 5524/S 2687 - Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act: entire bill S 2625 - Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S 2876 - A bill to establish a public education and awareness and access program relating to emergency contraception: entire bill
Client expense: $73,680 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill
Client expense: $156,297 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Womens Health Protection Act (S.1696) Advocate for bill protecting womens access to reproductive health care Senate Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act (S. 2687/H.R.5524) Advocate for bill improving access to reproductive health care and counseling for women in the military and their dependents Senate/House Advocate for protection from using religion to discriminate (no bill introduced) House/Senate HR 1797 Advocate against a bill that would ban abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy. House S. 137 Advocate against a bill that would codify the Weldon Amendment. HR 3279 Advocate against a bill regarding notification of abortion coverage in private insurance. House S.2578/H.R. 5051 Advocate for insurance coverage of contraception and other health issues. H.R. 1797/S. 1670 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Advocate against bill banning abortions Advocate for eliminating restrictions regarding coverage of abortion in federal health insurance (no bill introduced) House Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2014 (S. 1372) Advocate for coverage of funding of abortion care in case of life endangerment, rape, and incest for Peace Corps volunteers Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83) Advocate against provisions restricting womens health
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in opposition to the "Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act" (S. 2578/H.R. 5051), legislation which would further empower the Obama Administration to mandate that certain insurance plans cover abortion pills such as RU-486, surgical abortion (including late abortions), assisted suicide, or anything else the Administration chooses to classify as preventive services, overriding all existing federal laws that protect religious freedom and conscience rights; the Senate refused to invoke cloture to proceed to this legislation on July 16, 2014. Contacts in support of possible inclusion of abortion non-discrimination language in FY 2015 omibus appropriations legislation (not included), H.R. 83 (became Public Law 113-235). Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of continuation of abortion-related limitation provisions in omnibus appropriations measure, H.R. 83 (became Public Law 113-235). Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment"), added to FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016) at House Appropriation Committee markup, June 25, 2014, 29-21. H.R. 5016 passed the House July 16, 2014, without challenge to this provision. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). (continued)Contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act (legislation to curb use of wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action), introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Contacts in support of adding language to parallel Senate proposals, to prevent funding of abortion, including potential amendments to S. 2646 or S. 2599. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises.
Client expense: $97,899 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. HR 1797 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S 2024 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse" for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. HR 3829 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse" for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. HR 5285 Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Protects adoption and foster care agencies from discrimination. S 2706 Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Protects adoption and foster care agencies from discrimination.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (abortion ban) S.2853, Accelerating Action on Maternal and Child Health Act (family planning provisions) Tina Tchen, Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls, Executive Branch (Helms Amendment)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill HR 5551 - Heartbeat Informed Consent Act: entire bill HR 5524/S 2687 - Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act: entire bill S 2625 - Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S 2876 - A bill to establish a public education and awareness and access program relating to emergency contraception: entire bill
Client expense: $484,122 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 1670/H.R. 1797: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S.1696: Womens Health Protection Act; S. 946/H.R. 7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; S.1848/H.R. 3279: Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013; S. 2578, Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act; H.R. 5411, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S. 1670/H.R. 1797: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S.1696: Womens Health Protection Act; S. 946/H.R. 7: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; S.1848/H.R. 3279: Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2013; S. 2578, Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act; H.R. 5411, Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Constitution
S. 1670/H.R. 1797: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S.1696: Womens Health Protection Act.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in opposition to the "Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act" (S. 2578/H.R. 5051), legislation which would further empower the Obama Administration to mandate that certain insurance plans cover abortion pills such as RU-486, surgical abortion (including late abortions), assisted suicide, or anything else the Administration chooses to classify as preventive services, overriding all existing federal laws that protect religious freedom and conscience rights; the Senate refused to invoke cloture to proceed to this legislation on July 16, 2014. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903); the Aderholt amendment was adopted in House Appropriations Committee, June 11, 2014, 29-18. Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment"), added to FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016) at House Appropriation Committee markup, June 25, 2014, 29-21. H.R. 5016 passed the House July 16, 2014, without challenge to this provision. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. (Final Rule published Oct. 2, 2013.) The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment contained in the Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). (continued)Contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act (legislation to curb use of wrongful birth and wrongful life causes of action), introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding possible offering of related provisions as amendment to H.R. 5016 (not offered). Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Consultations regarding H.R. 2772, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act"; no position. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion, including testimony by National Right to Life president at hearing on S. 1696 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, July 15, 2014. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr. Contacts in support of "Heartbeat Informed Consent Act" (H.R. 5551), legislation to require that if an abortionist performs an ultrasound, the pregnant woman is offered an opportunity to view the ultrasound.
Client expense: $106,475 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 4698, Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014: Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil claims that a child should not have been born due to disability, abnormality, etc. HR 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 5285, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Protects adoption and foster care agencies from discrimination. S. 2706, Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act: Protects adoption and foster care agencies from discrimination.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 4698 Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014: Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil claims that a child should not have been born due to disability, abnormality, etc. HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S. 1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S. 1240/H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act; S. 1848/H.R. 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act; H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 (provisions related to abortion funding); State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs FY 2015 Appropriations (provisions related to abortion funding); H.R. 863, National Women's History Museum Act.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S. 1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S. 1240/H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act; S. 1848/H.R. 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act; H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 (provisions related to abortion funding); State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs FY 2015 Appropriations (provisions related to abortion funding); H.R. 863, National Women's History Museum Act.
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill
Client expense: $14,421 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 23- Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135- Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346- Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32- Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137- Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139- Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154- PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142- Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143- The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204- Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447- Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493- Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369- Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356- Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973- Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091- Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122- PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583- Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886- District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES 206- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134- A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764- Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943- Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993- Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539- Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670- Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539- Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601- Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848- Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471- Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728- Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60- A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777- MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813- Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030- Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13- Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372- Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774- Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953- Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158- Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396- Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill S 2291 - Peace Corps Equity Act of 2014: entire bill HR 4698 - Every Child is a Blessing Act: entire Bill
Client expense: $403,685 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S.1670 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, abortion restriction at 20 weeks and women's health H.R. 5016 Financial Services Appropriations Bill, Section 901, abortion provisions and taxpayer funding of abortion S. 1696 Women's Health Protection Act, all provisions on abortion regulations
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 & H.R. 1797, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 7 & S. 946 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; H.R. 1199 & S. 403 - Safe Schools Improvement Act; H.R. 217 & S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition; H.R. 1652 & S. 1088 - Student Non-Discrimination Act;H.R. 725 & S. 372 - Real Education of Healthy Youth Act; H.R. 61 / S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act; Support Abstinence Education Efforts; HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act;
Client expense: $25,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. H.R. 7 (modified to include components (continued)of H.R. 3279) passed the House of Representatives on January 28, 2014, 227-188. Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 4660/S. 2437), Financial Services (H.R. 5016), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 5013/S. 2499) appropriations bills; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in opposition to language proposed by Sen. Shaheen to State/Foreign Operations appropriations bill (S. 2499) to preclude a president from re-applying pro-life conditions to private organizations that receive foreign aid grants (e.g., "Mexico City Policy"), as adopted in Senate Appropriations Committee June 19, 2014; no position on State-Foreign Operations provision conforming language related to the Peace Corps to comparable HHS language. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language ("Aderholt-Carter Amendment") to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 4903). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Harris-Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. (Final Rule published Oct. 2, 2013.) The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment contained in the Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 5016). (continued)Consultations regarding draft language of legislation to curb "wrongful birth" and "wrongful life" causes of action, and contacts in support of H.R. 4698, the Every Child is a Blessing Act, introduced by Rep. Palazzo on May 21, 2014. Consultations regarding anti-trafficking legislation, H.R. 3530; no position taken on substitute as reported by the House Judiciary Committee on May 15, 2014, and approved by the House on May 20, 2014. Consultations regarding H.R. 2772, "Rape Survivor Child Custody Act"; no position. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Contacts explaining nonsupport for H.R. 1091/S. 583 and H.R. 2764, based on lack of clarity and erroneous legal premises. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr.
Client expense: $79,421 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 4698 Every Child is a Blessing Act of 2014: Prohibits recovery of damages in certain civil claims that a child should not have been born due to disability, abnormality, etc. HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829 State Marriage Defense Act of 2014: Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
End Racial Profiling Act HR3618 and S1670. Lobbied in support of this bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · second_quarter · Health Issues
S. 1670, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S. 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS. 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES.206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 1848 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1696 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 23 Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS. 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346 Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S. 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S. 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S. 139 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S. 154 PROTECT Act: entire bill S. 142 Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S. 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S. 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493 Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S. 356 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973 Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091 Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122 PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S. 583 Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S. 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill H.RES.206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution S.RES.134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S. 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764 Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943 Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S. 1539 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S. 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539 Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601 Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S. 1848 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire billS. 1696 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S. 333 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill S.RES.60 A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 777 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S. 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S. 981 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S. 13 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S. 372 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3932 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2014: entire bill HR 3953 Health Plan Notice Requirements Act: entire bill HR 4158 Special Inspector General for Monitoring the ACA Act (SIGMA Act) of 2014: provisions related to family planning and reproductive health HR 4396 Religious Liberty Protection Act of 2014: entire bill
Client expense: $61,957 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Abortion Rights Legislation, EACH Woman Act, FY2014 Appropriations, Immigrant Women's Health Access, H.R. 4240 HEAL Immigrant Women and Families Act, H.R. 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, S. 1670 Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, S. 1696 Women's Health Protection Act, H.R. 3471 Women's Health Protection Act
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670 & H.R. 1797, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; H.R. 7 & S. 946 - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; H.R. 1199 & S. 403 - Safe Schools Improvement Act; H.R. 217 & S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition; H.R. 1652 & S. 1088 - Student Non-Discrimination Act;H.R. 725 & S. 372 - Real Education of Healthy Youth Act; H.R. 61 / S. 135 - Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act; Support Abstinence Education Efforts
Client expense: $25,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S. 1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S.1240/H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act; S.946/H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; S. 1848/H.R. 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act; FY 2015 appropriations related to DOL, HHS, DOE, and related agencies; FY 2015 Appropriations provisions related to state, foreign operations, and related programs.
Client expense: $110,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. H.R. 7 (modified to include components (continued)of H.R. 3279) passed the House of Representatives on January 28, 2014, 227-188. Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Consultations on various draft legislative proposals (not introduced) to tighten qualifications for abortion providers. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of carrying over abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2015 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other carry-over abortion limitation provisions in Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services, and State-Foreign Operations. Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2015 Homeland Security appropriations bill. Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2015 Financial Services appropriations bill. Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Consultations regarding possible abortion-related revisions to: Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300, Rep. Price); H.R. 3121, Rep. Roe); and conceptual outline of health-care legislation (not introduced) by Senators Hatch/Coburn/Burr. (continued)
Client expense: $106,119 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2014 · first_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S 1670, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Bans late term abortions after 20 weeks gestation due to pain for the unborn. H.R. 3601, Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2013, Requires parental notification and 96 hour waiting period before abortion on a minor.HR 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 1848, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, Requires full disclosure as to whether insurance plan covers abortion. S. 2024, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014, Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 3829, State Marriage Defense Act of 2014, Clarifies meaning of "marriage" and "spouse" for Federal purposes and ensures respect for State regulation of marriage. H.R. 51, Marrriage Protection Amendment, Proposes constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
End Racial Profiling Act HR3618 and S1670. Lobbied in support of this bill.
Client expense: $14,926 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contraceptive Coverage under the Affordable Care Act H.J.Res.59, FY'14 Budget Agreement H.R.3471 and S.1696, Women's Health Protection Act S.1670, Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection ActF.Y.'15 Appropriations (Title X, United Nations Population Fund, USAID family-planning program) F.Y.'14 Defense Authorization Act (abortion bans) H.R.3279 and S.1848, Abortion Insurance Disclosure Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill S 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HRes206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Entire Disclosure Act: entire bill S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S 1848 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S 1696 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill
Client expense: $21,998 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
HR 23 Sanctity of Human Life Act: entire bill HR 61 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 217 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire billS 135 Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 346 Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act (SAFE Act): entire bill S 32 Child Custody Protection Act: entire bill S 137 Abortion Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 138 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act: entire bill S 139 Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act: entire bill S 154 PROTECT Act: entire bill S 142 Hyde Amendment Codification Act: entire bill S 143 The Health Care Provider and Hospital Conscience Protection Act: entire bill HR 940 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill S 1204 Health Care Conscience Rights Act: entire bill HR 447 Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) of 2013: entire bill HR 493 Homeland Security Respect for Life Act: entire bill HR 732 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 369 Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: entire bill S 356 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2013: entire bill HR 973 Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1091 Life at Conception Act: entire bill HR 1122 PRO-LIFE Act: entire bill S 583 Life at Conception Act of 2013: entire bill HR 1797 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill S 886 District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HRes206 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes133 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress and the states should investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary and illegal abortion practices: entire resolution SRes134 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that all incidents of abusive, unsanitary, or illegal health care practices should be condemned and prevented and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the entire extent of the law: entire resolution S 946 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 7 No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: entire bill HR 2764 Sanctity of Life Act of 2013: entire bill HR 2943 Schoolchildren's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3062 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 2993 Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2013: entire bill S 1539 Adoption Information Act: entire bill HR 3279 Abortion Insurance Entire Disclosure Act: entire bill S 1670 Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: entire bill HR 3539 Adoption Promotion Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3601 Parental Notification and Intervention Abortion Act: entire bill S 1848 Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act: entire bill S 1696 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill HR 3471 Women's Health Protection Act: entire bill S 333 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill HR 728 Access to Birth Control Act: entire bill SRes60 A resolution supporting women's reproductive health: entire bill HR 1389 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire bill S 777 MARCH for Military Women Act: entire billS 813 Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013: entire bill S 981 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 2030 Stop Deceptive Services for Womens Services Act: entire bill HR 718 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill S 13 Abstinence Education Reallocation Act of 2013: entire bill HR 725 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill S 372 Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013: entire bill HR 3774 Repealing Ineffective and Incomplete Abstinence-Only Program Funding Act of 2013: entire bill
Client expense: $130,648 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Peace Corps, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2013 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Contacts in support of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 7, S. 946), to codify government-wide policy against funding abortion. Contacts in support of Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (H.R. 3279, S. 1848), legislation to correct concealment practices pertaining to abortion coverage in exchange-participating health plans. (continued)Contacts in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797), to protect pain-capable unborn children beginning at 20 weeks fetal age (passed by the House of Representatives on June 18, 2013), and Senate companion legislation (S. 1670). Consultations on various draft legislative proposals (not introduced) to tighten qualifications for abortion providers. Contacts in support of Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), to ban sex-selection abortions (S. 138, HR 447). Contacts in support of Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act (CIANA)(S. 369, HR 732), to require an abortionist to notify a parent before performing an abortion on a minor from a different state, with certain exceptions. Contacts in support of the Health Care Conscience Rights Act (HR 940, S. 1204), to prevent the imposition of regulatory mandates that violate the religious or moral convictions of those who purchase or provide health insurance, to prevent any level of government from discriminating against health care providers who decline to participate in abortions, and to empower victims to seek relief in court for violations of the federal conscience laws. Contacts in support of abortion-related limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, including Hyde Amendment in HHS appropriations bill, and other carry-over abortion limitation provisions in FY 2014 appropriations bills, Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 2787/.S. 1329), Financial Services (H.R. 2786/S. 1371), Labor-HHS (House bill unnumbered, S. 1284), and State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 2855/ S. 1372). Contacts in support of curtailing U.S. funding of UNFPA. All carryover provisions were retained in omnibus appropriations bill (enacted as H.R. 3547) covering the remainder of FY 2014; no new abortion-related provisions were incorporated. Contacts in support of the Homeland Security Respect for Life Act (H.R. 493), to prevent federal funding of abortion under programs within the Department of Homeland Security, with certain exceptions, and comparable limitation language to FY 2014 Homeland Security appropriations bill (section 563 of H.R. 2217). Contacts in support of S. 154/HR 346, to prevent coverage of abortion, with certain exceptions, in "multi-state" (national) health plans, created by PL 111-148, to be administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and comparable language ("Nunnelee Amendment") in FY 2014 Financial Services appropriations bill (H.R. 2786). Contacts in support of the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act (HR 217/S. 135). Consultations regarding other legislative concepts relating to Title X, including legislation dealing with adoption-counseling requirements with respect to Title X, including H.R. 3062, S. 1539, and other draft legislation not introduced; NRLC took no position on these measures. Consultations regarding abortion-related components of "American Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3121). See HCR page for additional information on contacts on this legislation. Consultations regarding proposed rule published by Office of Personnel Management in August 8, 2013 Federal Register, 78 Fed. Reg. 48337 (2013), concerning subsidies for health plans to be purchased by members of Congress and certain congressional staff on Obamacare exchanges. The OPM proposal would allow payments to flow through OPM to plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the Smith Amendment, a limitation amendment to the Financial Services appropriations bill. Consultations on S. 959, related to drug compounding; NRLC took no position on this legislation. Contacts in opposition to "Women's Health Protection Act" (H.R. 3471, S. 1696), a proposed federal statute to invalidate virtually all state and federal regulations pertaining to abortion. Consultations regarding possible revisions to Empowering Patients First Act (H.R. 2300). (continued)
Client expense: $77,238 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
S. 1670, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; S.1240/H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act; S.1455/H.R. 2775, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014; S.946/H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act; S. 1848/H.R. 3279, Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act; Cornelia Pillard nomination to U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2013 · fourth_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
H.R. 3471, S. 1670, Peace Corps Abortion Restrictions, Family Planning Funding, Immigrant Women's Health, Women's Health Protection Act, Federal Coverage for Abortion, General Reproductive Rights Issues
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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 · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose S. 1670, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Client expense: $34,434 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2013 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
Oppose S. 1670, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Client expense: $34,434 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2013 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: H.R. 1263, Excellence in Mental Health Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; 77 FR 75299, Prison Rape Elimination Commission Comments - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Discrimination; Amdt. 503 to S. Con. Res. 8, Opposing reduced funding for mental health services to individuals who are eligible to purchase a weapon - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Executive Order 13636,Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; H.R. 11, Violence Against Women Reauthorizations Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights, First Amendment, Criminal Justice, Non-discrimination, LGBT Rights; H.R. 1177, Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens rights; 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; H.R. 1312, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; H.R. 1389, MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 148, DISCLOSE Act - Issues Lobbied: Campaign Finance Reform; H.R. 152, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; H.R. 258, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 2721, The Youth PROMISE Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; H.R. 274, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; H.R. 287, Video Games Ratings Enforcement Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 320, Student Support Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; H.R. 3618, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; H.R. 377, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; H.R. 401, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, Mental Health, Criminal Justi ce; H.R. 493, Homeland Security Respect for Life Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 4970, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty; H.R. 519, Uniting American Families - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Immigration; H.R. 5326, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; H.R. 592, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberty, Church-State Separation; H.R. 624, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, First Amendment, Information Sharing, Intelligence Collection; H.R. 628, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; H.R. 637, Preserving American Privacy Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy, Surveillance; H.R. 698, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; H.R. 725, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Education; H.R. 933, Consolidated and Continuing Appropriations Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; H.R. 940, Health Care Conscience Rights Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; H.R. 964, Respect States' and Citizens' Rights Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Marijuana Pre-emption; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; H.R. 983, Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Privacy; HR 312, Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Criminal Justice; S .649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; S 38, Jury ACCESS Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Criminal Justice; S. 12, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights; S. 145, The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, School Discipline; S. 146, The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, School Discipline; S. 148, The Save Our Schools Act; School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act of 2013; A bill to safeguard America's schools by using community policing strategies to prevent school violence and improve student and school safety - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Education, School Discipline; S. 153, Mental Health First Aid Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 1670, End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA) - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Police Practices; S. 195, Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 210, Stolen Valor Act - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S. 2323, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice, Prison Expansion, Sentencing Reform; S. 264, Excellence in Mental Health Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 294, Ruth Moore Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; S. 296, Uniting American Families - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Immigration; S. 306, The National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2011 - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Drug Policy; S. 330, HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act - Issues Lobbied: HIV/AIDS, Discrimination; S. 372, Real Education for Healthy Youth Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Sexual Education; S. 418, Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 47, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, Women's Rights, Religious Liberties, Mandatory Minimums, Tribal Provisions; S. 480, NICS Reporting Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 572, Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S. 607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: privacy; S. 639, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, location tracking; S. 649, Safe Communities and Safe Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums,Police in Schools, First Amendment, Disability Rights; S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and Modernization Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Federal immigration reform; S. 84, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation - Issues Lobbied: Employment Discrimination; Womens Rights;; S. Con. Res. 8, Fiscal Year 2014 Senate Budget Resolution - Issues Lobbied: Vouchers, Church-State Separation, Reproductive Rights, School Vouchers, Voter ID; S.162, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act - Issues Lobbied: Mental Health and Criminal justice; S.374, Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S.607, Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; S.649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Mandatory Minimums; S.689, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; S.744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; S.AMDT. 715 to S. 649, Background check bill - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights Congressional Issues without Bills: Abortion Coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Appointed counsel for individuals with mental disabilities in immigration proceedings - Issues Lobbied: Due process in immigration proceedings, Disability Rights; Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates - Issues Lobbied: FBI investigative authorities, civil rights; Background Checks in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing; Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Campaign Disclosure - Issues Lobbied: First Amendment; Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: National Security/Indefinite Detention; Combat Exclusion Policy - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Issues Lobbied: National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, Immigration; Computer Fraud and Abuse Act update - Issues Lobbied: Due process, over-criminalization, free speech; Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Cybersecurity legislation and oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Democracy Restoration Act - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights, Racial Justice; Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government, DHS oversight, domestic spying, fusion centers; Department of Homeland Security Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security, civil liberties, privacy; Department of Justice Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National security and civil liberties; privacy; TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT - Issues Lobbied: Limiting use of WBI/Ending 15 country policy; Department fo Defense Intelligence Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Department of Defense oversight,; Domestic Drones - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, Armed Drones, National Security; Electronic Communications Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform - Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, privacy, location tracking; Employment Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT, Religious Liberty; Every Child Deserves a Family Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT; FBI Oversight - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, FBI oversight, law enforcement oversight, open government; Federal Over-criminalization - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; 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: ; Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Collateral Consequences; Gun Control Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, School Discipline, Criminal Justice, First Amendment; police in schools; mandatory minimums; Harassment Regulations - Issues Lobbied: Religious Liberties; Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act (HOME Act) - Issues Lobbied: Fair housing/LGBT rights; HUD Appropriations - Issues Lobbied: Fair housing; ICE enforcement issues - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Immigration Modernization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Racial Profiling; Indigent Defense Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice; 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; Legislative response to Shelby Co and Arizona v. ITCA SCOTUS cases/ Voter suppression laws and VRA Enforcement - Issues Lobbied: Voting Rights; Racial Justice; LGBT Parenting - Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; License Plate Readers - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Mandatory Minimum Sentencing/ Sentencing Reform - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, Sentencing;MARCH Act - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Mental disabilities and gun regulation - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Mental Health Sense of the Senate - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Military Abortion coverage - Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Military Justice/Military Sexual Assault - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; National Counter Terrorism Center - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, information sharing; National Defense Authorization Act for FY14 - Issues Lobbied: National Security/AUMF; Nomination of CIA Director - Issues Lobbied: ; Operation Streamline - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; Over-Classification Reduction - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, decreasing over-classification; Password Protection - Issues Lobbied: privacy; Peace Corps abortion coverage- Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Education; School Discipline; Positive Behavior Supports; Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issues Lobbied: Womens Rights; Privacy Act - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, 4th Amendment; Privacy of medical records in gun legislation - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights; Private Prison Information Act of 2013 - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; Proposed immigration reform bill - Issues Lobbied: Immigration (Racial Profiling, Detainee Release, Criminal Exclusions, Gangs, Judicial Discretion); biometric ID, E-Verify, Operation Streamline; border enforcement; access to counsel, pre-emption, state/local enforcement, 100 mile border zone, detention c; 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; Reforming the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Racial Justice; Restoring discretion to immigration system - Issues Lobbied: Immigration; School Safety - Issues Lobbied: School Discipline; Sequester BOP Cuts - Issues Lobbied: Criminal Justice; SSCI Report on Torture - Issues Lobbied: Torture; Student Non-Discrimination Act - Issues Lobbied: LGBT; Student tip line in Gun Regulation Legislation - Issues Lobbied: Student privacy, information sharing; Suspicious Activity Reports - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, 1st Amendment Activity, racial profiling; Targeted Killing - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Human Rights; The Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act - Issues Lobbied: Education; Racial Justice; Disability Rights; School Discipline; The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act - Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice, Racial Justice, Juvenile Justice; Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines - Issues Lobbied: Privacy, First Amendment, information sharing, intelligence collection; Urging ratification of CEDAW - Issues Lobbied: Human rights/womens rights; Use of datamining technologies by the government - Issues Lobbied: Privacy; Whistleblower Protection - Issues Lobbied: National Security, Privacy, Civil Liberties, Protections for National Security Whistleblowers; Youth Promise Act - Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice Agencies Lobbied: Bureau of Prisons, Issues Lobbied: Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Detention; Department of Agriculture, Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act, Women's Rights; Department of Commerce, Issues Lobbied: Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location Tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Commerce; Department of Defense, Issues Lobbied: Targeted Killings, Executive Order 13627/ Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 112-239, End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, Trafficking, Human Rights, Military Abortion Coverage, Torture, Detention, Human Trafficking, Disability Rights, Combat Exclusion, LGBT Rights; Department of Education, Issues Lobbied: Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, S. 145, S.146, S.148, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, Civil Rights Data Collection, School Discipline Guidance, School Discipline, LGBT Rights, First Amendment, Single Sex Education, School Diversity, DC Voucher Data; Department of Health and Human Services, Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13559, Church-State Separation, Reproductive Rights, Immigrants Rights, LGBT Rights, Education, Religious Liberties, Disability Rights, DACA Health Coverage; Department of Homeland Security, Issues Lobbied: National ID, Employment Verification, Privacy, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Use of datamining technologies by the government, Government Watch Lists, REAL ID, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013, Vouchers, Church-State Separation , Reproductive Rights, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and Modernization Act of 2013, Restoring discretion to immigration system, Operation Streamline, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Department of Homeland Security Oversight, National Security, Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, DHS/TSA Oversight: WBI, SPOT, Radicalization, Suspicious Activity Reports, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Fusion Centers, Stakeholder meetings on CBP, Use of Force, Asylum, Detention, Immigration, Indefinite Detention, First Amendment, Voting Rights, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Alien Criminal Response Information Management System; Department of Housing and Urban Development, Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act, Harassment regulation under the Fair Housing Act, Olmstead guidance from HUD, Disability Rights, Womens Rights, Religious Liberties, Housing for victims of domestic violence; Department of Justice, Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice, The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act, Criminal Justice, Civil Rights, Targeted Killings, Fourth Amendment, Privacy, Location Tracking, Electronic Communications Privacy Act reform, Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act, Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, S. 145, S.146, S.148, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, Department of Justice's COPs program, School Discipline Guidance, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Employment Discrimination,Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA)/Title VI, Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD), Human Rights, Indigent Defense Reform, Federal Over-Criminalization, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Juvenile Life without Parole, June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies, Commutations and Pardons, Prison overcrowding, Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Detention, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and Modernization Act of 2013, PREA rule covering immigration detainees/ sex abuse in DHS custody, Restoring discretion to immigration system, Operation Streamline, Immigration Enforcement/Detention, UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Whistleblower Protection, Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Department of Justice Racial Profiling Guidance, School Discipline, Pay Equity, Voting Rights, Immigration, Torture, Human Trafficking, Detention, First Amendment, Privacy, Disability Rights, Mandatory Minimums. Criminal Justice, Racial Profiling, Reproductive Rights, LGBT Rights, Religious Liberties, Indigent Defense, Whistleblower Protections; Department of Labor, Issues Lobbied: Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Women's Rights, Employment Discrimination, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Guidance, Pay Equity, Disability Rights, LGBT Rights, Religious Liberties; Department of State, Issues Lobbied: Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Women's Rights, Employment Discrimination, Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Race Discrimination (CERD), Human Rights, UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Torture, Human Trafficking, Womens Rights; Department of Treasury, Issues Lobbied: Violence Against Women Act, Women's Rights, Privacy, LGBT Rights; Department of Veterans Affairs, Issues Lobbied: Disability Rights, Womens Rights; Director of National Intelligence, Issues Lobbied: Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, Update to National Counterterrorism Center Guidelines, Surveillence; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Issues Lobbied: National Origin Employment Discrimination, Women's Rights, Racial Justice, Immigrants Rights, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Guidance on Employer Use of Arrest and Conviction Records, Pay Equit, LGBT Rights, T-Visas; Executive Office of the President, Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, LGBT Rights, Religious Liberties, Pay Equity, Torture, Human Rights, Detention, First Amendment, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Racial Profiling, Criminal Justice, Senate Select Intelligence Committees Report on Torture, Border Enforcement, Gun Control Legislation; FBI, Issues Lobbied: Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, FBI Oversight, Attorney General Guidelines and Domestic Intelligence Operations Guide updates, Radicalization; Federal Aviation Administration, Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones; Federal Communications Commission, Issues Lobbied: Media Ownership Rule, Low Power FM Application Window, Prison Phone Rulemaking, Indecency Comments, Censorship, Broadband Access, Spectrum Auction; Federal Trade Commission, Issues Lobbied: COPPA, Online Privacy, Privacy; Government Accountability Office, Issues Lobbied: PREA rule covering immigration detainees/ sex abuse in DHS custody; Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Issues Lobbied: Juvenile Justice; NASA, Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13627/ Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 112-239, the End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, Trafficking, Human Rights; National Archives and Records Aministration, Issues Lobbied: National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government, Over-Classification Reduction, Department of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Issues Lobbied: Event Data Recorders; National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Issues Lobbied: Privacy Multistakeholder Process; Office of Management and Budget, Issues Lobbied: REAL ID, Over-Classification Reduction, National Security, Civil Liberties, Privacy, Open Government; Office of Personnel Management, Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights; Peace Corps, Issues Lobbied: Reproductive Rights; Social Security Administration, Issues Lobbied: LGBT Rights; U.S. General Services Administration, Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 13627/ Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 112-239, the End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act, Trafficking, Human Rights; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force, Operation Streamline, Immigration; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Issues Lobbied: ICE enforcement issues, Stakeholder meetings on CBP, use of force, asylum, detention, Unlawful presence waiver rule, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Stakeholder meetings on CBP, use of force, asylum, detention; United States Commission on Civil Rights, Issues Lobbied: Background Checks; United States Trade Representative, Issues Lobbied: Trans-Pacific Partnership; White House, Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo, Creation of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Post- Newtown response: School to Prison Pipeline/ SRO issues, Education, Racial Justice, Disability Rights, School Discipline, S. 145, S.146, S.148, Positive Behavior for Safe and Effective Schools Act, Equal Pay Initiatives, including the Paycheck Fairness Act and E.O. on pay retaliation, Employment Discrimination, Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Voting Rights, LGBT Non-Discrimination Executive Order, Fairness and Accuracy in Employment Background Checks Act, Commutations and Pardons, Solitary Confinement, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration and ModernizationAct of 2013, Restoring discretion to immigration system, Operation Streamline, Immigration Enforcement/Detention, Cybersecurity legislation and oversight, H.R. 624, Executive Order 13636, Whistleblower Protection, Deparment of Homeland Security Intelligence/Information Sharing, Controlled Unclassified Information, Government Secrecy, Reproductive Rights, Religous Liberties, FAR Council
Client expense: $476,253 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), 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), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Archives & Records Administration (NARA), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Peace Corps, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, 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