Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015

Job Corps funding; FY 16 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bills; General Human Trafficking Issues. HR 469; S.178; S.140.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $22,500

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 51, the Traffic Stops Along the Border Statistics Study Act, would require the U.S. Attorney General to collect race and other data on traffic stops made by State and local law enforcement officers; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 285/S. 572, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, which would impose criminal penalties on persons who knowingly selling advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or profiting from such advertising; H.R. 296, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 429, the Grand Jury Reform Act, would end the use of grand juries to evaluate the conduct of any death caused by a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his sworn duty and require a special prosecutor to take the case before a judge; H.R. 723, the Fallen Heroes Flag Act, would provide that Members of the U.S. House of Representatives could request and then provide a flag be flown over the U.S. Capitol and then provide it to the family of a law enforcement or other public safety officer; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 923/S. 498, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; Section 1042, H.R. 1735, the "National Defense Authorization Acy, Fiscal Year 2016;" H.R. 1786/S. 928, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act, which would ensure continuation of the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; H.R. 1933/S. 1056, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 2318, the COPS Improvements and Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize, expand and improve the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 2330/S. 1119, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, would create a National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; S. 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act, would strengthen law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute all who commit sex trafficking crimes, particularly buyers of sex acts from trafficking victims; Issues related to Federal equipment programs; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.

HR 885 - Voting Rights Amendment Act: entire bill HR 64 - Candaces Law: entire bill HR 159/S 166 - Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 181/HR 296/S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: entire bill S 140 - Combat Human Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 345 - To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United State of America: entire bill HR 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act: entire bill HR 398 - Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act: entire bill HR 75 - Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 219 - John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act: entire bill S 457 - Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act: entire bill S 772 - Democracy Restoration Act HR 246 - To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking: entire bill HR 1586 - REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act: entire bill HJ Res 52/SJ Res 16 - Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women: entire resolution H Con Res 35 - Recognizing the significance of Equal Pay Day to illustrate the disparity between wages paid to men and women: entire resolution HR 1787 - Fair Pay Act: entire bill SJ Res 15 - A joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution HJ Res 51 - Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment: entire resolution

Client expense: $172,805 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.71, Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015 H.R.74, Custodial Interrogation Recording Act H.R.320, Rapid DNA Act of 2015 H.R.429, Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015 H.R.731, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015 H.R.1232, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act H.R.1251, A bill to add a Federal defender representative to the United States Sentencing Commission H.R.1252, Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1254, Recidivism Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1253, Prisoner Incentive Act of 2015 H.R.1255, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2015 H.R.1459/S.772, Democracy Restoration Act S.140/H.R.1201, Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.166/H.R.159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 S.178/H.R.296, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.255/H.R.540, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 S.353/H.R.706, Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 S.467, CORRECTIONS Act of 2015 S.449, A bill to Reduce Recidivism and Increase Public Safety S.502, H.R.920, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 S.524/H.R.953, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S.675, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015 H.R. 2944, SAFE Justice Reinvestment Act of 2015 S.1119, H.R.2330, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2015 S.1513, Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2015 Communications urging specific cybersecurity policies to be considered as a part of comprehensive cybersecurity legislation

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Job Corps funding; FY 16 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bills; General Human Trafficking Issues. HR 469; S.178; S.140.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $22,500

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE

H.R.46, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly cut States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 159/S. 166, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which would benefit law enforcement agencies in States with safe harbor laws when applying for Federal law enforcement grant programs; H.R. 181/S. 178, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, would authorize grants be made available to law enforcement and others to develop, improve, or expand comprehensive domestic child trafficking deterrence; H.R. 228/S 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act, would reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership grant program through fiscal year 2018; H.R. 285/S. 572, the Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation (SAVE) Act, which would impose criminal penalties on persons who knowingly selling advertising commercial sex acts involving a minor or profiting from such advertising; H.R. 296, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, establishes block grants and other programs to support local and State law enforcement agencies fight human trafficking and provides assistance to victims; H.R. 378, the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act, which would prohibit the sale, transfer, or possession of enhanced, military-grade body armor by civilians; H.R. 814, the Thin Blue Line Act, which increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 1186, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, which would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; H.R. 1269/S. 665, the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act, would create a national alert system for law enforcement officers who are missing, killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; S. 140, the Combat Human Trafficking Act, would strengthen law enforcement efforts to investigate and prosecute all who commit sex trafficking crimes, particularly buyers of sex acts from trafficking victims; and Issues related to Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) technology, body worn cameras(BWCs), and civil asset forfeiture.

S. 502/H.R. 920, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (supported this bill to reduce mandatory minimum drug sentences, expand "safety valve" exception to those sentences, address overcriminalization, and make Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive); S. 467, CORRECTIONS Act (bill to increase prison rehabilitative programming and incentives via a risk assessment tool); H.R. 759, Recidivism Risk Reduction Act (bill to increase rehabilitative programming in prisons and incentives via a risk assessment tool); S. 353, H.R. 706, Justice Safety Valve Act (supported this bill to create a "safety valve" exception for all mandatory minimum-bearing federal criminal offenses); H.R. 1148, Michael Davis, Jr. In honor of state and local law enforcement act (opposed this bill's creation of new mandatory minimum sentences for certain illegal reentry offenders); S. 140, Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (opposed this bill's expansion of mandatory minimum sentences for patronizers/solicitors of victims of trafficking); H.R. 285, SAVE Act of 2015 (opposed this bill's expansion of mandatory minimum sentences for advertising certain commercial sex acts); H.R. 181, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (opposed this bill's expansion of mandatory minimum sentences for patronizers/solicitors of victims of trafficking); urged Bureau of Prisons to grant more compassionate releases to qualifying prisoners and expand use of home confinement; provided information to Office of Inspector General, DOJ, regarding mental health care in federal prisons; met with DOJ regarding White House clemency initiative

Client expense: $5,700 · Firm income: Not reported

HR 885 - Voting Rights Amendment Act: entire bill HR 64 - Candaces Law: entire bill HR 159/S 166 - Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 181/HR 296/S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: entire bill S 140 - Combat Human Trafficking Act: entire bill HR 345 - To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United State of America: entire bill HR 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act: entire bill HR 398 - Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act: entire bill HR 75 - Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act: entire bill HR 219 - John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act: entire bill S 457 - Civil Rights Voting Restoration Act: entire bill S 772 - Democracy Restoration Act HR 246 - To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking: entire bill

Client expense: $119,054 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.71, Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015 H.R.74, Custodial Interrogation Recording Act H.R.320, Rapid DNA Act of 2015 H.R.429, Grand Jury Reform Act of 2015 H.R.731, Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act of 2015 H.R.1232, Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act H.R.1251, A bill to add a Federal defender representative to the United States Sentencing Commission H.R.1252, Fair Sentencing Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1254, Recidivism Clarification Act of 2015 H.R.1253, Prisoner Incentive Act of 2015 H.R.1255, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2015 H.R.1459/S.772, Democracy Restoration Act S.140/H.R.1201, Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 S.166/H.R.159, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 S.178/H.R.296, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 S.255/H.R.540, Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2014 S.353/H.R.706, Justice Safety Valve Act of 2015 S.467, CORRECTIONS Act of 2015 S.449, A bill to Reduce Recidivism and Increase Public Safety S.502, H.R.920, Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 S.524/H.R.953, Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015 S.675, Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015.

Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Job Corps funding; FY 16 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bills; General Human Trafficking Issues. HR 469; S.178; S.140.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $19,500

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE