Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Highlights: The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 provides FY2016 appropriations for diplomatic and international assistance programs, including the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and related agencies and programs. The bill includes funding for the administration of foreign affairs, U.S. contributions to international organizations and commissions, bilateral economic assistance, international security assistance, multilateral assistance, and export and investment assistance. The bill also includes funding for Overseas and Contingency Operations (OCO) and emergency funding to address humanitarian crises globally. Both emergency funding and OCO funding are exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill decreases Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs funding below FY2015 levels. Compared to FY2015 levels, the bill increases regular appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies and USAID Operating Expenses; and decreases regular appropriations for bilateral economic assistance, international security assistance, and multilateral assistance. The bill prohibits funding for external email servers or servers that are not fitted for automatic federal records management. Full Summary: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs. TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED AGENCY Provides appropriations to the Department of State for the Administration of Foreign Affairs, including: Diplomatic and Consular Programs; the Capital Investment Fund; the Office of Inspector General; Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs; Representation Expenses; Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials; Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance; Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service; the Repatriation Loans Program Account; Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan; and Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Provides appropriations for International Organizations for Contributions to International Organizations and Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities. Provides appropriations for International Commissions, including: the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; Salaries and Expenses; Construction; American Sections, International Commissions; and International Fisheries Commissions. Provides appropriations to the Broadcasting Board of Governors for International Broadcasting Operations and Broadcasting Capital Improvements. Provides appropriations for Related Programs, including: the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, the East-West Center, and the National Endowment for Democracy. Provides appropriations for Other Commissions, including: the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, and the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. TITLE II--UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Provides appropriations to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for Operating Expenses, the Capital Investment Fund, and the Office of Inspector General. TITLE III--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE Provides appropriations to the President for: Global Health Programs; Development Assistance; International Disaster Assistance; Transition Initiatives; the Complex Crises Fund; Development Credit Authority; the Economic Support Fund; the Democracy Fund; and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia. Provides appropriations to the State Department for: (1) Migration and Refugee Assistance, and (2) the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. Provides appropriations to Independent Agencies, including: the Peace Corps, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Inter-American Foundation, and the U.S. African Development Foundation. Provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for International Affairs Technical Assistance. TITLE IV--INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE Provides appropriations for International Security Assistance, including: International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement; Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs; Peacekeeping Operations; International Military Education and Training; and the Foreign Military Financing Program. TITLE V--MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE Provides appropriations to the President for International Organizations and Programs. Provides appropriations for International Financial Institutions, including payments to: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, including the Global Environmental Facility, the Clean Technology Fund, and the Strategic Climate Fund; the International Development Association; the Inter-American Development Bank; the Asian Development Bank; the Asian Development Fund; the African Development Bank; the African Development Fund; the International Fund for Agricultural Development; the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program; and the North American Development Bank. TITLE VI--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE Provides appropriations to the Export-Import Bank of the United States for the Inspector General and Administrative Expenses. (The bill does not reauthorize the Export-Import Bank.) Provides funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Trade and Development Agency. TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sets forth permissible, restricted, and prohibited uses for funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts. (Sec. 7001) Permits funds provided by this title to be used for allowances and differentials, the employment of temporary or intermittent experts and consultants, and for hire of passenger transportation. (Sec. 7002) Requires agencies funded by this bill to submit to Congress reports on unobligated balances. (Sec. 7003) Limits expenditures for consulting services to contracts where the expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection. (Sec. 7004) Requires interagency cost sharing with respect to the construction and use of diplomatic facilities, subject to an exception for the U.S. Marine Corps. Sets forth congressional notification and consultation requirements with respect to the use of funds for the acquisition of property or award of construction contracts for overseas diplomatic facilities. Permits Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance funds provided by this bill to be used to address security vulnerabilities at expeditionary, interim, and temporary facilities abroad, subject to specified requirements. Prohibits the use of funds for design, site preparation, or construction of a Foreign Affairs Security Training Center at Fort Pickett, Virginia until specified requirements are met. Requires the State Department to report to Congress on the extent to which the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) has interfered with the repair and renovation of U.S. diplomatic facilities in the PRC during the past year, including any action taken in contravention of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961. Permits specified funds to be transferred to implement the recommendations of the Benghazi Accountability Review Board, or to prevent or respond to security situations and requirements, subject to congressional notification requirements. (Sec. 7005) Requires costs incurred by agencies funded in title I of this bill due to personnel actions in response to funding reductions included in this bill to be absorbed within the resources available under title I. Permits the transfer of funds between accounts to comply with this section, subject to reprogramming procedures. (Sec. 7006) Permits the State Department to award local guard contracts for high risk, high threat posts on the basis of best value as determined by a cost-technical tradeoff analysis. (Sec. 7007) Prohibits the use of funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill for direct assistance or reparations for the governments of Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria. (Sec. 7008) Prohibits the use of funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill for assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by a military or military-supported coup or decree. Includes exceptions if a democratically elected government has taken office and for assistance to promote democratic elections. (Sec. 7009) Sets forth limitations, conditions, and reporting requirements for the transfer of funds between appropriations accounts. (Sec. 7010) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for first-class travel by employees of agencies funded by this bill. (Sec. 7011) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from remaining available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly provided in this bill, subject to specified exceptions. (Sec. 7012) Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being used for assistance to the government of any country in default in excess of a year on payments on a U.S. loan unless the President determines the assistance is in the U.S. national interest. (Sec. 7013) Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being used to provide assistance to a country in which the assistance is subject to taxation and not reimbursed by the foreign government unless the State Department makes certain determinations regarding U.S. foreign policy interests. (Sec. 7014) Permits specifically designated appropriations provided by titles III through VI of this bill to be reprogrammed for other programs within the same account if compliance with the designation is made impossible due to a provision in this or any other Act. Extends the availability of program-specific appropriations for one fiscal year if the State Department or USAID reports to Congress that the termination of assistance to a country or a change in circumstances makes it unlikely that funds can be used during the original period of availability. Provides that: (1) ceilings and specific funding levels included in this bill are not applicable to funds provided by subsequent bills, and (2) specific funding levels or minimum funding requirements contained in other Acts are not applicable to funds provided by this bill. (Sec. 7015) Sets forth congressional notification requirements and procedures regarding reprogramming or transferring funds provided by this bill. Requires congressional notification for funds provided by titles III through VI that are expended for assistance to Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe. (Sec. 7016) Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to notify Congress before: (1) providing certain excess defense articles under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or (2) issuing a letter of offer to sell certain defense articles under the Arms Export Control Act. (Sec. 7017) Provides that: (1) certain funds included in titles I and III through V of this bill that are returned or not made available for international organizations shall remain available through FY2018, and (2) specified requirements to withhold funds for programs in Burma do not apply to funds provided by this bill. (Sec. 7018) Prohibits funds provided to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 from being used for abortions and involuntary sterilization. (Sec. 7019) Requires funds provided by this bill to be made available for programs and countries in the amounts contained in the tables in the report accompanying this bill. (Sec. 7020) Prohibits certain funds from being used to pay for alcoholic beverages or entertainment expenses for recreational activities. (Sec. 7021) Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being made available to any foreign government that provides lethal military equipment to a country that supports international terrorism unless the President reports to Congress that the assistance is in the U.S. national interest. Prohibits bilateral assistance from being provided to a government that: (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism, (2) otherwise supports international terrorism, or (3) is controlled by a terrorist organization. Permits the President to waive the prohibition for humanitarian or national security purposes. (Sec. 7022) Permits funds provided by this bill for the Trade and Development Agency to be spent, notwithstanding specified provisions that prohibit the obligation of funds for certain foreign assistance, intelligence, and broadcasting activities without a specific authorization of appropriations. (Sec. 7023) Defines the terms "program", "project", and "activity" for the purposes of this bill. (Sec. 7024) Provides authority for activities of the Peace Corps, the Inter-American Foundation, and the U.S. African Development Foundation that are authorized by or conducted under specified statutes. (Sec. 7025) Prohibits specified funds provided by this bill from being used for activities related to the production, growth, or extraction of commodities for export by foreign countries if the commodities are likely to be in surplus on world markets or cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of the same, similar, or competing commodities, subject to specified exceptions. Directs Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of the international financial institutions to oppose assistance for these activities. (Sec. 7026) Directs USAID to require countries that receive foreign assistance or cash transfers which result in the generation of local currencies to deposit the currencies in a separate account to be used to finance foreign assistance activities. Sets forth conditions and restrictions for the use of the funds. (Sec. 7027) Provides that restrictions on assistance for a country included in this or any other Act should not be construed to restrict assistance: (1) in support of nongovernmental organizations included in specified provisions of this bill, and (2) under the Food for Peace Act. Provides that this section should not be construed to alter prohibitions against funding for abortion, involuntary sterilizations, or in support of international terrorism and human rights violations. (Sec. 7028) Sets forth the conditions under which USAID may use funds provided by this bill for limited competitions through local entities. Requires USAID to report to Congress annually on certain awards subject to limited or no competition for local entities. Extends the authority for USAID to enter into contracts where competition is limited to local entities if certain conditions are met. (Sec. 7029) Requires the Department of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive director of certain international financial institutions to seek to require the institution to meet specified requirements regarding: evaluations and reports of the effectiveness of loans, grants, and other activities; social and environmental safeguards; human rights; fraud and corruption; publication of beneficial ownership information; and whistleblower protections. Prohibits funds provided under title V of this bill from being used for international financial institutions while the U.S. executive director is compensated at a higher rate than level IV of the Executive Schedule. (Sec. 7030) Permits nongovernmental organizations which are USAID grantees or contractors to place funds provided by title III of this bill in interest bearing accounts in order to enhance their participation in debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges. (Sec. 7031) Sets forth requirements and limitations for direct government-to-government assistance related to financial management, budget transparency, corruption, and human rights violations. Permits funds provided by this bill to be used to: (1) promote and support transparency and accountability of expenditures and revenues related to the extraction of natural resources, and (2) to support the provision of additional information on U.S. foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign assistance web site. (Sec. 7032) Provides specified funds for democracy programs, including the National Endowment for Democracy and supporting freedom of religion. Sets forth reporting requirements and other requirements for the use of the funds. (Sec. 7033) Provides appropriations for specified programs related to promoting international religious freedom. Requires the State Department to submit to Congress determinations on whether the ongoing violence against Christians in the Middle East by Islamic extremists or against the Rohingya people in Burma by Buddhist extremists constitutes genocide. Requires the President to identify any non-state entities that have engaged in significant violations of religious freedom, and designate each entity as a non-state entity of particular concern for religious freedom. (Sec. 7034) Permits specified funds provided by this bill to be used for: victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, and to combat trafficking in persons and assist victims of such trafficking; programs to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate into civilian society former members of foreign terrorist organization; assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions in foreign prisons and other detention facilities; the World Food Program; genocide victims memorial sites; grants for the application of science and technology problems to foreign policy; the Cultural Antiquities Task Force; contingencies; loan guarantees for Jordan, Ukraine, and Tunisia; enterprise funds for Egypt and Tunisia. Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for: supporting military operations that include child soldiers; and tear gas, small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly in countries undergoing democratic transition. Requires specified funds provided by this bill to be used for: forensic assistance relating to the exhumation of mass graves and identification of victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including in Sri Lanka, Central America, Peru, Colombia, and Africa; the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union; the Partner Vetting System pilot program; Permits specified funds provided under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support a nation emerging from instability to include support for a regional, district, municipal, or other sub-national entity emerging from instability. Requires the State Department to report to Congress on: funds spent during FY2015 for specified accounts related to security assistance, limitations and vetting of foreign assistance for security forces due to human rights violations, and an assessment of the effectiveness policies and procedures in ensuring that payments for indirect costs are reasonable and comply with the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to modify the group life insurance supplemental applicable to foreign service employees killed in terrorist attacks. Requires the State Department to withhold specified funds for assistance for the central government of any country that is not taking appropriate steps to comply with the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abductions. Permits the State Department to transfer specified funds provided for Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials and Diplomatic and Consular Programs. Extends authorities related to: legal protections for U.S. citizens convicted by the Cairo Criminal Court on June 4, 2013, in Public Prosecution Case No. 1110 for the Year 2012; passport fees; accountability review boards; incentives for critical posts; the foreign service officer annuitant waiver; the Department of State civil service annuitant waiver, the USAID civil service annuitant waiver; overseas pay comparability and limitation; refugee set-asides for nationals of the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania who are current, active members of the Ukrainian Catholic Church or the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; status to a lawfully admitted permanent resident for certain aliens from the former Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia; and the inspector general annuitant waiver. Requires funds provided by this bill for payments to the Working Capital Fund to be used only for the activities and in the amounts justified in the President's FY2016 budget. Requires specified funds provided by this bill for monitoring and evaluation of assistance in the International Disaster Assistance and Migration and Refugee Assistance accounts to be used for the regular collection of feedback obtained directly from beneficiaries. Permits funds available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund to be used for pharmaceuticals and other products for child survival, malaria, and tuberculosis to the same extent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products. Requires specified funds provided for Development Assistance and the Economic Support Fund to be made available for the Small Grants Program. Establishes reporting requirements and modifies requirements for the program. (Sec. 7035) Expresses the sense of Congress on the Arab League boycott of Israel. (Sec. 7036) Establishes limitations on the use of funds provided under titles III through VI of this bill to support a Palestinian state. (Sec. 7037) Restricts the use of funds provided by titles II through VI for conducting official U.S. government business with the Palestinian Authority. (Sec. 7038) Prohibits funds from being used to provide equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any other assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. (Sec. 7039) Requires the State Department to certify to Congress prior to using funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza program that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will have access to necessary financial information to evaluate the uses of the assistance. Directs the State Department, before using economic support funds provided by this bill for the West Bank and Gaza, to ensure that the assistance is not provided to or through any individual or entity that advocates or engages in terrorist activity. Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being used to honor individuals who commit or have committed acts of terrorism. Sets forth reporting and auditing requirements to ensure compliance with this section. (Sec. 7040) Restricts the use of specified funds provided by this bill for assistance to the Palestinian Authority or Hamas. (Sec. 7041) Specifies permissible, required, and prohibited uses for funds in the Near East, including for Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza. Sets forth reporting requirements. (Sec. 7042) Prohibits funds provided by this bill for assistance for Ethiopia from being used for forced evictions. Instructs Treasury to direct the U.S. executive director of each international financial institution to vote against financing any activity that involves forced evictions. Requires Foreign Military Financing Program funds provided to Ethiopia to be used only for border security and counter terrorism programs, support for international peacekeeping efforts, and assistance for the Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College. Permits funds provided by this bill to be used for democracy programs in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, subject to specified requirements. Provides funds for specified programs in Africa. Sets forth restrictions and requirements for funds provided by this bill for assistance to South Sudan. Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for assistance for the government of Sudan. Requires funds provided by this bill for assistance for Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to be used for assistance for women and girls who are targeted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram. Permits specified funds provided by this bill to be used for programs and activities in areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army consistent with the goals of the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act. Permits funds provided by this bill for assistance for the Central African Republic to be used for reconciliation and peacebuilding programs, including activities to promote inter-faith dialogue at the national and local levels, and for programs to prevent crimes against humanity. Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to assist the government of Zimbabwe, subject to specified exceptions. (Sec. 7043) Sets forth limitations, directives, and authorities for funds provided for diplomatic and development activities in East Asia and the Pacific, including the Asia Rebalancing Initiative and in Burma, Cambodia, North Korea, the People's Republic of China, Tibet, and Vietnam. (Sec. 7044) Sets forth limitations, directives, and authorities for funds provided for diplomatic and development activities and programs in South and Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and regional programs. (Sec. 7045) Provides specified funds for the implementation of the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle of Central America and specifies requirements for the use of the funds. Permits funds provided by this bill for assistance to Colombia to be used to support a unified campaign against narcotics trafficking, organizations designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and other criminal or illegal armed groups, and to take actions to protect human health and welfare in emergency circumstances. Permits funds provided by this bill for the Economic Support Fund to be used for: (1) democracy programs for Cuba, and (2) programs to support private Cuban entrepreneurs. Permits specified funds provided by this bill to be used for assistance for Haiti, subject to specified certification and reporting requirements. Requires costs of operations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded by this bill to be borne by the recipient country. (Sec. 7046) Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being used to pay any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any United Nations member, or the costs for another country's delegation to attend an international conference. (Sec. 7047) Permits the President to drawdown specified funds to support United Nations (U.N.) war crimes tribunals or commissions resolving charges regarding genocide or other violations of international humanitarian law. Permits funds provided by this bill to be used for training, technical assistance, support for victims, law enforcement activity and cooperation, witness protection, and professional services in support of international judicial investigations, apprehensions, prosecutions, and adjudications of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. (Sec. 7048) Limits the use of funds provided by this bill for contributions to the U.N. or the Organization of American States until specified transparency and accountability measures are taken by the organizations, subject to a waiver for a humanitarian crisis. Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for: any U.S. delegation to any specialized agency, body, or commission of the U.N. that is chaired or presided over by a country that supports international terrorism; the U.N. Human Rights Council unless the State Department determines and reports to Congress that participation in the Council is in the U.S. national security interest and that the Council is taking significant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item; and the design, renovation, or construction of the U.N. Headquarters in New York Requires the State Department to report to Congress regarding: (1) the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and (2) funds available for the U.N. or any international program that are withheld due to any provision of law. (Sec. 7049) Permits funds provided by titles III and IV of this bill to be used to enhance the effectiveness and accountability of civilian police authority through training and technical assistance in human rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic planning, and through assistance to foster civilian police roles that support democratic governance. (Sec. 7050) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of the products, except for restrictions which are not applied equally to all products of the same type. (Sec. 7051) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill for the attendance of more than 50 U.S.-stationed employees at any single conference outside the United States unless Congress is notified in advance that attendance is important to the national interest. (Sec. 7052) Permits the transfer of certain aircraft between programs, including for the transportation of active and standby Civilian Response Corps personnel and equipment. Specifies requirements for aircraft coordination. (Sec. 7053) Withholds assistance from a foreign country in an amount equal to 110% of the total unpaid property tax and unpaid parking fines and penalties incurred April 1, 1997-September 30, 2015, and owed by the country to the District of Columbia or New York City. (Sec. 7054) Permits demining equipment available to the State Department or USAID and used for the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes to be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries. Restricts furnishing military assistance, issuing export licenses, and transferring or selling technology relating to cluster munitions. (Sec. 7055) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States that were not authorized before the enactment of this bill. Permits USAID to use specified funds to provide assistance to private and voluntary organizations engaged in facilitating public discussion of world hunger and other related issues. (Sec. 7056) Permits the State Department, in consultation with the Attorney General, to specify privileges and immunities for a consular post, the members of a consular post, and their families which result in more favorable or less favorable treatment than is provided in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. (Sec. 7057) Permits USAID to use specified funds provided by this bill for: hiring individuals in the United States and overseas on a limited appointment basis, subject to specified terms and conditions; individuals detailed or employed to USAID to respond to disasters; hiring personal services contractors in the United States to support new or expanded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained. Permits extensions of up to four years for limited-appointment Foreign Service personnel. Permits USAID to provide exceptions to the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under multiple award indefinite-quantity contracts when the order is placed with a small or small disadvantaged business. Continues USAID authority to appoint into the Senior Foreign Service and employ up to 10 individuals for programs in Afghanistan or Pakistan. (Sec. 7058) Permits funds provided by this bill for bilateral assistance for child survival activities or disease programs including activities relating to HIV/AIDS to be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law except for provisions under the heading "Global Health Programs" and the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003. Permits specified funds to be used for family planning and reproductive health. Withholds specified funds from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria until the State Department reports to Congress that the Fund is: implementing a policy of transparency, providing resources to maintain an independent Office of Inspector General, protecting whistleblowers from retaliation, and implementing recommendations contained in the Consolidated Transformation Plan. Permits specified funds to be used to combat infectious disease or a public health emergency, if the State Department determines and reports to Congress that an international infectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is spreading internationally, or that it is in the national interest to respond to a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. (Sec. 7059) Provides specified funds for programs related to gender equality, women's leadership, gender-based violence, and empowering women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transition. (Sec. 7060) Allocates specified funds and establishes reporting and other requirements for: basic and higher education, development assistance, environment programs, food security and agriculture development, microenterprise and microfinance development programs for the poor, the Power Africa Initiative, programs to combat trafficking in persons and end modern slavery, reconciliation programs, and water and sanitation. (Sec. 7061) Permits specified funds provided by title III of this bill to be transferred to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Account. (Sec. 7062) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the Senate ratifies the Treaty. (Sec. 7063) Provides appropriations for the U.N. Populations Fund and specifies requirements and restrictions for the funds. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide that a foreign nongovernmental organization shall not be: ineligible for assistance solely on the basis of health or medical services provided by the organization with non-U.S. government funds if the services are permitted in the country where they are provided and are legal in the United States, or subject to requirements relating to the use of non-United States Government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that apply to U.S. nongovernmental organizations receiving assistance. (Sec. 7064) Requires the State Department to notify Congress after concluding an agreement with a country to receive individuals detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (Guantanamo). Requires the notification to include the terms of the agreement, including whether appropriations will be used. (Sec. 7065) Establishes a Consular and Border Security Programs account in the Treasury and requires specified fees to be deposited into the account to be used for the consular and border security programs. (Sec. 7066) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used to support or justify the use of torture, cruel, or inhumane treatment by any official or contract employee of the U.S. government. Permits specified funds provided by this bill to be used for assistance to eliminate torture by foreign police, military or other security forces in countries receiving assistance from funds provided by this bill. (Sec. 7067) Prohibits the use of funds provided by this bill to assist the governments of certain countries that have refused to extradite to the United States any individual indicted for: (1) a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or (2) killing a law enforcement officer. Specifies exceptions and permits the State Department to waive the restrictions based on the national interest. (Sec. 7068) Permits financing to be provided to Israel, Egypt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and major non-NATO allies for commercial leasing of certain defense articles from U.S. commercial suppliers, if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for providing the articles by commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale. (Sec. 7069) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being made available for a government of an independent state of the former Soviet Union that directs any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other independent state of the former Soviet Union, subject to a waiver for national security. Specifies exceptions to restrictions on providing assistance to the government of Azerbaijan. (Sec. 7070) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for assistance for the central government of: (1) the Russian Federation, or (2) a country that has taken affirmative steps intended to support the Russian Federation annexation of Crimea. Permits a waiver for the national interest. Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for: implementation of any action or policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea; facilitation, financing, or guarantee of U.S. government investments in Crimea if the activity includes the participation of Russian government officials, and Russian owned and controlled banks or financial entities; or assistance for Crimea that includes the participation of Russian government officials, and Russian owned and controlled banks or financial entities. Requires Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of each international financial institution to vote against assistance for any program that violates the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. Permits funds provided by this bill for assistance to the Eastern Partnership countries to be used to advance the implementation of Association Agreements, trade agreements, and visa liberalization agreements with the European Union (EU), and to reduce their vulnerability to Russian economic and political pressure. Permits funds provided by this to be used to support the advancement of democracy and the rule of law in the Russian Federation, including to promote Internet freedom and to support the democracy and rule of law strategy required under current law. (Sec. 7071) Extends certain International Monetary Fund (IMF) transparency, accountability, and lending requirements to this bill. Directs Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Director of the IMF to ensure that: (1) any loan will be repaid to the IMF before other private creditors, and (2) that the IMF is implementing certain policies to protect whistleblowers from retaliation. (Sec. 7072) Specifies funds that may be obligated for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund, including the provision of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries or international organizations. (Sec. 7073) Requires funds provided by this bill to be used for specified programs related to strengthening governance in states threatened by Islamic or other extremist groups, countering foreign terrorist fighters or violent extremism, and assisting fragile states. Sets forth requirements for the use of the funds. (Sec. 7074) Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being used for Enterprise Funds unless Congress is notified in advance. Establishes reporting requirements related to Enterprise Funds. (Sec. 7075) Requires the head of the relevant agency to notify Congress if the President decides not to comply with any provisions of this bill based on constitutional grounds. Requires the notification to include: (1) the basis for the determination, and (2) any resulting program and policy changes. (Sec. 7076) Sets forth requirements for operating plans, spending plans, spending reports, and congressional budget justifications for specified agencies and programs funded by this bill. (Sec. 7077) Prohibits funds provided by this bill from being used for email accounts or email servers created outside of the .gov domain or not fitted for automated records management as part of a federal government records management program. Establishes reporting and other requirements related to federal records management. (Sec. 7078) Provides specified funds to be used for programs to promote Internet freedom globally, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 7079) Permits funds provided by this bill for the Economic Support Fund to be used for USAID programs to address the needs and protect and promote the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries. (Sec. 7080) Prohibits funds provided by titles III through VI of this bill from being used for: any financial incentive to a business for purposes of inducing it to relocate outside the United States if it will reduce the number of U.S. employees, assistance for any program that contributes to the violation of internationally recognized workers' rights in the recipient country, any assistance to an entity outside the United States for the purpose of relocating or transferring jobs from the United States to other countries, or to implement specified policies that would have the effect of prohibiting any coal-fired or other power-generation project the purpose of which is to increase exports of goods and services from the United States or prevent the loss of jobs in the United States. (Sec. 7081) Requires specified funds provided by this bill to be used for programs to assist significant populations of internally displaced persons or refugees in countries in conflict, subject to specified requirements. Requires the State Department to report to Congress on the economic and developmental impact of significant refugee populations or internally displaced persons on host communities and national economies in affected countries. (Sec. 7082) Permits Treasury to subscribe to specified additional shares of the capital stock of the North American Development Bank. (Sec. 7083) Requires any country assistance strategy developed after enactment of this bill to include a transition plan for the assistance to be provided through other international donor support and budget support by the respective foreign government. Requires the State Department to implement a pilot program to gradually decrease assistance for at least two countries receiving assistance under this bill that meet specified criteria. (Sec. 7084) Rescinds specified funds previously appropriated for Bilateral Economic Assistance and International Security Assistance. TITLE VIII--OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS Provides additional FY2016 appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism, which are exempt from discretionary spending limits. Provides appropriations to the State Department for Administration of Foreign Affairs, including: Diplomatic and Consular Programs; Conflict Stabilization Operations; the Office of Inspector General; and Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance. Provides appropriations for Contributions to International Organizations, to the Broadcasting Board of Governors for International Broadcasting Operations, and to USAID for Operating Expenses. Provides appropriations for Bilateral Economic Assistance, including International Disaster Assistance; Transition Initiatives; the Economic Support Fund; Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia; and Migration and Refugee Assistance. Provides appropriations for International Security Assistance, including: International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement; Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs; Peacekeeping Operations; and the Foreign Military Financing Program. (Sec. 8001) States that funds provided by this title are in addition to other FY2016 funds provided by this bill. (Sec. 8002) States that funds provided by this title are subject to the same authorities and conditions applicable to the accounts in prior titles, unless otherwise noted. (Sec. 8003) Sets forth authority, restrictions, and requirements for the transfer of funds provided by this title. (Sec. 8004) Provides that each amount designated by Congress in this bill as for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall only be available if the President subsequently designates the amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. (Sec. 8005) Rescinds specified funds previously provided for Bilateral Economic Assistance and International Security Assistance. TITLE IX-- HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE Provides appropriations for Bilateral Economic Assistance, including funds appropriated to the President for: (1) International Disaster Assistance, and (2) Migration and Refugee Assistance. Designates the amounts as emergency requirements, which are exempt from discretionary spending limits. (Sec. 9001) States that funds appropriated by this title are in addition to funds otherwise provided by this bill for FY2016. (Sec. 9002) States that the additional amounts provided by this title for accounts in this bill are subject to the authorities and conditions that apply to the accounts, unless otherwise specified. (Sec. 9003) Permits the transfer of funds provided by this title for International Disaster Assistance and Migration and Refugee Assistance. (Sec. 9004) Establishes reporting requirements. (Sec. 9005) Provides that amounts designated in this title as emergency requirements are only available if the President subsequently designates the amounts and transmits the designations to Congress. TITLE X--OTHER MATTERS Provides appropriations for International Monetary Programs, including: (1) the United States Quota, International Monetary Fund Direct Loan Program Account. Rescinds funds provided for the Loans to the International Monetary Fund Direct Loan Program Account by the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009. (Sec. 10001) Amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to increase the U.S. quota at the International Monetary Fund.
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Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-143.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-143.
Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-143.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Funding for Colombia contained in the FY 2017 State Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. S1725
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes;provisions related to forest management and fire funding. H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, Forest Treatment Projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities; S. 338, H.R. 1814, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; amendment for Keystone pipeline bill S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; urged to keep sage grouse rider out of bill; H.R.167/S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill, Sections 1 & 2; H.R. 4738/S. 2325 Digital Coast Act of 2015, all provisions relating to the digital information platform capable of integrating coastal data with decisions support tools, training and best practices; H.R. 5303/S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act of 2016, a bill To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes, all provisions; S. 3038 Coastal Coordination Act of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, all provisions S. 3085, Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016, a bill to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land and public land, all provisions H.R.5771 - Conserving Our Reefs and Livelihoods Act of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, all provisions H.R.5821 - Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, all provisions H.R. 4151, Land and Water Conservation Fund, a bill to amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, all provisions [no bill number] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation and natural infrastructure; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [not bill number] Regional Ocean Planning, implementation of Executive Order [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment, various implementation activities; H.R. 2772/S. 1725 Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2016, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; USAID conservation programs; H.R. 2012 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities; all provisions relating to The Nature Conservancys Fisheries platform; S. 3099 Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016, To preserve and enhance saltwater fishing opportunities for recreational anglers, and for other purposes; specifically section 2, Fishery Management Measures in Biscayne National Park;
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; coordinated with Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts for support on year end funding levels; Murkowski-Cantwell deal; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding, Wild and Scenic, National Parks Service H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund re-authorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions;, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; specifically defending cuts to the Mandatory Conservation funding in 2016-2017, funding for the Agricultural Research Service in the Burns District, and language to help sagebrush science capacity, conservation tax incentives, global climate funding, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), international conservation, flood plain management and sage grouse S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY17 appropriations omnibus bill; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, Land and Water Conservation Fund, marine/salmon grants, wildfire suppression and haz fuels reduction; cap adjustment; forest restoration and management program, fire funding; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, Sustainable Landscapes and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities and FY17 biodiversity and international funding priorities; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment, biodiversity and international priorities; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, specific provision relating Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, non-federal partner responsibility credit for donated goods, and project partership agreement; H.R.2996 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster., disaster funding;
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Funding for Colombia contained in the FY2016 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - S1725
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Funding for Colombia contained in the FY 2017 State Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. S1725
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
| HR 2029 |
114th |
| Related bill |
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding, Wild and Scenic, National Parks Service H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions;, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; specifically defending cuts to the Mandatory Conservation funding in 2016-2017 and language to help sagebrush science capacity, conservation tax incentives, global climate funding, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), international conservation, flood plain management and sage grouse S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY17 appropriations omnibus bill; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, Land and Water Conservation Fund, marine/salmon grants, wildfire suppression and haz fuels reduction; cap adjustment S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment, biodiversity and international priorities; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, specific provision relating Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project partership agreement; H.R.2996 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster., disaster funding;
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, spefically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, Forest Treatment Projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to permanent reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; H.R. 4738/S. 2325 Digital Coast Act of 2015, all provisions relating to the digital information platform capable of integrating coastal data with decisions support tools, training and best practices; H.R. 5303/S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act of 2016, a bill To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes, all provisions; S. 3038 Coastal Coordination Act of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, all provisions S. 3085, Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016, a bill to improve forest management activities on National Forest System land and public land, all provisions H.R.5771 - Conserving Our Reefs and Livelihoods Act of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, all provisions H.R.5821 - Coral Reef Conservation Act Re-authorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2016, a bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, all provisions H.R. 4151, Land and Water Conservation Fund, a bill to amend chapter 2003 of title 54, United States Code, to fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and provide for the use of such funds, all provisions [no bill number] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation and natural infrastructure; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [not bill number] Regional Ocean Planning, implementation of Executive Order [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; H.R. 5634/S. 3001, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; tracking appropriations; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment, various implementation activities; H.R. 2772/S. 1725 Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2016, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; USAID conservation programs; H.R. 2012 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities; all provisions relating to The Nature Conservancys Fisheries platform;
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Funding for Colombia contained in the FY2016 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill - S1725
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2016 · second_quarter · Natural Resources
H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forest Act of 2015, to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes; H.R.470, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2015, to authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia, specifically GA Natural Forest; S.508, FLAME Act Amendments of 2015, a bill to amend the FLAME Act of 2009 to provide for additional wildfire suppression activities, to provide for the conduct of certain forest treatment projects, and for other purposes, specific provisions under Title I, Flame Act Amendments and Title II, Forest Treatment Projects; S. 405, Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015, Title 2, all provisions relating to habitat conservation and support for amendments related to conservation priorities; S. 338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act of 2015, amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to make permanent the authorization for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Section 1, all provisions relating to permanent re-authorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, all provisions related to sage grouse and other endangered species; H.R.167/S. 235, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, and for other purposes, whole bill Sections 1 & 2; H.R. 4738/S. 2325 Digital Coast Act of 2015, all provisions relating to the digital information platform capable of integrating coastal data with decisions support tools, training and best practices; H.R. 5303/S. 2848 Water Resources Development Act of 2016, a bill To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes, all provisions; [no bill number] Agency implementation related to resilience and hazard mitigation and natural infrastructure; [no bill number] Fisheries and Habitat Management, implementation strategies; [no bill number] Regional Ocean Planning, implementation of Executive Order [no bill number yet] Migratory Bird and salmon conservation--not-yet-introduced drought legislation; H.R. 5634/S. 3001, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes; tracking appropriations; [Trade Agreement] Trade- Environment Provisions of the Trans Pacific Partnership, all provisions found in the environmental chapter; Presidential Memorandum: Mitigating Impacts on Natural Resources from Development and Encouraging Related Private Investment, various implementation activities; H.R. 2772/S. 1725 Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act 2016, a bill for making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; USAID conservation programs; H.R. 2012 To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize competitive grants to support programs that address needs of fishing communities; all provisions relating to The Nature Conservancys Fisheries platform; S. 720 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, a bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes, all provisions relating to energy efficiency measures;
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund re-authorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions;, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; oppose: S Amdt. 424, Elimination of federal funding for international climate change initiatives. H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, Land and Water Conservation Fund, marine/salmon grants, wildfire suppression and hazardous fuels reduction; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment, biodiversity and international priorities; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, specific provision relating Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; S. 2848, Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project partnership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding;
Client expense: $350,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S.338, LWCF, Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act, annual appropriations for LWCF, FY17 appropriations request for the overall program, full permanent funding; [no bill number] Presidents FY17 Budget, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Department of Interior (DOI) fire funding; H.R.2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, specific provisions related to Land and Water Conservation Fund reauthorization, wildfire disaster funding, international climate change assistance funding, conservation easement tax incentives, Clean Air Act riders, Clean Water Act riders, renewable energy tax provisions, and Interior and Environmental, Commerce, Justice and Science, Energy, Agriculture, Department of Defenses Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI); H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, appropriations for Conservation Title in the Omnibus appropriation bill; S. 235/H.R.167, Wildfire Disaster Funding Act, a bill to provide for wildfire suppression operations, all provisions, wildfire suppression during budget reconciliation process, inclusion into the FY16 appropriations omnibus bill; S.Con.Res.11, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025, specific provisions relating to Function 300, Natural Resources and Environment, and Function 350, Agriculture, conservation Funding provisions including U.S. Department of Interior and U.S Forest Service, S. Amdt.434, to provide for an adjustment to committee allocations for wildfire suppression funding, S. Amdt. 1031/1046, the tester amendment would provide important fundings to the Bureau Land Management/United States Forest Service to continue sage grouse habitat conservation work on the ground, and protect the western way of life while allow robust economic activity to continue, sufficient resources to avoid the need to list the Sage Grouse; H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, all provisions relating to National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration's budget/appropriations, National Marine Fisheries Service, electronic monitoring; H.R.2822/S.1645, Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, Sage Grouse conservation, climate change programs, Department of Interior and Forest Service provision, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service budget and U.S. Forest Service Land Acquisition Accounts; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Management and Endangered Species Grant Programs; Bureau of Land Management Resource Management accounts, overall funding increase of 2% for natural resource funding, Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, Wild and Scenic, Land and Water Conservation Fund; S.1725/H.R.2772, State and Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including specific provisions relating to conservation line item for USAID biodiversity, Global Environment Facility (GEF) quota funding, and Green Climate Fund (GCF) accounts, international climate priorities; S.1558, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, funding for Camp Ripley and Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)/Army Compatible Use Buffers (ACUB) program, Vitter amendment, sage-grouse amendment; H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016, specific provision relating Hamilton City Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction project; [no bill number yet] Water Resources Development Act, specifically funding levels and program fixes that include nature-based solutions, advanced mitigation, and project parthership agreement; [no bill number] Stafford Reform Act, disaster funding; [no bill number] U.S. Army Corp of Engineer, Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP), long term program of navigation improvement of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS);
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Vice President of the U.S., White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2772 / S. 1725) - support robust international affairs budget including increases in climate and biodiversity spending, including specific advocacy for anti-wildlife trafficking and anti-poaching funding and CARPE funding through USAID; support funding for State INL to address wildlife trafficking; oppose riders to prevent funding for the Green Climate Fund Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2822) - support increases in funding for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Law Enforcement and International programs, including the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, International Affairs and Wildlife Without Boarders; advocate continued funding for other Interior/Environment programs, including National Park Service International Program, Forest Service Office of International Programs, Endangered Species Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and EPA; oppose riders limiting EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act; oppose riders that weaken the Endangered Species Act and prevent U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from making changes to existing regulations governing ivory; support funding for domestic and international conservation. F.Y. 2016 Department of Defense Budget - support report language on need to assist African countries in addressing threats from illegal wildlife crime and militarized poaching F.Y. 2016 Homeland Security Budget - support report language on engaging Department of Homeland Security assistance and coordination to combat wildlife trafficking F.Y. 2016 Financial Services Budget - support report language on engaging the Treasury Department in assistance and coordination to combat wildlife trafficking Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2029) - support funding for international conservation (including Lacey Act implementation) and international climate finance (Green Climate Fund)
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Education and outreach on foreign assistance reform issues, S. 1725 Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act; S. 2184 and HR 3766 - Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act, HR 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 16 appropriations for State and Foreign Operations (S.1725), including HIV/AIDS, agriculture, vaccines, nutrition accounts, MCC, Feed the Future, OPIC, World Bank.
Client expense: $460,700 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Budget and appropriations for FY16, especially NOAA funding generally as well as lines within NOAA such as Regional Coastal Resilience Grants, and riders within base bills or offered as amendments, especially those targeting the National Ocean Policy. Commerce-Justice-Science [H.R.2578, Senate committee draft]; Energy & Water [H.R.2028, Senate committee draft]; Interior & Environment [H.R.2822, S.1645]; State & Foreign Operaitons [H.R.2772, S.1725]. Senate Budget Resolution [S.Con.Res.11].
Client expense: $211,528 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Budget and appropriations for FY16, especially NOAA funding generally as well as lines within NOAA such as Regional Coastal Resilience Grants, and riders within base bills or offered as amendments, esp. those targeting National Ocean Policy. Consolidated Appropriations Act [H.R.2029]; Commerce-Justice-Science [H.R.2578, Senate committee draft]; Energy & Water [H.R.2028, Senate committee draft]; Interior & Environment [H.R.2822, S.1645]; State & Foreign Operaitons [H.R.2772, S.1725]. Senate Budget Resolution [S.Con.Res.11].
Client expense: $102,748 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 2772, Appropriations for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (Helms Amendment, Peace Corps abortion policy, funding for international family planning programs, contraceptive research and development) H.R. 3134, Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 (disqualify Planned Parenthood from receipt of federal funds) H.R. 3443, Women's Health Accountability Act H.R. 3495, Women's Public Health and Safety Act S. 1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2016 (funding for international family planning programs, policy relating to global gag rule) S. 1881, A bill to prohibit Federal funding of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (disqualify Planned Parenthood from receipt of federal funds) Bill not introduced/no bill number, Proposed Matters for Inclusion in Reconciliation Recommendations
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Budget and appropriations for FY16, especially NOAA funding generally as well as lines within NOAA such as Regional Coastal Resilience Grants, and riders within base bills or offered as amendments, esp. those targeting National Ocean Policy. Consolidated Appropriations Act [H.R.2029]; Commerce-Justice-Science [H.R.2578, Senate committee draft]; Energy & Water [H.R.2028, Senate committee draft]; Interior & Environment [H.R.2822, S.1645]; State & Foreign Operaitons [H.R.2772, S.1725]. Senate Budget Resolution [S.Con.Res.11].
Client expense: $102,748 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Computer Industry
HR 2772: State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2016, Title 1, Department of State, Embassy Security, with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards. S. 1725: State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2016, Title 1, Department of State, Embassy Security, with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards. H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2016 and the Senate NDAA for FY16, Title 31, Department of Energy Programs, including NNSA,with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards. S. 1376, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2016 and the Senate NDAA for FY16, Title 31, Department of Energy Programs, including NNSA,with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards. H.R. 2596, Intelligence Authorization Act, sections that focus on CIA and DIA, with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards. S. 1705, Intelligence Authorization Act, sections that focus on CIA and DIA, with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,500
Government targets: Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
HR 2772: State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2016, Title 1, Department of State, Embassy Security, with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards. S. 1725: State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill, 2016, Title 1, Department of State, Embassy Security, with regard to the requirements for hard drive and other electronic media destruction tools, including hard drive discs (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD), copier hard drives, computer discs and other optical electronic media including magnetic strip cards.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,500
Government targets: Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2015 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S. 1619 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding authorization and appropriations; H.R. 1735 / S. 1376 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, general issues regarding national defense authorizations and appropriations; H.R. 2995 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; H.R. 2685 / S. 1558 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding authorizations and appropriations; H.R. 2029 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; H.R. 2772 / S. 1725 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; H.R. 3020 / S. 1695 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; and General issues regarding government funding and the President's Budget.
Client expense: $370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Federal budget and appropriations for cancer research and programs, including federal appropriations for NIH, NCI, CDC, FDA; the Prevention & Public Health Fund; the Affordable Care Act provisions; programs for breast and cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, tobacco regulation and cessation, patient navigators, patient quality of life, global health, and other appropriated accounts relating to cancer, including H.R.6, the 21st Century Cures Act; H.R.3020/S.1695, Departments of Labor HHS Appropriations legislation for FY16; H.R.2772, S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY16; S.1558, Department of Defense Appropriations Act; and H.R.2029, Mil-Con Veterans Affairs (Omnibus) Appropriations Act.
Client expense: $1,960,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
P.L. 114-74, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Issues pertaining to federal research, development, education, mandatory health spending, tax, and hospital funding. P.L. 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, Issues pertaining to funding of federal research, development, and education. H.R. 3020, S. 1695, FY 2016 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations, Issues pertaining to NIH, health professions, education research, federal student aid, Title VI, and health disparities. H.R. 2028, FY 2016 Energy/Water Appropriations, Issues pertaining to research, development, and education at DOE. H.R. 2578, S. 2131, FY 2016 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations, Issues pertaining to NSF, NOAA, NIST, NASA, and EDA. H.R. 2685, S. 1558, FY 2016 Defense Appropriations, Issues pertaining to research and development at the Department of Defense. H.R. 2772, S. 1725, FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations, Issues pertaining to funding for Fulbright, State Title VIII grant program and funding for international agricultural research. H.R. 2822, S. 1645, FY 2016 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to the NEH, NEA, and USGS. H.R. 3049, S. 1800, FY 2016 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA Appropriations, Issues pertaining to USDA research and related programs. H.R. 2577, S. 2129, FY 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations, Issues pertaining to research funding for the Department of Transportation.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
On behalf of 112 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts to urge support and the swift passage of S. 1798, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Reauthorization Act of 2015. We believe S. 1798 strengthens USCIRFs mandate and the tools at its disposal, while providing a much-needed six-year authorization at a critical time when assaults on religious freedom around the world are systemic and growing. In fact, the current state of international religious freedom is one of deepening crisis-according to the Pew Research Centers latest annual study on global restrictions on religion, 77% of the worlds population live in countries with a high or very high overall level of restriction on religion in 2013, up from 76% in 2012 and 68% in 2007. This bill passed the House by voice vote on October 6, 2015, and was signed by the President on October 16. It became Public Law No: 114-071. On behalf of 145 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts to express our grave concern for religious minorities, among them Yezidis, Christians and Shia Muslims, at the hands of the Islamic State; and to urge U.S. government leaders to formally declare the systematic destruction of these ancient communities a genocide. Mounting evidence indisputably shows the Islamic States ongoing genocidal campaign in the Middle East through its attempts to create a global caliphate devoid of religious freedom and diversity. For more than a year, the news headlines have been replete with stories of almost unimaginable human suffering caused by the Islamic State. Religious minorities in these lands, among them the ancient Christian, Yezidi and Shia Muslim communities, have suffered grave injustices: displacement, forced conversion, kidnapping, rape and death. Furthermore, the intent to commit genocide can be clearly seen in the Islamic States ideology, as outlined in its propaganda, which calls for the eradication or subjugation of those who do not conform to the groups ideology. In Iraq, this has manifested most blatantly in the insurgencys treatment of religious and ethnic minorities, members of whom have been killed, tortured, kidnapped, raped, enslaved, brainwashed, forcibly converted and/or driven from their ancient homelands. Under the Islamic State, religious minorities now face an existential crisis and live on the edge of extinction in the lands that many have inhabited since antiquity. These communities will continue on a trajectory of tragic and precipitous decline into eventual non-existence without swift moral leadership on behalf of the administration and the international community. It is our belief that officially declaring and subsequently halting this genocide and its spread is a matter of vital moral and strategic importance for the United States, the international community, and the overall state of religious freedom around the world. Perhaps equally as important, such a declaration will give a stronger voice to the long-suffering victims while furthering and sharpening ideological engagement against those currently at the forefront of this campaign. On behalf of 73 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts in support of H. Con. Res. 75, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that those who commit or support atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities, including Yezidis, Turkmen, Sabea-Mandeans, Kaka`e, and Kurds, and who target them specifically for ethnic or religious reasons, are committing, and are hereby declared to be committing, `war crimes', `crimes against humanity', and `genocide'. Since the emergence of the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, Christians and other religious minorities including Yezidis, Turkmen, Sabea-Mandeans, Kakae, Kurds, and Shia, have been targeted for extermination and forced to flee their homelands. The atrocities perpetrated against these vulnerable groups shock the conscience of civilized humanity. They have been systematically murdered and subjected to grievous bodily harm and psychological harm, including sexual slavery and abuse inflicted in a deliberate and calculated manner. ISIS is committing genocide against religious groups that do not conform to ISISs totalitarian definition of true Islam. The United States government and the global community must universally acknowledge the genocide that is taking place against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria. Without a swift and decisive response from the international community, the lives and ancient cultural heritage of these minorities could be eradicated from the Middle East completely. It is our belief that officially declaring and subsequently halting this genocide and its spread is a matter of vital moral and strategic importance for the United States, the international community, and the overall state of religious freedom around the world. Client was one of 27 organizations and individuals who signed a multi-faith letter, which was used in contacts to support an Atrocity Accountability Provision (Provision) during negotiations on the FY16 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (section 7047(b) of S.1725, the Senate reported version of the FY16 State, Foreign Operations bill). The United States has long been a champion of accountability and justice for perpetrators of atrocity crimes, including in Nazi Germany, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Cambodia. The passage of this Provision will further solidify American leadership on the rule of law and human rights, and, of particular interest to us, will allow the U.S. to promote accountability and justice in conflict situations involving religious persecution. The International Criminal Court (ICC or Court) is the worlds only permanent international tribunal mandated to investigate and prosecute atrocity crimes. The ICCs governing statute specifically includes religious persecution as a punishable offense within the three core atrocity crimes that the Court prosecutes - genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes - and religious freedom abuses are implicated in six of the eight country situations currently before the Court. In light of the ICCs mandate to prosecute perpetrators of religious persecution, and as a result of the recognition that the Court serves to protect core religious values, including justice, bearing witness, redress, and protecting the vulnerable, many faith-based organizations from diverse cultural, social, and political backgrounds support the work and mission of the ICC. Moreover, the U.S. has been broadly supportive of all of the ICCs cases, as they are consistent with U.S. national interests. The Provision fills a gap in U.S. law that hampers Americas ability to provide the full array of professional, logistical, and similar resources to ICC cases. Current law permits the U.S. to provide only limited, in-kind support to the ICC on a case-by-case basis, provided such support is already paid for by another non-ICC related appropriation - which, unfortunately, is a rare occurrence. This means that the U.S. cannot appropriate new funds or allocate existing funds to finance American support of ICC cases, even when such support has been determined to be in the American interests. This results in the U.S. being unable to provide the ICC with particular expertise and resources needed to bring to justice perpetrators of atrocities, including the most egregious abuses of international religious freedom. This limitation should be of serious concern to the United States because, in many cases, the ICC is the only mechanism available to hold individuals accountable for their commission of religiously-motivated atrocities. Indeed, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom recently recommended that the U.S. push for a United Nations Security Council Resolution that refers ISIS atrocities to the ICC. The Provision would fill this gap by enabling the U.S. to provide to the ICC the same type of critical support that it provided to the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda tribunals. On behalf of 61 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts in support of H.R. 1150, the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2015. We must work to create a context where people can live with their deepest differences. The recent turmoil in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine-including the alarming spike in incidents of violence and persecution of Christians, Muslim communities, and other religious minorities-offers the latest examples of what happens if we do not. The purpose of the bill is to update the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA) and improve the capacity of the U.S. government to advance religious freedom globally by giving the Administration and State Department new political tools to better counter violent extremism and sectarian violence, growing anti-Semitism and restriction on religious minorities (e.g., a tier system for IRF reports on countries of particular concern and a special watch list, annual actions on countries with severe IRF abuses, authority to sanction individuals responsible for committing severe violations of IRF or materially supporting terrorism or violent extremism, and the ability to designate non-state actors as part of the Country of Particular Concern list and a range of sanctions targeting individual members of such groups); expanding diplomatic training, counter-terrorism coordination, and foreign assistance efforts; and reauthorizing the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) through 2021. With the passage and implementation of H.R. 1150, a strengthened IRFA and a stronger IRF policy-as integrated into U.S. foreign policy and national security-the United States will send a clear and urgent message regarding the inherent dignity of every human being, as well as our common global security in the fight against persecution and religious extremism, and terrorism. Doing so is consistent with the best of our values, practically protecting our interests as a result. On behalf of 28 organizations and individuals, including the client, who signed a multi-faith letter, made contacts to promote the idea of a public briefing event to engage leaders of the Kazakhstan government and discuss deep concerns about the 2011 Law on Religious Activity and Religious Associations in light of the recent Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on his Mission to Kazakhstan. Certain provisions of the 2011 Religion Law are inconsistent with both Kazakhstans Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Special Rapporteur made several substantive, reasonable and fair recommendations to bring the Constitution and Kazakh law fully into line with Article 18 of the ICCPR and other relevant international human rights standards. The Kazakh government could be urged to make these changes to the law.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 2772/S. 1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY2016 budget (H.Con.Res.27/S.Con.Res.11) and H.R.2772/S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Issues related to lung disease treatment, prevention and research; public health; tobacco control and air pollution including the following legislation: H.R. 3049 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S. 1800 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 2578 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S.2131 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 2685 Defense Appropriations; S. 1558 Defense Appropriations; H.R. 2822 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S. 1645 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 3020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S. 1695 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 2029 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Issues related to Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 2772 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations; S. 1725 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations; H.R. 2577 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Issues related to Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 719 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016; H.J.Res. 78 FY2016 Continuing Appropriations; H.R.2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act;
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Issues related to the prevention and treatment of lung disease including the following legislation: H.R.2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015; H.R.6 21st Century Cures; H.R.531, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act; S.289, American Cures Act; S.318, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act; HR 1190 Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act of 2015; S. 1177 Every Child Achieves Act; S.1065 School Asthma Management Plan Act; S. 1064 Family Asthma Act; HR 2101 Research for All Act of 2015; H.R. 2685 Defense Appropriations; S. 1558 Defense Appropriations; H.R. 2822 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S. 1645 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 3020 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S. 1695 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 2029 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Issues related to Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations; H.R. 2772 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations; S. 1725 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations; H.R. 2577 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Issues related to Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations; Issues related to the Affordable Care Act; Issues related to Asthma, COPD, Influenza, Lung Cancer, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis and other lung diseases; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act; H.R. 719 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016; H.J.Res. 78 FY2016 Continuing Appropriations; H.R.2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act; HR 3762 Restoring Americans Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015; HR 3520 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Diagnosis Act; Issues related to the President's Budget; Issues related to the Budget Control Act;
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
S. 1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, titles III, V, and VII, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. H.R. 2772, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, titles III, V, and VII, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016, division K, titles III, V, and VII, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. S. 677, Global Democracy Promotion Act, all provisions. H.R. 2740, Global Democracy Promotion Act, all provisions. H. Con. Res. 29, a resolution recognizing the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change, all provisions. H.R. 1340, International Violence Against Women Act of 2015, all provisions. S. 713, International Violence Against Women Act of 2015, all provisions. S. 1911, Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015, all provisions related to improving maternal and child survival globally. H.R. 3706, Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2015, all provisions related to improving maternal and child survival globally. Unintroduced House and Senate bills related to health system strengthening in developing countries, all provisions. Communicated with federal agencies specified in line 17 regarding international affairs spending and policies governing U.S. development and humanitarian assistance programs, particularly those related to international population, family planning, and reproductive health assistance.
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
SENATE S. 1725 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (Oppose) HOUSE H.R. 0050 - Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015 (Oppose) H.R. 0167 - Wildfire Disaster Funding Act (Support) H.R. 0427 - Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 (Oppose) H.R. 2029 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Oppose) H.R. 2028 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (All Sections) H.R. 2772 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (Oppose) H.R. 2822 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Oppose)
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Surface Mining Reclamation & Enforcement, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 2028, Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2016, Title III, provisions relating to Atomic Energy Defense Activities H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Division K, Title I, provisions related to Contributions to International Organizations, and Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; Title III, provisions related to Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, Conflict Stabilization Operations, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations; Title VIII, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, and Peacekeeping Operations; Division Q, Title I, provisions relating to Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit; provisions related to Section 3 of H.R. 158, Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act; provisions related to H.R. 4038, American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 H.R. 2772, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, Title I, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; Title III, provisions related to Transition Initiatives, Complex Crises Fund, Conflict Stabilization Operations, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations; Title VIII, provisions related to Conflict Stabilizations Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, Transition Initiatives, and Peacekeeping Operations S. 1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, Title I, provisions related to Conflict Stabilization Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities; Title III, provisions related to Complex Crises Fund, Transition Initiatives, and Democracy Fund; Title IV, provision related to Peacekeeping Operations; Title VII, provisions related to the Green Climate Fund; and Title VIII, provisions related to Conflict Stabilizations Operations, Contributions to International Organizations, Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities, Transition Initiatives, and Peacekeeping Operations S. 2130, An Act Making Appropriations for National Security and for Other Purposes, 2016, Division E, Department of State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, 2016, provisions related to the Green Climate Fund S. 2145, Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016, all provisions
Client expense: $1,060,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R. 2772/S. 1725/H.R. 2029 FY 2016 funding for the Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, Funding for the Cultural Programs Division of the State Department's Office of Citizen Exchanges and Cultural Grant Program & the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (including funding for Museums Connect). H.R. 889 Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act, H.R. 1493/S. 1887 Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act.
Client expense: $14,846 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Endowment for the Arts, Natl Endowment for the Humanities, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2772 / S. 1725) - support robust international affairs budget including increases in climate and biodiversity spending, including specific advocacy for anti-wildlife trafficking and anti-poaching funding and CARPE funding through USAID; support funding for State INL to address wildlife trafficking; oppose riders to prevent funding for the Green Climate Fund Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2822) - support increases in funding for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Law Enforcement and International programs, including the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, International Affairs and Wildlife Without Boarders; advocate continued funding for other Interior/Environment programs, including National Park Service International Program, Forest Service Office of International Programs, Endangered Species Act, Land and Water Conservation Fund, and EPA; oppose riders limiting EPA's authority under the Clean Air Act; oppose riders that weaken the Endangered Species Act and prevent U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from making changes to existing regulations governing ivory F.Y. 2016 Department of Defense Budget - support report language on need to assist African countries in addressing threats from illegal wildlife crime and militarized poaching F.Y. 2016 Homeland Security Budget - support report language on engaging Department of Homeland Security assistance and coordination to combat wildlife trafficking F.Y. 2016 Financial Services Budget - support report language on engaging the Treasury Department in assistance and coordination to combat wildlife trafficking Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2029) - support funding for international conservation (including Lacey Act implementation) and international climate finance (Green Climate Fund) Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015 (H.R. 1987 / S. 1611)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S. 1725, State and Foreign Operations Appropriations S. 1252, Global Food Security Act H.R. 1567, Global Food Security Act,the PARTNERSHIPS Act
Client expense: $181,379 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
House (H.R. 2772) and Senate (S. 1725) State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bills for 2016; and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). All provisions related to basic education.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
House (H.R. 2772) and Senate (S. 1725) State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bills for 2016; and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). Accounts related to Global Health and Maternal and Child Health and issues related to the Gavi replenishment.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.2772/S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including funding for the Fulbright international exchange program and support for scholar rescue.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
House (H.R. 2772) and Senate (S. 1725) State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bill for 2016; and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). Issues related to international independent media programs and internet freedom.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
House (H.R. 2772) and Senate (S. 1725) State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bills for 2016; and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). All provisions relating to Child Survival and disease program funding; the international organization and program account for UNICEF; the account for Maternal and Child Health; and Iodine Deficiency Disorder.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
House (H.R. 2772) and Senate (S. 1725) State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Bills for 2016; and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). All provisions relating to Child Survival, malnutrition, and neglected tropical diseases. House (H.R. 3020) and Senate (S. 1695) Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Bills for 2016; and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (PL 114-113). All provisions relating to education funding.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Activities related to Department of Defense facilities and Department of State foreign assistance. Monitor legislative activity on H.R.2685/S.1557 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, and H.R.2772/S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R. 955, authorizing assistance to Ukraine; H.R. 93, the Crimea Annexation Non-recognition Act; H.R. 624 & S. 284, the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act; H.R. 287, American Job Creation and Strategic Alliances LNG Act.; H.R. 702, To adapt to changing crude oil market conditions; H.R. 2772 & S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Voice of America, White House Office
2015 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.2772/S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, including funding related to orphans and vulnerable children.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
Federal budget and appropriations for cancer research and programs, including federal appropriations for NIH, NCI, CDC, FDA; the Prevention & Public Health Fund; the Affordable Care Act provisions; programs for breast and cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, tobacco regulation and cessation, patient navigators, patient quality of life, global health, and other appropriated accounts relating to cancer, including H.R.6, the 21st Century Cures Act; H.R.3020/S.1695, Departments of Labor HHS Appropriations legislation for FY16; H.R.2772, S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations Appropriations for FY16; S.1558, Department of Defense Appropriations Act; and H.R.2029, Mil-Con Veterans Affairs (Omnibus) Appropriations Act.
Client expense: $1,960,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S. 1619 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding authorization and appropriations; H.R. 1735 / S. 1376 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, general issues regarding national defense authorizations and appropriations; H.R. 2995 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; H.R. 2685 / S. 1558 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding authorizations and appropriations; H.R. 2029 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; H.R. 2772 / S. 1725 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; H.R. 3020 / S. 1695 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016, general issues regarding appropriations; and General issues regarding government funding and the President's Budget.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.3049/S.1800, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2016, Disease research H.R.2578, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2016, Human Trafficking; and Aerospace research. H.R.2685/S.1558, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, FY2016, Thin-Films Photovoltaics H.R.2028, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2016, Solar research; and Advanced Manufacturing. H.R.2822/S.1645, Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2016, Drinking Water issues H.R.3020/S.1695, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2016, HIV services; Health education; and Human Trafficking H.R.2772/S.1725, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, FY2016, Human Trafficking Public Law 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2016, generally
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R.2847, S.1933: Electrify Africa Act of 2015 This bill directs the President to establish a multiyear strategy to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa implement national power strategies and develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, including renewable energy, to provide access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable power in order to reduce poverty and drive economic growth. H.R.2772, S. 1725: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 Funding the Cooperative Development Program in the FY 2016 State and Foreign Operations. S.2152: Electrify Africa Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill states that it is U.S. policy to partner with the governments of sub-Saharan African countries, international financial institutions, and African regional economic communities, cooperatives, and private sectors to: -promote first-time access to power services for at least 50 million people in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020; -encourage the installation of at least 20,000 additional megawatts of electrical power in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020; promote reliable and affordable power in urban, rural, and under served areas; encourage necessary reforms to support electricity access projects and market-based power generation and distribution; -promote policies to displace kerosene lighting with other technologies; and promote an energy development strategy for sub-Saharan Africa that includes the use of oil, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal power. Issues related to appropriations for the Cooperative Development Program within Sec. 7060, Title VII, Division K of H.R. 2029, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016.
Client expense: $590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
FY2016 Labor-HHS & Ed Appropriations (HR 3020/S1695) FY2016 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations legislation (HR 2772/S1725) H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act H.R. 2629, Antibiotic Development to Advance Patient Treatment Act S. 185, PATH ACT antibiotic development H.R. 3539, Reinvigorating Antibiotic and Diagnostic Innovation Act of 2015
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
FY2016 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations legislation (HR 2772/S1725) international TB funding
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 3020/S. 1695 (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2250/S. __ (Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2578/S. __ (Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. General lobbying with respect to consumer issues in the budget. H.R. 2029 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. General lobbying with regard to policy riders in the budget. H.R. 1735 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016); authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. S. 1619/H.R. 861 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2029/S. __ (Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2772/S. 1725 (Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2685/S. 1558 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. S. 1611/H.R. 4188 (Coast Guard Authorization Act); authorizes appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. H.R. 2577/S.__ (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. S. 1647 (DRIVE Act)/H.R. 22 (FAST Act)/H.R. 3763 (Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act); amends title 23, United States Code, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. S. 1626 (Railroad Reform, Enhancement, and Efficiency Act); reauthorizes Federal support for passenger rail programs, improve safety, streamline rail project delivery. H.R. 3049/S. 1800 (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2028/S. __ (Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2822/S. 1645 (Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. H.R. 2995/S. 1910 (Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2016); making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016.
Client expense: $1,600,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE