Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
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Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 TITLE I--SENTENCING REFORM (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to reduce from life to 25 years and from 20 to 15 years the enhanced mandatory minimum prison terms imposed on certain nonviolent defendants convicted of high-level repeat drug offenses (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). A high-level drug offense involves a very substantial drug quantity (e.g., one kilogram or more of heroin). Additionally, the bill limits the prior convictions which trigger the enhanced mandatory minimum prison terms. A court may apply the reductions retroactively, after considering certain factors. (Sec. 102) It amends the federal criminal code to expand safety valve eligibility to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain nonviolent, cooperative drug defendants with a limited criminal history. (Sec. 103) A court may impose a reduced 5-year (instead of a statutory 10-year) mandatory minimum prison term for certain nonviolent, cooperative defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense. A low-level drug offense involves a substantial drug quantity (e.g., 100 grams to 999 grams of heroin). (Sec. 104) The bill reduces from 25 to 15 years the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who uses a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense. A court may apply the reductions retroactively, after considering certain factors. (Sec. 105) It reduces from 15 to 10 years the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for an armed career criminal convicted of unlawful firearm possession after three prior convictions for violent felonies or serious drug offenses. A court may apply the reductions retroactively, after considering certain factors. (Sec. 106) The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 applies retroactively to allow a court to reduce the prison term of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010. (Sec. 107) It amends the federal criminal code to create a 10-year mandatory minimum prison term for interstate domestic violence that results in a victim's death. (Sec. 108) The bill amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to create a five-year mandatory minimum prison term for providing goods and services to terrorists or a state sponsor of terrorism, to any person in connection with development of weapons of mass destruction, or to a country subject to an arms embargo. (Sec. 109) The Department of Justice (DOJ) must report to Congress on and publish all federal criminal statutory offenses. Each executive agency must report to Congress on and publish all criminal regulatory offenses enforceable by the agency. TITLE II--CORRECTIONS ACT Corrections Oversight, Recidivism Reduction, and Eliminating Costs for Taxpayers In Our National System Act of 2015 or the CORRECTIONS Act (Sec. 202) DOJ must review existing recidivism reduction programs and productive activities (e.g., a prison work program). The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) must expand offerings to all eligible prisoners. Certain prisoners who successfully complete a recidivism reduction program or productive activity are eligible to earn time credits and other incentives (e.g., additional telephone or visitation privileges). (Sec. 203) DOJ must develop the Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assessment System for use by the BOP to assess prisoner recidivism and violence risk and ensure appropriate housing, grouping, and program assignments. (Sec. 204) The bill amends the federal criminal code to allow pre-release custody for an additional period of time equal to a prisoner's earned time credits for successful completion of recidivism reduction programs or productive activities. A prisoner may serve the additional period of pre-release custody in a residential reentry center, on home confinement, or on community supervision. (Sec. 205) DOJ must report to Congress on: (1) activities carrying out this title, including any budgetary savings; (2) prison work programs; (3) recidivism rates of released prisoners; and (4) effectiveness of recidivism reduction programs and productive activities on various prisoner categories. (Sec. 206) The bill requires presentence investigation reports to include certain information such as substance abuse history, military service, and veteran status. The Administrative Office of the United States Courts must establish a supervised release pilot program to reduce recidivism and improve substance abuse recovery. (Sec. 207) The BOP must issue pepper spray to its officers and employees for use in reducing violent acts. (Sec. 208) DOJ must: (1) evaluate reentry best practices and create reentry demonstration projects in judicial districts, and (2) report on reentry impact in communities disproportionately affected. (Sec. 209) A court may reduce the prison term and impose supervised release for a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile if the defendant has served 20 years in custody and the court, after considering certain factors, determines that release poses no public safety danger. (Sec. 210) It amends the Second Chance Act of 2007 to make permanent a pilot program for elderly offender early release and expand program eligibility to include terminally ill offenders. The bill modifies elderly offender eligibility criteria by lowering from 65 to 60 the qualifying age and reducing from 75% to two-thirds the required portion of completed prison term. An eligible terminally ill offender is a nonviolent offender who meets specified criteria and is either terminally ill or at a nursing home. (Sec. 211) This bill establishes a process to seal and expunge juvenile records related to a juvenile nonviolent offense. A juvenile record includes a court, law enforcement, or government agency record. A juvenile nonviolent offense is a criminal offense or firearm violation committed before age 18 that is not a violent offense, terrorism, or misdemeanor domestic violence. A court must automatically seal the juvenile records of a juvenile nonviolent offender (i.e., a person adjudicated delinquent for a juvenile nonviolent offense) three years after such offender completes probation, detention, or supervision. Seal means to close from public viewing and physically seal shut. A court must provide notice of automatic sealing and the benefits of such sealing. The bill creates a process for a juvenile nonviolent offender to petition for early sealing of such records. It prohibits intentional disclosure of a sealed juvenile record, except in specified circumstances, and subjects a violator to a fine, up to one year in prison, or both. A law enforcement agency may access sealed records to determine first-time-offender diversion program eligibility, for investigatory or prosecutorial purposes, or for background checks. A court must automatically expunge the juvenile records related to: (1) a juvenile nonviolent offender who commits an offense before age 15 and completes probation, detention, or supervision before age 18 on the date such offender attains age 18; (2) a juvenile who is arrested but not adjudicated for a juvenile nonviolent offense; and (3) a juvenile who is adjudicated and found not delinquent. Expunge means to destroy a record and obliterate from the public record the name to whom such record pertains. A court must provide notice of automatic expungement and the benefits of such expungement. A juvenile nonviolent offender who commits an offense on or after age 15 may petition to expunge related juvenile records. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts must create a universal expungement petition form. A court must provide notice, conduct a hearing, and grant or deny the petition after considering specified factors. It must appoint counsel for nonviolent juvenile offender who has not attained age 18. If a court orders the sealing or expungement of a juvenile record, then related proceedings are deemed never to have occurred. (Sec. 212) It prohibits juvenile solitary confinement, except as a temporary response to behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of harm. (Sec. 213) The bill amends the federal judicial code to require DOJ to establish and report to Congress on procedures for the prompt release of accurate criminal and arrest records exchanged for employment-related purposes through the Federal Bureau of Investigation background check system. It sets forth required procedures, including requirements for DOJ to: (1) promptly correct inaccurate records; (2) complete or verify incomplete records; (3) notify reporting jurisdiction of any action to correct, complete, or verify an inaccurate or incomplete record; and (4) notify a job applicant of the right to obtain and review a record, and provide an opportunity for such applicant to challenge the record's accuracy and completeness. Additionally, it prohibits from inclusion in an employment-related exchange records related to: (1) an arrest more than two years old that was not disposed of; (2) a nonserious offense such as drunkenness, vagrancy, disturbing the peace, loitering, or curfew violation; or (3) a circumstance that is not clearly an arrest or disposition of an arrest.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 279.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7104)
Introduced in Senate
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2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S.2123. REDEEM Act, S.675 & HR 1762 Fair Chance Act, S.2021 & HR 3470 Blue Lives Matter bill (re-introduction pending). PRIDE Act (re-introduction pending).
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
-S.2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
S.2123, The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 LEOFA H.R. 3713 Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1854 Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Law enforcement programs and related federal appropriations and grant programs; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S.2123, Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
2016 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2017 Budget Resolution - lobbied against House Budget Committee Chairman Price's FY 2016 Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 270). Lobbied against Senate Budget Committee Chairman Enzi's FY 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res). Lobbied on provisions to increase the Department of Veterans' Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring workers pay additional salary toward retirement, continued and increased staffing cuts; privatizing of more airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on the job injuries. FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions for funding Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration. Provisions to halt reduction of the Federal Protective Service workforce. Continued retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in the Citizenship and Immigration Services related to investigation and adjudication of immigration rights and benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer full time equivalents (FTEs). FY 2017 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2017 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing continuing backlog of disability claims. FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make the A-76 process more fair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a more reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement be retained in comparable Senate bills and conference reports. FY 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - Lobbied for the passage and adoption of the Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act (S 238). Lobbied for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Act (HR 759); the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S 2123); and the Smarter Sentencing Act (S 502 and HR 920). Lobbied for appropriate implementation and oversight of FY 2016 appropriations language mandating the Bureau provide a second officer in all high security housing units for all three shifts. Lobbied to bring more attention to the needs of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Continued lobbying efforts for adequate funding of the Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions. Continue to ensure there is no provision for funding for new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds owned by private prison companies to incarcerate illegal/undocumented immigrants. Continued lobbying efforts against amendments having a detrimental impact on the Federal Prison Industries prison inmate work program. FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations - Lobbied against amendments that would cut funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied in support of the "Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act of 2015" to amend recent major cuts to federal employee pensions and to repeal the draconian increase in federal employee retirement contributions for those hired in 2013 and beyond. Lobbied on the impact the budget agreement has on pension cuts for middle income federal workers and those hired before 2013.
| Referred to |
| October 1, 2015 |
| Democratic |
| FL |
| Charles E. Schumer | Democratic | NY |
| Christopher A. Coons | Democratic | DE |
| Cory A. Booker | Democratic | NJ |
| Dean Heller | Republican | NV |
| Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | CA |
| Jeff Flake | Republican | AZ |
| Jerry Moran | Republican | KS |
| Joe Manchin, III | Independent | WV |
| John Cornyn | Republican | TX |
| Joni Ernst | Republican | IA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Lindsey Graham | Republican | SC |
| Mark Kirk | Republican | IL |
| Mark R. Warner | Democratic | VA |
| Michael F. Bennet | Democratic | CO |
| Mike Lee | Republican | UT |
| Pat Roberts | Republican | KS |
| Patrick J. Leahy | Democratic | VT |
| Patty Murray | Democratic | WA |
| Rand Paul | Republican | KY |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Richard Burr | Republican | NC |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Rob Portman | Republican | OH |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Roy Blunt | Republican | MO |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | RI |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Steve Daines | Republican | MT |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
| Tim Kaine | Democratic | VA |
| Tim Scott | Republican | SC |
| S 1965 |
114th |
| Related bill |
| HR 472 | 114th | Related bill |
| HR 3713 | 114th | Related bill |
Client expense: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2017 Budget Resolution - lobbied against House Budget Committee Chairman Price's FY 2016 Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 270). Lobbied against Senate Budget Committee Chairman Enzi's FY 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res). Lobbied on provisions to increase the Department of Veterans' Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring workers pay additional salary toward retirement, continued and increased staffing cuts; privatizing of more airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on the job injuries. FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions for funding Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration. Provisions to halt reduction of the Federal Protective Service workforce. Continued retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in the Citizenship and Immigration Services related to investigation and adjudication of immigration rights and benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer full time equivalents (FTEs). FY 2017 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2017 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing continuing backlog of disability claims. FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make the A-76 process more fair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a more reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement be retained in comparable Senate bills and conference reports. Lobbied for a continuation of the existing government-wide prohibition on conducting new, or finishing old, A-76 studies. FY 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - Lobbied for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Act (HR 759); the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S 2123); and the Smarter Sentencing Act (S 502 and HR 920). Lobbied for appropriate implementation and oversight of FY 2016 appropriations language mandating the Bureau provide a second officer in all high security housing units for all three shifts. Lobbied to bring more attention to the needs of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Lobbied for the inclusion of language into the CJS report that would direct BOP to provide secure, on-site firearm storage lockers where employees can store their personal firearm. Continued to ensure there is no provision for funding for new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds owned by private prison companies to incarcerate illegal/undocumented immigrants. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on safety concerns that arise due to BOP not having a full-time permanent Director. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on Federal Prison Industries recent decisions to close factories. Continued lobbying efforts against amendments having a detrimental impact on the Federal Prison Industries prison inmate work program. FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations - Lobbied against amendments that would cut funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied in support of the "Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act of 2015" to amend recent major cuts to federal employee pensions and to repeal the draconian increase in federal employee retirement contributions for those hired in 2013 and beyond. Lobbied on the impact the budget agreement has on pension cuts for middle income federal workers and those hired before 2013.
Client expense: $450,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2017 Budget Resolution - lobbied against House Budget Committee Chairman Price's FY 2016 Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 270). Lobbied against Senate Budget Committee Chairman Enzi's FY 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res). Lobbied on provisions to increase the Department of Veterans' Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring workers pay additional salary toward retirement, continued and increased staffing cuts; privatizing of more airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on the job injuries. FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions for funding Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration. Provisions to halt reduction of the Federal Protective Service workforce. Continued retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in the Citizenship and Immigration Services related to investigation and adjudication of immigration rights and benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer full time equivalents (FTEs). FY 2017 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2017 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing continuing backlog of disability claims. FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make the A-76 process more fair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a more reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement be retained in comparable Senate bills and conference reports. Lobbied for a continuation of the existing government-wide prohibition on conducting new, or finishing old, A-76 studies. FY 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - Lobbied for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Act (HR 759); the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S 2123); and the Smarter Sentencing Act (S 502 and HR 920). Lobbied for appropriate implementation and oversight of FY 2016 appropriations language mandating the Bureau provide a second officer in all high security housing units for all three shifts. Lobbied to bring more attention to the needs of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Lobbied for the inclusion of language into the CJS report that would direct BOP to provide secure, on-site firearm storage lockers where employees can store their personal firearm. Continued to ensure there is no provision for funding for new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds owned by private prison companies to incarcerate illegal/undocumented immigrants. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on safety concerns that arise due to BOP not having a full-time permanent Director. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on Federal Prison Industries recent decisions to close factories. Continued lobbying efforts against amendments having a detrimental impact on the Federal Prison Industries prison inmate work program. FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations - Lobbied against amendments that would cut funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied in support of the "Federal Employee Pension Fairness Act of 2015" to amend recent major cuts to federal employee pensions and to repeal the draconian increase in federal employee retirement contributions for those hired in 2013 and beyond. Lobbied on the impact the budget agreement has on pension cuts for middle income federal workers and those hired before 2013. Lobbied in support of an increase in the level of spending for the operations of the Social Security system--full funding level requested in the President's FY 2017 Budget Request.
Client expense: $428,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2017 Budget Resolution - lobbied against House Budget Committee Chairman Price's FY 2016 Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 270). Lobbied against Senate Budget Committee Chairman Enzi's FY 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res). Lobbied on provisions to increase the Department of Veterans' Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring workers pay additional salary toward retirement, continued and increased staffing cuts; privatizing of more airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on the job injuries. FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions for funding Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration. Provisions to halt reduction of the Federal Protective Service workforce. Continued retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in the Citizenship and Immigration Services related to investigation and adjudication of immigration rights and benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer full time equivalents (FTEs). FY 2017 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2017 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing continuing backlog of disability claims. FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make the A-76 process more fair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a more reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement be retained in comparable Senate bills and conference reports. Lobbied for a continuation of the existing government-wide prohibition on conducting new, or finishing old, A-76 studies. FY 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - Lobbied for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Act (HR 759); the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S 2123); and the Smarter Sentencing Act (S 502 and HR 920). Lobbied for appropriate implementation and oversight of FY 2016 appropriations language mandating the Bureau provide a second officer in all high security housing units for all three shifts. Lobbied to bring more attention to the needs of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Lobbied for the inclusion of language into the CJS report that would direct BOP to provide secure, on-site firearm storage lockers where employees can store their personal firearm. Continued to ensure there is no provision for funding for new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds owned by private prison companies to incarcerate illegal/undocumented immigrants. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on safety concerns that arise due to BOP not having a full-time permanent Director. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on Federal Prison Industries recent decisions to close factories. Continued lobbying efforts against amendments having a detrimental impact on the Federal Prison Industries prison inmate work program. FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations - Lobbied against amendments that would cut funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied in support of an increase in the level of spending for the operations of the Social Security system--full funding level requested in the President's FY 2017 Budget Request. Lobbied that in the upcoming FY 17 omnibus negotiations, the conferees accept the House-passed funding level for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)of $26,631,000.
Client expense: $438,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
114th Congressional Legislation H.R.47: To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices. H.R.86: Safe Students Act H.R.131: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.224: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health. H.R.225: Firearm Safety Act of 2015 H.R.226: Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act H.R.307: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.368: Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act H.R.376: Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015 H.R.377: Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2015 H.R.378: Responsible Body Armor Possession Act H.R.402: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 H.R.410: Pause for Safety Act of 2015 H.R.528: Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.578: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2015 H.R.596: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes. H.R.923: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 H.R.1076: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 H.R.1114: To modify the definition of "antique firearm". H.R.1180: Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015 H.R.1217: To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.R.1316: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015 H.R.1329: To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, transfer its functions relating to the Federal firearms, explosives, and arson laws, violent crime, and domestic terrorism to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and transfer its functions relating to the Federal alcohol and tobacco smuggling laws to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and for other purposes. H.R.1365: Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act H.R.1385: Preserving American Privacy Act of 2015 H.R.1449: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act H.R.1488: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015 H.R.1739: FIREARM Act H.R.1745: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.1858: To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes. H.R.2137: Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015 H.R.2216: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act H.R.2246: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform H.R.2380: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015 H.R.2546: Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2015 H.R.2578: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R.2699: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015 H.R.2753: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.2767: Airport Security Act of 2015 H.R.2871: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act H.R.2917: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2015 H.R.2939: Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.2994: Safer Communities Act of 2015 H.R.3020: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R.3051: Background Check Completion Act H.R.3115: Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act H.R.3125: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2015 H.R.3138: Military Recruiter Right to Carry Act of 2015 H.R.3139: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act H.R.3146: Military Base Self-Defense Act H.R.3224: Gun Look-Alike Case Act H.R.3126: To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. H.R.3227: Protecting America's Warriors Act H.R.3375: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee. H.R.3395: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act H.R.3411: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 H.R.3425: Firearm Rights Equally Enforced Act H.R.3455: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015 H.R.3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act H.R.3569: Good Neighbor Gun Dealer Act H.R.3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 H.R.3722: Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 H.R.3799: Hearing Protection Act of 2015 H.R.3853: Gun Dealer Accountability Act H.R.3888: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015 H.R.3830: Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 H.R.3926: Gun Violence Research Act H.R.4145: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, secure gun storage or safety devices. H.R.4214: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015 H.R.4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 H.R.4278: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2015 H.R.4315: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2016 H.R.4320: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2016 H.R.4348: DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act H.R.4379: Defending Gun Rights Against Executive Overreach Act H.R.4703: Family Firearm Protection Act H.R.4928: Firearms Transfer Improvement Act H.RES.467: Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. H.AMDT.947 to H.R.2406 Amendment sought to prohibit an individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm by the Gun Control Act from using a public target range. S.173: A bill to modify the definition of "antique firearm" S.213: Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act of 2015 S.225: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.263: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects. S.339: ObamaCare Repeal Act S.405: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 S.407: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2015 S.477: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 201 S.551: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 S.670: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015 S.995: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S.1308: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. S.1351: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act S.1385: Firearm Act of 2015 S.1473: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S.1520: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015 S.1529: Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2015 S.1594: Arm All Pilots Act of 2015 S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 S.1735: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015 S.1738: Safer Communities Act of 2015 S.1751: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act S.1760: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015 S.1815: A bill to require a process by which members of the Armed Forces may carry a concealed personal firearm on a military installation. S.1819: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act S.1821: Armed Forces Self-Defense Act S.1823: A bill to safeguard military personnel on Armed Forces military installations by repealing bans on military personnel carrying firearms, and for other purposes. S.1839: Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2015 S.1977: Gun Violence Intervention Act of 2015 S.1992: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act S.2002:Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 S.2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 S.2198: Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015 S.2213: Background Check Completion Act of 2015 S.2236: Hearing Protection Act of 2015 S.2330: SAFE Check Act S.2434: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act S.2469: A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. S.2495: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act S.2594: A bill to provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings. Oppose: Arms Control Import Act Oppose: BATFE M855 framework Oppose: Merrick Garland nomination in U.S. Senate Oppose: Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer
Client expense: $342,067 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Firearms/Guns/Ammunition
114th Congressional Legislation H.R.47: To ensure secure gun storage and gun safety devices. H.R.86: Safe Students Act H.R.131: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. H.R.224: To require the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service to submit to Congress an annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health. H.R.225: Firearm Safety Act of 2015 H.R.226: Keeping Guns from High Risk Individuals Act H.R.307: Buyback Our Safety Act H.R.368: Safe and Responsible Gun Transfer Act H.R.376: Home-Assembled Firearms Restriction Act of 2015 H.R.377: Homemade Firearms Accountability Act of 2015 H.R.378: Responsible Body Armor Possession Act H.R.402: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 H.R.410: Pause for Safety Act of 2015 H.R.528: Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act H.R.578: Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2015 H.R.596: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other purposes. H.R.923: Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2015 H.R.1076: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 H.R.1114: To modify the definition of "antique firearm". H.R.1180: Protecting 2nd Amendment Rights Act of 2015 H.R.1217: To protect Second Amendment rights, ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, and provide a responsible and consistent background check process. H.R.1316: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015 H.R.1329: To abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, transfer its functions relating to the Federal firearms, explosives, and arson laws, violent crime, and domestic terrorism to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and transfer its functions relating to the Federal alcohol and tobacco smuggling laws to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and for other purposes. H.R.1365: Ammunition and Firearms Protection Act H.R.1385: Preserving American Privacy Act of 2015 H.R.1449: Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act H.R.1488: Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2015 H.R.1739: FIREARM Act H.R.1745: Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act H.R.1858: To promote the tracing of firearms used in crimes, and for other purposes. H.R.2137: Federal Law Enforcement Self-Defense and Protection Act of 2015 H.R.2216: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act H.R.2246: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform H.R.2380: Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015 H.R.2546: Firearm Risk Protection Act of 2015 H.R.2578: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R.2699: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015 H.R.2753: Fairness in Firearm Testing Act H.R.2767: Airport Security Act of 2015 H.R.2871: Keeping Guns From Criminals Act H.R.2917: End Purchase of Firearms by Dangerous Individuals Act of 2015 H.R.2939: Enforce Existing Gun Laws Act H.R.2994: Safer Communities Act of 2015 H.R.3020: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 H.R.3051: Background Check Completion Act H.R.3115: Enhancing Safety at Military Installations Act H.R.3125: Accidental Firearms Transfers Reporting Act of 2015 H.R.3138: Military Recruiter Right to Carry Act of 2015 H.R.3139: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act H.R.3146: Military Base Self-Defense Act H.R.3224: Gun Look-Alike Case Act H.R.3126: To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. H.R.3227: Protecting America's Warriors Act H.R.3375: To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to extend the period during which a firearms licensee is required to wait for a response from the national instant criminal background check system before being allowed to transfer a firearm to a prospective transferee. H.R.3395: Trafficking Reduction And Criminal Enforcement (TRACE) Act H.R.3411: Fix Gun Checks Act of 2015 H.R.3425: Firearm Rights Equally Enforced Act H.R.3455: Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015 H.R.3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act H.R.3569: Good Neighbor Gun Dealer Act H.R.3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 H.R.3722: Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 H.R.3799: Hearing Protection Act of 2015 H.R.3853: Gun Dealer Accountability Act H.R.3888: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2015 H.R.3830: Reducing Gun Violence in our Neighborhoods Act of 2015 H.R.3926: Gun Violence Research Act H.R.4145: To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study of, and report to the Congress on, secure gun storage or safety devices. H.R.4214: Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2015 H.R.4269: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 H.R.4278: Safer Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act of 2015 H.R.4315: Mental Health Access and Gun Violence Prevention Act of 2016 H.R.4320: NICS Denial Notification Act of 2016 H.R.4348: DC Personal Protection Reciprocity Act H.R.4379: Defending Gun Rights Against Executive Overreach Act H.R.4703: Family Firearm Protection Act H.R.4928: Firearms Transfer Improvement Act H.RES.467: Establishing the Select Committee on Gun Violence Prevention. H.AMDT.947 to H.R.2406 Amendment sought to prohibit an individual who is prohibited from possessing a firearm by the Gun Control Act from using a public target range. S.173: A bill to modify the definition of "antique firearm" S.213: Look-Alike Weapons Safety Act of 2015 S.225: Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act S.263: A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects. S.339: ObamaCare Repeal Act S.405: Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2015 S.407: Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act of 2015 S.477: Firearms Manufacturers and Dealers Protection Act of 201 S.551: Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2015 S.670: Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2015 S.995: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 S.1308: A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms or ammunition. S.1351: Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act S.1385: Firearm Act of 2015 S.1473: A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention. S.1520: Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2015 S.1529: Crime Gun Tracing Act of 2015 S.1594: Arm All Pilots Act of 2015 S.1695: Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 S.1735: Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act of 2015 S.1738: Safer Communities Act of 2015 S.1751: Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act S.1760: Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2015 S.1815: A bill to require a process by which members of the Armed Forces may carry a concealed personal firearm on a military installation. S.1819: Securing Military Personnel Response Firearm Initiative Act S.1821: Armed Forces Self-Defense Act S.1823: A bill to safeguard military personnel on Armed Forces military installations by repealing bans on military personnel carrying firearms, and for other purposes. S.1839: Servicemembers Self-Defense Act of 2015 S.1977: Gun Violence Intervention Act of 2015 S.1992: Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act S.2002:Mental Health and Safe Communities Act of 2015 S.2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 S.2198: Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2015 S.2213: Background Check Completion Act of 2015 S.2236: Hearing Protection Act of 2015 S.2330: SAFE Check Act S.2434: Separation of Powers Restoration and Second Amendment Protection Act S.2469: A bill to repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. S.2495: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act S.2594: A bill to provide for the discoverability and admissibility of gun trace information in civil proceedings. Oppose: Arms Control Import Act Oppose: BATFE M855 framework Oppose: Merrick Garland nomination in U.S. Senate Oppose: Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities Safer
Client expense: $328,107 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Criminal justice reform and truth-in-sentencing. Opposition to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform Act, H.R. 3713, the Smarter Sentencing Act (S. 502 and H.R. 920) and the CORRECTIONS Act, S. 467. Concerns regarding the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act, S. 356 and H.R. 283.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Criminal justice and mental health legislation including prison reform and policing policy: S.2123 Sentencing and Corrections Act of 2015; H.R.759 Recidivism Reduction Act; H.R.2875/S.2168 Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015; the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law No: 114-255).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
S. 2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 H.R. 3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
S. 2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 H.R. 3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
Client expense: $760,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Energy, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
S. 2123: Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 H.R. 3713: Sentencing Reform Act of 2015
Client expense: $800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Equality Act HR3185, S1858. Lobbied to support ensuring consistency in employers to make workplace fairness. Adam Walsh Act HR 4472, S2123 Opposed the reauthorization.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Equality Act HR3185, S1858. Lobbied to support ensuring consistency in employers to make workplace fairness. Adam Walsh Act HR 4472, S2123 Opposed the reauthorization.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Equality Act HR3185, S1858. Lobbied to support ensuring consistency in employers to make workplace fairness. Adam Walsh Act HR 4472, S2123 Opposed the reauthorization.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Support for effective implementation of Public Law 111-84, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act Support for effective implementation of Public Law 101-275, Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990 (HCSA) Support for efforts to add hate crimes against Sikhs, Arabs, and Hindus and several other religious groups to the HCSA Support for S. 2123, The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 Support for Department of Justice and Department of Education guidance on protecting and accommodating transgender students Support for HR 6346, the National Observation of Hate Assaults and Threats to Equality Act Support for S 10/HR 6421, the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Religion
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Intelligence
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432)
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432)
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Intelligence
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Defense
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Religion
The Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture. Indefinite detention. The National Defense Authorization Act. Guantanamo. Increasing the U.S. contribution to the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture. Preserving and strengthening the Leahy Law. Opposing H.R. 4038 - and other bigoted attempts to scapegoat Muslims. Limiting solitary confinement including the S.675 REDEEM ACT (Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act of 2015) and S.502/H.R.920, the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015. Closing Guantanamo. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Increasing transparency around the use of drones. Supporting reforms that lead to a reduction in overcrowding in our corrections systems, and restorative alternatives to restricted housing. Opposition to S. 2193. Supporting S. 2123 (the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act). Implementation of Obama Administrations Executive Memorandum and 50 Guiding Principles related to solitary confinement, supporting the Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432).
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Criminal Justice Reform Issues Gun Violence Prevention legislation Hate Crimes Prevention Act implementation Judicial Nominations Juvenile Justice Issues Prison Rape Elimination Act Implementation Juror Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 864) Jury ACCESS Act (S. 447) Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (H.R. 4602; S. 2577) NO HATE Act (H.R. 6346) Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act (S. 1850) Sentencing Reform and Corrections (SRCA) Act of 2015 (S. 2123) Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432)
Client expense: $190,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Administration on Aging, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl AIDS Policy, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office on Violence Against Women, SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Support criminal justice reform legislation (S. 2123, H.R. 3713, H.R. 759)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 759, Recidivism Risk Reduction Act, all provisions H.R. 3713, Sentencing Reform Act of 2015, all provisions S. 1169, Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015, all provisions S. 2123, Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, all provisions Confirmation of Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
H.R. 4038 / S. 2300, "the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015;" H.R. 4086, "the Security Verification for Refugees Act;" H.R. 191 / S. 129 "Repeal Executive Amnesty Act;" H.R. 399 / S. 208, "American SAFE Act of 2015;" H.R. 3009 / S.1814, "the Sanctuaries Cities Act; and S. 2123, "the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015."
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Made contacts in support of S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, a bill to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, and for other purposes. This bill contains: Section 101. Reforms and Targets Enhanced Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Prior Drug Felons. The enhanced mandatory minimums for prior drug felons are reduced: the three-strike is reduced from life imprisonment to 25 years, and the 20-year minimum is reduced to 15 years. The offenses that trigger these enhanced minimum sentences are also reformed. Currently, those offenses could be any prior drug felony. This bill would both limit them to serious drug felonies and expand them to include serious violent felonies. This provision will apply retroactively. Section 102. Broadens the Existing Safety Valve. The existing safety valve is expanded to include offenders with up to four criminal history points. However, offenders with prior 3 point felony convictions or prior 2 point violent or drug trafficking offenses will not be eligible for the safety valve. But the safety valve will also adopt an existing mechanism under the Sentencing Guidelines to permit for a court to waive those disqualifying prior convictions if the court specifies in writing that those prior convictions substantially over-represent the seriousness of the defendants criminal history or the likelihood that the defendant will commit other crimes. This finding may be appealed by prosecutors. However, offenders with prior serious drug or serious violent convictions are excluded from this form of relief. This provision is not retroactive. Section 103. Creates a Second Safety Valve that Preserves but Targets the 10-Year Mandatory Minimum to Certain Drug Offenders. A second safety valve is created that preserves but targets the existing 10-year mandatory minimum to (1) offenders who performed an enhanced role in the offense or (2) otherwise served as an importer, exporter, high-level distributor or supplier, wholesaler, or manufacturer. Consistent with the existing safety valve, the offender must not have used violence or a firearm or been a member of a continuing criminal enterprise, and the offense must not have resulted in death or serious bodily injury. The defendant must also truthfully proffer with the government and provide any and all information and evidence about the offense. This provision also excludes offenders with prior serious drug or serious violent convictions or offenders who distributed drugs to or with a person under the age of 18. This provision is not retroactive. Section 104. Clarifies and Reduces the Enhanced Mandatory Minimums Sentences for Certain Firearm Offenses but Expands its Application to Similar Prior State Convictions. In response to a Supreme Court decision, the bill clarifies that the enhanced mandatory minimum sentence for using a firearm in connection with a crime of violence or a drug trafficking offense is limited to offenders who have previously been convicted and served a sentence for such an offense. The bill also reduces that enhanced mandatory minimum from 25 years to 15 years. But the bill expands the applicable predicate offenses to include similar prior state-level convictions in which the offender carried, brandished, or used a firearm. This provision will apply retroactively. Section 105. Raises the Statutory Maximum for Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and Creates an Overlapping Range by Reducing the Enhanced Mandatory Minimum for Armed Career Criminals. The statutory maximum sentence for the unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and certain other offenders is increased from 10 years to 15 years. The bill also eliminates a significant gap in current sentencing laws by reducing the enhanced mandatory minimum for armed career criminals from 15 years to 10 years. This provision will apply retroactively. Section 106. Retroactive Application of the Fair Sentencing Act. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 reduced the disparity in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine. This provision ensures the retroactive application of that law to certain offenders. Section 107. New Mandatory Minimum for Interstate Domestic Violence. Section 108. New Mandatory Minimum for Certain Export Control Offenses Section 109. Report and Inventory of All Federal Criminal Offenses TITLE 2: THE CORRECTIONS ACT Section 202. Recidivism Reduction Programming and Productive Activities. This section requires BOP to make statistically validated recidivism reduction programming available to all eligible prisoners within six years. As an incentive for successfully completing recidivism reduction program, eligible inmates may receive time credit of up to five days for each period of 30 days of programming that they successfully complete. Inmates classified as low risk may receive an additional credit of up to five days for each period of 30 days of program completion. Inmates serving sentences for a second or subsequent federal offense and those with 13 or more criminal history points under the sentencing guidelines are ineligible for time credits. Inmates serving sentences for certain offenses are excluded, including crimes of terrorism and violence. Section 203. Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assessment System. The Attorney General is required to develop a risk and needs assessment system that will determine the recidivism risk of all federal inmates and classify inmates as having a high, moderate, or low risk of recidivism. The assessment system must also identify each inmates programmatic needs and identify appropriate programming. The system must measure indicators of progress such that each inmate (other than those already classified as low risk) has a meaningful opportunity to progress to a lower risk level during the time of the inmates incarceration through changes in dynamic risk factors, and that each inmate on prerelease custody (other than those already classified as low risk) has a meaningful opportunity to progress to a lower risk classification through changes in dynamic risk factors. Section 204. Prerelease Custody. This section allows prisoners to serve an amount of time equal to the credit they have earned for recidivism reduction programming in prerelease custody, provided that the prisoners most recent risk assessment determined that the prisoner was low or moderate risk and, if moderate risk, that the prisoners risk of recidivism has significantly declined. It provides that a prisoner permitted to spend a portion of the prisoners sentence in prerelease custody as a result of completing recidivism reduction programming may spend such time in a residential reentry center, on home confinement, or on community supervision. Inmates placed in home confinement shall be subject to monitoring and be required to remain in their residence, with exceptions for employment and other specified activities. BOP may revoke a prisoners prerelease custody and require the prisoner to serve the remainder of the prisoners term of incarceration in prison if the prisoner violates the conditions. Section 205. Reports. This section requires various reporting to Congress about best practices for reentry as well as notification to the VA about veterans in custody. Section 206. Additional Tools. This section requires presentence investigation reports to include information about the defendants history of substance abuse and addiction, the defendants prior service in the Armed Forces, and a detailed plan to reduce the defendants likelihood to abusing drugs or alcohol, address the defendants risk of recidivism, and prepare the inmate for reentry. Section 207. Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act. This section permits officers and employees of BOP to carry oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray). BOP officers and employees are required to complete a training course prior to being issued pepper spray, and may use pepper spray to reduce acts of violence. Section 208. Promoting Successful Reentry. This section requires the Attorney General to submit a report evaluating best practices for reentry, and to carry out reentry demonstration projects in judicial districts in consultation with the Administrative Office of the Courts. Section 209. Parole for Juveniles. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution requires that juveniles convicted as adults and sentenced to life terms must be eligible for parole. The bill creates a system whereby such juveniles in the federal system will be eligible to seek parole after they have served 20 years of their sentence. A judge would apply a range of specified factors in deciding whether to grant parole. If parole were denied, the inmate could apply twice more for parole after five years had elapsed after denial. The provision applies as well to juveniles sentenced as adults to terms longer than 20 years. Section 210. Compassionate release. The bill would allow certain individuals with no record of violence older than 60, as well as terminally ill offenders and those in nursing homes who have served a large portion of their sentences, to be released from prison. Section 211. Juvenile sealing and expungement. This section permits nonviolent juveniles who are tried as juveniles in federal court, other than for misdemeanor domestic violence offenses, to obtain sealing or expungement of their convictions in certain circumstances. The goal is to enable youthful offenders who live a crime free life to seek employment without regard to earlier errors in their life. Section 212. Juvenile solitary confinement. The bill would impose limitations on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles housed in federal prison. Section 213. Accuracy of federal criminal records. Under this section, the Attorney General would establish and enforce procedures for individuals who are to undergo background checks for employment to challenge the accuracy of their federal criminal records, in particular, of arrests without dispositions. Also made contacts in support of HR 3713, the Sentencing Reform Act, a bill to reform sentencing laws, and for other purposes; and HR 759, the Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act, a bill to reform the federal prison system, strengthen public safety, enhance prison security, provide inmates the help they need, and protect civil liberties. HR 3713 permits a court to reduce the mandatory minimum prison term imposed on certain non-violent defendants convicted of a high-level first-time or low-level repeat drug offense (including unlawful import, export, manufacture, or distribution of, or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance). The legislation expands safety valve eligibility to permit a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for certain non-violent, cooperative drug defendants with a limited criminal history. It reduces the enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for certain defendants who commit a high-level repeat drug offense, use a firearm in a crime of violence or drug offense after a prior conviction for such offense, or unlawfully possess a firearm after three or more prior convictions. It permits retroactive application of such reductions for defendants without a prior serious violent felony conviction, after a court considers certain factors. It also establishes a consecutive mandatory prison term for a defendant who commits a drug offense involving a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl. The bill makes the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive to permit resentencing of a convicted crack cocaine offender sentenced before August 3, 2010. HR 759 does the following: Strengthens Public Safety: The Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act implements a post-sentencing dynamic risk assessment system to determine an inmates risk of committing more crimes upon release from prison. Under the legislation, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) would utilize effective recidivism reduction programs and provide incentives for inmates to participate in those programs. Ultimately, inmates could earn credits toward an alternative custody arrangement - such as a halfway house or home confinement - at the end of their prison sentence. Renders criminals convicted of certain serious offenses ineligible for the alternative custody program, including dangerous sexual offenders, murderers, and others. Enhances Prison Security: The bill authorizes the Director of BOP to issue pepper spray to those employed in a prison above the medium security level. The bill requires the Director of BOP to provide a secure storage area outside the secure perimeter for employees to store firearms or to allow for vehicle lock boxes for firearms. The bill requires the Director of BOP to provide de-escalation training as part of the regular training requirements of correctional officers. Provide Inmates the Help They Need: The bill requires BOP to initiate pilot programs for youth mentorship and the training and therapy of rescue dogs. It requires BOP to submit a report and evaluation of the current pilot program to treat heroin and opioid abuse through medication assisted treatment. The bill extends the compassionate elderly release provision from the Second Chance Act that allows the prisoner to request for his or her compassionate release if he or she meets the requirements set out in the law. The bill codifies BOPs rules on using restraints on pregnant inmates, which generally prohibit the use of restraints on pregnant inmates except those who are an immediate and credible flight risk or threat of harm to herself, the baby, or others. Protects Civil Liberties: The bill prevents BOP from monitoring the contents of electronic communications to or from a prisoner in a federal prison facility and his attorney or other legal representative. The bill contains an exception when BOP obtains a court order to monitor electronic communications for the purpose of entering it into evidence, or use or disclose, the contents of the communications.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Made contacts in support of H.R. 759, the Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act, a bill to reform the federal prison system, strengthen public safety, enhance prison security, provide inmates the help they need, and protect civil liberties. HR 759 does the following: Strengthens Public Safety: The Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act implements a post-sentencing dynamic risk assessment system to determine an inmates risk of committing more crimes upon release from prison. Under the legislation, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) would utilize effective recidivism reduction programs and provide incentives for inmates to participate in those programs. Ultimately, inmates could earn credits toward an alternative custody arrangement - such as a halfway house or home confinement - at the end of their prison sentence. Renders criminals convicted of certain serious offenses ineligible for the alternative custody program, including dangerous sexual offenders, murderers, and others. Enhances Prison Security: The bill authorizes the Director of BOP to issue pepper spray to those employed in a prison above the medium security level. The bill requires the Director of BOP to provide a secure storage area outside the secure perimeter for employees to store firearms or to allow for vehicle lock boxes for firearms. The bill requires the Director of BOP to provide de-escalation training as part of the regular training requirements of correctional officers. Provide Inmates the Help They Need: The bill requires BOP to initiate pilot programs for youth mentorship and the training and therapy of rescue dogs. It requires BOP to submit a report and evaluation of the current pilot program to treat heroin and opioid abuse through medication assisted treatment. The bill extends the compassionate elderly release provision from the Second Chance Act that allows the prisoner to request for his or her compassionate release if he or she meets the requirements set out in the law. The bill codifies BOPs rules on using restraints on pregnant inmates, which generally prohibit the use of restraints on pregnant inmates except those who are an immediate and credible flight risk or threat of harm to herself, the baby, or others. Protects Civil Liberties: The bill prevents BOP from monitoring the contents of electronic communications to or from a prisoner in a federal prison facility and his attorney or other legal representative. The bill contains an exception when BOP obtains a court order to monitor electronic communications for the purpose of entering it into evidence, or use or disclose, the contents of the communications. But also made contacts in support of the following revision: Expanding the elderly release provision to include prisoners who are 60 years of age and have completed 2/3 of their sentence. Also made contacts in support of S. 2123, the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, a bill to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, and for other purposes. Specifically supported the following sections of this bill: Section 202. Recidivism Reduction Programming and Productive Activities. This section requires BOP to make statistically validated recidivism reduction programming available to all eligible prisoners within six years. As an incentive for successfully completing recidivism reduction program, eligible inmates may receive time credit of up to five days for each period of 30 days of programming that they successfully complete. Inmates classified as low risk may receive an additional credit of up to five days for each period of 30 days of program completion. Inmates serving sentences for a second or subsequent federal offense and those with 13 or more criminal history points under the sentencing guidelines are ineligible for time credits. Inmates serving sentences for certain offenses are excluded, including crimes of terrorism and violence. Section 203. Post-Sentencing Risk and Needs Assessment System. The Attorney General is required to develop a risk and needs assessment system that will determine the recidivism risk of all federal inmates and classify inmates as having a high, moderate, or low risk of recidivism. The assessment system must also identify each inmates programmatic needs and identify appropriate programming. The system must measure indicators of progress such that each inmate (other than those already classified as low risk) has a meaningful opportunity to progress to a lower risk level during the time of the inmates incarceration through changes in dynamic risk factors, and that each inmate on prerelease custody (other than those already classified as low risk) has a meaningful opportunity to progress to a lower risk classification through changes in dynamic risk factors. Section 204. Prerelease Custody. This section allows prisoners to serve an amount of time equal to the credit they have earned for recidivism reduction programming in prerelease custody, provided that the prisoners most recent risk assessment determined that the prisoner was low or moderate risk and, if moderate risk, that the prisoners risk of recidivism has significantly declined. It provides that a prisoner permitted to spend a portion of the prisoners sentence in prerelease custody as a result of completing recidivism reduction programming may spend such time in a residential reentry center, on home confinement, or on community supervision. Inmates placed in home confinement shall be subject to monitoring and be required to remain in their residence, with exceptions for employment and other specified activities. BOP may revoke a prisoners prerelease custody and require the prisoner to serve the remainder of the prisoners term of incarceration in prison if the prisoner violates the conditions. But also made contacts to support the following revision: The removal of the exclusion for a federal fraud offense for which the prisoner received a sentence of imprisonment of more than 15 years. Specific fraud exclusions have been added to the bill, making this general fraud exclusion unnecessary.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2017 Budget Resolution - lobbied against House Budget Committee Chairman Price's FY 2016 Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 270). Lobbied against Senate Budget Committee Chairman Enzi's FY 2017 Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res). Lobbied on provisions to increase the Department of Veterans' Affairs health care budget with regard to budget reconciliation, legislation, blue collar pay, white collar pay, minimum wage, retirement, part-time annuity computations, and compensatory time. Lobbied against negative impact on federal employees' retirement by requiring workers pay additional salary toward retirement, continued and increased staffing cuts; privatizing of more airport screening jobs, and reduction in benefits for on the job injuries. FY 2017 Homeland Security Appropriations - provisions for funding Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Transportation Security Administration. Provisions to halt reduction of the Federal Protective Service workforce. Continued retention of prohibitions against the OMB Circular A-76 process in the Coast Guard's National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC) and on certain positions in the Citizenship and Immigration Services related to investigation and adjudication of immigration rights and benefits. Lobbied for funding to increase number of Transportation Security Officer full time equivalents (FTEs). FY 2017 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2017 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, cuts in funding for job training and employment services, college aid for students, rural health care services, funding for the National Institutes of Health and contracting out at NIH, and the increase in Social Security Administration's administrative budget to ease processing continuing backlog of disability claims. FY 2017 Financial Services Appropriations - contractor compensation provisions to make the A-76 process more fair to federal employees and more accountable to taxpayers, establish a more reliable contractor inventory, and promote insourcing. Lobbying to ensure A-76 prohibitions and the DoD cost comparison requirement be retained in comparable Senate bills and conference reports. Lobbied for a continuation of the existing government-wide prohibition on conducting new, or finishing old, A-76 studies. FY 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - Lobbied for the Recidivism Risk Reduction Act (HR 759); the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S 2123); and the Smarter Sentencing Act (S 502 and HR 920). Lobbied for appropriate implementation and oversight of FY 2016 appropriations language mandating the Bureau provide a second officer in all high security housing units for all three shifts. Lobbied to bring more attention to the needs of Federal Prison Industries (FPI). Lobbied for the inclusion of language into the CJS report that would direct BOP to provide secure, on-site firearm storage lockers where employees can store their personal firearm. Continued to ensure there is no provision for funding for new Criminal Alien Requirement (CAR) prison beds owned by private prison companies to incarcerate illegal/undocumented immigrants. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on safety concerns that arise due to BOP not having a full-time permanent Director. Interfaced with House/Senate offices to generate interest on Federal Prison Industries recent decisions to close factories. Continued lobbying efforts against amendments having a detrimental impact on the Federal Prison Industries prison inmate work program. FY 2017 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations - Lobbied against amendments that would cut funding for fossil fuel research conducted at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). Lobbied in support of an increase in the level of spending for the operations of the Social Security system--full funding level requested in the President's FY 2017 Budget Request. Lobbied that in the upcoming FY 17 omnibus negotiations, the conferees accept the House-passed funding level for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)of $26,631,000.
Client expense: $400,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Air Force, Dept of, Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Army, Dept of (Other), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Finance & Accounting Service (DFAS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Navy, Dept of, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Marines, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Support S. 178. Oppose mandatory minimum sentences Support restoring proportionality to drug sentencing. Support promotion and adequately fund recidivism reduction and reentry programming. Support making sentencing reductions retroactive. Support expanding the Bureau of Prison's Compassionate Release Program. Support expanding time credits for good behavior. Comments on Juvenile Justice Provisions of ESSA implementation: urge prompt and appropriate access to a quality education and the success of students involved in and reentering from the juvenile justice system through the development of effective regulations and guidance as well as other activities to fully implement reauthorization of Title I, Part D in ESSA. Support the BOP's providing voter eligibility information to all upon release from prison or jail. Support continued federal funding of innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2017 appropriations bill. Support S. 502/H.R. 920 Support H.R. 1232 Support a significant increase funding for federal programs that address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking Support H.R. 1255 Support H.R. 1253 / S. 467 Support S. 772 / H.R. 1459 Support requiring universal background checks on all gun sales Support a ban on military-style semi automatic assault guns Support a ban on high capacity ammunition clips Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers Support "no fly-no buy" gun proposals Support executive action to ensure that both federal agencies and federal contractors are leading the way to making employment opportunities available for qualified job-seekers who have an arrest or conviction in their past. Support S. 295 Oppose the federal death penalty support federal support for local law enforcement agencies to purchase video surveillance equipment such as body cameras, gun cameras, dashboard cameras, and taser cameras Support the establishment of independent, effective civilian review boards for all levels of law enforcement Support legislation to review racial disparities in decisions by prosecutors Support the creation of uniform use of force standards for law enforcement officials. Support aggressive, comprehensive reform of civil asset forfeiture laws. Oppose H.R. 1927 Promote employment of body worn cameras by law enforcement officers which also promotes and protect civil rights and civil liberties. Support S. 1119 / H.R. 2330 Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Support HR 2875 / s. 2168 Support HR 1933 / S 1056 Support HR 1124 Support HR 2197/ S. 1770 Support HR 2944 Support S. 1169 / HR 2728 Support S. 1513 / H.R. 3406; support full funding for the Second Chance Act Support H Res 262 Support HR 2302 Support H Res 295 Support the inclusion of funding for Juvenile Justice Programs through the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program (JJDPA) in the House Appropriations Bill for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and Science and related Agencies for FY 2017 Support S. 255 / H.R. 540 Oppose a new five-year mandatory minimum sentence for illegal reentry. Support S 2168 Support HR 1124 Support HR 3470 / S 2021 Urge Congress to allocate a sufficient new 302(b) allocation for the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill so that criminal and juvenile justice grant programs can be adequately funded. Support HR 2521 Support strengthening and passing H.R. 3713 / s 2123 Oppose anti-Muslim, Islamophobic rhetoric, actions, and legislation. Ensure that the Department of Justice is as tough as possible in protecting an individual's right to vote in light if the elimination of Se4ction V of the 1065 Voting Rights Act Oppose HR 712 Oppose HR 1927 Support Cornyn / Leahy amendment to the Justice for All Act which strengthens the Prison Rape Elimination Act Support the FCC exerting its authority and safeguarding consumers both inside and outside prisons by addressing the following issues put forward in the most recent NPRM: 1) advanced communications, including video visitation; 2) international calling rates; 3) the communications rights of deaf, hard of hearing, and disabled inmates; 4) ensuring the limits on ancillary fees are effective for all communications; and 5) regular data collection in the prison communications industry. Oppose H.R. 766. Support Operation Choke Point. Support President Obama speaking at the UNGASS on the world drug problem. Support providing the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations (CJS) bill with the highest 302(b) allocation possible to ensure adequate funding for key criminal and juvenile justice grant programs within the bill.Support a strong implementation of the Holder Rule, which says that when a seller of a good or service originates or helps arrange credit, the consumer is allowed to raise the sellers misconduct as a basis for bringing claims or defenses against the entity holding the debt. Support the investigation into the continued and largely unregulated use of Stingrays by law enforcement officials, to remedy the lack of data and transparency about these devices, and to act swiftly to prevent the disproportionate harms that the use of these devices by law enforcement officials can pose to historically disadvantaged communities. Support OJP to a) condition federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters and b) provide regulations on the implementation of the Deaths in Custody Reporting Act (DCRA). Support H.R. 4364 Oppose refusal by some Senators to give fair consideration to any Supreme Court nomination until after the next President is sworn into office on January 20, 2017. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Transportation-HUD funding bill. Specifically, $33,000,000 to fund comprehensive continuum of care projects for homeless and runaway youth. Support a stronger US position at the UN General Assembly on the World Drug Problem on: acknowledging the ramifications of new drug policies; standing up for human rights; calling for a people-centered approach to drug policy; taking a stronger stance on criminal justice reform; and ensuring an open dialog between all interested parties. Support adequate funding for critical juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs in the final Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. Support adequate funding for innocence and forensic science programs in FY 17. Specifically, $5 million for the DoJ Wrongful Conviction Review Program; $5 million for the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program; $14 million for the Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences Improvement Grant Program; $5 million for the DoJ National Commission on Forensic Science; and $15 million for NIST Oppose S 2576 Support an increase in funding for programs that serve victims of sexual assault and domestic violence (including VAWA, VOC, and FVPSA) in FY 2017. Support HR 4611 Support the Equal Justice Under Law Act. Support H.R. 3406 Support S 2123 / HR 3713 with the following improvements: The increased use of evidence-based sentencing alternatives, including drug, Veteran, and mental health courts; Reducing recidivism through educational and job training opportunities for prisoners while they are incarcerated (this includes restoring Pell grant eligibility to prisoners); A concentration on using prison space for career or violent criminals; The elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences, and an increase in judicial discretion; and In depth reports to Congress by the Department of Justice on the extent to which reforms have addressed both over-incarceration and racial disparities. Oppose backlog of judicial nominees Support Sec. Burwell speaking at UNGASS Support executive order prohibiting federal contractors from asking about past criminal records on job application Oppose current policy which allows children to go through the immigration court process without the benefit of counsel. Oppose HR 1927 Support Moore (WI) equal pay and fair housing amendments to HR 1927 Support Conyers amendment to HR 1927 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions Oppose Anti-Transgender Initiatives Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support H.R.5100, S.2874 Conditional support for HR 5283. Support bringing HR 5283 to the floor for consideration prior to Summer break and strengthening it to include the Equitable Sharing program Oppose Ayotte amendments S. AMDT. 4082 and S. AMDT. 4083 to S. 2943. Support investigating the arrest and indictment of disproportionately Asian American scientists Support treating the drug problem as a health issue Support the Baldwin, Mikulski, and Hirono Amendment to the FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act which would add necessary funds for the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division (CRT) and its Community Relations Service (CRS) to prevent hate crimes and to effectively investigate and prosecute them when they occur. Support OPM proposed rule on Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Support HR 4752 Support S.1513/H.R.3406. Support Senate hearings on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Support HR 5124 Support HR 2302 Support S 2584 / HR 5067 Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support Department of Justice efforts to establish standards, grounded in sound science, for laboratory reports and testimony based on specific forensic disciplines. Oppose predictive policing Support the conditioning of federal criminal justice grants on data collection and reporting on police-civilian encounters under the promulgation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support funding levels for innocence and forensic science programs as found in the Senate FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 6211 Support S. 2854 / H.R. 5067 Support S. 3144 / H.R. 5124 Support HR 4754 Support S.1513/H.R.3406 Oppose HR 3537 Oppose HR 6158 Support increased oversight of the use of the FBIs face recognition technology Support S 2123; support it being considered during lame duck Support hearings and a vote on Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland ASAP Oppose Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General Support expansion of presidential clemency of non-violent drug offenders Support HR 5963 Support S 2854 Oppose HR 3537 Support S.1513/H.R.3406.
Client expense: $68,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Election Assistance Commission (EAC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Immigration
S. 2123 S. 3100 S. 2193 S. 3124 S. 461 S. 3542 S. 1808 H.R. 3713 H.R. 5804 H.R. 5710 H.R. 3636 H.R. 5398 H.R. 5851 H.R. 5881 H.R. 5657 H.R. 5825 H.R. 5826 H.R. 5853 H.R. 5801 H.R. 6044 H.R. 6087 H.R. 6092 H.R. 6097 H.R. 6110 H.R. 6175 H.R. 2793 H.R. 5646 H.R. 5619 H.R. 3314 H.R. 5653 H.R. 5654 H.R. 3011 H.R. 6198 H.R. 213 H.R. 5992 H.R. 5325 H.R. 5485 H.R. 5905 H.R. 6252 H.R. 6329 H.R. 455 H.R. 6345 H.R. 5253 H.R. 6456 H.R. 6468
Client expense: $57,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Access to, and accuracy of, public records; S. 2123.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
Access to, and accuracy of, public records; S. 2123; re-entry issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Law enforcement programs and related federal appropriations and grant programs; FY 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations; S.2123, Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Customs & Border Protection
2016 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S10-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. S217-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion access. S247-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S255-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S356-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S439-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S461-Issue Lobbied: Border. S467-Issue Lobbied: Detainers. S772-Issue Lobbied: Re-enfranchisement. S862-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. S877-Issue Lobbied: Body Worn Cameras. S 967-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. S1056-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S1169-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice. S1177-Issue Lobbied: Amendment SA2093 (Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2015). S1382-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1441-Issue Lobbied: Militarization. S1512-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S1598-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1659-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S1858-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S1864-Issue Lobbied: Border Security. S2123-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform, Re-Entry; Detainers. S2168-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S2171-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Religion and Public Schools. S2337-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S2540-Issue Lobbied: Counsel. S2566-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S2577-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S2707-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S2837-Issue Lobbied: McCain ECTR amendment (surveillance); LGBT Rights. S2931-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. S2943-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Military Commissions Act; Torture; Militarization; LGBT Rights, reproductive rights, non-discrimination; Women's Rights; Border. S2952-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. S2999-Issue Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. S3000-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance; LGBT Rights. S3001-Issue Lobbied: DHS Budget. S3017-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Privacy, Surveillance; Free Speech; Section 501. S3045-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform. S3053-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. S3145-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S 3164-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. S3214-Issue Lobbied: Vote by Mail. S3446-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. S3475-Issue Lobbied: Rule 41 (privacy, surveillance). S3485-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. Hres933-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights-Abortion access and restrictions. HR10-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Religion and Public Schools. HR448-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion access. H.R 491-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H. R. 540-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR699-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR759-Issue Lobbied: Detainers. HR846-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR875-Issue Lobbied: Border. HR1232-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. HR1619-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. HR1680-Issue Lobbied: Body Worn Cameras. HR1933-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR2029-Issue Lobbied: Cybersecurity. HR2302-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR2449-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR2578-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Watchlists; Privacy; Surveillance; Profiling. HR 2646-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 2654-Issue Lobbied: Women's Rights. HR2802-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR2867-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. HR2875-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR2972-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions. HR3185-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. HR3516-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. HR3576-Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. HR3713-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; Detainers. HR 3765-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. HR4303-Issue Lobbied: Border security. HR4646-Issue Lobbied: Counsel. HR4651-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR4889-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR4909-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Military Commissions Act; Torture; Militarization; LGBT Rights, reproductive rights, non-discrimination; Women's Rights. HR4974-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR5055-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR5077-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention. HR5124-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. HR5166-Issue Lobbied: Database access. HR5221-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR52752-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. HR5283-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform. HR5293-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo Bay; Indefinite Detention; Authorization for Use of Military Force; Surveillance; LGBT Rights. HR5294-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR5307-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR5321-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. HR5351-Issue Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. HR5488-Issue Lobbied: Voting. HR5538-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR5578-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. HR5634-Issue Lobbied: DHS Budget. HR5695-Issue Lobbied: Deported Veterans. HR5926-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR5963-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice; racial justice. HR 6091-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans. HR 6092-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans. HR 6093-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans; naturalization. HR 6097-Issue Lobbied: Immigration detention conditions of confinement (excessive bond; prolonged detention). HR6113-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform. HR6382-Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. HR6341-Issue Lobbied: Rule 41 (privacy, surveillance). HR6421-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Congressional Issues, No Bill Number: James Mattis Nomination (DOD)-Issue Lobbied: National Security, Women's Rights. Mike Pompeo Nomination (CIA)-Issue Lobbied: National Security, Targeted Killing; Privacy, Surveillance. Jeff Sessions Nomination (DOJ)-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Due Process; Privacy, Surveillance; Reproductive rights, religious refusals; LGBT rights; Women's Rights; Disability Rights; Immigration, Racial Profiling/Anti-Muslim Discrimination, Voting Rights, Civil Liberties. Tom Price Nomination (HHS)-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights, religious refusals; LGBT rights; Disability Rights. Andrew Puzder Nomination (DOL)-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Women's Rights. Betsy DeVos Nomination (DOEd)-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. Ben Carson Nomination (HUD)-Issue Lobbied: Women's Rights. John Kelly Nomination (DHS)-Issue Lobbied: Border Security. Cabinet Nominations-Issue Lobbied: Civil liberties. Drone Reform-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Targeted Killing. Plan to Close Guantanamo-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act. Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Government Hacking. FY17 budget resolution-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights-abortion access; Defunding of Planned Parenthood. FY17 Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: PREA; Reproductive health riders (Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act). Reproductive health riders (Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act) in FY18 budget-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions, contraception. PEACE Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access. Select Panel on Infant Lives- fetal tissue, research-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access. Zubik v. Burwell-ACA contraception coverage-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- contraception. Pay equity/data collection-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. Nuisance ordinances, affirmatively furthering fair housing-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights. Deported veterans-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. DACA/DREAMers-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Anti-Muslim discrimination-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Access to counsel for child immigrants-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Sanctuary Cities-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Private immigration detention-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Border enforcement/ CBP oversight-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Deportation and detention practices-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Amicus brief to the Supreme Court re: Bank of America v. City of Miami-Issue Lobbied: Fair housing (disparate impact). Law Enforcement First Responders-Issue Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. Sentencing Reform-Issue Lobbied: Criminal justice. REAL ID-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Abortion-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. IRS/C3 exemption-Issue Lobbied: Free speech. Rules rollbacks-Issue Lobbied: Civil liberties. Fake news-Issue Lobbied: Freedom of the press. Revenge porn-Issue Lobbied: Free speech. Agencies: Bureau of Prisons-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform, Re-Entry, Solitary Confinement; Sentencing Reform. CDC-Issue Lobbied: Quarantine Rule. CFPB-Issue Lobbied: FOIA. DOD-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; Law Enforcement Reform. Department of Education-Issue Lobbied: ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students; Immigration enforcement (sensitive locations); School resource officers; ESSA regulations; school to prison pipeline. DOL-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Rule Regarding Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, 81 Fed. Reg. 9591 (Feb. 25, 2016), RIN: 1235-AA13. HHS-Issue Lobbied: Provider nondiscrimination- preventing HHS from excluding quality womens health providers from essential public health programs (Title X regulations); Medicare and Medicaid NPRM re Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CMS-3295-P); Womens Preventive Services Initiative; Reproductive Rights-, religion and belief; Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access; Zubik v. Burwell-ACA contraception coverage; ACA sec. 1557 non-discrimination; Proposed rule RIN: 0938-AS21 (Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Family Planning Selection. DHS-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform; Law Enforcement Reform; Private immigration detention; anti-Muslim discrimination; deported veterans; family immigration detention; DACA/DREAMers; conditions of confinement in immigration detention; state/local immigration enforcement (287(g)); Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Racial profiling (CVE); FOIA, social media identifiers, NSEERS, private detention. HUD-Issue Lobbied: Nuisance ordinances; Fair housing (disparate impact; AFFH). DOJ-Issue Lobbied: Torture; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Prison Reform, Solitary Confinement, Law Enforcement Reform; DICRA Regulations; Standing Rock; Immigration; Sentencing Reform, Law Enforcement Reform, Militarization, Data Collection for Police Encounters, Reentry, Right to Counsel; ACA sec. 1557 non-discrimination; ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students; Rescission of the OLC Memo (2007 World Vision); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Workplace Harassment; Deported veterans; access to counsel for immigrant children; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Racial profiling; anti-Muslim discrimination (CVE); Facial Recognition. DNI-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. EEOC-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice; Pay equity/data collection; Big data and racial profiling; Ads and hiring discrimination. EOP-Issue Lobbied: Private immigration detention; anti-Muslim discrimination; DACA/DREAMers; immigration enforcement; School discipline (school resource officers); racial profiling (CVE); education (ESSA); Encryption; Abortion. GSA-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Interim Rule, Federal Acquisition Regulation: Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information. FAA-Issue Lobbied: Domestic Drones. FBI-Issue Lobbied: Biometrics/facial recognition; Location Tracking Devices, "Stingrays,"; Encryption, Government "back doors"; Use of force. FCC-Issue Lobbied: Broadband Privacy. NSA-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. NTIA-Issue Lobbied: Broadband Research. OIRA-Issue Lobbied: Social media collection. OMB-Issue Lobbied: Social media collection, racial justice. OPM-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Rule RIN: 3206-AN25 (Proposed Rules Regarding Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability). PCLOB-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. SSA-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. Census Bureau-Issue Lobbied: 2020 Residence Rule. CBP-Issue Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight and excessive use of force. Department of State-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. DOT-Issue Lobbied: Racial profiling. ICE-Issue Lobbied: Deportation and detention practices. U.S. Sentencing Commission-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform. White House-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; Targeted Killing; FY17 National Defense Authorization Act; Drone Reform; Sentencing Reform, Private Prisons, Clemency, Reproductive Rights, Racial Justice; Law Enforcement Reform; Re-entry; Zubik v. Burwell-ACA contraception coverage; Rescission of the OLC Memo (2007 World Vision); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors.
Client expense: $240,976 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 340 Rebalance for an Effective Defense Uniform and Civilian Employees Act; H.R. 3713 Sentencing Reform Act; H.R. 699 Email Privacy Act; H.R. 759 Recidivism Risk Reduction Act; S. 2123 Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act; S. 356 Electronic Communications Privacy Amendments Act of 2015
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Federal Prison Industries related issues generally and the provisions for such in the following pieces of specific legislation: All FY 2017 Appropriations Bills; FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act; HR 1699, Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2015, HR 4671 Small Business Protection Act of 2016, and HR 759, The Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act of 2016; Monitored Only the following bills: S. 467, Federal Corrections Act, S. 2123, Sentencing Reform & Corrections Act of 2015, S. 993, Comprehensive Justice & Mental Health Act of 2015, H.R. 1854, Comprehensive Justice & Mental Health Act of 2015, H.R. 3406, and Second Chance Re-authorization Act of 2015;
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Criminal justice and mental health legislation including prison reform and policing policy: S.2123 Sentencing and Corrections Act of 2015; H.R.759 Recidivism Reduction Act; H.R.2875/S.2168 Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act of 2015; the 21st Century Cures Act (Public Law No: 114-255).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $15,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
S. 2123, The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 LEOFA H.R. 3713 Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 H.R. 1854 Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE