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Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.) Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to issue oleoresin capsicum spray (i.e., pepper spray) to officers and employees who respond to emergency situations at high-security, medium-security, and administrative facilities. Officers and employees may use pepper spray to reduce violent acts by prisoners and visitors. An officer of employee must complete a training course prior to receiving pepper spray and annually thereafter on its use. (Sec. 3) The Government Accountability Office must: (1) evaluate the effect of issuing pepper spray on reducing crime and violence in high-security, medium-security, and administrative facilities; (2) evaluate the advisability of issuing pepper spray at low- or minimum-security facilities; and (3) recommend safety improvements for BOP officers and employees.
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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.
Became Public Law No: 114-133.
Became Public Law No: 114-133.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H865-866)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H865-866)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 238.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H865-869)
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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 · 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.
Client expense: $350,000 · 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 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
S 238- Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act
Client expense: $610,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2015 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). Continued lobbying efforts for adequate funding of the Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions, including delays in construction of the new female prison inmate facility at the FCI Danbury, CT. 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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: $460,000 · 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)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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 against reductions in and/or furloughs of the Forest Service's (FS) federal employee workforce in its Job Corps Centers due to Department of Labor's reducing its allocation to the FS by almost $16,000,000.
Client expense: $500,000 · 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)
2015 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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 against reductions in and/or furloughs of the Forest Service's (FS) federal employee workforce in its Job Corps Centers due to Department of Labor's reducing its allocation to the FS by almost $16,000,000.
2015 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). Continued lobbying efforts for adequate funding of the Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions, including delays in construction of the new female prison inmate facility at the FCI Danbury, CT. 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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 against reductions in and/or furloughs of the Forest Service's (FS) federal employee workforce in its Job Corps Centers due to Department of Labor's reducing its allocation to the FS by almost $16,000,000.
2015 · second_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). Continued lobbying efforts for adequate funding of the Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions, including delays in construction of the new female prison inmate facility at the FCI Danbury, CT. 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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.
2015 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for BOP/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). Continued lobbying efforts for adequate funding of the Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions, including delays in construction of the new female prison inmate facility at the FCI Danbury, CT. 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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.
2015 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
FY 2016 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 2016 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 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 2016 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. FY 2016 Military Quality of Life/Veterans Affairs Appropriations - provisions to provide adequate funding for VA health and benefits programs and contracting out. FY 2016 Interior and Environmental Appropriations - provisions on contracting out, pay, and working conditions of federal employee jobs. FY 2016 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 2016 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 2016 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations - amendment to prohibit funds from being used to close or consolidate any EEOC office or make any reductions in force stemming from workforce repositioning, restructuring, or organizing of the EEOC. Continue provision preventing use of CJS funds for A-76 competition for Bop/FPI work; and funding for BOP "Salaries and Expenses" relating to prison inmate overcrowding, correctional understaffing, and the ever increasing prison inmate assaults showing the necessity to improve safety and security at all BOP institutions. Lobbied for Eric Williams Correctional Officers Protection Act of 2015 (S 238/HR 472) and continued lobbying efforts on Smarter Sentencing Act of 2015 (HR 920/S 502). Continued lobbying efforts for adequate funding of the Building and Facilities account for modernization and repair of existing BOP institutions, including delays in construction of the new female prison inmate facility at the FCI Danbury, CT. 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 2016 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations - reorganization of HUD office or multifamily housing. FY 2016 Agriculture Appropriations - provisions on contracting out of federal employees jobs and funding cuts for the Food Safety and Inspection Service. FY 16 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.
Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8703-8704)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8703-8704)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8703-8704)
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8703-8704)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
| January 22, 2015 |
| Enrolled Bill | -- |
| Independent |
| WV |
| John Cornyn | Republican | TX |
| Mark Kirk | Republican | IL |
| Mitch McConnell | Republican | KY |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | Democratic | PA |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV |
| HR 472 |
114th |
| Identical bill |
Client expense: $500,000 · 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)
Client expense: $410,000 · 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)
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)
Client expense: $360,000 · 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)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $360,000
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)