Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. 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 creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570 Oppose HR 4901 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions. Support the Department of Education issuing regulations clarifying the means by which school districts must demonstrate their compliance with the supplement, not supplant requirement in Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Support timely implementation of proposed gainful employment rules Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights efforts to combat sexual harassment and violence in schools using Title IX Support Department of Educations initial rules to promulgate ESSA, support strengthening those rules. Support HR 4681 S 2491 Support teacher diversity Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Support HR 5587 Support a decrease in the Education Departments n-size threshold from 30 students to 10. Support the Departments proposed rule on arbitration, with the following strengthening amendments: 1. Presume full loan relief for defrauded borrowers; 2. Ensure loan relief is automatic when there is sufficient evidence of school wrongdoing; 3. Make the federal standard for relief a floor, not a ceiling that eliminates current borrower eligibility for relief; 4. Ensure unscrupulous schools cannot prevent students from holding schools accountable in the courts; 5. Improve the warnings for students regarding concerns about their school; 6. Do not impose new time limits on borrower relief; and 7. Ensure the independence of decision makers involved in borrower relief determinations Support Department of Education proposed rules on accountability and state plan requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) support strengthening the rules where needed Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support HR 5738 / S 3168 Support the Departments of Educations arbitration rule to bring within the scope of the subsection of the rule those students who pursue claims on their own or with small groups of classmates, not just those students who bring class-action claims and the Departments efforts to promote access to justice for students who have already been harmed, not just those who enroll in predatory schools in the future. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 5692 Oppose HR 6119

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

Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2016 (S. 3441) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613/H.R. 6133) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614/H.R. 4919) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016 (S. 2895) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 2625) Section 578 of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209/S. 3016) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice (H.R. 5393/S. 2837) and Department of Homeland Security (H.R. 5634/S. 3001) for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 Kelsey Smith Act (H.R. 4881/S. 2770) Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 356) General Issues involving Encryption

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. 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 creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570 Oppose HR 4901 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions. Support the Department of Education issuing regulations clarifying the means by which school districts must demonstrate their compliance with the supplement, not supplant requirement in Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Support timely implementation of proposed gainful employment rules Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights efforts to combat sexual harassment and violence in schools using Title IX Support Department of Educations initial rules to promulgate ESSA, support strengthening those rules. Support HR 4681 S 2491 Support teacher diversity Support Education Departments Office of Civil Rights Title IX Guidance and enforcement Support HR 5587 Support a decrease in the Education Departments n-size threshold from 30 students to 10. Support the Departments proposed rule on arbitration, with the following strengthening amendments: 1. Presume full loan relief for defrauded borrowers; 2. Ensure loan relief is automatic when there is sufficient evidence of school wrongdoing; 3. Make the federal standard for relief a floor, not a ceiling that eliminates current borrower eligibility for relief; 4. Ensure unscrupulous schools cannot prevent students from holding schools accountable in the courts; 5. Improve the warnings for students regarding concerns about their school; 6. Do not impose new time limits on borrower relief; and 7. Ensure the independence of decision makers involved in borrower relief determinations Support Department of Education proposed rules on accountability and state plan requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) support strengthening the rules where needed Support greater accountability of schools serving students involved in the juvenile justice system in ESSA regulations. Support HR 5738 / S 3168 Support the Departments of Educations arbitration rule to bring within the scope of the subsection of the rule those students who pursue claims on their own or with small groups of classmates, not just those students who bring class-action claims and the Departments efforts to promote access to justice for students who have already been harmed, not just those who enroll in predatory schools in the future. Support HR 5963 Support strong, enforceable guidelines to ensure that School Resource Officers respect the civil rights of students. Support HR 5692 Oppose HR 6119

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. 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 creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570 Oppose HR 4901 Support rule banning forced arbitration for students victimized by for-profit institutions. Support the Department of Education issuing regulations clarifying the means by which school districts must demonstrate their compliance with the supplement, not supplant requirement in Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Support timely implementation of proposed gainful employment rules Support proposed DoE / DoJ guidance on Title IX on the rights of trans students in schools Support Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights efforts to combat sexual harassment and violence in schools using Title IX Support Department of Educations initial rules to promulgate ESSA, support strengthening those rules. Support HR 4681 S 2491 Support teacher diversity

H.R. 1711 - To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employee protective arrangements, and for other purposes (13(c) protections). S. 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (background checks for school bus drivers). S. 806 - Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015. S. 1732 - To authorize elements of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes (Highway grade safety plans) (track inspections) (Operation Deep Drive) (Post accident assessment of Amtrak crash) (PTC).

Client expense: $346,855 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Mediation Board, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2016 (S. 2895) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 2625) Section 578 of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 2943) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209/S. 3016) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice (H.R. 5393/S. 2837) and Department of Homeland Security (H.R. 5634/S. 3001) for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 Kelsey Smith Act (H.R. 4881/S. 2770) Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) Electronic Communications Privacy Act (S. 356) General Issues involving Encryption

H.R.1711 - To amend Title 49, United States Code, with respect to employee protective arrangements, and for other purposes. (13 (c) protections) S.474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act. background checks for school bus drivers). S.806 - Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015.

Client expense: $421,249 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Oppose H.R. 452. Support S. 416 Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Oppose S. 474 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; Support the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to any Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support HR 2197 / S 1770 Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students Comments on ESSA Implementation: Regulation, guidance, and technical assistance must ensure that low-income communities, communities of color, the disability community, immigrant communities, and tribes are included in decision-making; the Department should propose regulations that ensure that state accountability systems are driven by the performance of groups of students and that support and intervention systems are developed with stakeholders and are implemented to raise achievement for consistently low-performing groups of students; assessments should not be an excuse to provide vulnerable students with lower quality assessments or obscure disparities in student outcomes; If supplement not supplant is to allow greater flexibility in demonstrating compliance, it must presume and ensure an equal base of actual per-pupil funding before any federal funds can be considered supplemental; and all publicly reported data should be available and understandable to students, parents and communities to help inform their participation in decision-making. The test of regulations, guidance, technical assistance and other implementation activities must be whether or not they advance educational equity and serve the interests of all students. Oppose private school vouchers. Comments on ESSA implementation: urge that the regulations and guidance for Title I to promote effective implementation of the foster care provisions of ESSA include guidance for state and local education agencies to ensure effective collaboration with state and local child welfare agencies for timely implementation of these important provisions. 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 creation of a centralized complaint system within the Department of Education that accepts complaints about student loans, other aid, and institutions participating in the Title IV program that serves students and promotes accountability. Support robust and meaningful federal regulation in ESSA. Support funding for several programs related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education funding bill. $2,000,000 for ED grants for Local Education Agencies Under Title I; Support US Department of Education withholding federal student loan money from any school that uses forced arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements Support the Education Department discharging more quickly and efficiently the federal loans of defrauded students under current regulations and proposing regulations that will make it easier, not harder, for such borrowers to get the relief they are entitled to under existing law. Support HR 4681. Support S. 2491 Support federal guidelines for Part A of Section 1010 of the ESSA including definitive, transparent timelines for these interactive processes. Support part D of Title I of ESSA, which addresses prevention and intervention programs for children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk. Federal regulations are necessary to adequately implement this section. Such regulations should be based on the joint DOJ-Dept. of Education Guidelines on Correctional Education in Juvenile Justice Facilities; the joint DOJ-Department of Education Guidelines on School Climate and School Discipline; and the HHS-Department of Education Policy Statement on Pre-K Suspensions and Expulsions. Support Dr. John King to be Secretary of Education. Support the Equity in IDEA rule Oppose efforts to redirect funding from Pell Grants for other purposes as you advance the FY 2017 appropriations process Support the U.S. Department of Education issuing regulations and comprehensive guidance to assist state and local education agencies in not only complying with new data reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), but also encouraging school leaders to make this information accessible, high-quality, and helpful in reducing inequities for disadvantaged students. Support HR 4570

Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2613) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Kevin and Avonte's Law of 2016 (S. 2614) Child Protections Improvement Act (H.R. 4075/S. 2332) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S.1169) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209), along with draft proposal by Senator Bob Casey on similar proposal in Senate to H.R. 3209 International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014 General Issues involving Encryption

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Background screening provisions in H.R. 5, S. 474 and S. 856

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1310/S 590 - Campus Accountability and Safety Act: entire bill S 706 - SOS Campus Act: entire bill S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act: entire bill HR 453/S 923 - Healthy Relationships Act: entire bill HR 5 - Student Success Act: entire bill HR 1706 - To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion of comprehensive sexual health and healthy relationships, the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and the prevention of dating violence and sexual assault, and for other purposes: entire bill S 355 - Teach Safe Relationships Act: entire bill S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act: entire bill S 1369 - Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act: entire bill S 416 - Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act: entire bill

Client expense: $42,941 · Firm income: Not reported

Employment Background Checks S 1177 - Every Student Succeeds Act (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act(School Employee Background Check Provisions) HR 5 - Student Success Act (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions)

Client expense: $220,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Mediation Board, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209), along with draft proposal by Senator Bob Casey on similar proposal in Senate to H.R. 3209 International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 1711 - To amend Title 49, United States Code, with respect to employee protective arrangements, and for other purposes (13 (c) protections). S. 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act. (Background checks for school bus drivers). S. 806 - Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015. H.R. 2577 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016. (Amtrak Funding); (Crude Oil by Rail); (RIFF Program); (Davis Bacon); (FRA funding); (PHMSA Funding); (Tank Car Standards); (FRA RIFF Loans). S. 1732 - To authorize elements of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes. (Highway grade safety plans); (track inspections); (Operation Deep Drive); (Post accident assessment of Amtrak crash); (PTC).

Client expense: $325,491 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Support ensuring that each state adopts college and career-ready state standards. States should ensure that all students have a fair and equal opportunity to meet the standards, including: Equal access to effective teachers and core college-prep courses Safe and healthy school climate Supports needed by English language learners and students with disabilities Protections for the most vulnerable children including youth in juvenile and criminal justice systems, and foster, homeless, and migrant youth. Support ensuring that federal dollars are targeted to historically underserved students and schools. Support ensuring that all students participate in annual (grades 3-8 and 11) statewide assessments aligned with the states college and career-ready standards. Support states setting annual district and school targets for improved achievement and high school completion, for all students and for each subgroup, including: racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low-income families. Support effective remedies to improve teaching, learning and school climate are employed in any school where the school as a whole, or any subgroup of students, has not met the annual achievement and graduation targets. Support States and LEAs improving data collection and reporting on student achievement, course-completion, graduation rates, school climate indicators, opportunity measures (including pre-K), and per pupil expenditures. Data is disaggregated by categories in Sec. 1111, and cross-tabulated by gender. Oppose any "portability" of Title I funds under ESEA either to other public schools or private or parochial schools. Oppose H.R. 452. Oppose H.R. 5 Support the Scott (VA) substitute to HR 5 Support S. 416 Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus proposed rule on prepaid cards. Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus Safe Student Account Scorecard initiative Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Support Moore (WI) amendment to Title II of HR 5 Support Warren (MA) Motion to instruct conferees on S Con Res 11 oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose S. 1112 Oppose deferring any campus judicial proceedings regarding sexual assaults until completion of criminal adjudication (investigation and trial). Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Support Warren / Gardner "Cross Tabulation" Amendment to S. 1112 Support requiring Sallie Mae to be more compliant with CRA requirements Oppose all portability / voucher amendments to S. 1177 / HR 5, including the CHOICE Act and the A-PLUS Act Support the Casey "Strong Start for Americas Children Act" Amendment to S 1177 Support the Kirk-Reed-Baldwin-Brown Resource Equity Amendment to S. 1177 Oppose S. 474 Support the Murphy Accountability Amendment to S.1177 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support Wilson Amendment to HR 5 Support Carson Amendment to HR 5 Support Meng Amendment to HR 5 Support Thompson Amendment to HR 5 Oppose Lee amendment to S 1177 Support Department of Education alerting consumers if a school is the subject of public federal or state investigations, lawsuits, or settlements. Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10 / S. 2171; oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Support maintaining the Title IV language in S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), which authorizes the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) initiative as a separate and specific federal funding stream. Support HR 3201 Oppose rider to any appropriation bill which would prohibit funds being spent by the Department of Education implementing its Gainful Employment regulation Support passage of conference report of S. 1177 Support HR 2521 Oppose riders to the Omnibus Appropriations bill which may authorize DC Private School Vouchers Support a summit to look into the benefits and current lack of diversity among public school teachers. Support Youth Promise Act (HR 2197 / S 1770) Support Youth Promise Act provisions in ESSA (S 1177) Support standardized testing of elementary and high school students; oppose "opt outs" be parents Oppose high stakes testing of elementary and high school students

Support ensuring that each state adopts college and career-ready state standards. States should ensure that all students have a fair and equal opportunity to meet the standards, including: Equal access to effective teachers and core college-prep courses Safe and healthy school climate Supports needed by English language learners and students with disabilities Protections for the most vulnerable children including youth in juvenile and criminal justice systems, and foster, homeless, and migrant youth. Support ensuring that federal dollars are targeted to historically underserved students and schools. Support ensuring that all students participate in annual (grades 3-8 and 11) statewide assessments aligned with the states college and career-ready standards. Support states setting annual district and school targets for improved achievement and high school completion, for all students and for each subgroup, including: racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low-income families. Support effective remedies to improve teaching, learning and school climate are employed in any school where the school as a whole, or any subgroup of students, has not met the annual achievement and graduation targets. Support States and LEAs improving data collection and reporting on student achievement, course-completion, graduation rates, school climate indicators, opportunity measures (including pre-K), and per pupil expenditures. Data is disaggregated by categories in Sec. 1111, and cross-tabulated by gender. Oppose any "portability" of Title I funds under ESEA either to other public schools or private or parochial schools. Oppose H.R. 452. Oppose H.R. 5 Support the Scott (VA) substitute to HR 5 Support S. 416 Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus proposed rule on prepaid cards. Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus Safe Student Account Scorecard initiative Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Support Moore (WI) amendment to Title II of HR 5 Support Warren (MA) Motion to instruct conferees on S Con Res 11 oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose S. 1112 Oppose deferring any campus judicial proceedings regarding sexual assaults until completion of criminal adjudication (investigation and trial). Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Support Warren / Gardner "Cross Tabulation" Amendment to S. 1112 Support requiring Sallie Mae to be more compliant with CRA requirements Oppose all portability / voucher amendments to S. 1177 / HR 5, including the CHOICE Act and the A-PLUS Act Support the Casey "Strong Start for Americas Children Act" Amendment to S 1177 Support the Kirk-Reed-Baldwin-Brown Resource Equity Amendment to S. 1177 Oppose S. 474 Support the Murphy Accountability Amendment to S.1177 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support Wilson Amendment to HR 5 Support Carson Amendment to HR 5 Support Meng Amendment to HR 5 Support Thompson Amendment to HR 5 Oppose Lee amendment to S 1177 Support Department of Education alerting consumers if a school is the subject of public federal or state investigations, lawsuits, or settlements. Support HR 3512 Oppose HR 10; oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Support maintaining the Title IV language in S. 1177, the Every Child Achieves Act (ECAA), which authorizes the 21st Century Community Learning Center (21st CCLC) initiative as a separate and specific federal funding stream. Support HR 3201

HR 1310/S 590 - Campus Accountability and Safety Act: entire bill S 706 - SOS Campus Act: entire bill S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act: entire bill HR 453/S 923 - Healthy Relationships Act: entire bill HR 5 - Student Success Act: entire bill HR 1706 - To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion of comprehensive sexual health and healthy relationships, the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and the prevention of dating violence and sexual assault, and for other purposes: entire bill S 355 - Teach Safe Relationships Act: entire bill S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act: entire bill S 1369 - Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act: entire bill S 416 - Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act: entire bill

Client expense: $278,546 · Firm income: Not reported

Employment Background Checks Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act(School Employee Background Check Provisions) HR 5 - Student Success Act (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions)

Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Mediation Board, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 1711 - To amend Title 49, U.S.C., with respect to employee protective arrangements, and for other purposes. (13 (c) protections) S. 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act. (background checks for school bus drivers) S. 806 - Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015. Assaults against transit workers.

Client expense: $344,661 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Background screening provisions in H.R. 5, S. 474 and S. 856

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking(H.R. 515) International Megans Law to Prevent Child Exploitation Through Advanced Notification of Traveling Sex Offenders (S. 1867) SAVE Act (S. 572) Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act (S. 262) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) Recovering Missing Children Act (H.R. 3209), along with draft proposal by Senator Bob Casey on similar proposal in Senate to H.R. 3209 International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Employment Background Checks Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act(School Employee Background Check Provisions) HR 5 - Student Success Act (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions)

Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Mediation Board, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

HR 1310/S 590 - Campus Accountability and Safety Act: entire bill S 706 - SOS Campus Act: entire bill S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act: entire bill HR 453/S 923 - Healthy Relationships Act: entire bill HR 5 - Student Success Act: entire bill HR 1706 - To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion of comprehensive sexual health and healthy relationships, the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and the prevention of dating violence and sexual assault, and for other purposes: entire bill S 355 - Teach Safe Relationships Act: entire bill S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act: entire bill S 1369 - Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act: entire bill S 416 - Pregnant and Parenting Students Access to Education Act: entire bill

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

Background screening provisions in H.R. 5, S. 474 and S. 856; H.R. 1168; S. 184; Burr Amendment to NDAA

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Support ensuring that each state adopts college and career-ready state standards. States should ensure that all students have a fair and equal opportunity to meet the standards, including: Equal access to effective teachers and core college-prep courses Safe and healthy school climate Supports needed by English language learners and students with disabilities Protections for the most vulnerable children including youth in juvenile and criminal justice systems, and foster, homeless, and migrant youth. Support ensuring that federal dollars are targeted to historically underserved students and schools. Support ensuring that all students participate in annual (grades 3-8 and 11) statewide assessments aligned with the states college and career-ready standards. Support states setting annual district and school targets for improved achievement and high school completion, for all students and for each subgroup, including: racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low-income families. Support effective remedies to improve teaching, learning and school climate are employed in any school where the school as a whole, or any subgroup of students, has not met the annual achievement and graduation targets. Support States and LEAs improving data collection and reporting on student achievement, course-completion, graduation rates, school climate indicators, opportunity measures (including pre-K), and per pupil expenditures. Data is disaggregated by categories in Sec. 1111, and cross-tabulated by gender. Oppose any "portability" of Title I funds under ESEA either to other public schools or private or parochial schools. Oppose H.R. 452. Oppose H.R. 5 Support the Scott (VA) substitute to HR 5 Support S. 416 Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus proposed rule on prepaid cards. Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus Safe Student Account Scorecard initiative Oppose Rubio amendment #549 to the Senate Budget resolution Oppose any amendments to the Fiscal 2016 Senate Budget Resolution (S. Con Res. 11) that would support the creation of a private school voucher or tuition tax credit program. Support reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Support H.R. 1070 Support H.R. 242 Support HBCUs Support Moore (WI) amendment to Title II of HR 5 Support Warren (MA) Motion to instruct conferees on S Con Res 11 Support Enzi (WY) for Burr (NC) motion to instruct conferees on S Con Res 11 Support Murray (WA) amendment # 951 to S Con Res 11 Oppose Vitter (LA) amendment #515 to S Con Res 11 Support Franken (MN) amendment #828 to S Con Res 11 Support Baldwin (WI) amendment # 432 to S Con Res 11 Support Warren (MA) amendment #652 to S Con Res 11 oppose the provision delaying or denying federal student aid to individuals convicted of a minor drug offense. Support legislation to renovate, rehabilitate or repair our nation's public schools. Oppose S. 1112 Oppose deferring any campus judicial proceedings regarding sexual assaults until completion of criminal adjudication (investigation and trial). Oppose HR 970 / S 559. Support S. 1133 / H.R.2087 Oppose the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program Support Warren / Gardner "Cross Tabulation" Amendment to S. 1112 Support requiring Sallie Mae to be more compliant with CRA requirements Oppose all portability / voucher amendments to S. 1177 / HR 5, including the CHOICE Act and the A-PLUS Act Support the Casey "Strong Start for Americas Children Act" Amendment to S 1177 Support the Kirk-Reed-Baldwin-Brown Resource Equity Amendment to S. 1177 Oppose S. 474 Oppose Salmon Amendment #129 and Walker Amendment #36 to HR5 Support the Murphy Accountability Amendment to S.1177 Support H Res 82 Support HR 2731 Support Wilson Amendment to HR 5 Support Carson Amendment to HR 5 Support Meng Amendment to HR 5 Support Thompson Amendment to HR 5 Oppose Lee amendment to S 1177

Legislation to Amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, H.R. 634/S. 888 and H.R. 992/S. 474; as well as bank ownership of physical commodities

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Legislation to Amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, H.R. 634/S. 888 and H.R. 992/S. 474; as well as bank ownership of physical commodities

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $90,000

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Human Trafficking Legislation: Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (S. 178/HR 181) Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act (S. 166/HR 159) Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015 (S. 381) Combatting Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 529) International Megan's Law (H.R. 515) SAVE Act (S. 572) Amy and Vicky Child Pornography Victim Restitution Improvement Act of 2015 (S. 295) Avonte's Law (S.163) Fairness for Crime Victims Act (S. 1495) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (S. 474) Helping Schools Protect Our Children Act of 2015 (S. 1369) International Child Abduction and Implementation of the Goldman Act to Return Abducted Children. Appropriations from Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security for programs at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Implementation and funding for the Adam Walsh Act of 2006 Implementation of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act of 2014

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, SENATE, U.S. Marshals Service

HR 5- No Child Left Behind; Student Success Act S 474- Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators S 856- Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act S 1177- Every Child Achieves Act

Client expense: $690,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

H.R. 1711 To amend Title 49, United States Code, with respect to employee protective arrangements, and for other purposes. S. 474 Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (background checks for school bus drivers) S. 806 Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 (Crude Oil by Rail) H.R. 2577 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Amtrak Funding) (RIFF Program) (Davis Bacon) (FRA funding) (PHMSA Funding) (Tank Car Standards) (FRA RIFF Loans) (High Speed Rail)

Client expense: $396,313 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Employment Background Checks Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 856 - Stop Sexual Abuse by School Personnel Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act(School Employee Background Check Provisions) HR 5 - Student Success Act (School Employee Background Check Provisions) S 178 - Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (School Employee Background Check Provisions)

Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: AMTRAK - Natl Railroad Passenger Corporation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Maritime Administration (MARAD), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Mediation Board, Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Railroad Retirement Board, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office

HR 1310/S 590 - Campus Accountability and Safety Act: entire bill S 706 - SOS Campus Act: entire bill S 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act: entire bill HR 453 - Healthy Relationships Act: entire bill HR 5 - Student Success Act: entire bill HR 1706 - To provide for the overall health and well-being of young people, including the promotion of comprehensive sexual health and healthy relationships, the reduction of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and the prevention of dating violence and sexual assault, and for other purposes: entire bill S 355 - Teach Safe Relationships Act: entire bill

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

Legislation to Amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, H.R. 634/S. 888 and H.R. 992/S. 474; as well as bank ownership of physical commodities

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

Legislation to Amend Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, H.R. 634/S. 888 and H.R. 992/S. 474; as well as bank ownership of physical commodities

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office

S. 474 - Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act (background checks for school bus drivers) H.R. 1711 - To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to employee protective arrangements and for other purposes. (13(c) protections)

Client expense: $278,112 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Background screening provisions in H.R. 5, S. 474 and S. 856

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Issues related to background screening, including H.R. 548, H.R. 5 and S. 474

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to background screening, including H.R. 548, H.R. 5 and S. 474

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to background screening, including H.R. 548, H.R. 5 and S. 474

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to background screening, including H.R. 548, H.R. 5 and S. 474

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported