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Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017
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Introduced
February 14, 2017
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February 14, 2017
Primary Sponsor
Orrin G. HatchRepublican(UT)
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Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person (i.e., a person other than the probationer) without a warrant if there is probable cause to believe the person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer engaged in the performance of official duties.
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2018 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454/S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
2018 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S.367-Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S.411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S.642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. S.811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. S.860-Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S.1006-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, womens rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice. S.1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1588-Democracy Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. S.1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S.1820-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. S.1856-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S.1917-Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform. S.2525-First Amendment Defense Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. S.2584-Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. S.J. Res. 59-Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 - Issues Lobbied: National security. S.3195-Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S.2918-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, reproductive freedom. S.170 - Combating BDS Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.3109-DHS Appropriations for FY 2019-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border enforcement. S.1519-National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2019-Issues Lobbied: National security. S.3158- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education, desegregation, reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Title X family planning program, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education. S.2754-Handle with Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. S.2227-EMPOWER Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S.2952 - Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination, womens rights. S.2795 and S.756-FIRST STEP Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal law reform, religious liberty, immigrant rights. S.2261-Secure Elections Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. S.3271 - No Money Bail Act-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. S.1918-Police CAMERA Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S.1305-CBP HiRe Act-Issues Lobbied: CBP enforcement. S.720-Israel Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.3538-DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: CBP accountability. S.1101-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S.3744-Data Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.3749-Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination. S.3626-Keeping All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S.3107-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act. S.3112- Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, due process for immigrants. S.2520- Inmate Calling Technical Corrections Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Prison phone rates, affordable telephone calls from prisons. S.2-Effective Prosecution of Possession of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Possession of dangerous chemical and biological agents. H.R.482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. H.R.1039-Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.1498-End Racial Profiling Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H.R.1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. H.R.1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement militarization. H.R.1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. H.R.2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Housing, racial justice. H.R.2152- Citizens Right to Know Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.2228-Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.2282-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, womens rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice. H.R.2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence (PRIDE) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.2899-Second Chance Act Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Reentry. H.R.2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.3222-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, reproductive freedom. H.R.3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census, desegregation. H.R.3944-Police CAMERA Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.4019-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.4041-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. H.R.4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, higher education. H.R.4833-The Bail Fairness Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Bail. H.R.5374-Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. H.R.5682 - FIRST STEP Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform, intersection of criminal justice and immigration. H.R.1437- No Money Bail Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.5698 - Protect and Serve Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.3249-Protect Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018-Issues lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.5515- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY 19-Issues Lobbied: National security. H.R.5199-Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education. H.R.5242- School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018- Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, school-to-prison pipeline. H.R.6122-Save Voters Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. H.R.5306-EMPOWER Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.4924-Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination, womens rights. H.R.6659-Screening with Dignity Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, privacy & technology. H.R.12-Voter Empowerment Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. H.R.2840-Automatic Voter Registration Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. H.R.5011-Election Security Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. H.R.5793-Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. H.R.6723-Ensuring American Voters Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. H.R.6011-To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a court to reduce the term of imprisonment imposed on certain defendants convicted as an adult for an offense committed and completed before the defendant attained 18 years of age, and for other purposes.-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. H.R.1697-Israel Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.5952- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Census. H.R.2-Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: SNAP benefits, reentry. H.R.3799- Demanding Oversight from Justice Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.6776-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Appropriations, immigration, border enforcement. H.R.6470-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Title X family planning program, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education. H.R.6157-Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Title X family planning program, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education. H.R.6545- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. HR 2417-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.1-To expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights, campaign finance. H.R.7156-Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement, criminal justice reform. H.R.7281-Driver and Officer Safety Education Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. H.R.7209-School Resource Officer Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, school safety, school-to-prison pipeline. H.R.7124- Keeping All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.7217-IMPROVE Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. H.R.6258-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act. H.R.6714-Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Transparency. H.R.2856-Combating BDS Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.7059-Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Border wall. H.R.3923-Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, due process for immigrants. H.R.7093- Clean Up the Code Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Criminal penalties, criminal justice reform. H. Res.653- Recognizing the 69th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the celebration of "Human Rights Day"-Issues Lobbied: Recognizing the 70th Anniversary of UNDHR. H.R.2825-DHS Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration and border enforcement. Amendment to H.R.695-Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2018, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Department of Homeland Security Budget Continuing Resolution. H.R.5896- Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Amendments Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: CBP enforcement. H.R.505-Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Border security. H.R.6691-Community Safety and Security Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Intersection of criminal justice and immigration. Legislation with No Bill Number: House bill version - Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. Brett Kavanaugh nomination-Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties and civil rights, abortion. Amendment to Immigration and Nationality Act-Issues Lobbied: Muslim Ban, immigration. Oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices-Issues Lobbied: Torture, detention, drones, war authority. Draft legislation on Congressional Ethics-Issues Lobbied: Ethics, free speech. Draft House bill-Voter signature mismatch-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Draft Senate bill-Prosecutorial Reform-Issues Lobbied: Prosecutorial reform. Federal court-related disclosure form-Issues Lobbied: Ethics. Consumer Data Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Section 215 Reauthorization-Issues Lobbied: National security, surveillance. Possible changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Student privacy. Continuing resolution for FY19 spending-Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties and civil rights. Appropriations Act for FY20-Issues Lobbied: Abortion coverage restrictions. Election Assistance Commission-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile life without parole. NO BAN Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Administration Legislative Proposal-Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, rent increase. Additional legislation not yet introduced - online privacy reform, use of force by federal law enforcement, immigration. Agencies: Agency-Defense-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, Guantanamo detention policy. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, school-to-prison pipeline, Every Student Succeeds Act, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, student loans, civil rights investigations, sex discrimination, disability rights, LGBT rights, Affirmative Action. Agency-Health and Human Services-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage, birth control, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Exchange Program Integrity, Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act, Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act, Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements, religious liberty, LGBT rights, Medicaid Home and Community Based Services Settings Rule. Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, disability rights, Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018, border wall, Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, immigration detention, due process for immigrants, DHS budget, immigration, denaturalization, Custom and Border Protection - border enforcement, CBP oversight, Immigration and Customs Enforcement - deportation and detention practices. Agency-Housing and Urban Development-Issues Lobbied: Fair housing, the disparate impact rule, AFFH rule, regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief, rent increases. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, immigrant detention, due process for immigrants, First Step Act, Community Safety and Security Act of 2018, immigration, denaturalization, law enforcement, racial profiling, juvenile justice, school-to-prison pipeline, Bureau of Prisons - changes to the transgender offender manual, LGBT rights and prisoners rights. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: Civil rights enforcement. Agency-OMB-Issues Lobbied: Preschool suspensions, school-to-prison pipeline, data collection. Agency-Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, drug testing. Agency-U.S. Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, disability rights.
Client expense: $380,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
2018 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 5266, The Financial Product Safety Commission Act S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 H.R. 7378, Guidance Clarity Act H.R. 6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
2018 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. Proposed legislative vehicle to provide omnibus appropriations for FY 2019; proposed amendment to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties (no bill or amendment introduced). Proposed legislation to provide for additional federal efforts to stop the trafficking of synthetic analogs and fentanyl; proposed amendment to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties (no bill or amendment introduced).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454/S. 1717, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of Transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2018 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S367-Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. S811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. S860-Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S1006-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, womens rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice. S1134-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S1588-Democracy Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. S1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S1820-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. S1856-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S1917-Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform. S2525-First Amendment Defense Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. S2584-Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. S.J. Res. 59 - Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 - Issues Lobbied: National security. S3195 - Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S2918 - Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, reproductive freedom. S2836 - Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. S170 - Combating BDS Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S3109 - DHS Appropriations for FY 2019-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border enforcement. S2832 - DATA Act-Issues Lobbied: DHS data collection. S3162- Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: CBP accountability. S1519 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement, national security. S3158 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education, desegregation, Aderholt Amendment, LGBT rights, religious liberty, reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Title X family planning program, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education. S2754 - Handle with Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. S2227 - EMPOWER Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S2952 - Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination. S2795 - FIRST STEP Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal law reform. S2261 - Secure Elections Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. S3271 - No Money Bail Act-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. S1918 - Police CAMERA Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S3049 - Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S1305 - CBP HiRe Act-Issues Lobbied: Hiring and retention of CBP personnel. S3478 - FAMILIES Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention. S3474 - Responsibility for Unaccompanied Minors Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. S720 - Israel Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S1872 - TSA Modernization Act-Issues Lobbied: Biometrics. S3170 - CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S3538 - DHS Body-Worn Camera Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: CBP accountability. S595 - Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: CBP accountability. S1101 - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S1655 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 - Fair Housing and Violence Against Women Amendment-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S3567 - No Internment Camps Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention. HR 482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. HR 1039-Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 1498-End Racial Profiling Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. HR 1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. HR 1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement militarization. HR 1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. HR 1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. HR 2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Housing. HR 2152- Citizens Right to Know Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform, police reform. HR 2228-Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 2282-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, womens rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice. HR 2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence (PRIDE) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 2899-Second Chance Act Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Reentry. HR 2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. HR 3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 3222-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, reproductive freedom. HR 3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census. HR 3944-Police CAMERA Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 4019-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. HR 4041-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR 4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, higher education. HR 4833-The Bail Fairness Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Bail. HR 5374-Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR 5682 - FIRST STEP Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform, intersection of criminal justice and immigration. HR 4447-CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice, privacy. HR 1437- No Money Bail Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail reform. HR 5698 - Protect and Serve Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 3249 - Protect Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018-Issues lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY 19-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement, womens rights, national security. HR 5199 - Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: School vouchers - racial justice, disability rights, religious liberty, education. HR 5242 - School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018- Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, school-to-prison pipeline. HR 6122 - Save Voters Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. HR 5306 - EMPOWER Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 4924, H. Res. 724 - Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination. HR 6691 - Community Safety and Security Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform. HR 6659 - Screening with Dignity Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, privacy & technology. HR 12 - Voter Empowerment Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. HR 2840 - Automatic Voter Registration Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. HR 5011 - Election Security Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. HR 5793 - Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. HR 6723 - Ensuring American Voters Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. HR 6011 - To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a court to reduce the term of imprisonment imposed on certain defendants convicted as an adult for an offense committed and completed before the defendant attained 18 years of age, and for other purposes.-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. HR 6896 - United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: DC Parole Commission. HR 1697 - Israel Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. HR 6311 - Increasing Access to Lower Premium Plans and Expanding Health Savings Accounts Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Health savings plans. HR 6147 - Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: DC Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA). HR 5952 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. HR 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: SNAP benefits, reentry. HR 5634 - Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Collateral consequences. HR 3799 - Demanding Oversight from Justice Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 6093 - Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. HR 6527 - Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. HR 6692 - Alternatives to Detention Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Immigrant detention. HR 6776 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Appropriations, immigration, border enforcement. HR 6439 - Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program Authorization Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Biometrics/surveillance. HR 4219 - Workflex in the 21st Century Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, paid family leave. HR 6470 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBT discrimination, exclusions/suspensions, school vouchers. HR 6332 - Improving Strategies to Counter Weapons Proliferation Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. HR 4943 - CLOUD Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. HR 6401 - Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, free press. HR 6729 - Empowering Financial Institutions to Fight Human Trafficking Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. HR 6743 - Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, state preemption. HR 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act of 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Office of Refugee Resettlement, immigrant children, border wall - Amendment No. 4004 to Amendment No. 3887-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, school safety, ICE funding, immigration detention. HR 6462 - Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: CBP accountability. HR 1608 - ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: CBP and ICE accountability. HR 6545 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. HR 2417 - Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. HR 6509 - Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. Legislation with No Bill Number and Nominations: Abortion restrictions for unaccompanied minors in ORR care-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. ICE detention of pregnant women-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, immigrant rights. Administrative Legislative Proposal - Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, rent increases. HHS notice of rulemaking on Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, Title X family planning program. House bill version - Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. Driver and Officer Safety Education Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. Federal Police Camera and Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. Draft proposal to give Puerto Rico and other territories federal voting representation-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Brett Kavanaugh nomination-Issues Lobbied: Civil liberties and civil rights, abortion. Draft House bill recognizing Human Rights Day-Issues Lobbied: Human rights. Amendment to Immigration and Nationality Act-Issues Lobbied: Muslim Ban, immigration. Executive Order 13780 - Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States-Issues Lobbied: AMENSA, immigration. Oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices-Issues Lobbied: Torture, detention, drones, war authority. Draft legislation on Congressional Ethics-Issues Lobbied: Ethics, free speech. Keep All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. Appropriations generally - Issues Lobbied: ICE and CBP appropriations. Additional legislation not yet introduced - sexual harassment reforms, violence against women in the military, workplace harassment reform, prosecutorial reform, use of force by federal law enforcement, immigration, commercial privacy, face recognition, biometrics, encryption, prison reform. Agencies: Agency-Defense-Issues Lobbied: Trans Military Ban; Guantanamo detention policy. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, school-to-prison pipeline, Every Student Succeeds Act, student loans, civil rights investigations, weapons in schools. Agency-Health and Human Services-Issues Lobbied: Title X Rulemaking - HHS-OS-2018-0008, Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements, RIN 0937-ZA00 - reproductive rights; womens rights, disability rights. Agency-Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: exclusion of gender alterations from medical benefits, LGBT rights. Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Custom and Border Protection - border enforcement, CBP oversight, Immigration and Customs Enforcement - deportation and detention practices. Agency-Housing and Urban Development-Issues Lobbied: Fair housing, the disparate impact rule, AFFH rule, regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief, rent increases, Title X, Medicaid sterilization, Medicaid waiver. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, Death in Custody Reporting Act, law enforcement, racial profiling, juvenile justice, school-to-prison pipeline, Bureau of Prisons - changes to the transgender offender manual, LGBT rights and prisoners rights. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: Civil rights enforcement. Agency-OMB-Issues Lobbied: Preschool suspensions, school-to-prison pipeline, data collection. Agency-Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, 2020 census. Agency-NSA -Issues Lobbied: Office of the Director of National Intelligence -Section 215 reauthorization. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Directive 2018-03, religious liberty, LGBT rights. Agency-Internal Revenue Service-Issues Lobbied: Male sterilization and health plan coverage. Agency-State-Issues Lobbied: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) - racial discrimination, CLOUD Act - Privacy.
2018 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 5266, The Financial Product Safety Commission Act S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 H.R. 6147, Interior, Environment, Financial Services and General Government, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2019 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $2,130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2018 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 H.R. 5266, The Financial Product Safety Commission Act S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $2,500,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S367-Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. S811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. S860-Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S1006-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, womens rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice. S1134-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S1588-Democracy Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting. S1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S1654-Email Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S1820-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. S1856-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S1917-Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform. S2383-CLOUD Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy/surveillance. S2525-First Amendment Defense Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. S2584-Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. S.J. Res. 59 - Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018 - Issues Lobbied: National security. S1614 - Video Visitation and Inmate Calling in Prisons Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. S3032 - STATES Act-Issues Lobbied: Legalization of marijuana. S3174 - Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act-Issues Lobbied: Legalization of marijuana. S3195 - Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S1918 - Police CAMERA Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. S2918 - Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, reproductive freedom. S2836 - Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. S2124 - Consumer Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S170 - Combating BDS Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S994 - Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2018- Issues Lobbied: Death penalty. S2897 - A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, electronic visit verification. S3109 - DHS Appropriations for FY 2019-Issues Lobbied: DHS budget. S2832 - DATA Act-Issues Lobbied: DHS data collection. S3162- Border Zone Reasonableness Restoration Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: 100-mile zone. S1519 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2018-Issues Lobbied: National security, border issues. S3158 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education, desegregation, reproductive rights - abortion coverage restrictions, Title X family planning program, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education. S2754 - Handle with Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. S510 - Womens Health Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. S3225 - Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, reproductive rights. S3112 - Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, enforcement. S3036 - Keep Families Together Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration (family separation), border issues. S2940 - Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Free speech/expression. S2227 - EMPOWER Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S2952 - Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination. S2988 - EMPOWER Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S337 - FAMILY Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. HR 387-Email Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. HR 482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. HR 1039-Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 1498-End Racial Profiling Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. HR 1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. HR 1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement militarization. HR 1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. HR 1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, religious liberty. HR 2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Housing. HR 2152- Citizens Right to Know Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform, police reform. HR 2228-Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 2282-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights, womens rights, reproductive freedom, racial justice. HR 2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence (PRIDE) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 2899-Second Chance Act Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Reentry. HR 2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. HR 3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 3222-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, LGBT rights, reproductive freedom. HR 3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census. HR 3356-Prison Reform and Redemption Act -Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. HR 3548-Border Security for America Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. HR 3944-Police CAMERA Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 3799-Demanding Oversight from Justice Act of 2017-Issuse Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 4019-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. HR 4041-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR 4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, higher education. HR 4760-Securing Americas Future Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Immigration enforcement, immigration detention. HR 4833-The Bail Fairness Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Bail. HR 4943-CLOUD Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy/surveillance. HR 5374-Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR 5682 - FIRST STEP Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform, intersection of criminal justice and immigration. HR 4447-CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice, privacy. HR 5710 - The Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. HR 4963 - Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice. HR 1437- No Money Bail Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail reform. HR 5698 - Protect and Serve Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. HR2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, SNAP. HR 3249 - Protect Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018-Issues lobbied: Law enforcement. HR 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY 19-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, torture and war authority, school vouchers - racial justice, disability rights, religious liberty, border issues, reproductive rights - contraception, womens combat gear, domestic violence, MST. HR 2520 - BROWSER Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. HR 3896 - Secure and Protect Americans Data Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. HR 5199 - Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: School vouchers - racial justice, disability rights, religious liberty, education. HR 6042/5912 - Bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act - Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, electronic visit verification. HR 5004 - Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 5242 - School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2018- Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, school-to-prison pipeline. HR 6122 - Save Voters Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. HR 1322 - Womens Health Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. HR 6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, immigration enforcement. HR 3923 - Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention, enforcement. HR 6135 - Keep Families Together Act - Issues Lobbied: Immigration (family separation), border issues. HR 5924 - Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2018 -Issues Lobbied: Free speech/expression. HR 5306 - EMPOWER Care Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 4924, H. Res. 724 - Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issues Lobbied: Sexual harassment and discrimination. HR 620 - ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Disability accessibility. HR 5654 - VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Violence against women, rural housing. HR 947- FAMILY Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. Legislation with No Bill Number and Nominations: RESPECT Resolution-Issues Lobbied: Legalization of marijuana. Restoring Oversight for Members of Congress Act- Issues Lobbied: Prison reform, national security, transparency. Senate bill version - No Money Bail Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail reform. Facial recognition and DNA testing-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. CONSENT Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Gina Haspel nomination-Issues Lobbied: Torture, national security. Mike Pompeo nomination-Issues Lobbied: Torture; national security. Abortion restrictions for unaccompanied minors in ORR care-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. ICE detention of pregnant women-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, immigrant rights. The Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Young amendment to opioid bill- Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Corker Draft Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2018-Issues Lobbied: War powers, authorizing military force. Administrative Legislative Proposal - Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, rent increases. HHS notice of rulemaking on Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, Title X family planning program. FY 19 Appropriations - Financial Services and General Government-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act. House bill version - Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. Driver and Officer Safety Education Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement. Appropriations generally - Issues Lobbied: ICE and CBP appropriations. Additional legislation not yet introduced - sexual harassment reforms, violence against women in the military. Agencies: Agency-Defense-Issues Lobbied: Trans Military Ban; Guantanamo detention policy. Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, school-to-prison pipeline, Every Student Succeeds Act, student loans, civil rights investigations, Racial Justice Case Processing Manual, delay of significant disproportionality rule. Agency-Health and Human Services-Issues Lobbied: Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System Final Rule (RIN 0970-AC72), LGBT rights, SNAP and domestic gag rule, organ transplant discrimination, disability rights. Agency-Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: Abortion coverage. Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Interior and border enforcement, family separation, Custom and Border Protection - border enforcement, CBP oversight, Immigration and Customs Enforcement - deportation and detention practices, detention of pregnant women. Agency-Housing and Urban Development-Issues Lobbied: Fair housing, the disparate impact rule, AFFH rule, regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief, rent increases. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement, racial profiling, juvenile justice, school-to-prison pipeline, Bureau of Prisons - changes to the transgender offender manual, LGBT rights and prisoners rights, Bureau of Justice Statistics - changes to the National Crime Victimization Survey, LGBT rights. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: Civil rights enforcement; Faith and Opportunity Initiative, religious liberty. Agency-OMB-Issues Lobbied: Preschool suspensions, school-to-prison pipeline, data collection. Agency-Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census. Agency-Agriculture-Issue Lobbied: changes to SNAP time limit waivers (RIN 0584-AE57), LGBT rights, criminal law reform, disability rights, womens rights.
2018 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 5219, the Opioid Prescription Verification Act, which would require retail sellers of opioids to verify the identity of the purchaser; H.R. 5682 (as introduced), the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person (FIRST STEP) Act, which may result in the premature release of thousands of convicted offenders; H.R. 5698/S. 2794, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement with an assault that results in seriously bodily harm or death; H.R. 5788, the Securing the International Mail Against Opioids Act, which would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 5871/S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748, the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; S. 1666, the "Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2715, the Criminal Organizations Narcotics, Finance, Resources, Operations and Network Targeting (CONFRONT) Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; S. 2759, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Asessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 2774, which would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) within the U.S. Department of Justice through 2023; S. 2789, the "Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which would reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the programs it administers; S. 2973, the Kelsey Smith Act, which would require telephone companies and wireless carriers to disclose cell-site location data without a warrant in certain exigent circumstances; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2018 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. H.R. 5515, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019," legislation to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year; SA 2837, an amendment to amend 18 U.S.C. 3606 regarding the authority of U.S. Probation Officers. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE
2018 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2142/S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 3790/S. 1854, the Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act, which would increase penalties on those who burglarize or rob a Federal Firearms Licensee; H.R. 4471/S. 2492, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; H.R. 4768/S. 2715, the National Strategy for Combating the Financing of Transnational Criminal Organizations Act, which would codify an existing Executive Order and direct the Federal government to develop a national strategy to combat transnational criminal organizations; H.R. 4854/S. 2345, the Justice Served Act, which will increase the capacity of prosecutors to address the backlog of violent crime cases involving suspects identified through DNA evidence; H.R. 5060, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provide by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1666, the Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; S. 2389, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2495, the Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act, which would reauthorize and expand the existing Securie Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); S. 2763, the "Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establishes a grant program to be administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) in order to provide State and local law enforcement agencies with portable chemical screening devices to detect dangerous synthetic opioids and other drugs; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2018 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S301-Conscience Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. S361-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S367-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S595-Boots on the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: CBP hiring standards. S642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. S823-Protecting Data at the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S860-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S1006-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S1085-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1101-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination. S1134-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S1588-Democracy Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting. S1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S1654-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1820-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1828-Weekend Voting Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. S1856-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1917-Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform. S2019-Fair Employment Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: . S2192-Secure Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration/border. S2227-EMPOWER Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Medicaid and disability rights. S2236-Congressional Harassment Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Sex harassment. S2311-Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Abortion rights. S2383-CLOUD Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surv. S 2401-Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment/discrimination. S2521-Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order-Issue Lobbied: Guns. S2525-First Amendment Defense Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. S2584-Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H. Res 724-Requiring each employing office of the House of Representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the office's workplace, establishing the Office of Employee Advocacy to provide legal assistance and consultation to employees o-Issue Lobbied: Harassment and discrimination. HR 12-Voter Rights Empowerment Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR 36-Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: . HR115-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 387-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR 482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. HR 620-ADA Education and Notification Act-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 644-Conscience Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. HR 957-FAIR Surveillance Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR 1021-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. HR 1039-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR. 1094-Weekend Voting Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR 1497-ICE Body Camera Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Body Cameras. HR 1498-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H. R. 1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR 1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. HR 1608-ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act-Issue Lobbied: DHS body cameras. HR 1625-Vehicle for Consolidated Appropriations Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration; Reproductive rights - abortion coverage restrictions, ACA stabilization, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education; Privacy/Surveillance; Law Enforcement; Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR 1795-The DUE PROCESS Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR 1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. HR 1865-Allow States to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech, LGBT Rights. HR 1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. HR 2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Housing. HR 2152-The Citizens Right to Know Act-Issue Lobbied: Pre trial Data. HR 2228-Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2282-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. HR 2417-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination. HR 2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2579-Broader Options for America Act-Issue Lobbied: Dream/Immigration. HR 2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2899-Second Chance Act Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. HR 2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. HR 3020-Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. HR3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 3222-Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Freedom. HR3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issue Lobbied: Anti-busing rider, Sex Education Coalitions funding and other reproductive rights issues; Racial Justice, Census. HR3356-Prison Reform and Redemption Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform. HR 3548-Border Security for America Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. HR3672-Making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Disaster Relief. HR 3923-"Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act"-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. HR 3944-Police CAMERA Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 3977-Demanding Oversight from Justice Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 4019-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. HR 4041-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces.-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR 4170-Disclosing Foreign Influence Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/Surv. HR 4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. HR 4666-ACA stabilizaton bill-Issue Lobbied: Abortion. HR 4712-Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. HR 4760-Securing Americas Future Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration/border. HR 4796-Uniting and Securing America Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (Border/Dream). HR 4822-Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment/discrimination. HR 4833-The Bail Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail. HR 4909-STOP School Violence Act of 2018-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, School Discipline. HR 4924-Congressional accountability act of 1995 reform act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment and discrimination. HR 4943-CLOUD Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surv. HR 5123-Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Freedom. HR 5306-EMPOWER Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Medicaid and disability rights. HR 5374-Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Legislation with No Bill Number: Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Freedom. Gina Haspel nomination-Issue Lobbied: Torture; National Security. Mike Pompeo nomination-Issue Lobbied: Torture; National Security. Oversight of Department of Justice-Issue Lobbied: Civil Liberties. House CJS appropriations bill-Issue Lobbied: civil forfeiture amendments. FY19 funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and CDC school-based HIV prevention-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights. FY 2019 appropriations bill increased funding for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice. NDAA-Issue Lobbied: Women in combat. EMPOWHER Act-Issue Lobbied: harassment. Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: housing. Title VII Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment and discrimination. -Issue Lobbied: Hearing before HJC on examining class action lawsuits against facilities for people with disabilities. Nomination of Alex Azar-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Abortion restrictions for unaccompanied minors in ORR care-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. ICE detention of pregnant women-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights, Immigrants rights. The Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Biometric identification-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. Border device searches-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. Driver and Officer Safety Education Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. Military Education Savings Accounts (Impact Aid)-Issue Lobbied: School vouchers. Agencies: Agency-Defense-Issue Lobbied: Trans Military Ban. Agency-Education-Issue Lobbied: Dear Colleague Letter on Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline; Trans Students and Title IX; Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, STPP, ESSA, Student Loans. Agency-HHS-Issue Lobbied: Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care, Delegations of Authority; Medicaid Work Requirements; Guidance on lifesaving treatment for people with disabilities; Settings Rule. Agency-DHS-Issue Lobbied: ICE detention of pregnant women. Agency-HUD-Issue Lobbied: Suspension of Small Area Fair Market Rent Designations; The disparate impact rule; Maintaining antidiscrimination language in HUDs mission statement; The suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule; Discriminatory lending; Disaster relief. Agency-DOJ-Issue Lobbied: Rescinding ADA guidance; Law Enforcement; Racial Porfiling. Agency-EOP-Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights enforcement. Agency-OMB-Issue Lobbied: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of Existing Data Collection; National Longitudinal Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NLSOAAP); Preschool suspensions, STPP, data collection. Agency-State-Issue Lobbied: Education, civil rights, immigration enforcement, racial profiling, AMEMSA, criminal justice, voting. Agency-Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. Agency-Commerce-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Census
2018 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S301-Conscience Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. S361-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S367-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S595-Boots on the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: CBP hiring standards. S642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. S823-Protecting Data at the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S860-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S1006-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S1085-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1101-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination. S1134-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S1588-Democracy Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting. S1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S1654-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1820-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1828-Weekend Voting Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. S1856-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1917-Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform. S2019-Fair Employment Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: . S2192-Secure Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration/border. S2227-EMPOWER Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Medicaid and disability rights. S2236-Congressional Harassment Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Sex harassment. S2311-Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Abortion rights. S2383-CLOUD Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surv. S 2401-Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment/discrimination. S2521-Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order-Issue Lobbied: Guns. S2525-First Amendment Defense Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. S2584-Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H. Res 724-Requiring each employing office of the House of Representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the office's workplace, establishing the Office of Employee Advocacy to provide legal assistance and consultation to employees o-Issue Lobbied: Harassment and discrimination. HR 12-Voter Rights Empowerment Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR 36-Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: . HR115-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 387-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR 482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. HR 620-ADA Education and Notification Act-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. HR 644-Conscience Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. HR 957-FAIR Surveillance Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR 1021-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. HR 1039-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR. 1094-Weekend Voting Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR 1497-ICE Body Camera Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Body Cameras. HR 1498-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H. R. 1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR 1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. HR 1608-ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act-Issue Lobbied: DHS body cameras. HR 1625-Vehicle for Consolidated Appropriations Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration; Reproductive rights - abortion coverage restrictions, ACA stabilization, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act, Conscience Protection Act, fetal tissue research, sexual health education; Privacy/Surveillance; Law Enforcement; Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR 1795-The DUE PROCESS Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR 1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. HR 1865-Allow States to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech, LGBT Rights. HR 1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. HR 2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Housing. HR 2152-The Citizens Right to Know Act-Issue Lobbied: Pre trial Data. HR 2228-Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2282-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. HR 2417-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination. HR 2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2579-Broader Options for America Act-Issue Lobbied: Dream/Immigration. HR 2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2899-Second Chance Act Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. HR 2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. HR 3020-Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. HR3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 3222-Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Freedom. HR3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issue Lobbied: Anti-busing rider, Sex Education Coalitions funding and other reproductive rights issues; Racial Justice, Census. HR3356-Prison Reform and Redemption Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform. HR 3548-Border Security for America Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. HR3672-Making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Disaster Relief. HR 3923-"Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act"-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. HR 3944-Police CAMERA Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 3977-Demanding Oversight from Justice Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 4019-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. HR 4041-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces.-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR 4170-Disclosing Foreign Influence Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/Surv. HR 4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. HR 4666-ACA stabilizaton bill-Issue Lobbied: Abortion. HR 4712-Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. HR 4760-Securing Americas Future Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration/border. HR 4796-Uniting and Securing America Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (Border/Dream). HR 4822-Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment/discrimination. HR 4833-The Bail Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail. HR 4909-STOP School Violence Act of 2018-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, School Discipline. HR 4924-Congressional accountability act of 1995 reform act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment and discrimination. HR 4943-CLOUD Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surv. HR 5123-Eliminating the HHS Discrimination Division Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Freedom. HR 5306-EMPOWER Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Medicaid and disability rights. HR 5374-Student Non-Discrimination Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Legislation with No Bill Number: Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Liberty. Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty, LGBT Rights, Reproductive Freedom. Gina Haspel nomination-Issue Lobbied: Torture; National Security. Mike Pompeo nomination-Issue Lobbied: Torture; National Security. Oversight of Department of Justice-Issue Lobbied: Civil Liberties. House CJS appropriations bill-Issue Lobbied: civil forfeiture amendments. FY19 funding for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program and CDC school-based HIV prevention-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights. FY 2019 appropriations bill increased funding for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice. NDAA-Issue Lobbied: Women in combat. EMPOWHER Act-Issue Lobbied: harassment. Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: housing. Title VII Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: Harassment and discrimination. -Issue Lobbied: Hearing before HJC on examining class action lawsuits against facilities for people with disabilities. Nomination of Alex Azar-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Abortion restrictions for unaccompanied minors in ORR care-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. ICE detention of pregnant women-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights, Immigrants rights. The Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Biometric identification-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. Border device searches-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. Driver and Officer Safety Education Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. Military Education Savings Accounts (Impact Aid)-Issue Lobbied: School vouchers. Agencies: Agency-Defense-Issue Lobbied: Trans Military Ban. Agency-Education-Issue Lobbied: Dear Colleague Letter on Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline; Trans Students and Title IX; Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, STPP, ESSA, Student Loans. Agency-HHS-Issue Lobbied: Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care, Delegations of Authority; Medicaid Work Requirements; Guidance on lifesaving treatment for people with disabilities; Settings Rule. Agency-DHS-Issue Lobbied: ICE detention of pregnant women. Agency-HUD-Issue Lobbied: Suspension of Small Area Fair Market Rent Designations; The disparate impact rule; Maintaining antidiscrimination language in HUDs mission statement; The suspension of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule; Discriminatory lending; Disaster relief. Agency-DOJ-Issue Lobbied: Rescinding ADA guidance; Law Enforcement; Racial Porfiling. Agency-EOP-Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights enforcement. Agency-OMB-Issue Lobbied: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of Existing Data Collection; National Longitudinal Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NLSOAAP); Preschool suspensions, STPP, data collection. Agency-State-Issue Lobbied: Education, civil rights, immigration enforcement, racial profiling, AMEMSA, criminal justice, voting. Agency-Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. Agency-Commerce-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Census
2018 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $2,592,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2018 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S301-Conscience Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. S361-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S367-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S595-Boots on the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: CBP hiring standards. S642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. S823-Protecting Data at the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S845-Protecting Sensitive Locations Act-Issue Lobbied: Sensitive Locations. S860-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S946-Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act-Issue Lobbied: Veterans Courts. S. 957-Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S1006-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S1085-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S. 1101-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. S1114-A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom.-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1134-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1339-FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surveillance. S1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S1588-Democracy Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting. S1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S1615-Dream Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (Dreamers). S1654-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1693-Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Free speech, internet speech. S1757-Building America's Trust Act-Issue Lobbied: Border Security. S1820-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces.-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. S1828-Weekend Voting Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. S1852-The SUCCEED Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (Dreamers). S1856-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1872-TSA Modernization Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. S1917-Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Criminal Justice Reform. S1985-Protect Access to Birth Control Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - contraception. S1994-Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act-Issue Lobbied: . S1997-USA Rights Act-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance, privacy. S2010-FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. S2158-USA Liberty Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surveillance. S. 2159-ME TOO Congress Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Sexual harassment. S2192-Secure Act-Issue Lobbied: Border issues, DACA. S. 2227-Money Follows the Person Reauthorization-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. S2259-Access to Birth Control (ABC) Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - contraception. H. Con. Res. 71-Budget for FY 2018-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR1-Tax Cuts and Jobs Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion; Religious Liberty. HR12-Voter Rights Empowerment Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR36-Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Abortion rights. HR115-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR387-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. H.R 490-Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. HR620-ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. HR644-Conscience Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. HR781-Free Speech Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR957-FAIR Surveillance Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR1021-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. HR1039-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR. 1094-Weekend Voting Act-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR1497-ICE Body Camera Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Body Cameras. HR1498-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H. R. 1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. HR1608-ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act-Issue Lobbied: DHS body cameras. HR1795-The DUE PROCESS Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. HR1815-Protecting Sensitive Locations Act-Issue Lobbied: Sensitive Locations. HR1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. HR2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Housing. H.R. 2180-Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR2282-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. H.R. 2417-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. H.R. 2418-Pay Equity for All Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR2810-National Defense Authorization Act FY 2018-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Law Enforcement Militarization. HR2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. HR3020-Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. HR3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR3222-Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. HR3239-Voting Rights Amendments Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. HR3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issue Lobbied: Anti-bussing rider, Sex Education Coalitions funding and other reproductive rights issues; Law Enforcement Civil Asset Forfeiture; Racial Justice; Census. HR3356-Prison Reform and Redemption Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Prison Reform. HR3440-Dream Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (Dreamers). HR3548-Border Security for America Act-Issue Lobbied: Border Security; Privacy, surveillance. HR3672-Making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Disaster Relief. HR3711-Legal Workforce Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration, E-Verify. HR3943-Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act-Issue Lobbied: Border Wall. HR3944-Police CAMERA Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR3989-USA Liberty Act-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance, privacy. HR4019-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. HR4041-A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces.-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. HR 4124-USA Rights Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surveillance. HR 4170-Disclosing Foreign Influence Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy/surveillance. HR 4219-Workflex in the 21st Century Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 4396-ME TOO Congress Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Sexual harassment. HR4398-Safe Emergency Response Act-Issue Lobbied: Enforcement during disasters. HR4478-FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. HR4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. Legislation/Policy Without Bill Numbers: FY18 Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion coverage restrictions, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act, Conscience Protection Act, Mexico City Policy, fetal tissue research, sexual health education. Abortion restrictions for unaccompanied minors in ORR care-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion. ACA contraceptive coverage - Interim Final Rules on Religious and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act.-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- contraception. ACA Repeal/Replace and Medicaid Cuts/Reform-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights/Womens Rights. HHS Request for Information Removing Barriers for Religious and Faith-Based Organizations To Participate in HHS Programs and Receive Public Funding-Issue Lobbied: Religious refusals. Nomination of Eric S. Dreiband-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Refusals. Nomination of Janet Dhillion-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious refusals; Women's rights/employment. Nomination of Daniel Gade-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious refusals. Nomination of Kenneth Marcus-Issue Lobbied: Civil rights; free speech; racial justice. Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. Border enforcement/ CBP oversight-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Deportation and detention practices-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Drone Reform-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Targeted Killing. Plan to Close Guantanamo-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act. Oversight of Department of Justice-Issue Lobbied: Civil Liberties. Steven Bradbury nomination-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. ADA Notification Legislation-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. Presidential Commission on Election Integrity-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. Dont Block LGBT Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Free Speech. The Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Biometric identification-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. Border device searches-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. Disaster Aid Supplemental Funding-Issue Lobbied: School vouchers. FY 19 Budget-Issue Lobbied: Abortion; Hyde Amendment. Congressional sexual harassment reform-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Sexual harassment. Department of Education oversight-Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights enforcement - school discipline, Title IX, significant disproportionality; school vouchers. ADA Notification Legislation-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. HCBS Settings Rule-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. Subminimum wage-Issue Lobbied: Disability rights. VA abortion ban-Issue Lobbied: Women's rights. Nuisance ordinance legislation-Issue Lobbied: Womens rights, violence against women. Agencies: Administration for Community Living-Issues Lobbied: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev); National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). Defense-Issues Lobbied: Transgender military ban. Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, STPP, ESSA, Student Loans. HHS-Issues Lobbied: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev); National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP); HHS Strategic Plan for FY 2018-2022 (Disability rights, LGBT rights, reproductive rights, religious freedom); HCBS Settings Rule. DHS-Issues Lobbied: Sensitive locations, DACA, UACs, Rosa Maria Hernandez; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors. HUD-Issues Lobbied: Fair housing (disparate impact; AFFH), regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief. DOJ-Issues Lobbied: Nomination of Eric S. Dreiband; EO 13798-Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty; Law Enforcement; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Racial profiling. EEOC-Issues Lobbied: Nomination of Janet Dhillion, Daniel Gade; Pay equity/data collection. EOP-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights. OMB-Issues Lobbied: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev); National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP); Preschool suspensions, STPP, data collection; Pay equity/data collection. CBP-Issues Lobbied: Border enforcement/ CBP oversight. State-Issues Lobbied: Education, civil rights, immigration enforcement, racial profiling, AMEMSA, criminal justice, voting. ICE-Issues Lobbied: Deportation and detention practices. Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: VA Abortion Ban. White House-Issues Lobbied: FY19 Hyde Amendment and other abortion related issues; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors. Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity-Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting.
2017 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; H.R. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616/S. 904, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1846/S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children ( ICAC) Task Forces; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2142/S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SISTA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act, would reauthorize and fully fund the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; H.R. 4471, the NICS Denial Notification Act, would require the U.S. Department of Justice to notify State and local law enforcement agencies if a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm in their jurisdiction; H.R. 4477/S. 2135, the "Fix NICS Act, would require all Federal agencies and States to produce NICS implementation plans focused on uploading accurate, required information to the background check system; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 1241, the Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act, which would update and strengthen Federal laws to combat money laundering and provide law enforcement with additional tools to restrict the ability of criminals to profit from their crimes; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1666, the Helping Overcome Trauma for Children Alone in Rear Seats (HOTCARS) Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of transportation to implement a rule requiring vehicles to notify drivers if a child or other passenger has been inadvertently left behind; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2017 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $3,200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
2017 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 510/S. 139, the Rapid DNA Act, which would implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlogs; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; HR. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1428/S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heros Act, which would prioritize the hiring of veterans and reservists through the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616/S. 904, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865/S. 1693, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SISTA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 419, the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvements Act, which would make key changes to the Public Safety Officers Benefit program to improve transparency and accountability as well as reduce the existing backlog of claims; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children ( ICAC) Task Forces; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; S. 1781, the National White Collar Crime Control Act, which would reauthorize grant programs to law enforcement to combat white collar crimes; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2017 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115/S. 1085, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 426/S. 1087, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 510/S. 139, the Rapid DNA Act, which would implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlogs; H.R. 613/S. 1084, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; HR. 1057/S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1428/S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heros Act, which would prioritize the hiring of veterans and reservists through the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1494/S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616/S. 904, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which would to update and clarify Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to ensure that charges can be brought against interactive computer service providers who engage in criminal behavior or with reckless disregard to criminal activity; H.R. 1886/S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justice systems; H.R. 1892/S. 1108, the Honoring Hometown Heroes Act, which would amend existing U.S. flag Code to allow governors to fly the American flag at half-staff in the event a law enforcement or other public safety officers falls in the line of duty; H.R. 1979, the No More Tulias: Drug Law Enforcement Evidentiary Standards Improvement Act, which would significantly limit States who fund anti-drug task forces from receiving Federal funding from the Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Grants program; H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bordering Corruption Reauthorization Act, which would improve the ability of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol to hire new officers; H.R. 2437/S. 1134, the Back the Blue Act, which contains a number of amendments to Federal law expanding the death penalty for persons who kill law enforcement officers, restrictions on habeas corpus, limitation on recovery of damages incurred during an arrest as well as two amendments to the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) with respect to magazine capacity and the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2513, the Police Officers Protecting Children Act, which would add qualified active and retired law enforcement officers, as defined by the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), to the list of exemptions to the Guns Free School Zones Act; H.R. 2561, the Protecting Police Officers of the Law in Civilian Establishments Act, which would clarify that existing Federal laws which prohibit the carriage of firearms onto Federal property like post offices, Social Security offices and Veterans Affairs offices do not apply to law enforcement officers in uniform; H.R. 2851/S. 1327, the Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SISTA) Act, would amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated by allowing the Attorney General to add synthetic analogues either temporarily/permanently to Schedule A; H.R. 3003, Section 2, the "No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which would penalize law enforcement agencies by withholding Federal fudning from so-called sanctuary cities; H.R. 3089/S. 1454, the Corporate Transparency Act, would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 419, the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvements Act, which would make key changes to the Public Safety Officers Benefit program to improve transparency and accountability as well as reduce the existing backlog of claims; S. 446, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow any civilian concealed carry permit holder to travel to any other State issuing concealed carry permits without any training or safety requirements; S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy- Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; S. 748 (Menendez, D-NJ), the Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered From Detention (PROFILED) Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search, absent an eyewitness description, and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children ( ICAC) Task Forces; S. 1311, the Abolish Human Trafficking Act, reauthorizes parts of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and expand the authority of State and local agencies to obtain wiretap warrants for trafficking investigations; S. 1312, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, would help prevent human trafficking by promoting training for law enforcement and school resource officers through the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to better identify and respond to human trafficking victims; Legislation which would protect the personal information of law enforcement officers and their families from public access; Legislation or amendments that would have the effect of weakening PL 106-185, the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000; Legislation which would create or fund civilian review boards of law enforcement at any level of government; and Legislation which would further normalize relations with Cuba until that nation ceases to be a safe harbor for cop-killers and other fugitives.
2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 62, the Gun Violence Reduction Resources Act, would authorize the hiring of an additional 200 agents and investigators for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the U.S. Department of Justice; H.R. 115, the Thin Blue Line Act, would increase the penalty for offenders who kill or attempt to kill law enforcement or other public safety officers; H.R. 387, the Email Privacy Act, would make it more difficult for law enforcement to collect and obtain electronic evidence; H.R. 426, the Protecting Lives Using Surplus (PLUS) Equipment Act, which would restore all Federal equipment assistance programs to State and local law enforcement which were restricted by Executive Order 13688; H.R. 510/S. 139, the Rapid DNA Act, which would implement the use of Rapid DNA instruments to inform decisions about pretrial release or detention and their conditions, to solve and prevent violent crimes and other crimes, to exonerate the innocent, and prevent DNA analysis backlogs; H.R. 613, the Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act, would direct the Bureau of Prisons to make secure firearms storage areas accessible to employees at all of its facilities; H.R. 622, the Local Law Enforcement for Local Lands Act, would terminate the law enforcement functions of the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; H.R. 664, the Stem the Tide of Overdose Prevalence from Opiate Drugs (STOP OD) Act, would aim to reduce the curb the number of overdoses due to synthetic fentanyl and helps equip law enforcement officers with naloxone; H.R. 695/S. 705, the Child Protection Improvements Act, which would allow organizations that serve children and the elderly to use the FBI database to conduct background checks on potential employees; H.R. 909/S. 322, the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, would expand existing Federal protections to the pets of domestic abuse victims and establish a grant program to assist victims and their pets when they leave their abusers; H.R. 1039/S. 367, the Probation Officer Protection Act, which would amend section 3606 of Title 18, United States Code, to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; HR. 1057, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Border and Customs Protections to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; H.R. 1428/S. 583, the American Law Enforcement Heros Act, which would prioritize the hiring of veterans and reservists through the hiring program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1494 (Smith, R-TX), the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 1498, the End Racial Profiling Act, which would define racial profiling as any consideration of race, national origin or ethnic origin to initiate a traffic stop or vehicle search-absent an eyewitness description-and requires the collection of race and other data by State and local law enforcement during routine investigatory activities; H.R. 1616, the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act, which would authorize National Computer Forensics Institute to provide assistance and training to local and State law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting cybercrimes; H.R. 1636, the School Safety Act, which would reauthorize and expand the Secure Our Schools program administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS); H.R. 1732, the Synthetic Drug Control Act, which would enhance the ability of law enforcement to combat synthesized drugs by amending the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated; H.R. 1761, the Protection Against Child Exploitation Act, which would close an existing loophole in current statute by clarifying certain definitions in child pornography law; S. 207, the Synthetic Abuse and Labeling of Toxic Substances (SALTS) Act, would close the existing loophole for the manufacturers on analogue drug sales and distribution; S. 318, the COPS Improvement Act, would reauthorize the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and improve its existing hiring program; S. 372, the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act would close the loophole and allow U.S Custom and Border Protection to effectively enforce customs laws that will stop the flow of deadly synthetic drugs into our communities from China; S. 419, the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) Improvements Act, which would make key changes to the Public Safety Officers Benefit program to improve transparency and accountability as well as reduce the existing backlog of claims; S. 573, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act, which would establish National Criminal Justice Commission to study the nations criminal justices systems; S. 654, the Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing, as well as for those who create or distribute such films; S. 708, the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act would ensure that U.S Customs and Border Protections (CBP) will have additional portable chemical screening devices at ports of entry, mail and express consignment facilities, and more resources at the CBP labs; S. 739, the Protecting Kids from Candy-Flavored Drugs Act, would impose increased prison sentences on adults who manufacture, create, distribute, or possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance that is appealing to kids, whether designed or flavored; and S. 782, the Providing Resources, Officers, and Technology To Eradicate Cyber Threats to (PROTECT) Our Children Act, which would reauthorize the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces.
2017 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing provisions in: Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 (H.R.2851, S. 1327) The Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 1039, S. 367) The Thin Blue Line Act of 2017 (H.R. 115, S. 1085) Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S.1917) Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Attorney General Sessions' recent actions on consent decrees and collaborative reform Employment and rights for the formerly incarcerated in: The Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act (H.R. 1906, S. 827) The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1905, S. 842) Law enforcement reform issues: Face recognition technology, body worn cameras, and other policing technology Appropriations for criminal justice programs Pre-Trial Integrity and Safety Act (S.1593) Federal response to a rise in religious hate crimes nationally Comments to the U.S. Sentencing Commission on their Proposed Priorities for Amendment Cycle (citation: 82 FR 28381) H.R. 3356, the Prison Reform and Redemption Act *In accordance with her lobbying and communication restrictions, Kristine Lucius has not lobbied or had contact with any covered officials in the Senate on these issues
Client expense: $445,862 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing provisions in: Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 (H.R.2851, S. 1327) The Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 1039, S. 367) The Thin Blue Line Act of 2017 (H.R. 115, S. 1085) Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (S.1917) Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Attorney General Sessions' recent actions on consent decrees and collaborative reform Employment and rights for the formerly incarcerated in: The Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act (H.R. 1906, S. 827) The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1905, S. 842) Law enforcement reform issues: Face recognition technology, body worn cameras, and other policing technology Appropriations for criminal justice programs Pre-Trial Integrity and Safety Act (S.1593) Federal response to a rise in religious hate crimes nationally *In accordance with her lobbying and communication restrictions, Kristine Lucius has not lobbied or had contact with any covered officials in the Senate on these issues
Client expense: $445,862 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: HJ Res 43- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - Title X. HR7- No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. HR12- Voter Rights Empowerment Act - Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR36- The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Abortion Rights. HR115- Thin Blue Line Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR387- Email Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR482- Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. HR620- ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. HR 644- Conscience Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. HR771- Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights. HR781- Free Speech Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR957- FAIR Surveillance Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR968- Equal Justice Under Law Act - Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. HR969- Gideon Act - Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. HR1021- Expatriate Terrorists Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security. HR1039- Probation Officer Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR1062- GPS Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. HR. 1094- Weekend Voting Act - Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. HR1180- Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR1201- Equitable Access to Care and Health Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR1497- ICE Body Camera Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Body Cameras. HR1498- End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA) - Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H. R. 1555- Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR1556- Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. HR1608- ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act - Issue Lobbied: DHS body cameras. HR1628- American Health Care Act of 2017/Better Care Reconciliation Act - Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights/Womens Rights; LGBT Rights; Religious Refusals; Reproductive Rights- Planned Parenthood, abortion coverage restrictions, contraception, womens preventive services, Medicaid, Essential Health Benefits. HR1795- The DUE PROCESS Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. HR1809- Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. HR1815- Protecting Sensitive Locations Act - Issue Lobbied: Sensitive Locations. HR1869- Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. HR1881- Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. HR 2133- CLEARR Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights; Housing. HR2180- Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR 2212- Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. HR2282- Equality Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. HR2417- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. HR2418- Pay Equity for All Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR2437- Back the Blue Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR2520- BROWSER Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR2676- Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR 2792.- Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Criminal Justice. HR2810- National Defense Authorization Act FY 2018 - Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Law Enforcement; Privacy; Surveillance; Women's Rights; LGBT Rights. HR2978- Voting Rights Advancement Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. HR3020- Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. HR3060- Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR3219- Make America Secure Appropriations Act 2018 - Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; indefinite detention; border security spending; LGBT Rights. HR3222- Do No Harm Act - Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. HR3273- LGBT Data Inclusion Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. HR3277- Voter Access Protection Act of 2015 - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. HR3354- Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act - Issue Lobbied: Census /Conscience Protection/Civil Asset Forfeiture; Racial Justice; Census; Employment Rights; Women's Rights; Reproductive rights - abortion coverage restrictions, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act, Conscience Protection Act. HR3356- Prison Reform and Redemption Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Criminal Justice. HR3440- Dream Act - Issue Lobbied: DACA and border. HR3548- Border Security for America Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance, border security. HR3672- Making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Disaster Relief. HR3697- Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration. HR3711- Legal Workforce Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. HR3844- End for Private Prisons Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Prison. HR 3923- Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Immigration Detention. HR3943- Protecting the Property Rights of Border Landowners Act - Issue Lobbied: Border Wall. HR3944- Police CAMERA Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. HR4019- Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act - Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. SJ Res 13- Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients. - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - Title X. S103- Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S301- Conscience Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights- religious refusals, abortion restrictions. S328- Equal Justice Under Law Act - Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. S361- Expatriate Terrorists Act - Issue Lobbied: National Security. S367- Probation Officer Protection Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S395- GPS Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. S411- End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA) - Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S595- Boots on the Border Act - Issue Lobbied: CBP hiring standards. S642- Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S811- Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. S819- Paycheck Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. S823- Protecting Data at the Border Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S845- Protecting Sensitive Locations Act - Issue Lobbied: Sensitive Locations. S860- Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017 / Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S878- A bill to establish privacy protections for customers of broadband Internet access service and other telecommunications services. - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S957- Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S964- MY DATA Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1006- Equality Act - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S1085- Thin Blue Line Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1101- Pregnant Workers Fairness Act - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. S 1114- A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom. - Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S1134- Back the Blue Act of 2017 - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S1339- Liberty Through Strength Act - Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. S1419- Voting Rights Advancement Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S1519- NDAA - Issue Lobbied: Border issues; Women's Rights. S1588- Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting. S1593- Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act - Issue Lobbied: Bail Reform. S1615- Dream Act - Issue Lobbied: DACA and border. S1654- Email Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1657- ECPA Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1671- International Communications Privacy Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S1696- Womens Health Protection Act of 2016 - Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S1757- Building America's Trust Act - Issue Lobbied: Border Security. S1820- A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces. - Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights. S1828- Weekend Voting Act - Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting. S 1852- Solution for Undocumented Children through Careers, Employment, Education, and Defending our Nation Act - Issue Lobbied: Immigration. S 1856- Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. S1872- TSA Modernization Act - Issue Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. S1918- Police CAMERA Act - Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S 2017- Democracy Restoration Act - Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. Legislation - No Bill Number: Drone Reform-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Targeted Killing. Plan to Close Guantanamo-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act. Graham- Cassidy health care repeal bill-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights, Reproductive Rights, Women's Rights; Reproductive Rights- Planned Parenthood, abortion coverage restrictions, contraception, womens preventive services, Medicaid, Essential Health Benefits. Electronic Communication Privacy Act reform-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. ACA Repeal/Replace and Medicaid Cuts/Reform-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights/Womens Rights, Reproductive Rights; Reproductive rights- contraception. ADA Notification Legislation-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. Ground Combat Integration-Issue Lobbied: Combat Integration/ Womens Rights. FY18 CJS Appropriations Bill-Issue Lobbied: Employment/Womens Rights. OFCCP Elimination/DOL Womens Bureau Cuts- DOL Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. Nomination of Janet Dhillon to the EEOC-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. Nomination of Patrick Pizzella to be Deputy Secretary of Labor-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. Nomination of Eric S. Dreiband-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious Refusals. Nomination of Janet Dhillion-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious refusals. Nomination of Daniel Gade-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious refusals. Nomination of Carlos Muniz-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Religious refusals. Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. Dont Block LGBTQ-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Border wall and border enforcement funding-Issue Lobbied: Border. Confirmation of CBP Commissioner McAleenan-Issue Lobbied: Border. FY18 CJS Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Border. FY18 Homeland Security Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Border; Immigration. Presidential Commission on Election Integrity-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. Steven Bradbury nomination-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. Tax Reform-Issue Lobbied: Tuition Tax Credit proposals. Agencies: Administration for Community Living-Issues Lobbied: Comments on Partnerships for Innovation, Inclusion, and Independence (PIII); Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev); National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). CIA-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. CDC-Issues Lobbied: Comments on National Violent Death Reporting System, Docket No. CDC-2017-0607. Commerce-Issues Lobbied: EU-US Privacy Shield. Defense-Issues Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance ; Transgender military ban. Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, CRDC data collection, STPP, ESSA, Student Loans; Nomination of Carlos Muniz; ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students. HHS-Issues Lobbied: Texas Medicaid Waiver; Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev); National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP); RIN: 0945-AA02 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities. DHS-Issues Lobbied: Biometric identification; Border device searches; Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; Sensitive locations, DACA; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors. HUD-Issues Lobbied: Fair housing (disparate impact; AFFH), regulatory reform, discriminatory lending; VAWA Implementation Comments; Equal Access Rule, codified in 24 C.F.R. Part 5; Reducing Regulatory Burden; Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda Under Executive Order 13777, Docket No. HUD-2017-0029, 82 Fed. Reg. 22344. DOJ-Issues Lobbied: Torture; EU-US Privacy Shield; Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Racial profiling; Law Enforcement; Nomination of Eric Dreiband; EO 13798 Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty; ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students; Rescission of the OLC Memo; RIN: 0945-AA02 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors. DOL-Issues Lobbied: OFCCP Elimination/DOL Womens Bureau Cuts- DOL Appropriations. DNI-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. EEOC-Issues Lobbied: Pay equity/data collection; Nominations of Janet Dhillion, Daniel Gade. EOP-Issues Lobbied: Civil Rights enforcement; DACA, racial profiling, immigrants rights. FAA-Issues Lobbied: Domestic Drones. FBI-Issues Lobbied: Biometric identification; Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Encryption, government back doors. FCC-Issues Lobbied: Ownership Diversity/Media Deregulation/Lifeline Broadband Deployment; Broadband Privacy. NSA-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. OMB-Issues Lobbied: Preschool suspensions, STPP, data collection; Pay equity/data collection; Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Revision of a Currently Approved Collection (ICR Rev); National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP). PCLOB-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. CBP-Issues Lobbied: Biometric identification; Border device searches; Border enforcement/ CBP oversight. State-Issues Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; CERD; Education, civil rights, immigration enforcement, racial profiling, AMEMSA, criminal justice, voting. ICE-Issues Lobbied: Deportation and detention practices. White House-Issues Lobbied: Drone Reform, Plan to Close Guantanamo, National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; Targeted Killing; Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; Law Enforcement; Rescission of the OLC Memo; RIN: 0945-AA02 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; Presidential Commission on Election Integrity; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors. Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity-Issues Lobbied: Racial Justice, Civil Rights, Voting.
2017 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $2,540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2017 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing provisions in: Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017 (H.R.2851, S. 1327) The Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 (H.R. 1039, S. 367) The Thin Blue Line Act of 2017 (H.R. 115, S. 1085) Bipartisan sentencing reform legislation / Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (no bill number yet) Attorney General Sessions' May 10th memo on DOJ Charging and Sentencing Policy Comments re: "Public Briefing: Collateral Consequences: The Crossroads of Punishment, Redemption and the Effects on Communities" hosted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Employment and rights for the formerly incarcerated in: The Record Expungement Designed to Enhance Employment Act (H.R. 1906, S. 827) The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2017 (H.R. 1905, S. 842) Law enforcement reform issues: Face recognition technology, body worn cameras, and other policing technology Appropriations for criminal justice programs Pre-Trial Integrity and Safety Act (not yet introduced) Federal response to a rise in religious hate crimes nationally *In accordance with her lobbying and communication restrictions, Kristine Lucius has not lobbied or had contact with any covered officials in the Senate on these issues
Client expense: $460,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 H.R. 2553, TABS Act of 2017 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $3,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: H.J. Res. 42-Disapproving a Department of Labor rule relating to the drug testing of unemployment compensation applicants-Issue Lobbied: Drug Laws. HJ Res 43-Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - Title X. HJ Res 57-Would nullify the ESSA Accountability and State Plan Regulation finalized by the Department of Education under the Obama administration-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice. HJ Res 86-A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services".-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.115-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R. 244-Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017-Issue Lobbied: Border; Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act; Reproductive Rights. H.R.254-REAL Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. H.R. 387-Email Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. H.R. 620-ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. H.R. 771-Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Woman Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions. H.R. 781-Free Speech Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. H.R. 957-FAIR Surveillance Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. H.R. 968-Equal Justice Under Law Act-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. H.R. 969-Gideon Act-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. H.R. 985-Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Civil Rights. H.R. 1021-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. H.R. 1039-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R. 1062-GPS Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. H.R. 1180-Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 1201-Equitable Access to Care and Health Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.R. 1405-The Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans. H.R. 1497-ICE Body Camera Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Body Cameras. H.R. 1498-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H. R. 1555-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. H.R. 1556-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. H.R. 1608-ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act-Issue Lobbied: DHS body cameras. H.R. 1628-American Health Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - abortion coverage restrictions, contraception, Medicaid, womens preventive services, essential health benefits; Disability rights; Women's rights. H.R. 1795-The DUE PROCESS Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. H.R. 1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R. 1815-Protecting Sensitive Locations Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration enforcement; sensitive locations. H.R. 1869-Paycheck Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. H.R.1870-Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R. 1881-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. H.R. 1952-Better Drive Act-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. H.R. 1980-Private Prison Information Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Prison. H.R. 2147-Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing; Drugs. H.R. 2180-Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Women's Rights. H.R. 2213-Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act-Issue Lobbied: CBP hiring standards. H.R. 2282-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. HR 2406/HR 2751-ICE Authorization Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (detention, detainers, due process). H.R. 2407/H.R. 2752-USCIS Authorization Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (e-verify). H.R. 2417-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. H.R. 2418-Pay Equity for All Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. HR 2431-SAFE Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (racial profiling, 287(g), deportation). H.R. 2437-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R. 2520-BROWSER Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 2676-Police Reporting Information, Data, and Evidence Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R. 2810-National Defense Authorization Act FY 2018-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; LGBT Rights; Women's Rights; Law Enforcement. H.R. 2824-Increasing Opportunity through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R. 2851-Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Drugs/Sentencing. H.R.2876-Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. H.R. 2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R. 3003-No Sanctuary for Criminals Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration (detainers, due process, mandatory detention). H.R. 3004-Kates Law-Issue Lobbied: Immigration prosecutions. H.R. 3020-Border Enforcement Accountability, Oversight and Community Engagement Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: CBP oversight and accountability. H.R.3060-Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. H.R.3277-Voter Access Protection Act of 2015-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. SJ Res 13-Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - Title X. S.J. Res 25-Would nullify the ESSA Accountability and State Plan Regulation finalized by the Department of Education under the Obama administration-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice. S.J. Res 34-A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to "Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services".-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S.45-Kates Law-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing/Immigration. S. 103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S. 328-Equal Justice Under Law Act-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. S.330-Gideon Act-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. S. 361-Expatriate Terrorists Act-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S. 367-Probation Officer Protection Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S. 395-GPS Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. S.411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S.511-Clean Start Act-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. S.573-National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing, Law Enforcement. S.595-Boots on the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: CBP hiring standards. S. 642-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S. 720-Israel Anti-Boycott Act-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. S. 811-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. S.814-Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S. 819-Paycheck Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. S. 823-Protecting Data at the Border Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S.827-REDEEM Act-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. S. 845-Protecting Sensitive Locations Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration enforcement; sensitive locations. S.860-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S. 878-A bill to establish privacy protections for customers of broadband Internet access service and other telecommunications services.-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S. 946-Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing; Drugs. S. 957-Access to Contraception for Women Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Women's Rights. S. 964-MY DATA Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S. 1006-Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice. S.1085-Thin Blue Line Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S. 1101-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. S. 1114-A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order laying a foundation for discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, women, religious minorities, and others under the pretext of religious freedom.-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. S. 1134-Back the Blue Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement. S.1216-Due Process Guarantee Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S. 1231-Vote By Mail Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S.1327-SITSA Act-Issue Lobbied: Drugs. S. 1339-Liberty Through Strength Act-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. S.1353-Automatic Voter Registration Act of 2017-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. S. 1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1524-Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act-Issue Lobbied: Prison; Womens Rights. S.1696-Womens Health Protection Act of 2016-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. Legislation - No Bill Number: Better Care Reconciliation Act-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - abortion coverage restrictions, contraception, Medicaid, womens preventive services, essential health benefits. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights; Womens Rights; Contraception Coverage. Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights - abortion coverage restrictions, Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act; LGBT Rights; Religious Refusals. Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and for other purposes-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals, Women's Rights, Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions, contraception. Department of Labor Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: OFCCP Elimination/DOL Womens Bureau Cuts. Border Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Border. Juvenile justice appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile Justice. Net Neutrality-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Social Media Privacy/Twitter unmasking-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. White House Staffing Report-Issue Lobbied: Open Government. Non-consensual distribution of intimate images-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Media Diversity/Ownership-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Fake News-Issue Lobbied: Press Freedom. International Communications Privacy Act-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Christopher Wray nomination-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. Electronic Communication Privacy Act reform-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin)-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. ESSA-Issue Lobbied: Education. Steven Bradbury nomination-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. Christopher Wray nomination-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. Dan Coats Nomination-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. James Mattis Nomination-Issue Lobbied: National Security. Mike Pompeo Nomination-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, National Security, Surveillance. Jeff Sessions Nomination-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, LGBT Rights, National Security. Drone Reform-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Targeted Killing. Plan to Close Guantanamo-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act. Dont Block LGBTQ-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Nomination of Eric S. Dreiband-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. LGBT Data Inclusion Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. The SOAR (Scholarships for Opportunity and Results) Reauthorization Act (also known as The District of Columbia Private School Voucher Program)-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty / Religion and Public Schools. Ground Combat Integration-Issue Lobbied: Combat Integration/ Womens Rights. Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Deportation and detention practices-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. state/local immigration enforcement (287(g))-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. DACA/DREAMers-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Family immigration detention-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Deported veterans-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Sensitive locations-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Anti-Muslim discrimination-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. National Voter Registration Act Amendments-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. DHS use of canines-Issue Lobbied: Border. CBP oversight and accountability-Issue Lobbied: Border. Agencies: Administration for Community Living-Issue Lobbied: HHS, Administration for Community Living, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request; Proposed Extension With Modifications of a Currently Approved Collection; National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants. CFPB-Issue Lobbied: Racial Justice. CIA-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. Commerce-Issue Lobbied: EU-US Privacy Shield. Defense-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; Law Enforcement. Education-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, CRDC data collection, School to Prison Pipeline, ESSA; Office of Civil Rights; ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students. HHS-Issue Lobbied: LGBT data; HHS, Administration for Community Living, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request; Proposed Extension With Modifications of a Currently Approved Collection; National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants; Proposed rule RIN: 0938-AS21 Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care; RIN: 0945-AA02 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities. DHS-Issue Lobbied: Biometric identification, Border device searches, Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Sensitive Locations. HUD-Issue Lobbied: Fair housing (disparate impact; AFFH), regulator reform, discriminatory lending; Reducing Regulatory Burden; Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda Under Executive Order 13777, Docket No. HUD-2017-0029, 82 Fed. Reg. 22344;. DOJ-Issue Lobbied: EU-US Privacy Shield, Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance, Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Racial profiling; Torture; Law Enforcement; Militarization; Right to Counsel; EO 13798- Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty; Nomination of Eric S. Dreiband; ED-DOJ Joint Guidance on Title IX for Transgender Students; Rescission of the 'World Vision' OLC Memo; RIN: 0945-AA02 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Sentencing. DOL-Issue Lobbied: OFCCP Elimination/DOL Womens Bureau Cuts. DNI-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. EEOC-Issue Lobbied: Pay equity/data collection. EOP-Issue Lobbied: Civil rights enforcement. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (DOT)-Issue Lobbied: Drug Laws. FBI-Issue Lobbied: Christopher Wray nomination, Biometric identification, Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays, Encryption, government back doors. FCC-Issue Lobbied: Net Neutrality, Broadband Privacy Rule. NSA-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. OGIS-Issue Lobbied: Open government. OMB-Issue Lobbied: Equal Pay; Data Collection; Preschool suspensions; School to Prison Pipeline; Racial Justice. OPM-Issue Lobbied: Proposed Rule RIN: 3206-AN25 Proposed Rules Regarding Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability;. PCLOB-Issue Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. CBP-Issue Lobbied: Social media practices, Biometric identification, Border device searches; Border enforcement; Oversight. State-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. ICE-Issue Lobbied: Deportation and detention practices;. SSA-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement; Disability Rights. US Sentencing Commission-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform. White House-Issue Lobbied: Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; Targeted Killing; Drone reform; Law Enforcement; Rescission of the 'World Vision' OLC Memo; RIN: 0945-AA02 Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities; Interior and Border enforcement, Unaccompanied Minors; Racial Justice. US Commission on Civil Rights-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement; Fines and Fees; Collateral Consequences of Incarceration/Re-entry; Disability Rights; Voting Rights.
2017 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R.1039, Probation Officer Protection Act, all provisions H.R.2851 Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 H.R. 2034 - Restoring Integrity to Americas Elections Act Unnamed House Bill, Reintroduction of Recidivism Risk Reduction Act, all provisions Unnamed House Bill, Reintroduction of Sentencing Reform Act, all provisions Unnamed House Bill, Reintroduction of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act, all provisions S.367, Probation Officer Protection Act S.1327 Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Act of 2017 Unnamed Senate Bill, Reintroduction of Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, all provisions
Client expense: $1,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), White House Office
2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Background Checks The FAIR Act (S.642) Civil Asset Forfeiture U.S. DOJ/U.S. DHS Profiling Guidance The Fair Chance Act (S. 842) Second Chance Reauthorization Act Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115, S.2034) DOJ Consent Decrees with City Police Departments National Criminal Justice Commission Act (H.R. 1607 & S.573) Police Reform Legislation Militarization legislation Proposed Rule Regarding Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Social Security Administration Revisions to Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed Representatives FDIC Hiring Policy Regarding Individuals with Criminal Records Nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General Face recognition technology, body worn cameras, and other policing technology Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act Comments re: Sentencing Commission Guidelines The MERCY Act (S.329) Probation Officer Protection Act (S.367) H.R. 985, "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act" Support H.R. 1242, the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
Client expense: $293,446 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Transportation Security Administration (TSA), White House Office
2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Background Checks The FAIR Act (S.642) Civil Asset Forfeiture U.S. DOJ/U.S. DHS Profiling Guidance The Fair Chance Act (S. 842) Second Chance Reauthorization Act Thin Blue Line Act (H.R. 115, S.2034) DOJ Consent Decrees with City Police Departments National Criminal Justice Commission Act (H.R. 1607 & S.573) Police Reform Legislation Militarization legislation Proposed Rule Regarding Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability Social Security Administration Revisions to Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Appointed Representatives FDIC Hiring Policy Regarding Individuals with Criminal Records Nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as Attorney General Face recognition technology, body worn cameras, and other policing technology Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act Comments re: Sentencing Commission Guidelines The MERCY Act (S.329) Probation Officer Protection Act (S.367) H.R. 985, "Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act" Support H.R. 1242, the 400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
Client expense: $293,446 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1426/ S. 367, Federal Savings Association Charter Flexibility Act of 2017 S. 105, Consumer Financial Protection Board Act of 2017 S. 387, The CFPB Accountability Act of 2017 BCFP Oversight Federal Reserve System Reform
Client expense: $2,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2017 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.J. Res 13-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - Title X. S.J. Res 25-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, access to education. S.J. Res 34-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. S. 103-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S. 128-Issue Lobbied: DACA. S. 303-Issue Lobbied: State/local immigration partnership (287(g)). S. 328-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. S.330-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. S.337-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. S. 345-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. S. 361-Issue Lobbied: National Security. S. 367-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. S. 395-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. S.411-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S.511-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. S.573-Issue Lobbied: Sentencing Reform, Law Enforcement Reform. S. 642-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. S. 748-Issue Lobbied: Racial profiling. S. 811-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. S. 845-Issue Lobbied: Immigration enforcement; sensitive locations. S.860-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S.1696-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. H.J. Res 37-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. H.J. Res 40-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. H.J. Res. 42-Issue Lobbied: Drug Laws. H.J. Res 43-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights - Title X. H.J. Res 57-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, access to education. H.J. Res 86-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 7-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights-Abortion access and restrictions. H.R. 387-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. H.R. 482-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. H.R. 496-Issue Lobbied: DACA. H.R. 620-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. H.R. 739-Issue Lobbied: Border. H.R. 771-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights- abortion coverage restrictions. H.R. 837-Issue Lobbied: Border. H.R. 947-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. H.R. 957-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. H.R. 968-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. H.R. 969-Issue Lobbied: Right to Counsel. H.R. 985-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment. H.R. 1021-Issue Lobbied: National Security. H.R. 1039-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. H.R. 1062-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance. H.R. 1313-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights. H.R. 1405-Issue Lobbied: Immigrant veterans. H.R. 1498-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H.R. 1503-Issue Lobbied: Anti-Muslim discrimination. H. R. 1555-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture. H.R. 1556-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Militarization. H.R. 1628-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights/Womens Rights; Reproductive Rights - abortion coverage restrictions, contraception, Medicaid, womens preventive services, essential health benefits. H.R. 1795-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform. H.R. 1809-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R. 1815-Issue Lobbied: Immigration enforcement; sensitive locations. H.R. 1881-Issue Lobbied: LGBT rights, Religious Refusals. H.R. 1952-Issue Lobbied: Reentry. H.R.3277-Issue Lobbied: Voting Rights. Congressional Issues, No Bill Number: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act-Issue Lobbied: Disability Rights/Womens Rights, Medicaid Cuts/Reform, Contraceptive Coverage.Planned Parenthood Medicaid defunding-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive Rights-abortion access. Secretary of Labor Nomination (Andrew Puzder)-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Employment/Disability Rights, LGBT Rights.Attorney General Nomination (Jeff Sessions)-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Disability Rights, Privacy, Surveillance, LGBT Rights, Reproductive rights, religious refusals; National Security; Guantanamo; Due Process; Civil rights/civil liberties.Secretary of Defense Nomination (Jim Mattis)-Issue Lobbied: Combat Integration/Womens Rights; National Security.Secretary of Education Nomination (Betsy DeVos)-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights; Civil rights/civil liberties.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Ben Carson)-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Disability Rights, LGBT Rights.Secretary of Health and Human Services Nomination (Tom Price)-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights/Disability Rights, LGBT Rights, Reproductive rights, religious refusals.CIA Director Nomination (Mike Pompeo)-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance; National Security; Targeted Killing.DNI Nomination (Dan Coats)-Issue Lobbied: Privacy, Surveillance; National Security. EPA Administrator Nomination (Scott Pruitt)-Issue Lobbied: Civil rights/civil liberties. Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive rights, religious refusals. FY 17 Appropriations-Issue Lobbied: Juvenile justice; Reproductive health riders (Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act);.FY 18 Budget-Issue Lobbied: Reproductive health riders (Hyde Amendment, abortion coverage bans, Weldon Amendment, Health Care Conscience Rights Act);.Ground Combat Integration-Issue Lobbied: Combat Integration/ Womens Rights. Marines United Sexual Harassment-Issue Lobbied: Womens Rights. Police CAMERA Act-Issue Lobbied: Body Worn Cameras. Law Enforcement Trust and Integrity Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. Preventing Tragedies Between Police and Communities Act-Issue Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform. The DUE PROCESS Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform. Democracy Restoration Act (Sen. Cardin)-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. Restoring the Voting Rights Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. National Voter Registration Act Amendments-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. The SOAR (Scholarships for Opportunity and Results) Reauthorization Act (also known as The District of Columbia Private School Voucher Program)-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty / Religion and Public Schools.Do No Harm Act-Issue Lobbied: Religious Liberty/Refusals. Equality Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights, Womens Rights, Reproductive Freedom, Racial Justice.LGBT Data Inclusion Act-Issue Lobbied: LGBT Rights. Drone Reform-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Targeted Killing. Plan to Close Guantanamo-Issue Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act.Anti-Semitism Awareness Act-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Social media vetting, data collection-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Communications Decency Act (Section 230)/backpage.com-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Non-consensual distribution of intimate images-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Removal of student art from House building-Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. Tax-exempt status of non-profits-Issue Lobbied: First Amendment. Telecommunication issues - Lifeline, media diversity, prison phones, net neutrality-Issue Lobbied: Free Speech. Emoluments Clause-Issue Lobbied: Government accountability. Hate crimes commission/crimes involving religion-Issue Lobbied: Free speech, religious liberty. FISA/wiretapping-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. Border device search legislation-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Border enforcement/CBP Oversight-Issue Lobbied: Border. ECPA Reform-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Private information protection-Issue Lobbied: Privacy. Section 702 reauthorization-Issue Lobbied: Surveillance. Executive Orders 13769 and 13780-Issue Lobbied: Anti-Muslim discrimination. Executive Orders 13767 and 13768-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Protect Immigration Act-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. CBP entry process-Issue Lobbied: Immigration, race/ethnicity discrimination.Anti-Muslim discrimination-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Immigration enforcement-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Sensitive locations-Issue Lobbied: Immigration.Deported veterans-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Family immigration detention-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. DACA/DREAMers-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. State/local immigration enforcement (287(g))-Issue Lobbied: Immigration. Drug testing-Issue Lobbied: Criminal justice. Criminal Justice Commission-Issue Lobbied: Criminal justice. PREA funding-Issue Lobbied: Criminal justice. HUD funding-Issue Lobbied: Racial justice. Congressional Review Act-Issue Lobbied: Civil liberties, civil rights. Agencies: CFPB-Issues Lobbied: Gag Rule. CIA-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. DOD-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform; Standing Rock; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act. Department of Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice; CRDC data collection; School to Prison Pipeline. HHS-Issues Lobbied: Proposed rule RIN: 0938-AS21 (Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Changes to Promote Innovation, Flexibility, and Improvement in Patient Care); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities). DHS-Issues Lobbied: Protecting survivors of domestic violence; Anti-Muslim discrimination; immigration enforcement; sensitive locations; deported veterans; family immigration detention; DACA/DREAMers; state/local immigration enforcement (287(g)); Countering Violent Extremism; Biometric identification; Border device searches; Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; Public Charge Executive Order; Social media surveillance/collection. HUD-Issues Lobbied: Fair housing (disparate impact; AFFH). DOJ-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform; Militarization; Right to Counsel; DICRA Regulations; Standing Rock; Racial Profiling; Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance; Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Rescission of the OLC Memo (World Vision); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Torture; Sentencing Reform; Immigration; Transparency. DNI-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. EEOC-Issues Lobbied: Pay equity; Data collection. EOP-Issues Lobbied: Privacy Act Protections; Women's Rights. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (DOT)-Issues Lobbied: Drug Laws; Drug Testing. FBI-Issues Lobbied: Biometric identification; Location Tracking Devices, Stingrays; Encryption; Government back doors. FCC-Issues Lobbied: Broadband Privacy, Access; Net Neutrality; Lifeline. NSA-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. OPM-Issues Lobbied: Proposed Rule RIN: 3206-AN25 (Proposed Rules Regarding Recruitment, Selection, and Placement (General) and Suitability). PCLOB-Issues Lobbied: EO 12333 and Section 702 surveillance. CBP-Issues Lobbied: Biometric identification; Border device searches; EO13769 FOIA. Department of State-Issues Lobbied: National Security; Guantanamo; Indefinite Detention; Torture. ICE-Issues Lobbied: Protecting survivors of domestic violence; Access to ICE facilities. U.S. Sentencing Commission-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing Reform. White House-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement; Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States; Rescission of the OLC Memo (World Vision); RIN: 0945-AA02 (Final Rule: Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities); Plan to Close Guantanamo; Drone Reform; National Security; Indefinite Detention; Torture; Military Commissions Act; Targeted Killing. US Commission on Civil Rights-Issues Lobbied: Law Enforcement Reform; Fines & Fees.
2017 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 1039, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill. S. 367, the "Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017," legislation to grant probation officers authority to arrest hostile third parties who obstruct or impede a probation officer in the performance of official duties; entire bill.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| MT |
| Roy Blunt | Republican | MO |
| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $270,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Administration for Children & Families (ACF), Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $244,936 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $246,077 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $246,077 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, White House Office
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $295,627 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $343,401 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, Social Security Administration (SSA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Bureau of the Census, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
Client expense: $305,569 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Education, Dept of, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Natl Security Agency (NSA), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office