American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017

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.

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

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.

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

S. 52, legislation to make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief; entire bill. S. 87, the "Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act," legislation to ensure that state and local law enforcement may cooperate with federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States; entire bill. S. 139, the "Rapid DNA Act of 2017," legislation to establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and reduce the current DNA analysis backlog; entire bill. H.R. 510, the "Rapid DNA Act of 2017," legislation to establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and reduce the current DNA analysis backlog; entire bill. S. 573, the "National Criminal Justice Commission Act," legislation to establish a National Criminal Justice Commission; entire bill. H.R. 1886, the "National Criminal Justice Commission Act," legislation to establish a National Criminal Justice Commission; entire bill. S. 583, the "American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as career law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 1428, the "American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017," legislation to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds to hire veterans as career law enforcement officers; entire bill. S. 708, the "INTERDICT Act," legislation to improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to interdict fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics and psychoactive substances that are illegally imported into the United States; entire bill. S. 782, the "PROTECT Our Children Act," legislation to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program; entire bill. H.R. 1846, the "PROTECT Our Children Act," legislation to reauthorize the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program; entire bill. S. 1085, the "Thin Blue Line Act," legislation to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim as a public safety officer; entire bill. H.R. 115, the "Thin Blue Line Act," legislation to provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty based on the status of the victim as a public safety officer; entire bill. S. 1134, the "Back the Blue Act of 2017," legislation to enhance protections for federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 2437, the "Back the Blue Act of 2017," legislation to enhance protections for federal, state, and local law enforcement officers; entire bill. H.R. 3004, "Kate's Law," legislation to enhance penalties for dangerous criminal aliens who are deported and return to the United States; entire bill. Legislative proposal to amend Title 18, U.S. Code, to provide enhanced federal prosecution of attacks against law enforcement officers (no bill introduced). Legislative proposals to improve the safety of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers and provide enhanced penalties for the murder of or assaults on law enforcement officers (no bills introduced). Proposal for Executive action to provide liability protections for state and local law enforcement officers who comply with federal immigration detainers (no measure introduced). Support for the Administration to call for Cuba to extradite cop-killer Joanne Chesimard as part of any revised policy on U.S.-Cuba relations. Issues related to recidivist criminal aliens unlawfully present in the United States, the impact of New York City policies that inhibit cooperation between municipal and federal law enforcement to apprehend and remove these dangerous individuals, and the impact such policies have on the growth of criminal gangs.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE, White House Office