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Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act This bill adds five fentanyl analogues and the entire category of fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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2020 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer; H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates; H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force; H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners; H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress; H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program; H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management; H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities; H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 1325/S. 4605, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death; H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP); H.R. 1387, 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; H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana; H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund; H.R. 1866, 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. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish 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; H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training; H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness; H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program; H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security; H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis; H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; H.R. 5855, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program for specified trauma centers and nonprofits to establish or expand intervention or prevention programs related to intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence; H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); H.R. 6509, the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims; H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act," which proposes a series of police reforms; H.R. 7278/S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," which proposes a series of police reforms; H.R. 7568, the "Public Safety Officer Support Act," which would expand the eligibility of certain officers or their surviving family for death and disability benefits as provided for by the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program; H.R. 7951, the "Qualified Immunity Act," which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine; H.R. 8772/S. 2174, the "Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act," would expand eligibility for grants to State and local governments to identify remains; H. Res. 1093, which calls on Congress to enact a bill of rights for law enforcement officers; S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List"; S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act; S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program; S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse; S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes; S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion; S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids; S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances; S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021; S. 3987, the "Strong communities Act," which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers in their own community; S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," which would undermine the existing qualified immunity doctrine; S. 4186, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 4486, the Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act," which would establish an interactive, internet website-based dashboard that publicizes all Federally funded mental health related grants; and S. 4491, the "Methamphetamine Response Act," which would designate methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat which would then require the Office of National Drug Control Policy to create an Emerging Threat Response Plan.
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
2020 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing and criminal justice reform, fentanyl sentencing legislation, restoration of Pell Grants for incarcerated students and removal of barriers to financial aid for individuals with criminal convictions, marijuana reform. S 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act; S. 2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act; HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act. Supported efforts to release vulnerable individuals from incarcerated settings.
Client expense: $87,644 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.7614, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2021, Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research Public Law 116-260, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division H, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021, Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling, Drug research related issues S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act, Drug abuse research related issues H.R.3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019, Drug abuse research related issues Monitor Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) S.3148, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act Non Human Primates and Biomedical research
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer; H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates; H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force; H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners; H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress; H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program; H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management; H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities; H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 1325/S. 4605, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death; H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP); H.R. 1387, 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; H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana; H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund; H.R. 1866, 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. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish 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; H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training; H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness; H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program; H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security; H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis; H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; H.R. 5855, the Bipartisan Solution to Cyclical Violence Act, which would direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program for specified trauma centers and nonprofits to establish or expand intervention or prevention programs related to intentional violent trauma, excluding intimate partner violence; H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); H.R. 6509, the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims; H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act," which proposes a series of police reforms; H.R. 7278/S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," which proposes a series of police reforms; H.R. 7568, the "Public Safety Officer Support Act," which would expand the eligibility of certain officers or their surviving family for death and disability benefits as provided for by the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program; H.R. 7951, the "Qualified Immunity Act," which would codify the existing qualified immunity doctrine; H. Res. 1093, which calls on Congress to enact a bill of rights for law enforcement officers; S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List"; S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act; S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program; S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse; S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes; S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion; S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids; S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances; S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021; S. 3987, the "Strong communities Act," which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers in their own community; S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," which would undermine the existing qualified immunity doctrine; S. 4186, the Driving for Opportunity Act, which would create a grant program for States to reinstate drivers licenses that were suspended for unpaid fines and fees; S. 4486, the Achieving Thorough Transparency and Accessibility for Information Navigation on Mental Health Act," which would establish an interactive, internet website-based dashboard that publicizes all Federally funded mental health related grants; and S. 4491, the "Methamphetamine Response Act," which would designate methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat which would then require the Office of National Drug Control Policy to create an Emerging Threat Response Plan.
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
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
H.R.7614, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2021, Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling, Drug research related issues S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act, Drug abuse research related issues H.R.3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019, Drug abuse research related issues Monitor Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) S.3148, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act H.R.5421, Stopping Illicit Trafficking Act of 2019 Public Law 116-114, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act Public Law 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp related provision Non Human Primates and Biomedical research H.R.601, Medical Cannabis Research Act Coronavirus, Healthcare research related issues
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing and criminal justice reform, fentanyl sentencing legislation, restoration of Pell Grants for incarcerated students and removal of barriers to financial aid for individuals with criminal convictions, marijuana reform. S 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act; S. 2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act; HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act. Supported efforts to release vulnerable individuals from incarcerated settings.
Client expense: $87,644 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer; H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates; H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force; H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners; H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress; H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program; H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management; H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities; H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 1325, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death; H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP); H.R. 1387, 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; H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana; H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund; H.R. 1866, 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. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish 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; H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training; H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness; H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program; H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; H.R. 2935/S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security; H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis; H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); H.R. 6509, the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims; H.R. 7120, the "Justice in Policing Act," which proposes a series of police reforms; H.R. 7278/S. 3985, the "Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere Act," which proposes a series of police reforms; S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List"; S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act; S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program; S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse; S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes; S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion; S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids; S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances; S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021; S. 3987, the "Strong communities Act," which would establish a grant program for local law enforcement agencies to assist in recruiting officers in their own community; S. 4036, the "Reforming Qualified Immunity Act," which would undermine the existing qualified immunity doctrine.
2020 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equitable access to housing. S.411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S.860-Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S.1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Bail Reform. S.593-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty. S.3158- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education, desegregation. S.2754-Handle with Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. S.387-Fair Chance Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, ban the box. S.788-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, womens rights, racial justice. S.758-Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage. S.488-Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.1123-A Bill to Transfer and Limit Executive Branch Authority to Suspend or Restrict the Entry of a Class of Aliens-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, national security, religious liberty. S.274-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. S.2007-Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. S.1791-Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. S.1083-Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reparations. S.1938-Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. S.1645-Womens Health Protection Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. S.2227-MORE Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana legalization, drug reform. S.1074-Restoring Education and Learning Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, Pell Grant. S.227-Savannas Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.1622-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug reform, criminal justice. S.1168-Equal Campus Access Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. S.764-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. S.685-Inspector General Access Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Justice Department Oversight. S.3398-EARN IT Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.3045-Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.3548-CARES Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, voting rights, disability rights. S.3242- Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S.3284-Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, technology. S.2968-Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.3579-Emergency Community Supervision Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison population reduction, mass incarceration. S.1834-Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.1068-Democracy Restoration Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.958-SAVE VOTERS Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.1790-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, material boycotts, divestments and sanctions. S.3690-Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Remote learning. S.3749-Public Health Emergency Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Health data privacy. S.3835-SCRIPT Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.3902-CIVIL Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, military powers. S.3685-Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, womens rights. S.3725-VoteSafe Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.3822-DemocracyCorps Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.3609-Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, equitable distribution of COVID-19 relief. S.Amdt.1580-The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, equitable distribution of COVID-19 relief. S.1789-Military Justice Improvement Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S.3544-Coronavirus Relief for Seniors and People with Disabilities Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. S.3912-Justice in Policing Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform, criminal justice, privacy, surveillance. S.3985-JUSTICE Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform, criminal justice. S.3529-Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.2238-SAFE Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. S.3663-COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.3309-Public Health Emergency Response and Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.3861-Exposure Notification Privacy Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2577-Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Consumer privacy. S.3963-COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.3645-FIRST Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, healthcare. H.R.482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equitable access to housing. H.R.1498-End Racial Profiling Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H.R.1895-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. H.R.1714-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement militarization, police reform. H.R.1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to housing, racial justice. H.R.2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.1450-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty. H.R.3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census, desegregation. H.R.120-Police CAMERA Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform, body-worn cameras. H.R.4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, higher education. 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.6011-A bill 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.7209-School Resource Officer Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, school-to-prison pipeline. H.R.1076-Fair Chance Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reentry, ban the box, equitable access to housing. H.R.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, womens rights, racial justice. H.R.1692- Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage. H.R.494-Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice. H.R.3157-Student Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.2214- NO BAN Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, national security, religious liberty. H.R.897-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. H.R.2500-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, ban the box, national security. H.R.3018-Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.3114-Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.2275-Disctrict of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.3055-Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.40-Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reparations. H.R.2300-Eliminating Debtors Prison for Kids Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.2694-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, pregnancy discrimination. H.R.2975-Womens Health Protection Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. H.R.2896-SHIELD Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Over-criminalization. H.R.2233-Bail Fairness Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.4474-No Money Bail Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.3884-Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana legalization, drug reform, criminal justice. H.R.4488-Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. H.R.4408-Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. H.R.4359-Police Exercising Absolute Care with Everyone Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. H.R.4073-Expanding Educational Opportunities for Justice-Impacted Communities Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, Pell Grant. H.R.4018-To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. H.R.4179-No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.5053-Justice for Juveniles Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. H.R.2935-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug reform, criminal justice. H.Res.702-Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice. H.R.5546-Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act-Issues Lobbied: Right to counsel, prison reform. H.R.5331-Fairness for All Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.5448-SAFE SEX Workers Study Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform, free speech, LGBTQ rights. H.R.4008-No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, technology. H.R.6172-USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. H.R.748-CARES Act-Issues Lobbied: Mass incarceration, voting rights, disability rights, equitable access to broadband. H.R.6201-Families First Coronavirus Response Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, COVID-19 relief. H.R.5675-Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. H.R.5603-Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.1275-Voter Empowerment Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.645-Automatic Voter Registration Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.2660-Election Security Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.1122-Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equitable access to housing. H.R.1-For the People Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights, campaign finance. H.R.1217-Ensuring American Voters Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.6800-The Heroes Act-Issues Lobbied: COVID-19 relief package, immigrants rights, immigration, healthcare, broadband access, mass incarceration, reproductive rights, abortion coverage, reproductive healthcare access, voting rights, census. H.R.4192-Confronting the Threat of Domestic Terrorism Act-Issues Lobbied: Profiling, discrimination, white supremacist violence, criminalization, free speech. H.R.6881-Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Broadband access. H.R.6563-Emergency Educational Connections Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Remote learning. H.R.7014-Banning Microtargeted Political Ads Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.7012-Protecting Democracy from Disinformation Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.1154-Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act-Issues Lobbied: Freedom of association. H.R.7282-Protecting Against Public Safety Disinformation Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, threats, discrimination. H.R.7315-Protecting Our Protestors Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6820-Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, womens rights. H.R.7068-VoteSafe Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.6437-Coronavirus Immigrant Families Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, equitable distribution of COVID-19-relief. H.R.266-Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, equitable distribution of COVID-19 relief. H.R.7120-George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform, criminal justice, privacy, surveillance. H.R.7191-Workforce Justice Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Reentry. H.R.6400- Emergency Community Supervision Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison population reduction, mass incarceration. H.R.7143-Demilitarizing Local Law Enforcement Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform, criminal justice. H.R.7085-Ending Qualified Immunity Act-Issues Lobbied: Policing reform, criminal justice. H.R.3201-Stop Automatically Voiding Eligible Voters Off Their Enlisted Rolls in States Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting. H.R.6675-Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Consumer privacy. H.R.7227-COVID-19 Whistleblower Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6537-FIRST Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, healthcare. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-Fair Chance Licensing Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, licensing. Senate bill version-Emergency Broadband Connections Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Broadband access. Senate bill version-Fair and Just Defense Act-Issues Lobbied: Right to counsel. Administrative legislative proposal-Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, rent increases. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2021-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion restrictions, Title X family planning program, religious refusals. Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2021-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion restrictions. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021-Issues Lobbied: National security. Legislation to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, racial justice, school policing. Driving for Opportunity Act-Issues Lobbied: Fines and fees. Counseling not Criminalization in Schools Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2021-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, cuts to ICE and CBP funding, ICE and CBP transfer restriction. Additional legislation not yet introduced -Refugee resettlement, immigration detention facilities, Guantanamo Bay detention policies, national security, authorization for use of military force, counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, gene patents privacy, surveillance, encryption, facial recognition technology, commercial privacy legislation, biometrics governance, FISA reform, Freedom of Information Act reform, COVID-19 relief package, imposition of privacy standards on the collection of coronavirus-related data, emergency funding for local news outlets, Patent Act reform, Communications Decency Act amendments, platform accountability and consumer transparency, proposed disclosure of the locations of certain online platform users, proposed restriction of use of COVID-19-related consumer data, restriction of lethal weapons use by law enforcement at protests, law enforcement identification requirement at mass gatherings, voting rights, youth voting, peaceful elections, Right to Vote Amendment, voting priorities related to COVID-19, disability rights, school equity, equitable access to broadband, Affordable Care Act birth-control benefit exemption, reproductive rights. Agencies: Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, school-to-prison pipeline, Every Student Succeeds Act, student loans, civil rights investigations, Affirmative Action. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, womens rights, birth control, religious refusals, abortion, Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities, Delegation of Authority. Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Immigration detention; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Immigration, civil immigration enforcement and detention during the COVID-19 pandemic, DNA collection, deployment to sanctuary cities; Customs and Border Protection - Immigration, COVID-19 prevention, treatment of pregnant people and sick children, DNA collection, deployment to sanctuary cities. Agency-HUD-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, the disparate impact rule, AFFH rule, regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief, rent increases, religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: COVID-19, prison population reduction, police reform, religious liberty, racial profiling, juvenile justice, school-to-prison pipeline, LGBTQ rights, implementation of the U.S. Supreme Courts Bostock Ruling. 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 Bureau - 2020 Census, discrimination. Agency-State-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, United Nations Standard Rules on Racism. Agency-FDA-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, mifepristone restrictions. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, religious refusals, birth control coverage. Agency-Treasury-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, religious refusals, birth control coverage. Agency-SBA-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, bars to SBA loan relief for those with arrest or conviction histories. Agency-BOP-Issues Lobbied: Mass incarceration, prison population reduction, prison population demographics, impact of COVID-19 on prison populations.
2020 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2021, Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling S.3148, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act H.R.5421, Stopping Illicit Trafficking Act of 2019 Public Law 116-114, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act Monitor Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act H.R.3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019 Public Law 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp related provision Non Human Primates and Biomedical research H.R.601, Medical Cannabis Research Act Coronavirus, Healthcare research related issues
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2020 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing and criminal justice reform, fentanyl sentencing legislation, restoration of Pell Grants for incarcerated students and removal of barriers to financial aid for individuals with criminal convictions, marijuana reform. S 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act; S. 2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act; HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act
Client expense: $87,644 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 99/S. 1508, the "Thin Blue Line Act," which would provide additional aggravating factors for the imposition of the death penalty for targeting and killing a law enforcement officer; H.R. 207, the Stop the Violence Act, which would establish a pilot program within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to 10 trauma centers which have existing violence prevention or intervention programs designed to reduce re-admittance and reincarceration rates; H.R. 295, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act, which would add the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the Presidents Interagency Task Force; H.R. 449, the Pathways to Improving Homeland Security at the Local Level Act, which would direct the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement to produce an accessible annual catalog on the available DHS training, publications, programs, and services for their State, local and tribal partners; H.R. 489, the Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence and Essential Law Enforcement Departments (SHIELD) Act, which would make sure that Federal law enforcement officers required to report for duty even in the event that the Departments or agencies they serve have not been appropriated funds by Congress; H.R. 724/S. 479, the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, which would provide a criminal penalty for those who engage in animal crushing as well as for those who create or distribute such films; H.R. 816, the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act," which would include campus police officer within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program; H.R. 838/S.265, the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety (TAPS) Act, which would provide resources to create a national strategy to identify, investigate, and mitigate possibly violent behavior through multi-disciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management; H.R. 1156, the LEOSA Reform Act, which would amend the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) and exempt qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from local and State prohibitions on the carriage of concealed firearms, to ensure that these officers are able to carry in the same venues as civilian concealed carry permit holders in areas like schools and national parks, as well as use public transportation and extends the exemption to magazine capacity and would allow active and retired law enforcement officers to access services at U.S. post offices, Social Security Administration offices or Veterans Affairs facilities; H.R. 1210, the Heroes Lesley Zerebney and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers benefits (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 1325, the Protect and Serve Act, which would make it a Federal crime to target a law enforcement officer with an assault that results in serious bodily harm or death; H.R. 1327/S. 546, the Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act, which would reauthorize the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) through the Fiscal Year 2090, the same reauthorization Congress provided for the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP); H.R. 1387, 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; H.R. 1595, the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, which would allow U.S. banks and financial institutions to do business with companies trafficking in an illegal substance-marijuana; H.R. 1865, the National Law Enforcement Museum Commemorative Coin Act, which would direct the U.S. Mint to produce commemorative coins and divert some of the proceeds from their sale to support the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund; H.R. 1866, 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; S. 465, the First Responders Survivors Support Act, which would increase the amount of the death benefit provided by the Public Safety Officers Benefit (PSOB) program as well as other benefits administered by the PSOB; H.R. 2070/S.954, the Providing Officers with Electronic Resources (POWER) Act, which would establish 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; H.R. 2329, the Law Enforcement Immersive Training Act, which would provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to access immersive, real-life, scenario-based training; H.R. 2368/S.998, the Supporting and Treating Officers in Crisis (STOIC) Act, which would revive and expand programs designed to help officers and their families with stress reduction, suicide prevention and the promotion of mental health and wellness; H.R. 2379/S. 1231, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Reauthorization Act, which would permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership (BVP) program; H.R. 2560/S.1278, the Putting First Responders First Act, which would codify existing Internal Revenue Code regulations making service-connected disability compensation exempt from Federal income taxes H.R. 2812/S.1208, the Protecting Americas First Responders Act, which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; H.R. 2935, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; H.R. 3735/S. 2746, the "Law Enforcement Suicide Data Collection Act," which would require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide information on suicide rates in law enforcement; H.R. 3990/S. 2750, the Operation Stonegarden Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize grants to State, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to improve border security; H.R. 4963, the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act, which would update the Controlled Substances Act by adding a Schedule A to allow for the inclusion of analogue and synthetic drugs similar in effect, but chemically different, to existing scheduled substances on a temporary basis; H.R. 5376/S. 3007, the Eliminated Network Distribution (END) of Child Exploitation Act, which would improve the effectiveness of the CyberTipline, which is administered by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; H.R. 6008, the "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Law Enforcement Training Act," which would direct the Attorney General to develop crisis intervention training tools for use by law enforcement and other public safety officers when interacting with community members who have traumatic brain injury (TBI), another form of acquired brain injury, or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); H.R. 6509 (Nadler, D-NY), the Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which would expand and codify the presumption that a death benefit claim for a COVID-19 related death, made through Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program, will be found by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to have contracted the disease in the line of duty in most cases as well as in disability claims; S. 400, the Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act, which would modernize the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA) by adding countries that are significant sources of illicit fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids to the annual Majors List"; S. 495, the EAGLES Act, which would reauthorize the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; S. 820, the Debbie Smith Act, which would reauthorize the Debbie Smith Act; S. 1208, the "Protecting America's First Responders Act," which would update the PSOB disability determinations and the definitions making it more consistent with existing Federal law and greatly improve the ability of our injured and disabled officers to have their claims processed more fairly and more quickly; S. 1231, the "A bill to reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program," which would permanently reauthorize the bulletproof vest program; S. 1464, the "Law Enforcement Training for Mental Health Crisis Response Act," which would address an urgent need to provide our nations law enforcement officers with training to recognize and appropriately respond to behavioral crises caused, not by criminal activity, but by mental illness and substance abuse; S. 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues (SOFA) Act, which would amend current law to prevent criminal drug traffickers and manufacturers from evading Federal penalties by using analogue drugs which are just as lethal as fentanyl; S. 1883, the "Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act," which would update various statutes to better fight money laundering and cash smuggling another other illicit finance crimes; S. 1978, the Corporate Transparency Act, which would require the Federal government to collect beneficial ownership information for corporations and limited liability companies unless the State already collects this information; S. 2197, the Protecting Rights of Those Exploited by Coercive Trafficking (PROTECT) Act, which would amend existing human trafficking law to specify the use of drugs or illegal substances to cause a person to engage in a commercial sex act or forced labor constitutes a form of coercion; S. 2264, Erics Law, which would amend current law to allow Federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for the sentencing phase of capital cases; S. 2323, the Screening All Fentanyl-Enhanced (SAFE) Mail Act, which would use technology developed by the Opioid Detection Challenge in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to be deployed within 5 years to scan 100% of all international mail and express cargo for fentanyl and other synthetic opioids; S. 2701, the Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting (FIGHT) Fentanyl Act, which would permanently schedule fentanyl-related substances as Schedule 1 substances; S. 3398, the "Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, which would establish a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention in an effort to combat the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet; and S. 3607, the Safeguarding Americas First Responders Act, which would establish a presumption that a law enforcement or other public safety officers who dies from COVID-19 or complications related to COVID-19 did so because they sustained a personal injury in the line of duty, provided that the officer engaged in line of duty actions between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021.
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 2348: Clean Slate Act. Full Bill Issues related to Certificates of Rehabilitation. Issues related to criminal justice reform. Issues related to grants to states to reform bail and fines and fees laws. S. 1622: Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act. Full Bill S. 3148: Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act. Full Bill S. 3201: Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act. Full Bill Issues related to eminent domain. Issues related to the television whitespace rule. S. 3398: EARN IT Act. Full Bill
Client expense: $550,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · first_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equitable access to housing. S.411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S.860-Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S.1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Bail Reform. S.593-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty. S.3158- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education, desegregation. S.2754-Handle with Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. S.387-Fair Chance Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, ban the box. S.1082-BE HEARD in the Workplace Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S.788-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, womens rights, racial justice. S.758-Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage. S.488-Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.1123-A Bill to Transfer and Limit Executive Branch Authority to Suspend or Restrict the Entry of a Class of Aliens-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, national security, religious liberty. S.274-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. S.2007-Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. S.1791-Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. S.1083-Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reparations. S.1938-Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. S.1645-Womens Health Protection Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. S.2227-MORE Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana legalization, drug reform. S.1074-Restoring Education and Learning Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, Pell Grant. S.227-Savannas Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.894-Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Domestic terrorism. S.1622-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug reform, criminal justice. S.1168-Equal Campus Access Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. S.764-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. S.685-Inspector General Access Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Justice Department Oversight. S.3170- Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S.3398-EARN IT Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, encryption. S.3402-Espionage Act Reform Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free press. S.3045-Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.852-Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.3548-CARES Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, privacy, prison population reduction, voting rights, reproductive rights, abortion coverage, reproductive healthcare access, disability rights, school equity, broadband access. S.3242- Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S.3284-Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, technology. S.2968-Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.1377-EQUAL Defense Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Right to counsel. S.3579-Emergency Community Supervision Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison population reduction. S.561-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.631-Washington, D.C. Admission Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.3275-Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. S.311-Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. S.1834-Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.2053-Securing Americas Federal Elections (SAFE) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.1068-Democracy Restoration Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.958-SAVE VOTERS Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. S.3300-Data Protection Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.1606-DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, collection of DNA by DHS. S.1790-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, national security, womens rights. H.R.482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equitable access to housing. H.R.1498-End Racial Profiling Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H.R.1895-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. H.R.1714-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement militarization, police reform. H.R.1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to housing, racial justice. H.R.2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.1450-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty. H.R.3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census, desegregation. H.R.120-Police CAMERA Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform, body-worn cameras. H.R.4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, higher education. 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.6011-A bill 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.7209-School Resource Officer Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, school-to-prison pipeline. H.R.1076-Fair Chance Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reentry, ban the box, equitable access to housing. H.R.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, womens rights, racial justice. H.R.1692- Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage. H.R.494-Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice. H.R.3157-Student Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.2214- NO BAN Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, national security, religious liberty, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities. H.R.897-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. H.R.2148-BE HEARD in the Workplace Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.2500-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, ban the box, national security. H.R.1274-Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force-Issues Lobbied: National security. H.R.3018-Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.3114-Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.2275-Disctrict of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.3055-Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.40-Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reparations. H.R.2300-Eliminating Debtors Prison for Kids Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.2694-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, pregnancy discrimination. H.R.2975-Womens Health Protection Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. H.R.2896-SHIELD Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, privacy. H.R.2233-Bail Fairness Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.4474-No Money Bail Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.3884-Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana legalization, drug reform, criminal justice. H.R.4488-Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. H.R.4408-Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. H.R.4359-Police Exercising Absolute Care with Everyone Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. H.R.4073-Expanding Educational Opportunities for Justice-Impacted Communities Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, Pell Grant. H.R.4018-To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. H.R.4179-No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.5383-New Way Forward Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice, immigration, immigration reform. H.R.1931-Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Domestic terrorism. H.R.5053-Justice for Juveniles Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. H.R.2896-SHIELD Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Over-criminalization. H.R.2935-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug reform, criminal justice. H.Res.702-Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice. H.R.5546-Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act-Issues Lobbied: Right to counsel, prison reform. H.R.5331-Fairness for All Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.5448-SAFE SEX Workers Study Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform, free speech, LGBTQ rights. H.R.1865-Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Appropriations. H.R.4008-No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, technology. H.R.4368-Justice in Forensics Algorithms Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, discrimination. H.R.5592-PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.6172-USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. H.R.3957-Expanding Broadcast Ownership Opportunities Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Diversity. H.R.6114-Espionage Act Reform Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free press. H.R.6379-Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, prison population reduction. H.R.2339-Protecting American Lungs and Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, over-criminalization. H.R.4009-Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.5595-Israel Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.748-CARES Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, COVID-19 relief, voting rights, disability rights, privacy, school equity, access to broadband. H.R.6201-Families First Coronavirus Response Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, COVID-19 relief. H.R.2694-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Pregnancy discrimination. H.J.Res.79-Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, abortion rights, equal rights amendment. H.R.5675-Safeguarding Americans Private Records Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. H.R.5603-Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.5803-Washington, D.C. Admission Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.1275-Voter Empowerment Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.645-Automatic Voter Registration Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.2660-Election Security Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. H.R.1122-Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equitable access to housing. H.R.1-For the People Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights, campaign finance. H.R.1217-Ensuring American Voters Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, voting rights. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-Fair Chance for Licensing Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, licensing. Senate bill version-VoteSafe Act of 2020-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Keeping All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, restraint, seclusion. International Emergency Economic Powers Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. Administrative legislative proposal-Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, rent increases. Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2021-Issues Lobbied: Transparency funding, immigration, criminal justice, reproductive rights, abortion coverage restrictions, Title X family planning program, religious refusals, cuts to ICE and CBP funding, ICE and CBP transfer restriction. Decorum, Safety and Security Coverage Guidelines for Impeachment Trial-Issues Lobbied: Public and press access to Senate proceedings. Presidential Proclamation on Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. Additional legislation not yet introduced - Consumer privacy, encryption, facial recognition, privacy, free speech, surveillance reform, patent eligibility reform, speech on college campuses, government accountability and transparency, whistleblower protections, equitable access to communications systems and broadband networks, free press protections for local news outlets, collective bargaining rights, labor unions, online data and political ad regulations, deceptive use of social media, child sexual exploitation enforcement, encryption, facial recognition, commercial privacy, surveillance of black identity extremists, biometrics governance, human rights, treatment of pregnant people, asylum, refugee resettlement, immigration detention facilities, Guantanamo Bay detention policies, counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, drones, war authority, sanctuary cities, terminating Remain in Mexico, Freedom of Information Act reform. Agencies: Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831, racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, school-to-prison pipeline, Every Student Succeeds Act, student loans, civil rights investigations, Affirmative Action. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, disability non-discrimination, COVID-19 relief package, religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831, reproductive rights, womens rights, birth control, religious refusals, abortion, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program Integrity, Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements. Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, administrative subpoenas, religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831; Immigration and Customs Enforcement - LGBTQ rights, detention of transgender individuals, immigration, civil immigration enforcement and detention during the COVID-19 pandemic; Customs and Border Protection - Immigration, COVID-19 prevention. Agency-HUD-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, the disparate impact rule, AFFH rule, regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief, rent increases. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: COVID-19, prison population reduction, police reform, religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831, racial profiling, juvenile justice, school-to-prison pipeline. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: COVID-19, commutations, civil rights enforcement. Agency-OMB-Issues Lobbied: Preschool suspensions, school-to-prison pipeline, data collection. Agency-Commerce-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice; Census Bureau - 2020 Census, discrimination. Agency-State-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, United Nations Standard Rules on Racism. Agency-FDA-Issues Lobbied: Banned Devices; Final Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices Used for Self-Injurious and Aggressive Behavior, disability rights. Agency-Agriculture-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831, reproductive rights, religious refusals, birth control coverage. Agency-Veterans Affairs-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831. Agency-USAID-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty, implementation of Executive Order 13831. Agency-Treasury-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, religious refusals, birth control coverage.
2020 · first_quarter · Health Issues
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2021, Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) H.R.3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019 Public Law 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp related provision Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling Non Human Primates and Biomedical research H.R.601, Medical Cannabis Research Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act S.3148, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act Public Law 116-114, Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act H.R.5421, Stopping Illicit Trafficking Act of 2019 Monitor Coronavirus, Healthcare related issues
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing and criminal justice reform, fentanyl sentencing legislation, restoration of Pell Grants for incarcerated students and removal of barriers to financial aid for individuals with criminal convictions, marijuana reform. S 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act; S. 2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act; HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act
Client expense: $87,644 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · first_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
First Step Act oversight and implementation; REAL Act (S. 1074/H.R. 2168) - all provisions; NDAA; Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act (S. 936); Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883); FAIR Act (H.R. 1895); Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (H.R. 5546); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740); USA Freedom Act Reauthorization; Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); Second Look Act (S. 2146, H.R. 3795) - all provisions; Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (S.2227, H.R.3884) - all provisions; Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA) (S.1622, H.R. 2935) - all provisions; SHIELD Act (H.R. 2896); Mind Your Own Business Act of 2019 (S. 2637); federal parole; bill Re: elderly offender home detention & good time credits (H.R. 4018); Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act (draft expungement bill); Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act (S. 2701); Clean Slate Act (H.R. 2348); Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act (H.R. 2339); Temporary Reauthorization and Study of the Emerging Scheduling of Fentanyl Analogues Act (S. 3201); State Justice Improvement Act (S. 3375, H.R. 606); Emergency Community Supervision Act; Compassionate release; EARN IT Act of 2020 (S. 3398); TRUST Act (Senate draft)
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Sentencing and criminal justice reform, fentanyl sentencing legislation, restoration of Pell Grants for incarcerated students and removal of barriers to financial aid for individuals with criminal convictions, marijuana reform. S 1622, the Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act; S. 2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act; HR 3884, Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act
Client expense: $87,644 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.103-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. S.411-End Racial and Religious Profiling Act of 2017 (ERRPA)-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. S.860-Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. S.1419-Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issue Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1593-Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Bail Reform. S.593-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty. S.3158- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, education, desegregation. S.2754-Handle with Care Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, juvenile justice. S.387-Fair Chance Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, ban the box. S.1082-BE HEARD in the Workplace Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. S.788-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, womens rights, racial justice. S.758-Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage. S.488-Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.1123-A Bill to Transfer and Limit Executive Branch Authority to Suspend or Restrict the Entry of a Class of Aliens-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Muslim ban, discrimination. S.274-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. S.1790-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, national security, womens rights. S.2007-Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. S.1791-Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. S.1083-Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reparations. S.1108-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.1938-Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. S.1645-Womens Health Protection Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. S.2043-Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act-Issues Lobbied: Hate crimes. S.1273-CASE Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Copyright. S.2227-MORE Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana legalization, drug reform. S.1074-Restoring Education and Learning Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, Pell Grant. S.227-Savannas Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.936-Ending Mass Collection of Americans Phone Records Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. S.2870-Restricting Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, solitary confinement. S.2968-Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2111-SHIELD Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech. S.894-Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Domestic terrorism. S.1622-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug reform, criminal justice. S.1168-Equal Campus Access Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. S.2878-Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2694-A bill to place restrictions on searches and seizures of electronic devices at the border-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.1418-Strength in Diversity Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. S.764-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. S.685-Inspector General Access Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Justice Department Oversight. S.2836-Put Patients First Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, reproductive rights, abortion coverage, refusals in health care. S.2779-Luke and Alex School Safety Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: School safety, disability rights, students rights and privacy. S.3170- Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.482-Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, housing. H.R.1498-End Racial Profiling Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, racial profiling. H.R.1895-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act-Issues Lobbied: Civil asset forfeiture. H.R.1714-Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act-Issues Lobbied: Law enforcement militarization, police reform. H.R.1809-Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.2133-Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief (CLEARR) Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Housing, racial justice. H.R.2978-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.1450-Do No Harm Act-Issues Lobbied: Religious liberty. H.R.3354-Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, census, desegregation. H.R.120-Police CAMERA Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform, body-worn cameras. H.R.4508-The Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, higher education. 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.6011-A bill 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.1585- Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.7209-School Resource Officer Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, school-to-prison pipeline. H.R.1076-Fair Chance Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reentry, ban the box, equal access to housing. H.R.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, womens rights, racial justice. H.R.1692- Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH Woman) Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage. H.R.494-Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice. H.R.3157-Student Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.2214- NO BAN Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, Muslim ban, discrimination. H.R.897-Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights, religious liberty. H.R.1942-Ending Mass Collection of Americans Phone Records Act-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance. H.R.2148-BE HEARD in the Workplace Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.2500-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, reentry, ban the box, national security. H.R.3018-Ensuring Equal Access to Shelter Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.3114-Every Child Deserves a Family Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.2275-Disctrict of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.3055-Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.3545-National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Hate crimes. H.R.40-Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, reparations. H.R.2300-Eliminating Debtors Prison for Kids Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.2694-Pregnant Workers Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, pregnancy discrimination. H.J.Res.38-Removing the deadline for the ratification of the equal rights amendment-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.2975-Womens Health Protection Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion. H.R.2896-SHIELD Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: First Amendment, free speech, womens rights. H.R.2233-Bail Fairness Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.1274-Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force-Issues Lobbied: National security. H.R.838-Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, disability rights, school safety. H.R.2426-CASE Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Copyright. H.R.4556-See Undisclosed Legal Interpretations and Get Honest Transparency Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Government transparency. H.R.1951-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: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.1950-Saras Law-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.1949-To authorize the court to depart from a statutory minimum in the case of a juvenile offender, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Juvenile justice, racial justice. H.R.1423-Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act-Issues Lobbied: Arbitration, womens rights. H.R.1534-Federal Employee Paid Leave Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.4474-No Money Bail Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Bail reform. H.R.3884-Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana legalization, drug reform, criminal justice. H.R.4488-Solitary Confinement Study and Reform Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. H.R.4408-Eric Garner Excessive Use of Force Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. H.R.4359-Police Exercising Absolute Care with Everyone Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Police reform. H.R.4073-Expanding Educational Opportunities for Justice-Impacted Communities Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, Pell Grant. H.R.4018-To provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. H.R.4179-No Federal Funding for Confederate Symbols Act-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.4-Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.5383-New Way Forward Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice, immigration, immigrant detention, immigration reform, restoring due process to the immigration detention and deportation system. H.R.1158-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Appropriations, immigration, immigration reform, border wall funding. H.R.4978-Online Privacy Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.4782-National Commission on Online Platforms and Homeland Security Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, social media, online speech, domestic terrorism. H.R.5120-SAFER Pipelines Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Right to protest. H.R.4500-Promoting United States Wireless Leadership Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Standards bodies. H.R.4617-SHIELD Act-Issues Lobbied: Campaign finance. H.R.5209-Raising the Bar Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, social media, online speech, domestic terrorism. H.R.1931-Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Domestic terrorism. H.Res.641-Acknowledging that the decisions rendered by the United States Supreme Court in the so-called Insular Cases rest on the same racist and ethnocentric assumptions leading to Plessy v. Fergusons infamous separate but equal doctrine, that the legal doctrine emanating from the Insular Cases has no place in United States Constitutional law, and that the Insular Cases must be rejected in their entirety-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, racial justice. H.R.5053-Justice for Juveniles Act-Issues Lobbied: Prison reform. H.R.2896-SHIELD Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Over-criminalization. H.R.2935-Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act-Issues Lobbied: Drug reform, criminal justice. H.Res.702-Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice. H.R.5546-Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act-Issues Lobbied: Right to counsel, prison reform. H.R.5331-Fairness for All Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ rights. H.R.5448-SAFE SEX Workers Study Act-Issues Lobbied: Criminal justice reform, free speech, LGBTQ rights. H.R.1865-Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Appropriations, border wall funding. H.R.4008-No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.4368-Justice in Forensics Algorithms Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.5396-FISA Improvements Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, surveillance. H.R.838-Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.2639-Strength in Diversity Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice. H.R.5036-Put Patients First Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, reproductive rights, abortion coverage, refusals in health care. H.R.5592-PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.5464-Congressional Accountability Act Enhancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. H.R.4713-Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.4378-Continuning Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.2740-Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage, restrictions, Title X family planning program, religious refusals. H.R.264-Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, abortion coverage, restrictions, Title X family planning program, religious refusals. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-Fair and Just Defense Act-Issues Lobbied: Right to counsel. Senate bill version-The Accessible Voting Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, voting rights. Senate bill version-Fair Chance for Licensing Act-Issues Lobbied: Reentry, licensing. Senate bill version-Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020-Issues Lobbied: Appropriations, immigration, immigration reform. Senate bill version-Equal Justice for Immigrants Act of 2019-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigration reform, right to counsel, restoring due process to the immigration detention and deportation system. Keeping All Students Safe Act-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights, restraint, seclusion. International Emergency Economic Powers Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. US-UK CLOUD Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. Administrative legislative proposal-Making Affordable Housing Work Act of 2018-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, fair housing, rent increases. Proposed amendments to Foreign Agents Registration Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, campaign finance, disclosure. Proposed amendments to Espionage Act of 1917-Issues Lobbied: Free press. Reauthorization of Section 215 of USA PATRIOT Act-Issues Lobbied: Surveillance, privacy, FISA reform. Reauthorization of Money Follows the Person-Issues Lobbied: Disability rights. Letter to McDonalds Corporation from members of Congress regarding sexual harassment-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights. Amicus Brief filed in the Supreme Court cases Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, deferred action for childhood arrivals. Amicus Brief filed in the Supreme Court case June Medical Services LLC v. Gee-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, womens rights, abortion. Additional legislation not yet introduced - consumer privacy, encryption, facial recognition, privacy, surveillance, commercial privacy legislation, black identity extremists, warrants for data in cars, womens rights, military sexual assault, disability rights, mental illness, gun violence, private prisons, immigration detention, Mexico, access to courts for immigrants, migration protection protocols, Guantanamo detention policy, oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority. Agencies: Agency-Education-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, equal education, CRDC data collection, school-to-prison pipeline, Every Student Succeeds Act, student loans, civil rights investigations, Affirmative Action. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, womens rights, religious liberty, birth control, abortion, temporary immigration influx shelter for unaccompanied minors, LGBTQ rights, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Exchange Program Integrity, Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care Delegations of Authority, Compliance with Statutory Program Integrity Requirements, proposed rule RIN 0991-AC16; Office for Civil Rights - Civil rights discrimination laws and regulations. Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, administrative subpoenas, DNA collection from immigrants; Office of Inspector General - Review of customs and border patrol detention practices, conditions at Sierra Blanca detention facility; Customs and Border Protection - Greyhound bus searches, immigration, discrimination, 4th amendment. Agency-HUD-Issues Lobbied: Due process, immigration, fair housing, the disparate impact rule, AFFH rule, regulatory reform, discriminatory lending, disaster relief, rent increases. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Racial profiling, juvenile justice, school-to-prison pipeline. 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 Bureau - 2020 Census, discrimination. Agency-State-Issues Lobbied: Racial justice, United Nations Standard Rules on Racism. Agency-FDA-Issues Lobbied: Banned Devices; Final Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices Used for Self-Injurious and Aggressive Behavior, disability rights.
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
REENTER Act S.2931 Alternatives to incarceration First Step Act implementation SOFA, S. 1622 Hate Crimes legislation, HR 3106, S894, S2043, HR3545, S917 FBI Oversight REAL Act S1074, HR 2168
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Public Law 116-94, Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Division A -- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research, as follows: Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) H.R.3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019 Public Law 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp related provision Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling Non Human Primates and Biomedical research H.R.601, Medical Cannabis Research Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act S.2701, Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2019 · fourth_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
First Step Act oversight and implementation; REAL Act (S. 1074/H.R. 2168) - all provisions; NDAA; Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act (S. 936); Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883); Illicit Cash Act (S. 2563); Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1068); FAIR Act (H.R. 1895); Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (H.R. 5546); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740); USA Freedom Act Reauthorization; Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); Second Look Act (S. 2146, H.R. 3795) - all provisions; Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (S.2227, H.R.3884) - all provisions; Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA) (S.1622, H.R. 2935) - all provisions; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) - re: tribal courts jurisdiction; Eliminating Discrimination and Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success (ED ACCESS) Act of 2019 (S.2553, H.R.4518) - all provisions; Fair Chance Act (S. 387/H.R. 1076) - all provisions; SHIELD Act (H.R. 2896); Corporate Transparency Act (H.R. 2513); Mind Your Own Business Act of 2019 (S. 2637); federal parole; bill Re: elderly offender home detention & good time credits (H.R. 4018); Kenneth P. Thompson Begin Again Act (draft expungement bill); Inspector General Access Act of 2019 (S. 685/H.R. 202); Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act (S. 2701)
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
Support the H.R. 1714, the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act, which would amend the 1033 program to: Prohibit the transfer of military weapons and equipment that are unnecessary and inappropriate for local policing. Prohibited items would include grenades, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs), armored or weaponized drones, combat configured aircraft, silencers, and long range acoustic devises (LRADs). This bill would also prohibit the future transfer of items that are currently banned from the 1033 program; Eliminate incentives for the inappropriate use of military weapons and equipment: LEAs would be required to have training and give community notice before participating in the 1033 program. LEAs would also have to indicate how they plan to use 1033 property; and Require oversight and transparency of the 1033 program: Annual reporting from the Department of Defense to Congress would be required. All controlled equipment transferred must be accounted for and DOD must make details of 1033 transfers publicly available Oppose the private prison industry Support HR 494, the Tiffany Joslyn Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2019, which reauthorizes the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant program Support S. 1074 / HR 2168, the REAL Act, legislation to restore PELL grants to incarcerated people Support the inclusion of the Democracy Restoration Act, which would re-enfranchise ex-felony offenders, in the final version of HR 1 Support $100 million for the RExO workforce development program for individuals with criminal records at the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration - a $7 million increase over FY19 funding Support the House Judiciary Committee ending the call record program as defined in Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act and making public additional information related to nondiscrimination procedures, First Amendment protections, large-scale protection, notice in criminal proceedings, and other issues so that the public can debate more widespread reforms Support full funding of the juvenile justice programs in FY 2020 Support increased federal funding for innocence and forensic science programs Support Sentencing Retroactivity; support the elimination of all mandatory minimum sentences; support the establishment of a Second Look process that would allow anyone who has served 10 years or more to apply for resentencing before a decision-making body; support a further limitation on life without parole; support the elimination of juvenile life without parole; the expansion and increase in penalties for crimes involving synthetic drugs or increase mandatory minimums for fentanyl distribution make the flawed assumption that we can enforce and incarcerate our way out of the overdose crisis; support fixing the trial penalty (The trial penalty refers to the substantial difference between the sentence offered in a plea offer prior to trial versus the sentence a defendant receives after trial. This penalty is now so severe and pervasive that it has virtually eliminated the constitutional right to a trial); support reforms that should be considered include requiring meaningful overt acts to be held liable as a co-conspirator, support criminal sanction fees and fines do not exacerbate poverty by establishing national standards that enforce the Supreme Courts requirement that fines and fees account for a defendants ability to pay; support oversight and regulation of the use of confidential informants; support a close examination of supervision practices and sex and other public conviction registries; support the decriminalization of migration Support a bill to provide colleges and universities with guidance and recommendations on the removal of criminal and juvenile justice questions from their initial application for admissions process. Support comprehensive sentencing reform; support HR 1047 / S 399 Support meaningful gun violence prevention measures; support HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, support S. 42, the Background Check Expansion Act. Support HR 1112, the Extend Background Check Length. Support a ban military-style semi-automatic assault guns and military high capacity ammunition clips. Support tough new criminal penalties for straw purchasers and gun traffickers. Support a ban on suspects on the terror watch list from purchasing firearms. Support providing funding for the Center for Disease Control to research gun violence as a major public health issue. Support incentivizing and assisting states in improving their overall reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Support maintaining current law requiring background checks and permits for gun silencers. Support allowing states to maintain and enforce their own concealed carry laws. Support requiring microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms and ammunition sold in the U.S. Support a repeal of all state stand your ground laws, restoring the use of deadly force as a last resort. Support encouraging states and local jurisdictions to utilize their buyer power to create incentives for firearm manufacturers to employ countermarketing strategies to ensure that their retailers are using all available procedures to prevent illegal firearms diversion. Support requiring sensitivity training of all law enforcement agents and independent reviews of the deadly use of force. Support HR 125 / S. 1938, the Police Training and Independent Review Act, which authorizes the U.S. Department of Justice to provide grants to States that: (a.) require training for law enforcement officers on fair and impartial policing and (b.) have enacted statutes that require an independent investigation and prosecution in cases where a law enforcement officers use of deadly force resulted in a death or injury. Support the making lynching a hate crime, support HR 35 / S488 Support a prohibition on potential employers requiring potential employees to state whether they have been convicted of a crime on the initial job application; support HR 1076 / S 387 Support the re-enfranchisement of ex-felony offenders; support HR1 & HR 196 Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations and that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act Support language in the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill to clarify that the Department of Justice enforce settlements and consent decrees made under previous administrations; that the Department does not delay any further implementation of the Death In Custody Reporting Act; full funding for the Second Chance Act; increase funding for the Comprehensive Opioid assisted treatment; and expand access to the medication-assisted treatment. Oppose funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program; the COPS hiring program; the Byrne-JAG program; and the Drug Enforcement Administration / Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force program Oppose forced arbitration Support HR 1585, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act, and oppose any weakening amendments Support lifting the budget caps to increase funding above sequestration levels (lower than FY19 funding) that are in place now for FY20, and to provide a robust FY20 funding allotment to the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill that supports important criminal justice reform programs including the Violence Against Women Office, the COPS office, and the Second Chance Act Support that the Department of Justice, when implementing the First Step Act of 2018, must be committed to implementing the bill in a manner consistent with the text of the statute and Congressional intent. Therefore, we urge the Department to ensure that: (1) An appropriate non-partisan non-profit host organization is selected to appoint and convene the members of the Independent Review Committee as required by the statute; (2) Neither the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) security classification system nor the current version of PCRA is adopted as a substitute for the new Risk and Needs Assessment System required by the statute; and (3) The Bureau of Prisons immediately begins providing rehabilitative programming Support the Police Exercising Adequate Care With Everyone (PEACE) Act of 2019. This legislation would change the use of force standard from reasonable to necessary. Support HR 207, the Stop the Violence Act. HR 207 would require the Secretary of HHS to select 10 existing violence prevention programs to receive federal dollars in the form of a grant. These organizations provide wraparound services for victims of violent crime while they are recovering from their injuries. Support S. 1337 / HR 2353 ,the Promoting Reentry Through Education in Prisons (PREP) Act. The legislation would authorize and fund the prison education reforms started by the Obama Administration, as well as expand on those reforms to ensure equitable access to education programs across all as federal prisons. The bill would also provide resources to state departments of corrections as those agencies expand prison education opportunities, and it would address eligible incarcerated veterans access to education benefits. Support S. 1338 / HR 2563 , the Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act, which would remove barriers to higher education for individuals with criminal or juvenile justice histories Support S. 1557 / HR 2865, the Reverse Mass Incarceration bill , which incentivizes states to decrease their levels of incarceration. Specifically, states that reduce their prison population by 7% over 3 years without substantial increase in the overall crime rate would be eligible for grants disbursed by the Department of Justice. Support HR 1456, the Marijuana Justice Act is groundbreaking legislation that would end the federal marijuana prohibition AND provide restorative justice for the communities that have been impacted the most by mass criminalization and over-incarceration. Support 1455, the REFER (Restricting Excessive Federal Enforcement and Regulations of Cannabis) Act is legislation that would prevent federal agencies from using tax payer funds to interfere in state and local cannabis laws. It would also ban the use of federal funding by any agency to intrude in states and local municipalities that have updated their laws regarding cannabis use, possession, cultivation and distribution. Support H Res. 163, the REPSECT (Realizing Equitable & Sustainable Participation in Emerging Cannabis Trades) Resolution will help communities of color benefit from and expand their foothold in the cannabis industry. Support a moratorium on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology Support H.R. 1949, which addresses the use of mandatory minimum sentences on all children in the federal criminal justice system. Under this measure, judges will consider how children are different from adult offenders prior to sentencing and will be allowed to depart up to 35 percent away from the otherwise applicable mandatory minimum sentence. Support H.R. 1950 - also known as Saras Law - which will allow judges to depart from any mandatory minimum sentence or suspend any portion of a sentence when a child has committed a crime against someone who has previously sex trafficked or sexually abused them. Support H.R. 1951, which will allow children sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for crimes committed before their 18th birthday to petition the original sentencing court for review of their sentence after they have served 20 years of their sentence. Support Amendments to Increase Juvenile Justice Funding in H.R. 3055, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. Support S. 2043 / HR 3545, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer NO HATE Act which would promote more accurate hate crime data collection and assist hate crime victims and their communities. Support S. 1764, the Martha Wright-Reed Just and Reasonable Communications Act of 2019 which affirms the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) authority to address a market failure to protect family, clergy and counsel who communicate with incarcerated people. Oppose S.1622 - Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA) because rather than focusing resources on reducing overdose deaths from synthetic drugs, the bill would grant the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) broad authority within the scheduling process, increase sentences, and expose many more individuals to harsh penalties, including mandatory minimum sentences. Support S 2434, the National Criminal Justice Act which would create a national commission with an 18-month timeline to examine and review the myriad of problems that exist in our current criminal justice system. Support S. 2227 / H.R. 3884, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act which will de-schedule marijuana and fund social equity programs for individuals and communities most harmed by the war on drugs. The bill would also provide a process for courts to expunge marijuana convictions and re-sentence people with marijuana convictions and establish that no person will be denied federal benefits on the basis of use or possession of marijuana. The bill prohibits immigration penalties based on marijuana. Finally, the bill creates a Cannabis Opportunity Trust Fund from federal marijuana tax revenue that will establish (1) the Community Reinvestment Grant Program to fund community organizations providing services in communities most harmed by the war on drugs; (2) the Cannabis Opportunity Program to fund Small Business Administration loans to support socially and economically disadvantaged individuals who own marijuana businesses; and (3) the Equitable Licensing Grant Program to provide jurisdictions with funds to develop and implement equitable marijuana licensing programs targeting individuals most adversely impacted by the war on drugs Support the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act), H.R.1423 / S. 610, legislation which would prevent companies from forcing individuals to give up their day in court and instead use the secretive, business-controlled process of arbitration for resolving disputes. Support equity and accountability in the criminal-legal system; support a restorative system of justice; and support rebuilding communities. Support HR / S ,the Eliminating Discrimination and Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success (Ed ACCESS) Act of 2019, which would remove the lifetime ban on the American Opportunity Tax Credit (HOPE Scholarship Tax Credit) for individuals convicted of a drug felony Support S. 2355, the End Racial and Religious Profiling Act, which would define and prohibit racial and religious profiling, enforceable by declaratory or injunctive relief Support HR 4018, which is a technical fix that simply gives good time credit to eligible individuals of the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program of the First Step Act Support S2043 / HR 3545, the NO HATE Act, which would improve hate crime statistics and promote a better response to hate crime within our communities Support S. 2146 / HR 3795, the Second Look Act, which would allow judges to consider petitions for sentence reductions after a person has served at least 10 years. To grant release, the court must find that the person is not a danger to public safety and demonstrates readiness for reentry, and that the interests of justice warrant a sentence modification. Petitioners who are 50 or older would have a rebuttable presumption of release Support HR 4584, the Financial Aid Fairness for Students Act, or FAFSA, which rescinds current law delaying or denying federal financial aid to students convicted of drug offenses Oppose nomination of Steven Menashi to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Oppose the judicial nomination of anyone who refuses to endorse the Supreme Courts ruling in Brown v. Board of Education Support HR 4022, HR 4052 and S 2390, all of which would abolish the federal death penalty.
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
S. 73: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Drug Ads Act; all provisions. S. 1384: Prescription Drug Rebate Reform Act of 2019; all provisions. S. 1391 / H.R. 2296: FAIR Accountability and Innovative Research Drug Pricing Act; all provisions. S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act; all provisions. S.2546 / H.R. 2279: Safe Step Act; all provisions. H.R. 2471: Healthcare Extension and Accessibility for Developmentally Disabled and Underserved Population Act of 2019; all provisions. H.R. 3030: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Extension Act of 2019; all provisions. H.R. 3439: Protecting Access to Information for Effective and Necessary Treatment (PATIENTS) Act of 2019; all provisions. HR 3502, Protecting People from Surprise Medical Bills Act; all provisions. Authorizing and funding the pediatric loan repayment program. Supporting policies to address prescription drug costs, including improving drug pricing transparency and eliminating or reducing direct-to-consumer advertising. Funding for the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System and opposing certain expansions to this program. Research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention at CDC, fetal tissue research, and the NIH including the BRAIN Initiative. Funding for Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs at the DoD. Raising budget caps to avoid sequestration. Policy to address surprise medical billing. Promoting interoperability in electronic health records.
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · third_quarter · Health Issues
Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research, as follows: H.R.2740, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2020 H. Res. 431 -- combined the following four regular appropriations bills, 2020, as reported: (1) Labor-HHS-Education (H.R. 2740), (2) Defense (H.R.2968), (3) State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 2839, as modified by the first rule), and (4) Energy and Water (H.R. 2960) Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) H.R.3797, Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2019 Public Law 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp related provision Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling Non Human Primates and Biomedical research H.R.601, Medical Cannabis Research Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE
2019 · third_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
First Step Act oversight and implementation; general sentencing reform; pretrial release/bail; REAL Act (S. 1074/H.R. 2168) - all provisions; NDAA; Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act (S. 936); Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883); Illicit Cash Act (S. 2563); Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1068); Due Process Protections Act (S. 1380); FAIR Act (H.R. 1895/S. 642 2017); EQUAL Defense Act (S. 1377); Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (discussion draft); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740); USA Freedom Act Reauthorization; Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act (S. 2566); Second Look Act (S. 2146, H.R. 3795) - all provisions; Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act (S.2227, H.R.3884) - all provisions; Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act (SOFA) (S.1622, H.R. 2935) - all provisions; FY20 CJS Appropriations - re: John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program; Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) - re: tribal courts jurisdiction; Eliminating Discrimination and Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success (ED ACCESS) Act of 2019 (S.2553, H.R.4518) - all provisions; Fair Chance Act (S. 387/H.R. 1076) - all provisions
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
First Step Act; general sentencing reform; general criminal justice reform; pretrial release/bail; forensics reform; REAL Act (S. 1074/H.R. 2168) - all provisions; NDAA; Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act (S. 936); Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (S. 1978/H.R. 2513) - criminal penalty provisions and definitions; Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883); Illicit Cash Act (Sen. Warner discussion draft); Fentanyl and synthetic drugs; FY20 CJS Appropriations - Ocasio-Cortez amendment and funding for John R. Justice Act; SOFA (S. 1622); Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1068); Due Process Protections Act (S. 1380); FAIR Act (H.R. 1895/S. 642 2017); EQUAL Defense Act (S. 1377); Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (discussion draft); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740)
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
H.R. 2348, Clean Slate Act, Full Bill H.R. 2835, DUE PROCESS Act, Full Bill H.R. 568, Status of the Sixth Amendment Act, Full Bill Issues related to criminal justice reform, No specific legislation Issues related to second chances, No specific legislation S. 1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act, Full Bill S. 387,Fair Chance Act, Full Bill
Client expense: $700,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, White House Office
2019 · second_quarter · Health Issues
Provisions relating to NIH, substance use research, as follows: H.R.2740, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2020 H. Res. 431 -- combined the following four regular appropriations bills, 2020, as reported: (1) Labor-HHS-Education (H.R. 2740), (2) Defense (H.R.2968), (3) State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 2839, as modified by the first rule), and (4) Energy and Water (H.R. 2960) Drug abuse research related issues, as follows: S. 2032, Cannabidiol & Marijuana Research Expansion Act Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues (SITSA) Medical Marijuana Research Act Public Law 115-334, Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Hemp related provision Barriers to research resulting from DEA scheduling Non Human Primates and Biomedical research H.R.601, Medical Cannabis Research Act H.R.2935/S.1622, Stopping Overdoses of Fentanyl Analogues Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
First Step Act; general sentencing reform; general criminal justice reform; pretrial release/bail; forensics reform; REAL Act (S. 1074/H.R. 2168) - all provisions; NDAA; Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act (S. 936); Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (S. 1978/H.R. 2513) - criminal penalty provisions and definitions; Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883); Illicit Cash Act (Sen. Warner discussion draft); Fentanyl and synthetic drugs; FY20 CJS Appropriations - Ocasio-Cortez amendment and funding for John R. Justice Act; SOFA (S. 1622); Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1068); Due Process Protections Act (S. 1380); FAIR Act (H.R. 1895/S. 642 2017); EQUAL Defense Act (S. 1377); Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (discussion draft); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 2740)
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2019 · second_quarter · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
First Step Act; general sentencing reform; general criminal justice reform; pretrial release/bail; forensics reform; REAL Act (S. 1074/H.R. 2168) - all provisions; NDAA; Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act (S. 936); Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 (S. 1978/H.R. 2513) - criminal penalty provisions and definitions; Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2019 (S. 1883); Illicit Cash Act (Sen. Warner discussion draft); Fentanyl and synthetic drugs; FY20 CJS Appropriations - Ocasio-Cortez amendment and funding for John R. Justice Act; SOFA (S. 1622); Democracy Restoration Act (S. 1068); Due Process Protections Act (S. 1380); FAIR Act (H.R. 1895/S. 642 2017); EQUAL Defense Act (S. 1377); Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act (discussion draft)
Client expense: $15,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
| Republican |
| TN |
| Marsha Blackburn | Republican | TN |
| Mike Braun | Republican | IN |
| Mitch McConnell | Republican | KY |
| Tom Cotton | Republican | AR |
| HR 5771 |
116th |
| Related bill |
| HR 5421 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 2935 | 116th | Identical bill |
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: Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), 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: $390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 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 Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE