Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020
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Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of State to carry out activities under the Safe from the Start program to prevent, mitigate, and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies around the world. (The Safe from the Start program addresses childhood exposure to violence.) Such activities shall include (1) training and capacity building for humanitarian personnel; (2) deployment of, and support for, gender advisors and female humanitarian aid workers; (3) use of standards, guidelines, and best practices to address gender-based violence; (4) expanding and improving empowerment activities; and (5) establishing accountability mechanisms and monitoring and reporting tools to prevent and respond to incidents of sexual or other gender-based exploitation or abuse. The State Department must submit an annual report that includes an analysis of data and research regarding the key drivers of gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies, as well as a detailed description of the programs, diplomatic efforts, and other activities taken to implement Safe from the Start.
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2021 · first_quarter · Foreign Relations
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
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H.R.571 - Safe from the Start Act of 2021 S.765 - A bill to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes. [Safe From the Start] H.R.556 - Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act S.142 - Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act HI H.R.12 REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE HAWAIIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS //HCR 11 SCR8 SD2 REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE HAWAIIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS H.Res.1147 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms Chamber: House EARN IT Act (S. 3398)Chamber: Senate House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178 Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38 Chamber: Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494) Chamber: Senate Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate The Libya Stabilization Act Chamber: House and Senate Senate Human Rights Commission Resolution Chamber: Senate Egypt Human Rights Caucus Resolution Chamber: House PEACE Act 2021 (not yet introduced) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act 2021 HR 1280 Chamber: House Maryland State legislature: MD HB 139 MD SB 626 MD SB 71
Client expense: $21,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2021 · first_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R.571 - Safe from the Start Act of 2021 S.765 - A bill to improve United States consideration of, and strategic support for, programs to prevent and respond to gender-based violence from the onset of humanitarian emergencies and to build the capacity of humanitarian actors to address the immediate and long-term challenges resulting from such violence, and for other purposes. [Safe From the Start] H.R.556 - Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act S.142 - Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act HI H.R.12 REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE HAWAIIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS //HCR 11 SCR8 SD2 REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO STUDY MISSING AND MURDERED NATIVE HAWAIIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS H.Res.1147 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms Chamber: House EARN IT Act (S. 3398)Chamber: Senate House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178 Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38 Chamber: Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494) Chamber: Senate Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate The Libya Stabilization Act Chamber: House and Senate Senate Human Rights Commission Resolution Chamber: Senate Egypt Human Rights Caucus Resolution Chamber: House PEACE Act 2021 (not yet introduced) George Floyd Justice in Policing Act 2021 HR 1280 Chamber: House Maryland State legislature: MD HB 139 MD SB 626 MD SB 71
Client expense: $21,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
EARN IT Act (S. 3398) Chamber: Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671 Chambers: House and Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186) Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112 Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate S. Res. 725, Establishing a Senate Human Rights Commission https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/725 Chamber: Senate
Client expense: $27,400 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.Res.1147 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms Chamber: House EARN IT Act (S. 3398) Chamber: Senate House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190 Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178 Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38 Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123 Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671 Chambers: House and Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936 Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494 Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186) Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112 Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
Client expense: $25,100 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2020 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 imposes one-year prohibition of sales of air-to-ground munitions that could be used in Yemen to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190) the bill imposes sanctions, limits security assistance, authorizes assistance, and requires the establishment of various programs and strategies related to Burma (Myanmar), including the authorization of humanitarian aid for Burma, Bangladesh, and the surrounding region for various purposes, including aid for ethnic minorities targeted by Burma's military and support for voluntary resettlement of displaced persons. Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) the bill directs the Department of State to assist civil society organizations in Burma (Myanmar) working to release political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Such assistance shall include support for (1) documenting human rights violations against such prisoners, (2) raising awareness of prisoner issues, and (3) helping former prisoners resume a normal life. Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) the bill places restrictions on Teargas exports and Crowd Control Technology to Hong Kong Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178) - This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38: blocks arms sales to the U.A.E and Saudi Arabia Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123) This bill limits the President's authority to suspend or restrict aliens from entering the United States and terminates certain presidential actions implementing such restrictions. It also prohibits religious discrimination in various immigration-related decisions, such as whether to issue an immigrant or non-immigrant visa, with certain exceptions. Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671) This bill authorizes new grant programs to support violence intervention initiatives. Specifically, the Bureau of Justice Assistance must award grants for coordinated violence reduction initiatives in units of local government that are disproportionately impacted by gun and group-related violence. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health must award grants for hospital-based violence intervention programs that reduce the risk of violent injury and retaliation among high-risk patients. Chambers: House and Senate Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. (H.R. 6453) Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report comparative data on background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and background checks conducted during the equivalent period of 2019. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936) is a comprehensive blueprint for restoring and reinvigorating our refugee and asylum systems Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 bill would prevent a U.S. President from setting a Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions at a level below 95,000 in a given fiscal year. Bill also ensures that each officer responsible for refugee admissions or resettlement treats the Presidential Determination as a goal, and mandates quarterly reports to Congress with specific oversight requirements. Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494) the bill would return refugees to their countries of persecution by imposing an unduly high screening standard to block many from even applying for asylum, impose a process for Central Americans asylum seekers, requiring them to remain in countries where their lives are at risk to seek resettlement, bar refugees from asylum if they do not and are not able to request asylum at a port of entry, jail families and adult asylum seekers and subject asylum seekers to rocket docket hearings. Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) the bill would permit Venezuelan nationals to qualify for temporary protected status, would prevent their removal from the United States and allow them to obtain employment and travel authorization. Chamber: House Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization (H.R. 3524) would support the people of Central America and strengthen United States national security by addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) would provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes. Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186), bill would ban high capacity magazines Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) bill would provide funds to support programs facilitate the ability of law enforcement (in all states), family members to petition courts to temporarily remove guns from someone who is behaving dangerously and at risk of suicide or harming others. Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) bill would prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or the transport of a firearm by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) The bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties and prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112) The bill strengthens background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensed gun dealer to an unlicensed person. Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) calls on the State Department to submit a formal report accounting for what its doing to include women in the peace talks and for the Trump Administration to develop a plan to support Afghan womens rights in reconstruction. Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, would change the use of force to be a last resort, rather than a first resort, and require officers to employ de-escalation techniques. The bill would also require states who wish to get federal funding for law enforcement to enact similar legislation. Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act ((H.R. 4092, S. 4003); directs the Department of State to direct U.S. foreign assistance to address humanitarian crises in a manner that aims to prevent and respond to gender-based violence at the onset of an emergency. We have lobbied for Senate introduction and co-sponsors in House and Senate. Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). This legislation is necessary to better coordinate law enforcement and build necessary data regarding MMIWG. Savannas Act has passed the Senate, but now waits for House passage. We have lobbied for House introduction and co-sponsors. Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). The WGDP bill is a bi-partisan, bicameral bill that is championed by the White House to codify the WDGP Initiative, including establishing an Office of Womens Economic Equality at the State Department. The bill drafts include dangerous rollbacks on US gender definitions as well as cutting response from Gender-based violence prevention and response initiatives. We oppose this bill and have been working with both chambers to prevent introduction and mitigate harm. Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
Client expense: $9,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
EARN IT Act (S. 3398) Chamber: Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671 Chambers: House and Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186) Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112 Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate S. Res. 725, Establishing a Senate Human Rights Commission https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-resolution/725 Chamber: Senate
Client expense: $27,400 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R.4722 - Support UNFPA Funding Act H.R.1055/S.368- Global Health Empowerment and Rights Act HR 133 FY2021 Omnibus and COVID Relief and Response Act H.R. 4092/S. 4003 - Safe from the Start Act/Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act S. 3301/H.R. 6117 - Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act S. 1071/H.R. 2153 - Keeping Girls in School Act S. 3669 COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act Public Law 115-428 - Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act S. Res. 762 - A resolution recognizing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and girls globally H.Res. 1147 - (Feminist Foreign Policy resolution) Full title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms. S. 868 - Women and Climate Change Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049 - National Defense Authorization Act Forthcoming legislation on Global Labor Rights S.Res. 728/H.Res. 1171-Feed the Future anniversary resolution Potential nutrition authorizing legislation (expected to be introduced Q1 2021)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R. 7608, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021, Division A, titles III and VII, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. Unnumbered Senate bill, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, title V, all provisions related to global health assistance. H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, title XI, all provisions related to global health assistance. S. 3669, COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act, titles II and III, all provision related to sexual and reproductive health care, including gender-based violence. H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division K, titles III and VII, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. S. 368, Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, all provisions. H.R. 1055, Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, all provisions. H.R. 1581, Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2019, all provisions. S. 707, Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2019, all provisions. S. 1071, Keeping Girls in School, all provisions. H.R. 2153, Keeping Girls in School, all provisions. H.R. 1653, Women and Countering Violent Extremism Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 1880, Women and Climate Change Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 3352, Department of State Authorization Act of 2019, all provisions. S. Res. 101, resolution supporting the goals of International Women's Day, all provisions. S. 1777, Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 3874, Global Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019 or the GLOBE Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. S. 3004, Global Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019 or the GLOBE Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. S. 1766, Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 4722, Support UNFPA Funding Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 4092, Safe from the Start Act 0f 2019, all provisions. S. 4003, Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020, all provisions. H.R. 5267, International Violence Against Women Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. S. 3037, International Violence Against Women Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. H.R.7816 Abortion Is Health Care Everywhere Act, all provisions. H.R. 2975, Womens Health Protection Act of 2019, all provisions. S. 1645, Womens Health Protection Act of 2019, all provisions. Unintroduced House bill, Reach Every Mother and Child Act, all provisions. S. 3301, Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act, all provisions related to womens health. H.R. 6117, Women's Global Development and Prosperity Act of 2020, all provisions related to womens health. Communicated with federal agencies specified in line 17 regarding international affairs spending and policies governing U.S. development and humanitarian assistance programs, particularly those related to international population, family planning, and reproductive health assistance, and global reproductive rights.
2020 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.Res.1147 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms Chamber: House EARN IT Act (S. 3398) Chamber: Senate House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190 Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178 Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38 Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123 Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671 Chambers: House and Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936 Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494 Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186) Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112 Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
2020 · fourth_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.Res.1147 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms Chamber: House EARN IT Act (S. 3398) Chamber: Senate House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190 Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178 Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38 Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123 Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671 Chambers: House and Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936 Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494 Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186) Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112 Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
2020 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R.4722 - Support UNFPA Funding Act H.R.1055/S.368- Global Health Empowerment and Rights Act FY21 State and Foreign Operations legislation in the House and Senate (not yet introduced) H.R. 4092/S. 4003 - Safe from the Start Act/Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act S. 3301/H.R. 6117 - Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act S. 1071/H.R. 2153 - Keeping Girls in School Act S. 3669 - COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act Public Law 115-428 - Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act Proposed Gender/COVID-19 resolution (not yet introduced)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2020 · third_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R.4722 - Support UNFPA Funding Act H.R.1055/S.368- Global Health Empowerment and Rights Act H.R. 4092/S. 4003 - Safe from the Start Act/Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act S. 3301/H.R. 6117 - Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act S. 1071/H.R. 2153 - Keeping Girls in School Act S. 3669 COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act S.Res.762 - A resolution recognizing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and girls globally. Public Law 115-428 - Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act H.Res. 1147 - (Feminist Foreign Policy resolution) Full title:Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms. S. 1781 Central American Women and Children Protection Act S. 868 Women and Climate Change Act H.R.7028 - National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Act of 2020 (Senate side engagement) S.Res. 728/H.Res. 1171-Feed the Future anniversary resolution Potential nutrition authorizing legislation
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_quarter · Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
COVID response (general); Providing treatment for infants; Hyde Amendment; House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 925 HEROES Act; S. 178 UIGHUR Act of 2019; S. 4320 Coronavirus Response Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act; S.3072 Support and Value Moms and Babies Act; H.R. 7608 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations; H.R. 7617 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations; Maternal mortality; Abortion in tax code; S. 2585, H.R. 3580 Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting; S. 3608 Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility for State and Local Government Act; H.R. 8353, S.4658 Womens Public Health and Safety Act; H.R. 7718 Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act; H.R. 2694 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; S. 4003 Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start; S. 3310 Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act; Chemical abortion; Defunding abortion providers; Bioethics.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_quarter · Health Issues
COVID response (general); Providing treatment for infants; Hyde Amendment; House Amendment to Senate Amendment to H.R. 925 HEROES Act; S. 178 UIGHUR Act of 2019; S. 4320 Coronavirus Response Additional Supplemental Appropriations Act; S.3072 Support and Value Moms and Babies Act; H.R. 7617 Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations; Maternal mortality; H.R. 7718 Protecting the Health and Wellness of Babies and Pregnant Women in Custody Act; S. 4003 Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start; Bioethics.
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R. 7608, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021, Division A, titles III and VII, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. Unnumbered Senate bill, Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021, all provisions related to international family planning and reproductive health assistance. H.R. 6074, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, title V, all provisions related to global health assistance. H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, title XI, all provisions related to global health assistance. S. 3669, COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act, titles II and III, all provision related to sexual and reproductive health care, including gender-based violence. S. 368, Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, all provisions. H.R. 1055, Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, all provisions. H.R. 1581, Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2019, all provisions. S. 707, Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2019, all provisions. S. 1071, Keeping Girls in School, all provisions. H.R. 2153, Keeping Girls in School, all provisions. H.R. 1653, Women and Countering Violent Extremism Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 1880, Women and Climate Change Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 3352, Department of State Authorization Act of 2019, all provisions. S. Res. 101, resolution supporting the goals of International Women's Day, all provisions. S. 1777, Accountability for Sexual and Gender-based Violence as a Tool in Conflict Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 3874, Global Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019 or the GLOBE Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. S. 3004, Global Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act of 2019 or the GLOBE Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. S. 1766, Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 4722, Support UNFPA Funding Act of 2019, all provisions. H.R. 4092, Safe from the Start Act 0f 2019, all provisions. S. 4003, Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act of 2020, all provisions. H.R. 5267, International Violence Against Women Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. S. 3037, International Violence Against Women Act of 2019, all provisions related sexual and reproductive health and rights. H.R.7816 Abortion Is Health Care Everywhere Act, all provisions. H.R. 2975, Womens Health Protection Act of 2019, all provisions. S. 1645, Womens Health Protection Act of 2019, all provisions. Unintroduced House bill, Reach Every Mother and Child Act, all provisions. S. 3301, Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act, all provisions related to womens health. H.R. 6117, Women's Global Development and Prosperity Act of 2020, all provisions related to womens health. Communicated with federal agencies specified in line 17 regarding international affairs spending and policies governing U.S. development and humanitarian assistance programs, particularly those related to international population, family planning, and reproductive health assistance, and global reproductive rights.
2020 · third_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.Res.1147 - Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms Chamber: House EARN IT Act (S. 3398) Chamber: Senate House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190 Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178 Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38 Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123 Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671 Chambers: House and Senate (H.R. 6453) Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936 Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494 Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186) Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112 Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act (H.R. 4092, S. 4003) Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
2020 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 imposes one-year prohibition of sales of air-to-ground munitions that could be used in Yemen to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190) the bill imposes sanctions, limits security assistance, authorizes assistance, and requires the establishment of various programs and strategies related to Burma (Myanmar), including the authorization of humanitarian aid for Burma, Bangladesh, and the surrounding region for various purposes, including aid for ethnic minorities targeted by Burma's military and support for voluntary resettlement of displaced persons. Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) the bill directs the Department of State to assist civil society organizations in Burma (Myanmar) working to release political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Such assistance shall include support for (1) documenting human rights violations against such prisoners, (2) raising awareness of prisoner issues, and (3) helping former prisoners resume a normal life. Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) the bill places restrictions on Teargas exports and Crowd Control Technology to Hong Kong Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178) - This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38: blocks arms sales to the U.A.E and Saudi Arabia Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123) This bill limits the President's authority to suspend or restrict aliens from entering the United States and terminates certain presidential actions implementing such restrictions. It also prohibits religious discrimination in various immigration-related decisions, such as whether to issue an immigrant or non-immigrant visa, with certain exceptions. Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671) This bill authorizes new grant programs to support violence intervention initiatives. Specifically, the Bureau of Justice Assistance must award grants for coordinated violence reduction initiatives in units of local government that are disproportionately impacted by gun and group-related violence. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health must award grants for hospital-based violence intervention programs that reduce the risk of violent injury and retaliation among high-risk patients. Chambers: House and Senate Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. (H.R. 6453) Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report comparative data on background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and background checks conducted during the equivalent period of 2019. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936) is a comprehensive blueprint for restoring and reinvigorating our refugee and asylum systems Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 bill would prevent a U.S. President from setting a Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions at a level below 95,000 in a given fiscal year. Bill also ensures that each officer responsible for refugee admissions or resettlement treats the Presidential Determination as a goal, and mandates quarterly reports to Congress with specific oversight requirements. Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494) the bill would return refugees to their countries of persecution by imposing an unduly high screening standard to block many from even applying for asylum, impose a process for Central Americans asylum seekers, requiring them to remain in countries where their lives are at risk to seek resettlement, bar refugees from asylum if they do not and are not able to request asylum at a port of entry, jail families and adult asylum seekers and subject asylum seekers to rocket docket hearings. Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) the bill would permit Venezuelan nationals to qualify for temporary protected status, would prevent their removal from the United States and allow them to obtain employment and travel authorization. Chamber: House Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization (H.R. 3524) would support the people of Central America and strengthen United States national security by addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) would provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes. Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186), bill would ban high capacity magazines Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) bill would provide funds to support programs facilitate the ability of law enforcement (in all states), family members to petition courts to temporarily remove guns from someone who is behaving dangerously and at risk of suicide or harming others. Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) bill would prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or the transport of a firearm by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) The bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties and prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112) The bill strengthens background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensed gun dealer to an unlicensed person. Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) calls on the State Department to submit a formal report accounting for what its doing to include women in the peace talks and for the Trump Administration to develop a plan to support Afghan womens rights in reconstruction. Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, would change the use of force to be a last resort, rather than a first resort, and require officers to employ de-escalation techniques. The bill would also require states who wish to get federal funding for law enforcement to enact similar legislation. Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act ((H.R. 4092, S. 4003); directs the Department of State to direct U.S. foreign assistance to address humanitarian crises in a manner that aims to prevent and respond to gender-based violence at the onset of an emergency. We have lobbied for Senate introduction and co-sponsors in House and Senate. Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). This legislation is necessary to better coordinate law enforcement and build necessary data regarding MMIWG. Savannas Act has passed the Senate, but now waits for House passage. We have lobbied for House introduction and co-sponsors. Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). The WGDP bill is a bi-partisan, bicameral bill that is championed by the White House to codify the WDGP Initiative, including establishing an Office of Womens Economic Equality at the State Department. The bill drafts include dangerous rollbacks on US gender definitions as well as cutting response from Gender-based violence prevention and response initiatives. We oppose this bill and have been working with both chambers to prevent introduction and mitigate harm. Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
2020 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
H.R.4722 - Support UNFPA Funding Act H.R.1055/S.368- Global Health Empowerment and Rights Act FY21 State and Foreign Operations legislation in the House and Senate (not yet introduced) H.R. 4092/S. 4003 - Safe from the Start Act/Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act S. 3301/H.R. 6117 - Womens Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act S. 1071/H.R. 2153 - Keeping Girls in School Act S. 3669 - COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act Public Law 115-428 - Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act Proposed Gender/COVID-19 resolution (not yet introduced)
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
2020 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act (S. 3669) Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act (H.R. 1055/S. 368) Support UNFPA Funding Act (H.R. 4722) Helms Amendment Repeal Bill (Not yet introduced) Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality Act (H.R. 3874/S. 3004) Women's Global Empowerment, Development and Prosperity Act (S. 3301/H.R. 6117) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act (H.R. 1581/S. 707) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of China made multiple, serious mistakes in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak that heightened the severity and spread of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which include the Chinese Government's intentional spread of misinformation to downplay the risks of the virus, a refusal to cooperate with international health authorities, internal censorship of doctors and journalists, and malicious disregard for the health of ethnic minorities. (H. Res. 907) Nomination of Alma L. Golden, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (P.N. 564) Reach Every Mother and Child Act (S. 1766) Keeping Women and Girls Safe from the Start Act (S. 4003) Safe from the Start Act (H.R. 4092)
Client expense: $486,869 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · second_quarter · Foreign Relations
House Amdt.561 to H.R.2500 imposes one-year prohibition of sales of air-to-ground munitions that could be used in Yemen to Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E Chamber: House The BURMA Act (H.R.3190) the bill imposes sanctions, limits security assistance, authorizes assistance, and requires the establishment of various programs and strategies related to Burma (Myanmar), including the authorization of humanitarian aid for Burma, Bangladesh, and the surrounding region for various purposes, including aid for ethnic minorities targeted by Burma's military and support for voluntary resettlement of displaced persons. Chamber: House The Burma Political Prisoners Act (H.R.2327) the bill directs the Department of State to assist civil society organizations in Burma (Myanmar) working to release political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Such assistance shall include support for (1) documenting human rights violations against such prisoners, (2) raising awareness of prisoner issues, and (3) helping former prisoners resume a normal life. Chamber: House The Hong Kong Protect Act (H.R. 4270) the bill places restrictions on Teargas exports and Crowd Control Technology to Hong Kong Chamber: House Uyghur Human Rights Act (S. 178) - This bill directs the President to impose sanctions and export restrictions related to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim Turkic ethnic group. Chamber: Senate Senate J.Res.36/37/38: blocks arms sales to the U.A.E and Saudi Arabia Chamber: Senate The NO BAN Act (H. R. 2214/ S. 1123) This bill limits the President's authority to suspend or restrict aliens from entering the United States and terminates certain presidential actions implementing such restrictions. It also prohibits religious discrimination in various immigration-related decisions, such as whether to issue an immigrant or non-immigrant visa, with certain exceptions. Chambers: House and Senate Break the Cycle of Violence Act (H.R. 4836, S. 2671) This bill authorizes new grant programs to support violence intervention initiatives. Specifically, the Bureau of Justice Assistance must award grants for coordinated violence reduction initiatives in units of local government that are disproportionately impacted by gun and group-related violence. Additionally, the National Institutes of Health must award grants for hospital-based violence intervention programs that reduce the risk of violent injury and retaliation among high-risk patients. Chambers: House and Senate Directs the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report the number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the month of March 2019 and during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. (H.R. 6453) Requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report comparative data on background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System during the public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and background checks conducted during the equivalent period of 2019. Chamber: House Appropriations advocacy on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies FY21 bills; specifically advocacy to include gun violence prevention and intervention funds in this funding cycle. Chambers: House and Senate Refugee Protection Act of 2019 (S.2936) is a comprehensive blueprint for restoring and reinvigorating our refugee and asylum systems Chamber: Senate S.2565 - A bill to establish a Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy, to authorize the admission of climate-displaced persons. Chamber: Senate The Guaranteed Refugee Admission Ceiling Enhancement Act/GRACE Act (H.R. 2146/S.1088 bill would prevent a U.S. President from setting a Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions at a level below 95,000 in a given fiscal year. Bill also ensures that each officer responsible for refugee admissions or resettlement treats the Presidential Determination as a goal, and mandates quarterly reports to Congress with specific oversight requirements. Chambers: Senate and House The Secure and Protect Act of 2019 (S. 1494) the bill would return refugees to their countries of persecution by imposing an unduly high screening standard to block many from even applying for asylum, impose a process for Central Americans asylum seekers, requiring them to remain in countries where their lives are at risk to seek resettlement, bar refugees from asylum if they do not and are not able to request asylum at a port of entry, jail families and adult asylum seekers and subject asylum seekers to rocket docket hearings. Chamber: Senate The Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549) the bill would permit Venezuelan nationals to qualify for temporary protected status, would prevent their removal from the United States and allow them to obtain employment and travel authorization. Chamber: House Northern Triangle and Border Stabilization (H.R. 3524) would support the people of Central America and strengthen United States national security by addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Chamber: House Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (HR 2415/ S. 1243) would provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes. Chambers: House and Senate Keep Americans Safe Act (H.R. 1186), bill would ban high capacity magazines Chamber: House the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019 (H. R. 1236) bill would provide funds to support programs facilitate the ability of law enforcement (in all states), family members to petition courts to temporarily remove guns from someone who is behaving dangerously and at risk of suicide or harming others. Chamber: House the Disarm Hate Act 2019 (HR. 2708) bill would prohibit firearm sale or transfer to and receipt, possession, shipment, or the transport of a firearm by a person (1) who has been convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or (2) who has received an enhanced hate crime misdemeanor sentence. Chamber: House Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H. R. 8) The bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties and prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check. Chamber: House Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112) The bill strengthens background check requirements applicable to proposed firearm transfers from a federal firearms licensed gun dealer to an unlicensed person. Chamber: House the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (H. R.1296) bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD). Chamber: House Afghan WIN Act (H.R. 4097) calls on the State Department to submit a formal report accounting for what its doing to include women in the peace talks and for the Trump Administration to develop a plan to support Afghan womens rights in reconstruction. Chamber: House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2020 (H.R.2500) amendment calls Congress to strengthen, clarify, and supplement transparency and oversight requirements related to U.S. lethal strikes and resulting civilian casualties. Chamber: House The (H.R. 4359) Police Exercising Absolute Care With Everyone Act of 2019, would change the use of force to be a last resort, rather than a first resort, and require officers to employ de-escalation techniques. The bill would also require states who wish to get federal funding for law enforcement to enact similar legislation. Chamber: House The Safe From the Start Act ((H.R. 4092, S. 4003); directs the Department of State to direct U.S. foreign assistance to address humanitarian crises in a manner that aims to prevent and respond to gender-based violence at the onset of an emergency. We have lobbied for Senate introduction and co-sponsors in House and Senate. Chamber: House and Senate Savanna's Act (S. 227, H.R. 2733) directs the Justice Department to develop protocols to address missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). This legislation is necessary to better coordinate law enforcement and build necessary data regarding MMIWG. Savannas Act has passed the Senate, but now waits for House passage. We have lobbied for House introduction and co-sponsors. Chamber: House Womens Global Development and Prosperity Act (bill not yet introduced). The WGDP bill is a bi-partisan, bicameral bill that is championed by the White House to codify the WDGP Initiative, including establishing an Office of Womens Economic Equality at the State Department. The bill drafts include dangerous rollbacks on US gender definitions as well as cutting response from Gender-based violence prevention and response initiatives. We oppose this bill and have been working with both chambers to prevent introduction and mitigate harm. Chamber: House and Senate The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2020 Chamber: House and Senate
| Democratic |
| NJ |
| Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | CA |
| Edward J. Markey | Democratic | MA |
| Jack Reed | Democratic | RI |
| Jacky Rosen | Democratic | NV |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| Jeff Merkley | Democratic | OR |
| Kamala D. Harris | Democratic | CA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Lisa Murkowski | Republican | AK |
| Margaret Wood Hassan | Democratic | NH |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Susan M. Collins | Republican | ME |
| Tina Smith | Democratic | MN |
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Client expense: $21,600 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $25,100 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), President of the U.S., SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Client expense: $25,100 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Client expense: $9,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $9,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Security Council (NSC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)