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Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act of 2020 or the RISE Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, the Interior, Health and Human Services, and Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Science Foundation, and Environmental Protection Agency to provide support for research regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) or research disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Support may be used to provide supplemental funding to extend the duration of a grant to a research institution, national laboratory, or individual that was awarded prior to the enactment of this bill, or to expand the purposes of such a grant as specified; provide supplemental funding through existing competitively awarded cooperative agreements and contracts to cover the increased costs of construction of scientific facilities and equipment that have been delayed because of COVID-19; and award grants and cooperative agreements to institutions of higher education to conduct research on the behavioral, social, or economic effects of COVID-19 and the responses to the disease or on the effectiveness of such responses. Agencies must provide the support as rapidly as possible. Provided funds shall remain available for expenditure for up to two years.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 639.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-332.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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2020 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021: Provisions to support Artificial Intelligence infrastructure, research and related activities. H.R. 6978/S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act: Provisions that would authorize additional funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and create a series of new research, development, and education programs. NSF Reauthorization Act of 2020 (No bill number available): Legislation proposed by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to reauthorize the National Science Foundation (NSF), including additional funding and new research programs. Department of Energy Office of Science Reauthorization Act of 2020 (No bill number available): Legislation proposed by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to reauthorize the Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE SC) including additional funding and new research programs. H.R. 7308/S. 4286, RISE Act: Bill that would authorize emergency supplemental funding for federal science agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Energy. H.R. 7256, National Security Pathway Act: Bill that would create pathways towards permanent residence for international scientists and other technical experts working in fields important for national security.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Education
H.R. 6978/S. 3832, the "Endless Frontier Act"All provisions H.R. 925, "The Heroes Act" - Divisions A, B, C, E, K, and N "S. 178 (S.Amdt 2652, the Delivering Immediate Relief to Americas Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act)"- Division A H.R. 7308/S.4286, the Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act or the RISE Act.All provisions S. 4049/H.R. 6395, the "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021"- Title II H.R. 1766/S.800College Transparency Act; all provisions H.R. 7386/S.3611Faster Access to Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Act of 2018 ; all provisions H.R. 4674The College Affordability Act; all provisions S. 342/H.R. 2562Advancing International and Foreign Language Education Act; all provisions
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Issue: Support reducing administrative and regulatory burden on scientists and research institutions. Issue: Support efforts to promote research integrity, address potential for foreign influence in science, and address harassment in science. Issue: Support the use of a competitive peer review process for federal research grants and programs H.R. 3038, Securing American Science and Technology Act S. 2133, Secure American Research Act of 2019 H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Issue: Support efforts to address foreign influence on science, including stakeholder engagement from institutions of higher education. S. 3997, Safeguarding American Innovation Act Issue: Support JCORE efforts to address foreign influence on science and ensure a balanced approach. Issue: Explore opportunities to improve research with cannabinoids. Issue: Urge extension of COVID-19 related administrative flexibilities HR 7308 / S 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act Issue: Support research relief at federal science agencies due to COVID pandemic. Issue: Support house science committee chair request for NASEM study on impact of racism in academia. H.R. 4373, Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020 Issue: Describe implications for medical research enterprise.
Client expense: $1,035,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
Issue: Support reducing administrative and regulatory burden on scientists and research institutions. Issue: Support efforts to promote research integrity, address potential for foreign influence in science, and address harassment in science. Issue: Support the use of a competitive peer review process for federal research grants and programs H.R. 3038, Securing American Science and Technology Act S. 2133, Secure American Research Act of 2019 H.R. 2500, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Issue: Support efforts to address foreign influence on science, including stakeholder engagement from institutions of higher education. S. 3997, Safeguarding American Innovation Act Issue: Support JCORE efforts to address foreign influence on science and ensure a balanced approach. Issue: Explore opportunities to improve research with cannabinoids. Issue: Urge extension of COVID-19 related administrative flexibilities HR 7308 / S 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act Issue: Support research relief at federal science agencies due to COVID pandemic. Issue: Support house science committee chair request for NASEM study on impact of racism in academia. H.R. 4373, Bioeconomy Research and Development Act of 2020 Issue: Describe implications for medical research enterprise.
Client expense: $1,035,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
CARES Act (H.R. 748) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (H.R.8337) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental and Appropriations Act (H.R. 6074) Families First Coronavirus Response Act (H.R. 6201) Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools Act (HEALS Act) HEROES Act (H.R. 2869) The Heroes Act (H.R. 8406) Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R.266) Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act of 2020 (S. 4286)
Client expense: $125,000 · Firm income: Not reported
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| Thom Tillis | Republican | NC |
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.133, FY2021 Omnibus and COVID Relief and Response Act. H.R. 7608, FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions related to MilCon-VA appropriations bill funding for VA medical research. H.R.7617, the 2nd FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions related to Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill. S.4286/H.R.7308, the Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act or the RISE Act, provisions related to NIH research relief funding. Issues related to supplemental, emergency funding for public health, research and health care delivery needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues related to FY 21 funding for NIH. Issues related to FY 21 funding for CDC. Issues related to FY 21 funding for HRSA. Issues related to FY 21 funding for VA Medical Research. Issues related to FY21 funding for AHRQ.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
H.R. 7608, FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions related to MilCon-VA appropriations bill funding for VA medical research. H.R.7617, the 2nd FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, provisions related to Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill. S.4286/H.R.7308, the Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act or the RISE Act, provisions related to NIH research relief funding. H.R.1966, the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act Issues related to FY 21 funding for NIH. Issues related to FY 21 funding for VA Medical Research. Issues related to DARPA medical research. Issues related to the RADx Initiative. Issues related to Operation Warp Speed. Issues related to COVID-19 research funding.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Met with Senators, Representatives, and legislative staff to discuss continued support for NSF and NSF user facilities. Encouraged co-sponsorship of the RISE Act to authorize supplemental funding for NSF to cover extraordinary costs of COVID-19 to NSF-funded research (HR 7308) Met with Senators, Representatives, and legislative staff to express support for continued funding of federal scientific research agencies (NSF, NOAA, NASA) in the FY21 CJS bill (see budget and appropriations). Met with legislative staff to request support for the Endless Frontier Act (S 3832, HR 6978). Met with legislative staff to express support for and discuss issues with the American Foundries Act. (S 4130) Urged the science committee to include healthcare related AI in their draft artificial intelligence legislation. No legislation introduced.  Urged members to support the Research Investment to Spark the Economy RISE Act (S. 4286)
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 36: Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 To provide for research to better understand the causes and consequences of sexual harassment affecting individuals in the scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics workforce and to examine policies to reduce the prevalence and negative impact of such harassment, and for other purposes (ALL). H.R. 539 and S. 118: Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019 To require the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies, and for other purposes (ALL). S. 937: Protecting American Technologies Act of 2019 A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to require institutions of higher education and other research facilities to obtain deemed export licenses for foreign nationals conducting scientific research at such institutions and facilities, and for other purposes (ALL). S. 2133: Secure American Research Act of 2019 A bill to establish an interagency working group for coordination and development of Federal research protection, and for other purposes (ALL). H.R. 4091 and S. 2714: ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 To amend the America COMPETES Act to reauthorize the ARPA-E program, and for other purposes (ALL). H.R. 3666 and S. 2082: Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act of 2019 A bill to strengthen the position of the United States as the world's leading innovator by amending title 35, United States Code, to protect the property rights of the inventors that grow the country's economy (ALL). H.R. 4866: National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Act of 2019 To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to provide for designation of institutions of higher education that provide research, data, and leadership on continuous manufacturing as National Centers of Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and for other purposes (ALL). S. 3432: Securing America's Medicine Cabinet Act of 2020 A bill to support the advanced manufacturing technologies program of the Food and Drug Administration, to establish National Centers of Excellence in Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and for other purposes (ALL). H.R. 7308 and S. 4286: Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act To authorize appropriations for offsetting the costs related to reductions in research productivity resulting from the coronavirus pandemic (ALL). S. 3997: Safeguarding American Innovation Act A bill to strengthen the security and integrity of the United States scientific and research enterprise (ALL). S. 4629: America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act A bill to address issues involving the People's Republic of China (provisions relating to scientific research funding, foreign gift reporting, and Chinese language and culture instruction). Federal policy changes regarding fetal tissue research.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 2013, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2202, Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act H.R. 2575/S. 1363, AI in Government Act of 2019 H.R. 3156, Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act H.R. 4978, Online Privacy Act of 2019 H.R. 6216, To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative, and for other purposes H.R. 6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions in Division E relating to AI H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 8132, American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act H.R. 8048, State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act S. 142, American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act of 2019 S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019 S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act S. 847, Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 S. 1558, Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act S. 1611, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act S. 2878, Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 S. 2968, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act S. 3456, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020 S. 3663, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3749, Public Health Emergency Privacy Act S. 3771, Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution (FUTURE) of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act S. 3861, Exposure Notification Privacy Act S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020 S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 S. 4626, Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation regarding Federal Trade Commission procedural reform Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Various issues technology and economic relief; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC enforcement; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century; FTC data portability issues; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development; reauthorization and appropriation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421); intermediary liability; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief
Client expense: $22,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
H.R. 739, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2019 H.R. 946, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 1644, Save the Internet Act of 2019 H.R. 2013, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2202, Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act H.R. 2575/S. 1363, AI in Government Act of 2019 H.R. 3086/S. 1585, Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act of 2019 H.R. 3156, Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation (START) Act H.R. 3262/H.R. 4686/ S. 1871, Sami's Law H.R. 4027, Stop the Censorship Act H.R. 4978, Online Privacy Act of 2019 H.R. 5703, Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth (PRIVCY) Act H.R. 6145/S. 3191, Industries of the Future Act of 2020 H.R. 6216, National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 7308/ S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 7608, State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8048, State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act H.R. 8132, American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act H.R. 8517, Protect Speech Act H.R. 8636, Protecting Americans from Dangerous Algorithms Act S. 142, American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act of 2019 S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019 S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act S. 748, A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes S. 783, Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2019 S. 847, Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 S. 1084, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 1116, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2019 S. 1214, Privacy Bill of Rights Act S. 1558, Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act S. 1578, Do Not Track Act S. 1611, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act S. 1914, Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act S. 2775, Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education (HACKED) Act of 2019 S. 2763, Filter Bubble Transparency Act S. 2878, Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 S. 2968, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act S. 3284, Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act S. 3300, Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3398, Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020 S. 3456, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020 S. 3663, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3712, Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems (Cyber Leap) Act of 2020 S. 3749, Public Health Emergency Privacy Act S. 3771, Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution (FUTURE) of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act S. 3861, Exposure Notification Privacy Act S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020 S. 3983, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide accountability for bad actors who abuse the Good Samaritan protections provided under that Act, and for other purposes S. 4051, Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act S. 4066, Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 S. 4422, Connecting Minority Communities Act of 2020 S. 4626, Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act S. 4632, Online Content Policy Modernization Act S. 4758, See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020 S. 5020, A bill to repeal section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 H.Res. 294, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2021) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes Potential legislation similar to H.R.4625, FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2017 Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Draft legislation titled United States Consumer Data Privacy Act of 2019 Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020); Various issues relating to high speed broadband internet service and resolving the homework gap by access to broadband for students; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; potential legislation to establish a national privacy law; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421); comments on refreshing of record in restoring internet freedom proceeding (WC Docket Nos. 17-108, 17-287, 11-42); facial recognition technology; net neutrality; privacy principles; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); artificial intelligence; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; FTC data portability; FTC enforcement; FTC enforcement of section 13(b); FCC proposed radiofrequency marketing rule; reauthorization and appropriation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); FY2021 Appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); comments on March 30, 2020 Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling, Clarification or Waiver Filed by the American Bankers Association, et al. - CG Docket Number 02-278; comments on National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) NISTIR 8259, recommendations for IoT device Manufacturers: Foundational Activities and Core Device Cybersecurity Capability Baseline (2nd Draft); comments on the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations request for public comment on proposals and positions for the 2020 World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly; funding for the NIST AI risk management framework; FCCs COVID-19 telehealth program; Indias non-personal data governance framework; comments to Department of Transportation on remote identifications of unmanned aerial systems proposed rule; Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and the coronavirus pandemic; comments on Four Principles of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (Draft NISTIR 8312); petition to FCC Supporting Capital Ones TCPA Petition for Declaratory Ruling; inclusion of broadband funding in year-end appropriations legislation; implementation Section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 (P.L. 114-190); potential nationalization of the 5G network; comments on OMBs Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications; potential data privacy legislation; potential data aggregation legislation regarding section 1033 of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); potential legislation regarding artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development; potential legislation regarding digital assets; fintech and digital asset strategy; data privacy; revisions to Communications Decency Act (P.L. 104-104, Title V); consumer protection issues relating to lawsuit advertising; implementation of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243)
Client expense: $22,290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
Funding to support biomedical research and maintain clinical trial infrastructure; H.R. 7308, S. 4286 - Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Agriculture
FY2021 Omnibus and COVID Relief and Response Act (P.L.116-260) - FY2021 Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies: Titles I and VI - all provisions related to research, extension, education and food safety. *provisions related to the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) program and LGU matching fund-waiver authority (P.L.116-260) - FY2021 Appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs, Title II - provisions related to international research and food security. Supplemental funding and regulatory flexibility for unforeseen impacts of COVID-19 on the agricultural research, education, and Extension enterprise, including the "Research Investment to Secure the Economy (RISE) Act" {S.4286/H.R.7308.
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
FY2021 Omnibus and COVID Relief and Response Act (P.L.116-260) - FY 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, Title I and Title III, all provisions related to research and education in NASA, NSF, NIST and NOAA. (P.L. 116-260) - FY 2021 Appropriations for Energy and Water Development, Title III - all provisions related to science and research, including nuclear physics research facilities. Specific funding for basic research into COVID-19 and support for the university-based research enterprise across all federal research agencies in any relevant legislative response, including P.L. 116-260, and the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (H.R.7308/S.4286)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
Expressed support for the RISE Act (S.4286) (H.R. 5613) Expressed support for the TREAT Act (S.4421) Requested letters of support for NIOSH Total Worker Health Center grant proposal Expressed support for financial relief for physicians and other providers scheduled to receive cuts in the CMS 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (H.R. 8702) Expressed support for extension of Medicare sequestration relief Expressed support for flexibility in the use of resources from the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Expressed support for Supporting Children with Disabilities During COVID-19 Act (H.R. 8523)
Client expense: $110,852 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Expressed support for the RISE Act (S.4286) (H.R. 5613) Expressed support for Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act (H.R. 8044) Expressed support for Promoting Research and Observations of Space Weather to Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow (PROSWIFT) Act (S. 881)
Client expense: $110,852 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
S.881/H.R. 5260 PROSWIFT Act S.1067 Combatting Sexual Harassment in Science NASA, NOAA, NSF, NIH, USGS, and DOE FY2021 Funding S.2579 STEM Opportunities Act of 2019 H.R. 4979 Rural STEM Education Act COVID-19 Response Legislation H.R. 7308/S. 4286 RISE Act S. 529 National Landslide Preparedness Act
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
Support for NIH research funding at 43 billion dollars in FY 2021. House Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill. Support for more NIH funding related to zoonotic diseases, additional funding for research and extension for new rules related to food animal use of antibiotics. RISE Act HR 5613, HR 7610, HR 133. RISE Act HR 5613, S.4286 Rise Act Support for additional supplemental research funding for COVID19 related start up and ramp down. FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR. 7614, HR 7617, Senate bill number not assigned.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Support for increased research funding across major federal research accounts and agencies. National Science Foundation funding of $9 billion in FY 2021 - FY 2021 Appropriations bill number, H.R. 7667, HR 7608, HR 133, HR 7617, HR 7610. DOD - FY 2020 6.1 and 6.2 research funding levels across the services - FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR 7617, No Senate bill number assigned. DOE - Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. support increases for EERE, Office of Science, ARPA-E, Nuclear Energy. FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR 7613, HR 7617, No Senate bill number assigned. NASA Space Science and SpaceGrant programs - Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill - FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR 7667, HR 7617, No Senate bill number was assigned. NOAA SeaGrant, Ocean and Atmospheric Research - Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill - FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR 7667 HR 7617, No Senate bill number assigned. EPA Science and Technology funding - Interior Appropriations Bill - FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR 7612, HR 7617, No Senate bill number assigned. USDA research and extension funding (Hatch, Smith-Lever, AFRI, McIntire-Stennis) Agriculture Appropriations Bill FY 2021 Appropriations bill number HR 7610, HR 7608, HR 133, No Senate Bill number was assigned. RISE Act HR 5613,RISE Act S.4286 Support for additional supplemental research funding for COVID19 related start up and ramp down.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for research within natural resources and Interior department relating to invasive species, forest health, timber production, bio-fuels. FY 2021 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, FY2021 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill number HR 7612, HR 7608, Senate bill number not assigned. RISE Act HR 5613, S.4286 RISE Act Support for additional supplemental research funding for COVID19 related start up and ramp down.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.7308,S.4286 Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act; National Institutes of Health; Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers; Materials Science in Extreme Environments; Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations; COVID-19 Supplementary Funding.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
S 4286, HR 7308The RISE Act S 3832, HR 6978Endless Frontier Act S 3997Safeguarding American Innovation Act Issues related to grants administration reform, BRAIN 2.0, and science and security. COVID-19 related disruption mitigation and regulatory flexibility. Potential legislation on environmental health disparities research. Protecting STEM pipeline.
Client expense: $135,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Provisions to support Artificial Intelligence infrastructure, research, and related activities H.R. 6978/S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act Provisions that would authorize additional funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and create a series of new research, development, and education programs NSF Reauthorization Act of 2020 (No bill number available) Legislation proposed by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to reauthorize the National Science Foundation (NSF), including additional funding and new research programs H.R. 7308/S. 4286, RISE Act Bill that would authorize emergency supplemental funding for federal science agencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Energy
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 133, FY 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260), climate and coastal observation research; earth observing research facilities issues H.R. 3895, North American Development Bank's Pollution Solution Act, climate and coastal observation research; earth observing; monitoring issues H.R. 4143, Super Pollutants Act of 2019, climate and coastal observation research issues H.R. 4447, Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act, research and development issues H.R. 6216, National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020, research and development issues H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021 (P.L. 116-283), climate and coastal observation research; earth observing; research facilities issues H.R. 6800, Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, climate and coastal observation research; earth observing; research facilities issues H.R. 6978/S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act, research and development issues H.R. 7178/S. 3933, Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, research and development issues H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act (RISE Act) H.R. 7450, Prevent Harmful Algal Blooms Act, climate and coastal observation research; monitoring issues H.R. 7575, Water Resources Development Act of 2020,, climate and coastal observation research; earth observing issues H.R. 7610, FY 2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, research and development issues; funding for agriculture research programs H.R. 7613, FY 2021 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, climate and coastal observation research, earth observing H.R. 7614, FY 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, research and development issues H.R. 7617, FY 2021 Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations bill, research and development issues H.R. 7667, FY 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, research and development issues H.R. 8632, Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2020, climate and coastal observation research; monitoring issues Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection, and Schools (HEALS) Act, climate and coastal observation research; earth observing; research facilities issues S. 2800, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Authorization Act of 2020, research and development issues S. 3591, America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2020, climate and coastal observation research; earth observing issues S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020, research and development issues S. 4352, Border Water Quality Restoration and Protection Act of 2020, climate and coastal observation research; earth observing issues S. 4462, FLOODS Act, earth observing issues National Science Foundation (NSF) reauthorization proposals, research and development issues
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L. 116-260), research and development issues; funding for COVID relief H.R. 4447, Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act; research and development issues H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021 (P.L. 116-283); research and development issues H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act (RISE Act) H.R. 7610, FY 2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; research and development issues; funding for agriculture research programs H.R. 7613, FY 2021 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; research and development issues H.R. 7614, FY 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; research and development issues H.R. 7617, FY 2021 Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations bill; research and development issues H.R. 7667, FY 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill; research and development issues
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Issues related to emergency relief funding for research in H.R. 7308/S. 4286 - The RISE Act; General issues related to funding for scientific research; Issues related to H.R. 133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs
H.R. 7308/S.4286 Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act (RISE) Act, support passage oSupport Markey Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute ï‚§to add provisions allowing for $2 billion in funding for non-profit research stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic and $1 billion in funding to aid in clinical trial sites. S.2400/ H.R. 4322 - Expanding Cannabis Research and Information Act, support passage H.R. 3439 - Reauthorization of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, support reauthorization.
Client expense: $48,803 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Health Issues
H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 Supported Provisions: -Paycheck Protection Program -Universal Giving Deduction -Surprise Medical Billing H.R.7308 and S.4286 - RISE Act -Support H.R. 7057 - Understanding COVID-19 Subsets and ME/CFS Act -Support
Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R.748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act H.R. 6800 Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act or the HEROES Act H.R. 7308/ S. 4286: Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. ####: Interior and Environment Appropriations, 2021 H.R. ####/S. ###: Labor, Health, and Human Services, 2021
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 H.R. 4447 Energy Innovation Package H.R.748 - CARES Act H.R.6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 6800- The Heroes Act H.R.7308 - RISE Act H.R. 5436 Agriculture Improvement Act H.R. 7610 FY21 Agriculture Appropriations H.R. 7612 FY21 Interior and Environment Appropriations H.R. 7614 FY21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations H.R. 7617 FY21 Defense Appropriations H.R. 7613 FY21 Energy and Water Development Appropriations H.R. 7667 FY21 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations S.328 - Startup Act S.1213 - Consumer Health Insurance Protection Act of 2019 S.1624 HEALS Act S.4286 RISE Act S.3548 - CARES Act S. 4629 - America LEADS Act S. 4775 Delivering Immediate Relief to Americas Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act S._____ FY21 Agriculture Appropriations S._____ FY21 Defense Appropriations S. _____ FY21 Energy and Water Development Appropriations S. _____ FY21 Homeland Security Appropriations S._____ FY21 Interior and Environment Appropriations S.______ FY21 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations S. ______ FY21 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations -- regarding funding for higher education institutions and research programs and agencies.
Client expense: $59,400 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Library of Congress (LOC), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Endowment for the Humanities, Natl Institutes of Health (NIH), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
National Science Foundation Funding; Securing American Science and Technology Act; Forensic Science/NIST S.4286 the RISE Act
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
HR 3548 Oceans-based Climate Solutions Act S 3832 Endless Frontiers Act / NSF Reauthorization Marine Energy Reauthorization (as included in HR 133) The Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (HR 7308; S.4286) re concerns for supplemental funding to stabilize the research enterprise from the COVID-19 disruptions
Client expense: $55,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
FY 21 appropriations for all federal agencies supporting science and technology research, including NASA, NSF, NOAA, NIST, DOD and DOE Support for continued research response flexibility and aid in response to COVID-19, including the RISE Act (S.4286)
Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
DOE Office of Science Authorization, Issues pertaining to Advanced Scientific Computing Research and Exascale. H.R. 6978, S.3832, Endless Frontiers Act, All provisions. Issues pertaining to COVID-19 research, research relief, research infrastructure, and economic recovery. H.R. 7308, S. 4286, RISE Act, Issues pertaining to COVID-19 and the impacts on the research enterprise. NSF Reauthorization, All provisions.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Draft Office of Science Reauthorization Bill (Provisions on fusion energy); H.R. 6216, National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative Act of 2020 Title IV (National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Activities) (Includes Cognitive Science as a field of research); Section 401 (Artificial Intelligence Research and Education) (Maintenance of a Diverse Workforce; Academic Development to create a national plan supporting transition from AI-focused community colleges into 4-year institutions); S. 3890, H.R. 7096, National AI Research Resource Task Force Act of 2020 (All) (Establishment of a task force to develop a roadmap for a national artificial intelligence research resource); S.3832, H.R. 6978, Endless Frontiers Act (All) (Proposes to rename the National Science Foundation to the National Science and Technology Foundation; Establishment of new Directorate for Technology, which would provide $100 billion in funding over 5 years); S. 3933, H.R. 7178, Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America (CHIPS) Act, Section 8 Advanced Semiconductor Research and Design (1) (National Semiconductor Technology Center) (A) (National Strategy on Semiconductor Research) (Provides authorizations to DOE, NSF and DARPA for semiconductor basic research activities; Authorizes a new NIST Semiconductor Program to support advanced manufacturing); S. 4629, America Labor, Economic, Competiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act, Part II, Semiconductor Manufacturing Incentives, Section 127 (Report on threats to the semiconductor industry); Section 153 (Semiconductor incentive grants); Section 154 (Department of Defense study on status of microelectronics industry); Section 155 (Department of Commerce study on status of microelectronics technologies in the United States industrial base); Section 156 (Multilateral microelectronics security fund); Section 157 (Advanced semiconductor research and design); S. 4286, H.R. 7308, The Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act (All) (Provides emergency relief funding for federal science agencies during FY 2020 and FY 2021); NSF Strategic Plan
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 2013, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2202, Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act H.R. 2575/S. 1363, AI in Government Act of 2019 H.R. 3156, Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act H.R. 4978, Online Privacy Act of 2019 H.R. 6216, To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative, and for other purposes H.R. 6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions in Division E relating to AI H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 8048, State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act H.R. 8132, American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act S. 142, American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act of 2019 S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019 S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act S. 847, Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 S. 1558, Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act S. 2878, Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 S. 2968, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act S. 3456, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020 S. 3663, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3749, Public Health Emergency Privacy Act S. 3771, Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution (FUTURE) of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act S. 3861, Exposure Notification Privacy Act S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020 S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation regarding Federal Trade Commission procedural reform Draft legislation titled SAFE DATA Act Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Various issues technology and economic relief; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC enforcement; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century; FTC data portability issues; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development; reauthorization and appropriation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421); intermediary liability; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
H.R. 739, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2019 H.R. 946, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 1644, Save the Internet Act of 2019 H.R. 2013, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2202, Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act H.R. 2575/S. 1363, AI in Government Act of 2019 H.R. 3086/S. 1585, Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act of 2019 H.R. 3156, Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation (START) Act H.R. 3262/H.R. 4686/ S. 1871, Sami's Law H.R. 4027, Stop the Censorship Act H.R. 4978, Online Privacy Act of 2019 H.R. 5703, Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth (PRIVCY) Act H.R. 6145/S. 3191, Industries of the Future Act of 2020 H.R. 6216, National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions relating to artificial intelligence research and development H.R. 7308/ S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 7608, State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8132, American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act H.R. 8048, State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act S. 142, American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act of 2019 S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019 S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act S. 748, A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes S. 783, Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2019 S. 847, Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 S. 1084, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 1116, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2019 S. 1214, Privacy Bill of Rights Act S. 1558, Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act S. 1578, Do Not Track Act S. 1611, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act S. 1914, Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act S. 2775, Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education (HACKED) Act of 2019 S. 2763, Filter Bubble Transparency Act S. 2878, Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 S. 2968, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act S. 3284, Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act S. 3300, Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3398, Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020 S. 3456, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020 S. 3663, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3712, Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems (Cyber Leap) Act of 2020 S. 3771, Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution (FUTURE) of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act S. 3861, Exposure Notification Privacy Act S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020 S. 3983, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide accountability for bad actors who abuse the Good Samaritan protections provided under that Act, and for other purposes S. 4051, Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act S. 4066, Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 S. 4626, A bill to establish data privacy and data security protections for consumers in the United States S. 4758, See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020 H.Res. 294, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2021) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes Potential legislation similar to H.R.4625, FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2017 Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation titled Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Draft legislation titled Public Health Emergency Privacy Act Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Various issues relating to high speed broadband internet service and resolving the homework gap by access to broadband for students; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; potential legislation to establish a national privacy law; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421); comments on refreshing of record in restoring internet freedom proceeding (WC Docket Nos. 17-108, 17- 287, 11-42); facial recognition technology; net neutrality; privacy principles; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); artificial intelligence; Communications Decency Act (P.L. 104-104, Title V); data privacy; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; FTC data portability; FTC enforcement; comments on draft (2nd) National Institute of Standards and Technology internal report 8259, recommendations for IoT device manufacturers: foundational activities and core device cybersecurity capability baseline; FY2021 Appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); comments on March 30, 2020 Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling, Clarification or Waiver Filed by the American Bankers Association, et al. - CG Docket Number 02-278; comments on the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations request for public comment on proposals and positions for the 2020 World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly; reauthorization of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); funding for the NIST AI risk management framework; FCCs COVID-19 telehealth program; Indias non-personal data governance framework; Comments to Department of Transportation on remote identifications of unmanned aerial systems proposed rule; Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and the coronavirus pandemic; potential data privacy legislation; potential data aggregation legislation regarding section 1033 of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); potential legislation regarding artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development; potential legislation regarding digital assets; fintech and digital asset strategy
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019 H.R. 948/S. 370, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act H.R. 1146, Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, including provisions relating to House Homeland Security Committee amendment 45 H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act H.R. 2051/S. 999, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 2114/S. 2094, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019 H.R. 2986/S. 1602, Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act H.R. 3306/S. 903, Nuclear Energy Leadership Act H.R. 3597, Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 3607, Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 3609/S. 2660, Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 3962/S. 2137, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019 H.R. 4091/ S. 2714, ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 H.R. 4230/S. 2300, Clean Industrial Technology Act of 2019 H.R. 4447, Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 H.R. 4481, Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2019 H.R. 4733, Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019 H.R. 5374/S. 2657, Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 5428, Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 6084, Water Power Research and Development Act H.R. 6097, Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 383, Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act S. 816, Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2019 S. 859, Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act S. 876, Energy Jobs for our Heroes Act of 2019 S. 983, Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 S. 1052, Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act S. 1064, Appalachian Energy for National Security Act S. 1085, Vehicle Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1201, Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology (EFFECT) Act of 2019 S. 1286, Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2019 S. 1317, American Mineral Security Act S. 1685, Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019 S. 1706, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019 S. 1857, Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019 S. 2095, Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act S. 2393, Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2019 S. 2368, Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019 S. 2470, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, including provisions related to nuclear reactor demonstration funding S. 2666, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019 S. 2668, Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 S. 2688, Technology Transitions Act of 2019 S. 2702, Integrated Energy Systems Act of 2019 S.J. Res. 53, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations" Potential legislation on climate and energy innovation Proposed rule on Environment Protection Agency fuels regulatory streamlining (85 Fed. Reg. 29,034-29,162, May 14, 2020) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining; social cost of carbon in cost-benefit analyses underlying federal regulations; energy security; offshore energy exploration; Keystone XL environmental assessment; energy security and implications for national security; diversifying energy resources including issues relating to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, offshore oil drilling, and wind energy; funding for energy efficiency programs also known as Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule; mobile air-conditioning (MAC) refrigerant credit option; establishing a durable program for managing used nuclear fuel; nuclear fuel storage at Yucca Mountain; funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program; energy and water appropriations for fiscal year 2020; implementation Issues Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; draft NIST special publication 1800-23, Energy Sector Asset Management: For Electric Utilities, Oil & Gas Industry; regulatory reform; implementation of the Natural Gas Act; fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico Investigation Nos. 701-TA-615- 617 and 731-TA-1432-1434; Fiscal Year 2021 energy storage appropriations; inclusion of the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act in the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); petition to intake risk management procedural rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (P.L. 94-469); Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program guidance; financing of nuclear projects by the U.S. Development Finance Corporation; Department of Energy bulk power system Executive Order 13920 request for information (RFI); Executive Order 13927, Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.7308, S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act, Issues pertaining to COVID-19 and impacts to the research enterprise. H.R. 6216, National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act, Issues pertaining to fundamental research in artificial intelligence. H.R. 8632, Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act, Issues pertaining to coastal resilience.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
FY 2021 appropriations for science research funding. Supported funding for the National Science Foundation in FY 2021 appropriations. Supported emergency research relief funding to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Supported the Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act (H.R. 7308/S. 4286). Introduced by Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Thom Tillis (D-NC), the legislation would provide $26 billion in additional support for the federal research enterprise in light of COVID-19. CGS actively encouraged additional cosponsors on the legislation. Supported the Supporting Early-Career Researchers Act (H.R. 8044). Introduced by Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Frank Lucas (R-OK), the legislation would provide the National Science Foundation funding to provide postdoctoral fellowships for early-career researchers whose employment prospects may have been impacted by COVID-19. CGS actively encouraged additional cosponsors on the legislation. Urged scientific research and development provisions be included in the final FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAA).
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 7308/S.4286 - Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 8273 - Energizing Technology Transfer Act (all) S. 3997 - Safeguarding American Innovation Act Foreign influence in research (no specific bill) S. 910 - National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2020 (all) H.R. 3774 - The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act Cybersecurity legislation (no specific bill) Microelectronics research (no specific bill) Firearm injury prevention research (no specific bill) HHS fetal tissue research ban H.R. 6978/S. 3832 - Endless Frontier Act (sections relating to tech transfer) S.3593 - Furthering Our Recovery With American Research & Development (FORWARD) Act
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 6074, P.L. 116-123 - FY2020 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act H.R. 6201, P.L. 116-127 - FY2020 2nd Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act, Families First Coronavirus Response Act H.R. 748, S. 3548, P.L. 116-136 - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act HR 648, Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Fiscal year 2020 Coronavirus relief funding and economic stimulus Fiscal Year 2021 budget and appropriations P.L. 112-25 - Budget Control Act, Sequestration P.L. 114-74 - Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 H.R. 7613, Fiscal Year 2021 - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, National Nuclear Security Administration/Inertial Confinement Fusion Program, Office of Science, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy H.R. 7667, Fiscal Year 2021 - Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration H.R. 7617, Fiscal Year 2021 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, Army Medical Research Technology, University Research, 6.1 Basic Research, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency H.R. 7612, Fiscal Year 2021 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act H.R. 7614, Fiscal Year 2021 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, National Institutes of Health, student aid, graduate education, international education, Title VII and Title VIII of Public Health Service Act, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute for Museum and Library Services H.R.8337 - Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act H.R. 7308, S. 4286 - Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act (RISE Act) COVID-19 funding and relief P.L. 116-260, H.R. 133 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
HR6216; S1558 National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 HR7096; S3890 National AI Research Resource Task Force Act of 2020 HR7308; S4286 Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act HR 2 - INVEST in America Act - Scientific Infrastructure HR6395; S4049 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 S3997 Safeguarding American Innovation Act Science Infrastructure Science and Security Issues
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Energy, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS)
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Possible reauthorization of the National Science Foundation Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 (H.R. 36) - all provisions RISE (Research Investment to Secure the Economy) Act (H.R. 7308/S. 4286) - all provisions Endless Frontier Act (S. 3832) - all provisions
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Education
We have joined coalition efforts to support funding for higher education to navigate the COVID-19 crisis, specifically through the CARES Act S.3458 and HR 748, and the RISE Act HR 7308 and S 4286
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 2013, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2202, Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act H.R. 2575/S. 1363, AI in Government Act of 2019 H.R. 3156, Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation Act H.R. 4978, Online Privacy Act of 2019 H.R. 6216, To establish the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative, and for other purposes H.R. 6395, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions in Division E relating to AI H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 8048, State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act H.R. 8132, American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act S. 142, American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act of 2019 S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019 S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act S. 847, Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 S. 1558, Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act S. 2878, Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 S. 2968, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act S. 3456, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020 S. 3663, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3749, Public Health Emergency Privacy Act S. 3771, Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution (FUTURE) of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act S. 3861, Exposure Notification Privacy Act S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020 S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation regarding Federal Trade Commission procedural reform Draft legislation titled SAFE DATA Act Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Various issues technology and economic relief; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC enforcement; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century; FTC data portability issues; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development; reauthorization and appropriation for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421); intermediary liability; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Telecommunications
H.R. 739, Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2019 H.R. 946, Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R. 1644, Save the Internet Act of 2019 H.R. 2013, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act H.R. 2202, Growing Artificial Intelligence Through Research (GrAITR) Act H.R. 2575/S. 1363, AI in Government Act of 2019 H.R. 3086/S. 1585, Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act of 2019 H.R. 3156, Smart Technologies Advancing Reliable Transportation (START) Act H.R. 3262/H.R. 4686/ S. 1871, Sami's Law H.R. 4027, Stop the Censorship Act H.R. 4978, Online Privacy Act of 2019 H.R. 5703, Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth (PRIVCY) Act H.R. 6145/S. 3191, Industries of the Future Act of 2020 H.R. 6216, National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions relating to artificial intelligence research and development H.R. 7308/ S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 7608, State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 8132, American Competitiveness Of a More Productive Emerging Tech Economy (American COMPETE) Act H.R. 8048, State and Local IT Modernization and Cybersecurity Act S. 142, American Data Dissemination (ADD) Act of 2019 S. 189, Social Media Privacy Protection and Consumer Rights Act of 2019 S. 583, Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance (DATA) Privacy Act S. 748, A bill to amend the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 to strengthen protections relating to the online collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and minors, and for other purposes S. 783, Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2019 S. 847, Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019 S. 1084, Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act S. 1116, Balancing the Rights Of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2019 S. 1214, Privacy Bill of Rights Act S. 1558, Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act S. 1578, Do Not Track Act S. 1611, Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act S. 1914, Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act S. 2775, Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education (HACKED) Act of 2019 S. 2763, Filter Bubble Transparency Act S. 2878, Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019 S. 2968, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act S. 3284, Ethical Use of Facial Recognition Act S. 3300, Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3398, Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act of 2020 S. 3456, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2020 S. 3663, COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act of 2020 S. 3712, Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems (Cyber Leap) Act of 2020 S. 3771, Fundamentally Understanding the Usability and Realistic Evolution (FUTURE) of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2020 S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act S. 3861, Exposure Notification Privacy Act S. 3891, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Research Act of 2020 S. 3983, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide accountability for bad actors who abuse the Good Samaritan protections provided under that Act, and for other purposes S. 4051, Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act S. 4066, Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act S. 4159, E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020 S. 4626, A bill to establish data privacy and data security protections for consumers in the United States S. 4758, See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020 H.Res. 294, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2021) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes Potential legislation similar to H.R.4625, FUTURE of Artificial Intelligence Act of 2017 Potential legislation related to the regulation of facial recognition technology Draft legislation titled Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability (SAFE DATA) Act Draft legislation titled FTC Procedural Reform Draft legislation titled Public Health Emergency Privacy Act Proposed rule restoring internet freedom (82 Fed. Reg. 25,568-25,590, June 2, 2017) Proposed rule accelerating wireline broadband deployment by removing barriers to infrastructure investment (82 Fed. Reg. 22,453-22,474, May 16, 2017) Draft memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies, Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications (85 Fed. Reg. 1,825, January 13, 2020) Various issues relating to high speed broadband internet service and resolving the homework gap by access to broadband for students; broadband infrastructure and deployment; broadband and economic relief; technology and economic relief; intermediary liability; potential federal privacy legislation; potential legislation to establish a national privacy law; matter of streamlining deployment of small cell infrastructure by improving wireless sitting policies (FCC WT Docket No. 16-421); comments on refreshing of record in restoring internet freedom proceeding (WC Docket Nos. 17-108, 17- 287, 11-42); facial recognition technology; net neutrality; privacy principles; internet of things (IoT) devices; robocalls and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (P.L. 102-243); implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (P.L. 105-277); artificial intelligence; Communications Decency Act (P.L. 104-104, Title V); data privacy; Executive Order 13859, Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; FTC hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection; FTC data portability; FTC enforcement; comments on draft (2nd) National Institute of Standards and Technology internal report 8259, recommendations for IoT device manufacturers: foundational activities and core device cybersecurity capability baseline; FY2021 Appropriations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); comments on March 30, 2020 Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling, Clarification or Waiver Filed by the American Bankers Association, et al. - CG Docket Number 02-278; comments on the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations request for public comment on proposals and positions for the 2020 World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly; reauthorization of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); funding for the NIST AI risk management framework; FCCs COVID-19 telehealth program; Indias non-personal data governance framework; Comments to Department of Transportation on remote identifications of unmanned aerial systems proposed rule; Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) and the coronavirus pandemic; potential data privacy legislation; potential data aggregation legislation regarding section 1033 of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (P.L. 111-203); potential legislation regarding artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence regulation, research and development; potential legislation regarding digital assets; fintech and digital asset strategy
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019 H.R. 948/S. 370, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act H.R. 1146, Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act H.R. 1158, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, including provisions relating to House Homeland Security Committee amendment 45 H.R. 1941, Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act H.R. 2051/S. 999, Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 2114/S. 2094, Enhancing State Energy Security Planning and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2019 H.R. 2986/S. 1602, Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act H.R. 3306/S. 903, Nuclear Energy Leadership Act H.R. 3597, Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 3607, Fossil Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 3609/S. 2660, Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 3962/S. 2137, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019 H.R. 4091/ S. 2714, ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 H.R. 4230/S. 2300, Clean Industrial Technology Act of 2019 H.R. 4447, Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy Act of 2019 H.R. 4481, Securing Energy Critical Elements and American Jobs Act of 2019 H.R. 4733, Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2019 H.R. 5374/S. 2657, Advanced Geothermal Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 5428, Grid Modernization Research and Development Act of 2019 H.R. 6084, Water Power Research and Development Act H.R. 6097, Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act H.R. 6395/S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R. 7308/S. 4286, Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act H.R. 7617, Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021 S. 383, Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act S. 816, Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2019 S. 859, Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act S. 876, Energy Jobs for our Heroes Act of 2019 S. 983, Weatherization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Investment and Accountability Act of 2019 S. 1052, Rare Earth Element Advanced Coal Technologies Act S. 1064, Appalachian Energy for National Security Act S. 1085, Vehicle Innovation Act of 2019 S. 1201, Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology (EFFECT) Act of 2019 S. 1286, Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2019 S. 1317, American Mineral Security Act S. 1685, Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019 S. 1706, Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act of 2019 S. 1857, Federal Energy and Water Management Performance Act of 2019 S. 2095, Enhancing Grid Security through Public-Private Partnerships Act S. 2393, Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2019 S. 2368, Nuclear Energy Renewal Act of 2019 S. 2470, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, including provisions related to nuclear reactor demonstration funding S. 2666, Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2019 S. 2668, Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019 S. 2688, Technology Transitions Act of 2019 S. 2702, Integrated Energy Systems Act of 2019 S.J. Res. 53, A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Repeal of the Clean Power Plan; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Electric Utility Generating Units; Revisions to Emission Guidelines Implementing Regulations" Potential legislation on climate and energy innovation Proposed rule on Environment Protection Agency fuels regulatory streamlining (85 Fed. Reg. 29,034-29,162, May 14, 2020) Various issues relating to regulatory permit streamlining; social cost of carbon in cost-benefit analyses underlying federal regulations; energy security; offshore energy exploration; Keystone XL environmental assessment; energy security and implications for national security; diversifying energy resources including issues relating to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, offshore oil drilling, and wind energy; funding for energy efficiency programs also known as Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule; mobile air-conditioning (MAC) refrigerant credit option; establishing a durable program for managing used nuclear fuel; nuclear fuel storage at Yucca Mountain; funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program; energy and water appropriations for fiscal year 2020; implementation Issues Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; draft NIST special publication 1800-23, Energy Sector Asset Management: For Electric Utilities, Oil & Gas Industry; regulatory reform; implementation of the Natural Gas Act; fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico Investigation Nos. 701-TA-615- 617 and 731-TA-1432-1434; Fiscal Year 2021 energy storage appropriations; inclusion of the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act in the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); petition to intake risk management procedural rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (P.L. 94-469); Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program guidance; financing of nuclear projects by the U.S. Development Finance Corporation; Department of Energy bulk power system Executive Order 13920 request for information (RFI); Executive Order 13927, Accelerating the Nation's Economic Recovery From the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities
Client expense: $20,000,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2020 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
"H.R. 7610, Agriculture Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: Title I Agriculture Programs: National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Research and Education Activities, Hatch Act, and Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI); National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Extension Activities, Smith Lever Act. " "H.R. 7667, Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 - Commerce, Justice, Science and related Agencies Appropriations Act: Title I Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Title III Science: National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)- Science Mission Directorate, Aeronautics Research Directorate " H.R. 7617, Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 - Defense Appropriations: Title IV Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (Defense-wide): 6.1 Basic Research; Title VI Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Applied Research Materials, and Human Effectiveness; Title IV Other Department of Defense Programs: Defense Health Program; Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN) "H.R. 7613, Energy and Water Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 - Energy and Water Appropriations: Division D, Title III DOE Energy Programs: Office of Science, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); Continuing Resolution funding 21st Century Cures Act; FY19: Division A, Title III DOE Energy Programs: Office of Science, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) " "H.R. 7612, Interior Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 - Interior-Environment Appropriations: Division G, Title I: United States Geological Survey (USGS)- Water Resources Research Institutes (WRRI); Title III: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) " "H.R. 7614, Labor - Health and Human Services - Education Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021- Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations: Title II Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): National Institutes of Health (NIH) and SAMHSA; Title III Department of Education (ED): Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG), Federal Work Study Program, and International Education Programs " "H.R. 7616, Transportation Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Division L, Title I Department of Transportation: Office of the Secretary, University Transportation Centers; National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Operations and Research Highway Safety Research & Development; Autonomous Vehicle Development and Report Language re Designated AV Research Site; FY19: Title I Department of Transportation: Federal Transit Authority " "H.R. 7608, FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (State-For. Ops, Agriculture, Interior, MCVA) - Divisions B and C " "H.R. 7617, FY2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act(Defense, CJS, Energy-Water, Fin. Svc.,LHHSED, T-HUD) - Divisions A, B, C, E, and F " "H.R. 8337, FY2021 Continuing Appropriations Resolution (through 12/11/2020) - All provisions " H.R.6074/Public Law No: 116-123 - the "Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020" - All provisions H.R. 6201/Public Law No: 116-127, the "Families First Coronavirus Response Act"- Divisions A, C, D, E, F, and G H.R. 748/Public Law No: 116-136, the "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act" - Titles I, II, III, IV, V H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act - Divisions A, B,C,K,L,M,O, and S H.R. 925, "The Heroes Act" - Divisions A, B, C, E, K, and N "S. 178 (S.Amdt 2652, the Delivering Immediate Relief to Americas Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act)" - Division A H.R. 7308/S.4286, the Research Investment to Spark the Economy Act or the RISE Act. - All provisions
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Defense, Dept of (DOD), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Natural Resources
Support for research within natural resources and Interior department relating to invasive species, forest health, timber production, bio-fuels. FY 2021 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill, FY2021 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill number HR 7612, Senate bill number not public at this time. RISE Act HR 5613, S.4286 RISE Act Support for additional supplemental research funding for COVID19 related start up and ramp down.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Other), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE