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September 17, 2020
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September 17, 2020
Primary Sponsor
Robert MenendezDemocratic(NJ)
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America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security Act or the America LEADS Act This bill addresses science and technology development, global infrastructure, U.S. manufacturing, foreign relations, and other topics. Provisions of the bill include those authorizing through FY2025 various federal research and development activities; requiring the Department of State to take actions to advance the development and adoption of quality global infrastructure; requiring the use of domestically produced aluminum in certain federal projects; requiring the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Commerce to take actions to encourage the development and production of measurably secure microelectronics and semiconductors; expanding disclosure requirements for U.S. institutions of higher education that receive foreign gifts; authorizing various programs to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics training, as well as language skills education; requiring the President to impose sanctions to combat malign behavior by China's government and related persons; authorizing annual contributions to the World Bank's Clean Technology Fund and the United Nations's Green Climate Fund; prohibiting the use of federal funds to withdraw or reduce the presence of the Armed Forces or DOD in Japan or South Korea; prioritizing the transfer of excess defense articles to certain allies in the Indo-Pacific region; authorizing the State Department to provide assistance to increase maritime security in the Indo-Pacific region; authorizing the United States to cofinance infrastructure projects that would otherwise be included within China's Belt and Road initiative; requiring the President to establish a Special Representative for the Arctic; and providing priority refugee status to certain residents of Hong Kong or Xinjiang.
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2021 · first_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
H.R. 869 - RISE Act H.R. 144 - Supporting Early Career Researchers Act H.R. 1319 - American Rescue Plan Act H.R.____ FY22 Agriculture Appropriations H.R.____ FY22 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations H.R.____ FY22 Defense Appropriations H.R.____ FY22 Energy and Water Development Appropriations H.R.____ FY22 Energy and Water Development Appropriations H.R.____ FY22 Interior and Environment Appropriations H.R.____ FY22 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations S. Con. Res. 5 S. 52 - Gateway to Careers Act of 2021 S. 289 - RISE Act S. 4629 - America LEADS Act (116th Congress) S.____ FY22 Agriculture Appropriations S.____ FY22 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations S.____ FY22 Defense Appropriations S.____ FY22 Energy and Water Development Appropriations S.____ FY22 Interior and Environment Appropriations S.____ FY22 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations -- regarding funding for higher education and research programs and agencies.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
2021 · first_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 36 - Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2020 (116th Congress) H.R. 144 - Supporting Early Career Researchers Act H.R. 869 - RISE Act H.R. 2225 - National Science Foundation for the Future Act H.R. 6978 - Endless Frontier Act (116th Congress) H.R. 7256 - National Security Innovation Pathway Act (116th Congress) H.R. ____- National Defense Authorization Act for FY22 S. 289 - RISE Act S.3832 - Endless Frontier Act (116th Congress) S. 3997 Safeguarding American Innovation Act (116th Congress) S. 4629 - America LEADS Act (116th Congress) S. ____- National Defense Authorization Act for FY22 -- regarding research-related funding and policy issues affecting higher education institutions and their faculty and students.
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE
2021 · first_quarter · Trade (domestic/foreign)
H.R. 1155, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act H.R. 2072, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers to make certain disclosures relating to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and for other purposes S. 65, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act S. 746, A bill to amend section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require the Secretary of Defense to initiate investigations and to provide for congressional disapproval of certain actions, and for other purposes Draft legislation titled Trade Security Act Potential legislation similar to H.R. 6978/S. 3832, Endless Frontier Act (116th Congress) Potential legislation similar to S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act (116th Congress) Nomination of Don Graves to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce Nomination of Gina Raimondo to be Secretary of Commerce Nomination of Katherine Tai to be United States Trade Representative (USTR) Nominees for the Board of Directors for the Export-Import Bank of the United States Various issues relating to Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement; Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); U. S.- Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade agreement; United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 116-113); U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS); Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) reauthorization; Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations; U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA); ratification of the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade Convention; Changes to the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) (P.L.104-65) and Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) (P.L. 75-583); reforms to export controls; implementation of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Title XVII, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (P.L. 115-232); implementation of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (P. L. 116-283); implementation of the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (P.L.114-159); implementation of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-125); USTR 2021 Special 301; Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794); Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618); implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (P.L. 106-200); International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of Pub.L. 95-223; reauthorization of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT); negotiations on a U.S.- Kenya Free Trade Agreement; International Telecommunications Union; World Health Organization (WHO); World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations; WTO Covid-19 related Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver proposal; efforts to reform the World Trade Organization (WTO); Government Procurement Act (GPA) at the World Trade Organization; implementation of World Trade Organizations Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA); Use of Defense Production Act of 1950 (P.L. 81-774); medicine and medical product supply chains; Executive Order 14017, America's Supply Chains; Executive Order 14005, Ensuring the Future Is Made in All of America by All of America's Workers; Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; patent linkage and regulatory data protection; USPTO IP Attache Program; China's intellectual property regime industrial policies and cybersecurity issues; implementation of the U.S.- China trade agreement; negotiations on the U.S.- India trade agreement; negotiations on the U.S.- Japan trade agreement; implementation of the U.S.- Japan trade agreement; IP issues relating to internet counterfeiting and piracy; IP issues relating to trade secret theft; IP issues relating to Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Mexico, and Europe; IP issues relating to COVID-19; IP issues relating to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA); U.S.-Argentina economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Bangladesh economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Brazil economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Canada economic and commercial relations; U.S.-China economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Colombia economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Cuba economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Egypt economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Ghana economic and commercial relations; U.S.-India economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Indonesia economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Iraq economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Israel economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Japan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Korea economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Mexico economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Nigeria economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Pakistan economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Russia economic and commercial relations; U.S.-South East Asia economic and commercial relations; U.S.-Turkey economic and commercial relations; U.S.-U.K. trade and regulatory relations; U.S.-Vietnam economic and commercial relations; U.S. trade relations with the Middle East and North Africa; U.S. trade relations with Africa; U.S. sanctions on Russia; U.S. sanctions on Turkey; U.S. sanctions on Burma; U.S.-EU privacy shield; U.S.-U.K. trade agreement; U.S.-EU trade agreement; U.S.-EU energy and sustainability cooperation; U.S.-Switzerland economic and commercial relations; EU and international tax policy including digital tax proposals; Ukraine related sanctions; Indias Information Communications Technology (ICT) Tariffs; modernizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS); Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Kazakhstan; Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank); trade policy consideration with regard to cross-border data flows and issues of forced localization; tax treaties with Hungary, Poland, Chile; funding for the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF); international affairs budget; transatlantic investment, trade and regulatory cooperation; international trade and regulatory practices impacting digital goods and services; international artificial intelligence policy; international 5G policy; international cybersecurity policy; advancing international regulatory cooperation; steel and aluminum tariffs; trade policy concerns regarding customs duties on electronic transmissions; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the European Union; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and the United Kingdom; trade negotiations and trade priorities between the U.S. and Japan; proposed rules implementing Executive Order 13873, Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain; suspension of Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-114); implementation of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA), including plastics toxicity under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (P.L. 116-113); negotiations on a U.S.-Brazil Trade Agreement to update the 2011 Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (ATEC); U.S.-Brazil trade package; U.S. Trade Representative on initiation of section 301 investigation of Frances digital services tax; ratification of the Biodiversity Convention; ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol; efforts to pass legislation to implement the Basel Convention and related instruments; efforts to pass the miscellaneous tariff bill
Client expense: $17,190,000 · 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), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), 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 · Science/Technology
H.R. 6978, S.3832, Endless Frontiers Act, All provisions. H.R.8745, S. 4624, Innovation Centers Acceleration Act: A bill to strengthen American economic resiliency and equitably expand economic opportunity by launching a national competition, promoting state and local strategic planning, encouraging innovation by the public and private sectors, and by substantially investing federal resources in research and development, Issues pertaining to regional innovation centers and manufacturing institutes. S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act, Issues pertaining to Manufacturing USA Institutes. NSF Reauthorization, All provisions. Issues pertaining to science and security. Issues pertaining to NASA science, space, and technology. H.R. 8693,  21st Century Jobs Act, All issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
S.4629 - America LEADS Act; H.R.4447 - Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act;
Client expense: $300,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
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.
2020 · fourth_quarter · Telecommunications
H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act, including provisions relating to funding for Gigabit tier broadband service in unserved areas H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act or 2021, including provisions relating to broadband H.R. 7178/S.3933 - CHIPS for America Act, this bill establishes investments and incentives to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security S. 4113, A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide grants to States and Indian Tribes to deploy affordable, high-speed broadband to unserved and underserved areas, including provisions relating to funding for Gigabit tier broadband service in unserved areas S. 4131, A bill to make high-speed broadband internet service accessible and affordable to all Americans, and for other purposes, including provisions relating to funding for Gigabit tier broadband service in unserved areas S.4130 - American Foundries Act of 2020, a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to States for the construction of microelectronics manufacturing and advanced research and development facilities. S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act Executive Order 13942 of August 6, 2020, Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. General 5G security issues (general, no specific legislation)
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
S.4130 - American Foundries Act of 2020, a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to States for the construction of microelectronics manufacturing and advanced research and development facilities. S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act H.R. 7178/S.3933 - CHIPS for America Act, this bill establishes investments and incentives to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security Executive Order 13942 of August 6, 2020, Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. General 5G security issues
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Homeland Security
S.4130 - American Foundries Act of 2020, a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to States for the construction of microelectronics manufacturing and advanced research and development facilities. S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act H.R. 7178/S.3933 - CHIPS for America Act, this bill establishes investments and incentives to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security Executive Order 13942 of August 6, 2020, Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. General 5G security issues
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Computer Industry
S.4130 - American Foundries Act of 2020, a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to award grants to States for the construction of microelectronics manufacturing and advanced research and development facilities. S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act H.R. 7178/S.3933 - CHIPS for America Act, this bill establishes investments and incentives to support U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, research and development, and supply chain security Executive Order 13942 of August 6, 2020, Addressing the Threat Posed by TikTok, and Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. Executive Order 13873 of May 15, 2019 Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain. General 5G security issues
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
Draft Bill; Department of Energy Office of Science Reauthorization; All titles and sections. S.3832, H.R. 6978; Endless Frontiers Act; All titles and sections. S 4629; America LEADS Act; Title I, Investing in American Competitiveness. Issues related to the Department of Energy Office of Science funding, programs, facilities, and initiatives. Issues related to nuclear physics research and facilities and isotope production. Issues related to Department of Energy technology transfer and commercialization policies. Issues related to federal funding for basic scientific research. Issues related to Department of Energy supercomputing and quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Issues related to fusion energy research and international collaborations. Issues related to national laboratory facilities and infrastructure funding, financing, and operations. Issues related to nominations for S&T positions. Issues related to nanoscale science.
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 7178 Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act or the CHIPS for America Act H.R.5733 - FIRM Act H.R. 36 - Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 H.R. 1678 - Protecting Our Universities Act of 2019 H.R. 4091 - ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 H.R.5666 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2020 H.R.5685 - Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020 H.R.6216 - National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 H.R. 6395 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R.6588 - Homeland Security Higher Education Advisory Council Act H.R.6978 - Endless Frontier Act H.R. 7256 - National Security Innovation Pathway Act H.R.7308 - RISE Act H.R.7842 - INFLUENCE Act H.R.7998 - NIST COVID-19 Cybersecurity Act H.R. 8044 - Early-Career Researchers Act H.R.8273 - Energizing Technology Transfer Act H.R._____ NSF reauthorization legislation S.328 - Startup Act S. 333 - National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2019 S. 1067 - Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 S. 1879 - Protecting Our Universities Act of 2019 S. 2133 - Secure American Research Act of 2019 S. 2458 - America Grows Act of 2019 S. 3191 - Industries of the Future Act of 2020 S.3832 - Endless Frontier Act S.4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 S. ____ SBA Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2019 S. 3997 Safeguarding American Innovation Act S. 4629 - America LEADS Act -- regarding research-related funding and policy issues affecting higher education institutions and their faculty and students.
Client expense: $59,400 · Firm income: Not reported
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
2020 · fourth_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R. 6978, S.3832, Endless Frontiers Act, All provisions. H.R.8745, S. 4624, Innovation Centers Acceleration Act: A bill to strengthen American economic resiliency and equitably expand economic opportunity by launching a national competition, promoting state and local strategic planning, encouraging innovation by the public and private sectors, and by substantially investing federal resources in research and development, Issues pertaining to regional innovation centers and manufacturing institutes. S. 4629, America Labor, Economic competitiveness, Alliances, Democracy and Security (America LEADS) Act, Issues pertaining to Manufacturing USA Institutes. NSF Reauthorization, All provisions. Issues pertaining to science and security. Issues pertaining to NASA science, space, and technology. H.R. 8693,  21st Century Jobs Act, All issues.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
Draft Bill; Department of Energy Office of Science Reauthorization; All titles and sections. S.3832, H.R. 6978; Endless Frontiers Act; All titles and sections. S 4629; America LEADS Act; Title I, Investing in American Competitiveness. Issues related to the Department of Energy Office of Science funding, programs, facilities, and initiatives. Issues related to nuclear physics research and facilities and isotope production. Issues related to Department of Energy technology transfer and commercialization policies. Issues related to federal funding for basic scientific research. Issues related to Department of Energy supercomputing and quantum information sciences and artificial intelligence/machine learning. Issues related to fusion energy research and international collaborations. Issues related to national laboratory facilities and infrastructure funding, financing, and operations. Issues related to nominations for S&T positions. Issues related to nanoscale science.
Client expense: $180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2020 · third_quarter · Science/Technology
H.R.5733 - FIRM Act H.R. 36 - Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 H.R. 1678 - Protecting Our Universities Act of 2019 H.R. 4091 - ARPA-E Reauthorization Act of 2019 H.R.5666 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2020 H.R.5685 - Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2020 H.R.6216 - National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 H.R. 6395 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 H.R.6588 - Homeland Security Higher Education Advisory Council Act H.R.6978 - Endless Frontier Act H.R. 7256 - National Security Innovation Pathway Act H.R.7308 - RISE Act H.R.7842 - INFLUENCE Act H.R.7998 - NIST COVID-19 Cybersecurity Act H.R. 8044 - Early-Career Researchers Act H.R.8273 - Energizing Technology Transfer Act H.R. _____ - NSF reauthorization legislation S.328 - Startup Act S. 333 - National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act of 2019 S. 1067 - Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act of 2019 S. 1879 - Protecting Our Universities Act of 2019 S. 2133 - Secure American Research Act of 2019 S. 2458 - America Grows Act of 2019 S. 3191 - Industries of the Future Act of 2020 S.3832 - Endless Frontier Act S.4049 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 S. _____ - SBA Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2019 S. 3997 Safeguarding American Innovation Act S. 4629 - America LEADS Act -- regarding research-related funding and policy issues affecting higher education institutions and their faculty and students.
Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_quarter · Budget/Appropriations
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. ____ - 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: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2020 · third_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: 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.
2020 · third_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, 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);
2020 · third_quarter · Manufacturing
S. 4040/H.R. 6395 - National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021 - issues related to cybersecurity for the defense supply chain. S. 4359 - Resilient Manufacturing Task Force Act - in support of manufacturing and the MEP program. Unnumbered Bill - Connecting the Links in Americas Supply Chain Act - in support of MEP and the creating of a national supply chain database. S. 4598 - The Small Manufacturer Cybersecurity Enhancement Act - in support of MEP providing cybersecurity services to small manufacturers. Unnumbered Bill - Helping Manufacturers Respond to COVID-19 Act of 2020 - in support of the MEP program. S. 4629 - A bill to address issues involving the Peoples Republic of China, in support of the MEP program.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
| Democratic |
| MD |
| Jack Reed | Democratic | RI |
| Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | NH |
| Jeff Merkley | Democratic | OR |
| Mark R. Warner | Democratic | VA |
| Martin Heinrich | Democratic | NM |
| Patty Murray | Democratic | WA |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Ron Wyden | Democratic | OR |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| S 4493 |
116th |
| Related bill |
| S 3952 | 116th | Related bill |
| S 2539 | 116th | Related bill |
| S 1824 | 116th | Related bill |
| S 1558 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 7980 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 7601 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 7000 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 5932 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 4551 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 4331 | 116th | Related bill |
| HR 2202 | 116th | Related bill |
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
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)
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)
Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office
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)
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)
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $90,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), SENATE, White House Office