A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the "Equal Rights Amendment" has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment without delay.

Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that originally was submitted to the states by the 92nd Congress as H.J. Res. 208 on March 22,1972, which failed ratification effective March 22, 1979. These include: -- opposition to signing of House Discharge Petition No. 6 (Pressley), filed July 18, 2023, seeking discharge of H.J. Res. 25. -- opposition to S.J. Res. 39 (Gillibrand) and H.J. Res. 82 (Bush), expressing the non-binding "sense of Congress" that the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified and that the Archivist "should" publish/certify it. -- opposition to any actions by any component of the Executive Branch that would seek to evade or ignore the insurmountable constitutional obstacles and court decisions barring resuscitation of the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment, including but not limited to opposition to schemes by certain members of Congress and others to pressure the Archivist of the United States to certify the ERA in contravention of multiple federal court rulings. -- support for Senate Resolution 107 (Hyde-Smith), expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress lacks power to act on a constitutional amendment resolution after submitting it to the states, or to revive an expired amendment proposal.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Contacts in opposition to legislative or executive actions that seek to add to the U.S. Constitution the language of the "Equal Rights Amendment" that originally was submitted to the states by the 92nd Congress as H.J. Res. 208 on March 22,1972, which failed ratification effective March 22, 1979. These include: -- opposition to S.J. Res. 4 (Cardin) and H.J. Res. 25 (Pressley), resolutions purporting by multiple unconstitutional mechanisms to retroactively nullify the seven-year ratification deadline that was included in the Proposing Clause of H.J. Res. 208 of the 92nd Congress, and to declare the long-expired 1972 Equal Rights Amendment to be part of the U.S. Constitution. (Cloture failed on motion to proceed to S. J. Res. 4, 51-47, on April 27, 2023.) -- opposition to signing of House Discharge Petition No. 6 (Pressley), filed July 18, 2023, seeking discharge of H.J. Res. 25. -- opposition to S.J. Res. 39 (Gillibrand) and H.J. Res. 82 (Bush), expressing the non-binding "sense of Congress" that the Equal Rights Amendment has been ratified and that the Archivist "should" publish/certify it. -- opposition to any actions by any component of the Executive Branch that would seek to evade or ignore the insurmountable constitutional obstacles and court decisions barring resuscitation of the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment, including but not limited to opposition to schemes by certain members of Congress and others to pressure the Archivist of the United States to certify the ERA in contravention of multiple federal court rulings. -- support for Senate Resolution 107 (Hyde-Smith), expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress lacks power to act on a constitutional amendment resolution after submitting it to the states, or to revive an expired amendment proposal.

Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation: S.3663-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.686-Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.1207-Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 or the EARN IT Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, sentencing reform. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, womens rights, pumping breast milk. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.1974-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.701-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.2226-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Farmland purchase bans by nationality, civil rights, civil liberties, FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.2597-Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.2624-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.1999-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.3351-FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023-FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.3234-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.J.Res.39- A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment without delay-Issues Lobbied: Discrimination. S.1714-Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, paid leave. S.2860-Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act-Issues Lobbied: Cannabis decriminalization. S.J.Res.47-A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice relating to Office of the Attorney General; Home Confinement Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, home confinement. S.1248-Safer Detention Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. S.3565-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband. H.R.14-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.2670-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, civil liberties. H.R.3887-Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1325-Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, immigration, employment authorization for asylum seekers. H.R.4365-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4108-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.4569-Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrants rights, veterans affairs, immigrant veterans, citizenship for U.S. service members, repatriation. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.4367-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4665-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4368-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.R.4366-Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1399-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5894-Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5601-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.4394-Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4664-Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, LGBTQ+ rights, recreational marijuana prohibition. H.R.4821-Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4820-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, appropriations, civil rights. H.R.5893-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, reproductive rights, womens rights, LGBTQ+ rights, sentencing reform, civil rights. H.R.6643-Inclusive Democracy Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.Res.314-Acknowledging that the United States Supreme Courts decisions in the Insular Cases and the territorial incorporation doctrine are contrary to the text and history of the United States Constitution, rest of racial views and stereotypes from the era of Plessy v. Ferguson that have long been rejected, are contrary to our Nations most basic constitutional and democratic principles, and should be rejected as having no place in United States constitutional law-Issues Lobbied: Self-determination of U.S. territories. H.Res.798-Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.3016-IGO Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6830-Books Save Lives Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6570-Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.4454-To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.6262-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.815-National Security and Border Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, interior enforcement, deportation, border enforcement, asylum, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.2760-Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention. H.R.5908-Strengthening Communities through Summer Employment Act-Issues Lobbied: Reimagining community safety. H.R.1423-911 Community Crisis Responders Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reimagining community safety. H.R.5798-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.4972-End Solitary Confinement Act-Issues Lobbied: Conditions of confinement. H.R.1525-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, civil asset forfeiture. H.R.4582-Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reimagining community safety. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978-Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization of Section 702, civil liberties, national security. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. GUARD Act-Issues Lobbied: Freedom of speech, privacy. Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, reintroduction of Freedom to Vote Act. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, consumer privacy, patenting of genes, gene research, Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting, immigration, immigrants rights, veterans affairs, immigrant veterans, citizenship for U.S. service members, abortion, net neutrality, broadband access, affordable connectivity program, Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights, White House supplemental funding plan, federal funding for elections, free speech, defining antisemitism, free speech on college campuses, use of artificial intelligence in hiring and healthcare, algorithmic justice, artificial intelligence, cross-border data transfer, privacy, watchlists, congressionally directed spending, alternative crisis response grants, pregnancy discrimination, HHS appropriations amendment, Schedule I controlled substances, FY25 appropriations, supplemental security spending, justice appropriations. Agencies: Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, issuance of 236(a) detention bond regulations, CBP policing policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Customs and Border Protection- CBP accountability; Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Immigration, immigrant detention, 287(g) program. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Clemency for deported services members, clemency for federal death row prisoners, Office of the Pardon Attorney-Pardons, clemency for deported service members. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office-Clemency, clemency for deported service members, clemency for federal death row prisoners, supplemental funding negotiations, Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, Kids Online Safety Act, civil liberties, civil rights, Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies, oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants. Agency-EEOC-Issues Lobbied: Workplace discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: Artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Disability discrimination. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Re-entry. Agency-FCC-Issues Lobbied: Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies.

Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office